The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-08-30
IN MARYLAND AND NORTH CAROLINA.
A Few Fatalities the Coast--Hish Water
Mt Baltimore.

A Few Fatalities on the Coast--HiEh Water
Mt Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. Aug. 29.-Not since the big flood
OF 1868 has such q deluge of water invaded
Baltimore as that OF last night The wind blew
gallo all the afternoon. whirinE around corr
ners and damaging all movable property.
Early in tho evening sheets OF driving rain
began to fall. and continued with intense fury
until an early hour this morning Roofs and
chimneys were torn of. shutters and window
nanes were smashed and trees uprooted Tele-
graph and telephone wires were soon wrecked.
and the electric lights went out. leaving the
greater part OF the city in darkness.
The seas were piled up and rolled high In
the basin. The waves spread over tho wharves
and flooded the streets and adjacent build
inGs. From midnight to l O'Clock the wind
blew gale OF sixty miles an hour. Tho rain
fell in torrents It was almost cloudburst.
Men rowed around in boats from store to
store in the lower part of the city carrying
merchants and clerks to their places Of bust-
ness and removing valuables and books. The
streets resombled lagoons instead Of business
thOrnughlares The wharves We're completely
submerged II not destroyed. Street cars
moved along Pratt street with water running
over their floors.
Several pungies and schooners were washed
out OF the basin and to-day lie high and dry
on tho street eds At the foot OF Commerce
street the large -four warehouses OF Gambrill
4 Co. and other firms were flooded and thou-
sands Of barrels Of -four damaged. The Baltt-
more and Ohio Railroad warehouses and
freight station at tho foot OF Spears wharf
also suffered to tho extent OF thousands Of
dollars.
Along the entire water front there were COM
slant evidences Of the havoc wrought by the
storm. The southeast gale prevented the
waters from reccding until noon to-day. up to
which hour business was practically at Q
standstiil in the flooded district. Steamers
and sailing craft scheduled to leave last night
were not permitted to leave their wharves or
anchorage until to day. The excursion steam-
Incoming vessels are all late IN arriving
and report severe. experiences. The steamer
Steam boat Company sank last night In the
Trappe River. Tho passengers were landed
few minutes before the vessel Went dow9 Tho
Brush Electric Light Company were straight-
ening out the tangled wires on Charles i!.r streek
Louis i. Mains was caught by live wire ana
fell 10 the sidewak dead
Ii Is estimated that tho damage done by the
storm around he Waier front will not fall
short Of 100000.
AT ANSAPoLIs.
ANSAPoLIs Aug. %. The storm that set in
here yesterday afternoon has hardly left .
and In some Instances. whole trees The
damage around the wharyes Is also great
Small boats were blown ashore and bottoms
and sides driven in All Of the oyster houses
hundred dollars. The lower streets Of the
town nre flooded and people are going In and
out OF their houses in boats.
Tho Constellation. with tho naval cadets on
board. which has been cruising about tho bay
for several days. came int2 the harDor and an
snry to throw out three anchors during the
night to keen her from dragging. ).
Two pungies we're swampeQ in the river ops
positu tho Academy
Al WILMINGTON
WILMINGTON. n. G.. Aug. 20. The Norwegian
bark Bonita was blown ashore In the gale
which prevailed hero yesterday and to-day.
Tho three-mRstod schooner Three Sisters.
with "a cargo Of lumber from Savannah for
Philadelphia. was wrecked and abandoned on
Cape Fear on tho night OF Aug ~ Her com
Pa. and Mate johnson lleede Of Park ave.
noe. Ba ltimore. were washed overheard ana
The Grigantine Wastrow tGer. Liverpool for
this port with ca@o OF salt wont 70 pieces on
Casweil Beach, The crow saved themselves
we'll lifo-savng station. An unknown three
mastod schooner Is also reported ashore, Leak
ing and showing signals OF distress on tho
same beach. two mics southwest OF SOUTHPORT.
The life saving crew hayo gone to her assist
ancc.
OTHER NORTH CAROLINA TOWNS.
KERNERsvILLE Aug. 20.-A terrific cyclone
struck here Mt o'clock tn Is morning. hun
dred houses were wrecked and a woman
killed Many were injured. The Baptist brick
church was RACED 10 tho ground. Factories