Democratic messenger., 1893-09-02
A Storm S Fury.
TERRIFIC TORNADO ON THE
SOUTHERN ATLANTIC COAST.
FIVE HUNDRED LIVES LOST
Big Vessels Are Tossed by the Waves
and Serious Damage Results
to Shipping.

One of the worst wind storms which
has visited this section for a lumber of
years swept it on Monday night.
Houses rocked and swayed, limbs OF
trees were left by it scattered all over
the ground and corn was badly iniur-
ed, but 10 serious accidents occurred
around Snow Hill. Around Berlin
several houses were unroofed. The
corn crop is nearly ruined. Around
Ocean City it was the worst storm
since 1867. All Of the marshes and
part of the beach up to Ocean View
Hotel were covered with water. No
trains left Ocean City Tuesday morning,
the railroad tracks being submerged
and engines standing in water about a
foot deep. All boats below the bridge
were broken loose and sunk, while
those above the bridge were carried by
the tide up the hay.
The peach, pear, and apple crop on
the Peninsula suffered greatly from
the storm. Trees were broken off and
the fruit blown from them. At New
Castle the people living along the
Delaware River front were compelled
to move their household goods during
the night. ] he river rose high and
flooded the first story of the houses.
Severe losses to property and crops
are reported from all sections of the
state. Small bridges were swept away,
and washouts made many public roads
impossible. The heaviest losses are
reported from the Susquehanna River
and along the shores of the Chesapeake
Bay and IFS tributaries.
Small craft of every kind were
wrecked, swept ashore or sunk, and
many wharves were carried away.
Granaries and warehouses near the
water were flooded and damages to
contents will aggregate thousands of
dollars. The corn and peach crops
throughout the state suffered severely,
and in many localities both were al
most completely ruined. Many barns
and outbuildings we're demolished,
dwellings unroofed and is in several
instances valuable stock killed. Alto
gether the storm spread wider and
more general devastation than any
similar catastrophe of similar years.
Death and disaster followed in the
wake of the great hurricane. Savan-
nah, Ga, and Port Royal, S. c., seem
to have suffered heavier than the other
towns in the path of the furious gale.
AT least five hundred persons have
lost their lives in that serious section
of the country alone, while the money
loss will be in the millions. The seas
have washed up and flooded the towns
and cities OH the coast, vessels have
been sent high and dry on the shores,
while the dwellings and other buildings
have been leveled by wind and tide.
UNITED STATES STEAMER LOST.
The famous worship Kearsarge,
which fought the Alabama in REBEL
ion times off Cherbourg, France, is re-
ported lost with all on board. 1t is
believed the monitor Nantucket has
also gone down with the kearsage.
The loss of life reported so far is:
At Savannah, Ga, 80 persons kill
ed; Port Royal, 8. c., 100; Paris Is
land, S. C., 20; Seabrook, S. c., 25.
Telegraphic communication with
points south Of Washington, ID. c., has
been almost entirely cut off since early
on Monday morning, and is not yet re-
stored. Wires are down in all sections
Of the country.
Fortunately, the fury Of the gale
was in measure abated when Il reach
ed Philadelphia. However, the dam
age to shipping in the Delaware River
and Bay was considerable. The storm
was so heavy on the Jersey coast and
in the section around here as in the tor
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