Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-01
1T WAS A SEVERE STORM.
Damage by Lightning. Wind and Rain Near
Upper Marlboro.

Correspondence of The Evening Star.
UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, August /, 1892
One Of the heaviest and most severe thunder
storms that ever passed over this section OF Tho
country visited this immediate neighborhood
Saturday evening about O'Clock, doing much
damage to crops, buildings and badly wash
ing the roads, both railroad and public On the
farm of VIM. I. Hill, near town, large tobacco
barn blown down, smashing q reaping
machine with it, which is supposed to be ruined;
his corn is laying fat on the ground and his
loss will be pretty heavy.
washout occurred on the Baltimore and
Potomac railroad somewhere near Hills sta
ton. space fifteen feet wide by about twenty
five feet deep went out, and the construction
train had to be called out with force of men
on Sunday to repair the damage. Mrs. Lizzie
Smallwood, who had gone over to Marlboro
station with friend who was going to take the
train, received slight shock shortly after
reaching the station, but was soon restored
after medical aid was administered. Horses ut
the station were very much frightened, and in
fact all over the country
On the place of John Quander, colored. light
ming struck a tree in the yard and stunned a
little baby that was in the house at the same
time.
John Ridgely carpenter employed in work.
ing on new barn on the farm Of Chas. Clagett,
combing Of the roof that they Just put on was
slightly stunned. His fellow carpenters had
told him to come down. but desiring to finish
the job he remained until he received the shock
The lightning seemed to play all over his BODY:
Alfred Ridgely, q compositor on the Prince
George Inquirer, received slight burn on the
hand also from a fash while standing on the
porch OF green grocery store occupied by
solomon Sweery. The same fash stunned
Jack Catterton and Charley Troband. who
were painting in the paint room OF John Ii.
Troband' 8 shop in this town. Charley Troband
says that he was stopping over to pick up some
thing on the floor when the fash came and that
it knocked him to the floor. Mr.. Catterton
was not SO badly stunned. Witnesses of
the storm say that they could see
great balls of the fluid fall toward the ground
and explode and flying in hundreds of direc-
tions. One man says that he saw ball Of fire
pass up the street by NJ. E. Stalling's grocery
store, while streak passed up by the Farmers
Hotel and was seen to pass into one of the
rooms, but neither did any damage Some
thing in the shape Of ball OF fire flashed into
the hall OF the house where Thomas x. Pippin
lives and cracked like pistols going off. The
occupants Of the house were sitting in the hall
at the time, but they we're, fortunately, not
shocked.
Mrs. VIM. II. Pratt, who lives next door, says
that ball of fire flashed into her lap during the
storm and then seemed to run all over the room.
She jumped up and ran across the room. very
badly frightened, but was otherwise not in
jured.
1t is quite cafe to say that the damage to
crops where this storm struck viii be very
heavy. The storm will be long remembered by
every one who witnessed it. Women ard chill
dren were weeping and wringing their hands
and horses were badly frightened.
X. u. b. Chew viii leave tomorrow for Man
chester. Mass. where ne will spend about two
weeks for his health. He will go by water from
Baltimore city. After spending two weeks at
Manchester he will then spend another week in
New York and other points of interest. The
trip has no business connections, and it is in
tended solely for recreation.
Hiss Alice Harper, Miss Bette Gheislin and
Miss Bessie Sasscer left here this informing for
Eaglesmere, Pa, where they will spend about
two weeks sojourninS in the mountains.