Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-11-28

en- and fell within foot OF the baby
Some of the splinters were afterwards
found in its hair. The other hall
broke off and fell outside.
The slate roof of Mrs. Henrietta
Steyer's residence was badly damaged
The glass fronts of the American
Tea Store, l.. F. Sadler's confectionery
and Henry N. Schne1der's shoe store
were blown in and goods damaged by
rain,
The roof of Albert Holes brick les-
idence and store was blown off, expos
inc the second story to the rain which
fell quite heavily for 20 minutes after
the crash passed.
John Prices property, just across
the alley, was injured by Mr.. Holes
roof and other flying timbers.
The west windows of the Pres by
terian church were badly broken, most
likely by flying wreckage. The side
and walls on the storm side are badly
bulged inward at the top, the former
about four inches. Inside the fresco
is cracked all the way round the june
ture of walls and ceiling.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Purnell were
in Mr.. P.'s office. A piece of scant
ling shot through the window and a
loose curtain and struck the opposite
wall within few inches Of Mrs.
Purnell. 1t was a narrow escape.
The whirlwind skipped across lots
and, striking. first, Mrs. Joseph Kel-
ler's house, denuded that structure of
part of its roof.
Next it tackled the rear warehouse
porch OF Marx Wineland's "Iron
Front" occupied by D. F. McMullen g.
Co., and wrought a few freaks. 1tlifted
two heavy pinch boards from under a
pile of empty boxes; got one halfway
up and landed the other on the roof of
the warehouse. Meanwhile it had I'M
rooted portion of the warehouse,
broken down a part of the eastern
wall, got inside the room and carried
out through the aperture a sack of
feathers and deposited that also
on the roof.
The wind then took hold of Hitchins
Bros building. Several gentlemen
in the private Office of the senior of
the firm, Owen Hitchins, were notified
to get out by the lnfall of a window
sash. Out of the Office into the rear
part Of the store they skipped only to
be driven farther by the torrents of
rain which poured through. The wind
had ripped the roof cup the back"
at least 80 feet and Topped it over the
higher top of the Wineland building.
Aside from this damage the Hitchins
Bros. company sustained considerable
loss from injury to goods by water.
An examination of that portion of
the roof which escaped disclosed a
curious perforation by piece of water
pipe with a fragment of wood attach
ed. Both pipe and wood penetrated
and buried themselves in the metal.
J. H. Hitchins, resident agent of the
Cumberland and Pennsylvania rail
road company, was standing in the
store almost under the skylight. A
crash of glass, and before he could
look up long, heavy joist from some
where shot down to the floor within
few inches of him. Another very
narrow escape.
The entire momentum of the storm
appeared to pour through the alley be-
tween Hitchins Bros. and Wittig's
stores, the latter in William Thomas
business building. AS before stated,
the roof and upper story disappeared
instantly. The JOURNAL thought the
roof had suddenly dropped in, but it
took flight. Loss to goods here con
siderable. Mr.. Wittig has moved what
is left to Meats Opera House and
opened up there.
Next down below Wittig, in same
building, are Marx & Feldstejn, cloth
iers, who suffered little.
A family named Warwick, living
above Marx & Feldstein, were un-
covered, but soon moved out.
A room in the rear part of William
Thomas residence was opened to out
doors by the roof going off and wall
gong in.
Then with slight damage tointeryen
ing roofs the whirlwind dipped ard took
off the roof of B, Stern's building and
blew out the front of the second story.
The whole upstairs was turned Out-of
doors, and downstairs deluge pour
ed, destroying many costly goods.
In the store the goods whirled around
and around the room, blew out the
front and went sailing away. Some
of the furs displayed in the front win
dows were found in trees over mile
off. Upstairs the marble slab of a
table was blown away while lamp
that was sitting on it was left. Both
his store and housekeeping were
broken up. Mr.. Stern lost about $50
from his money -drawer.
Stern's next building. occupied by
M. Rodda & Co.. was but slightly
damaped