Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-21
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Destruction Caused by Tornado in MARY.
- land.

Destruction Caused by Tornado in Mary
| land.
A tornado cut q swath less than q ouarte
OF mile wide and ten miles long in Prime,
Georges county, Nd, on Saturday evening
particulars OF which have Just been received
The storm extended from the vicinity o.
Groome Station, on the Baltimore and Potoma,
railroad, through Nottingham district, across
the Patuxent and down through Calvert county
| distance OF ten miles. At S o'clock Q waite,
spout appeared in the Patuxent river, neal
| Nottingham, Prince Georges county. The
strange appearance Of the clouds and the rum.
| bling noise startled the inmates of both coun.
| ties The waterspout was watched with inter-
| est until 1t reached Lyons creek, when il
| turned to a Handicapped cloud and swept
| ruin and destruction in three minutes to all in
its course, which was $50 yards wide in a south
westerly zigZag course to the bay. Not farm
| from the Patuxent river to the Chesapeake
| bay. through which the cyclone passed. escaped
damage-heavy damage in many cases. It is
| reported that several people were killed.
Fences, chimneys, barns, dwellings, forests,
| lawns and fields presented a scene of sad de-
struction. The storm swept through the most
beautiful part of Anne Arundel and Calvert
Mr.. John Drury had two barns not hun
dred yards from his dwelling smashed to the
| ground, losing all Of his conveyances, which
are smashed beyond repairing Mr.. Drury and
his son Roland narrowly escaped with their
lives. They were in one Of the barns and
started for the house. when Mr. Drury found
| it impossible to reach it. and fell upon the
| ground, calling to his son to do the same. This
presence Of mind saved their lives, for large
| trees and their branches we're carried through
| the air like leaves.
ANOTHER SCENE OF WRECK.
The next scene Of q distressing wreck is Mr..
Louis Mex. Griffth's estate, which 10 one Of the
handsomest farms in our counties. The trees
in his yard were torn up by their roots and
hurled against the residence with such force
that window frames were smashed out, orna-
ments III the rooms were smashed, two pillars
from the center Of his front porch were torn
from their stands and thrown into the yard
! cellar through windows that no man can &c. out
without cutting smaller. The yard, which. was
beautifully ornamented. Is q wreck to make
mans heart ache. Near the dwelling 8 hand
| some barn, stable and carriage house. with
other small buildings were thrown down.
Some fragments were carried forty yards from
| the former foundation.
The carriage, buggy, wagon and road cart
we're smashed beyond repairing. In che barn
three Of the Hardestys (tenants) were packing
tobacco and upon being brought face to fac"
with death tried to make their escape from the
falling timbers. One Of the Hardestys Was
knocked unconscious and received terrible
cut On his head by a piece Of falling tint
The o.her two men were blown to the grcIud
which saved them. Mr. John Hardusty's or.
dition is not considered critical by Dr. Thomas
Chany of Dunkirk.
he storm then swept through the best of the
Griffith apple orchard taking his finest fruit
trees up by the roots and moving them trou
their places, sweeping destruction through the
finest fOres. trees to the farm of Mr. Robert
Griffith, where two sheds were blown from a
barn, trees uprooted, fences torn to the
ground and tenants house shaken.
At Mrs. Louisa Steuarts handsome place the
funnel-like cloud seemed to separate, sparing
the house and building, but playing sad havoc
with trees and orchards. Handsome shade trees
are now resembling posts, and the beautiful
lawn has trees and branches piled in all parts.
The earliest apples and plum trees were
wrenched of at their trunks, and valuable
fruit was strewn upon the earth te-~waste.
The fence around the place was badly dam
aged and the beautiful forest is torn 3nd limbs
and fragments are strewn from side>to side Of
the farm.
CHILD BLOWN FORTY YARDS.
The tenants house upon the farm of Mr..
Waters Hall was blown down. Mr.. Griffin, the
tenant, was absent, but was hastily summoned
to rescue his wife and children from the ruins
of their home. The wife was critically injured
and two children were hurt. One child had ar
arm broken and another a leg broken. One
child was hurled forty yards from the house
and found i'll a branch unconscious. Mrs. Griffin
received injuries about the head. Her brother.
Mr. Moreland, was also injured by the falling
building, but not seriously.
Mr.. Drury's loss is over $4,000. Mr.. L. Mex.
Grifhth's over 81. 500, Mr. Robert Griffith's over
$500: The loss Of Mrs. Steuart is estimated at
1000.
From Fair Haven, Anne Arundel, it is re-
ported that many portions of the houses de-
stroyed were carried miles away A son Of
Joseph Dove was taken up many feet and for
tunately let down without serious injury. He
says lit was awful LOt up in the air.
A large tenement house owned by Robert
Mckee was completely wrecked and the in
macs narrowly escaped with their lives; q
small child was dashed unconscious to the
ground by brick falling from the chimney.
MIR. Somerville Bowie and family, who were
Obliged to return home on THEN way from
church, had just drawn up to THEN house VIII, IL
they saw the main portion of their home COM
pletely destroyed. The horses took frigh. at
the falling debris and with much difficulty were
brought under control Mr. Bowie received u
severe cut OF. the forehead DIR. Wilkinson
called to render assistance to hin. and mis- fright
ened family.
A large barn belonging to Mr.. Bowie con-
tanning hve horses aid his new crop Of hay
gave way to the violent wind and buried the
animals NeighbOrs were soon or the spot
who rendered aid, and the horses were eAtri-
Gated, but two Of them will die. Mr.. X. Crow
newly arrived settler in this section from
Ohio, was in the field blowing when he saw the
tornado approaching. He threw himself into
| a deep ravine, but not in time to escape a scalo
wound from the limb of tree which was
| hurled through the air. A large area of corn
| and tobacco III the path of the tornado is de-
! stroyed, and trees measuring four feet in di-
ameter were twisted, uproOted and thrown to
the ground. Some of the new shingles of the
| harm of Mr. Deltriek fpnp1 at a disto
OF half a mile from the, scene of destruction.
Much anxiety is felt in this section that
greater damage and perhaps loss Of life
have befallen the residents on the banks OF the
! Patuxent.
The tornado took the shape Of huge ball.
many feet III diameter, followed by smoke, as
from some large furnace, and was accompanied
| by roaring sound.
| The truck of the tornado can be easily seen
for miles, having swept everything in its path.
Head of the Durham Tobacco Com pany Dead.