The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-08-30

away, and the roofs on many big buildinas
have been carried blocks away. On George
Tilyous' Worlds fair grounds" the build
ings in who's the Bolivian Indians were
sleeping were blown down. When the
little frame STRUCTURE began to rock, the
Indians, terribly frightened after last
weeks storm, rushed ont on the beech
and, falling upon their knees, prayed until
daylight. The big awning Of p. d.
McGann's hotel, on Sea Beach Palace
walk, was blown down while Charles
Barton, the manager, was standing under
10. He was removed in an unconcious
condition to the Sea Beach Palaca hotel.
The injured man had three ribs broken,
and was suffering from several scalp
wounds
BALTIMORE, Aug 3O-Not since the big
food of 1868 has such del1ge of water
invaded Baltimore as that Of Monday
night Roofs and chimneys were torn of
shutters and window panes were smashed
and trees uprOoted Telegraph and tele
phone wires were soon wrecked, and the
electric lights went out, leaving the greater
part Of the city in darkness. On the bay
mountainous seas were piled up and rolled
high in the basin. The waves spread over
the wharves and flooded the streets and
adjacent buildings
Incoming vessels are all late in arriving
and report severe experiences. The steamer
John e. Tygert, of the Maryland and
Virginia steamboat company, sank in the
Trappe river. The passengers were landed
few minutes before the vessel went down.
While employees of the Brush Electric
Light company were Strengthening out the
tangled wires on Charles street. Louis f.
Mains was electrocuted and fell to the
sidewalk dead
ANNAPOLIS, Nd, Aug. 3O.-The storm
that set in here has hardly left o whole
tree in Annapolis. Streets are blockaded
and yards are literally filled with large
limbs, end in some instances whole trees.
The damage around the wharves is also
great, Small boats were blown ashore,
and the bottoms and sides blown in. All
of the oyster houses are damaged, each to
the extent of several hundred dollars.
The lower streets of the town are flooded
and people are going in and out Of their
houses in boats.
MILFORD. Del, Aug. 3O.-The storm has
about ruined the remainder of the peach
crop in this section to the extent of $50, 600
baskets. The corn crop is also greatly
damaged
WlLNINGTON, ". G., Aug. 23.-The storm
here caused no damage beyond blowing
down a few trees and fences and overturn-
ing two unfinished frame buildings. The
tide was the highest known in years, The
three masted schooner Three Sisters, with
cargo of lumber from Savannah for
Philadelphia, was wrecked and aban-
doned Off Cape Fear. Her commander,
Captain Isaac Simpson, of Marcus Hook,
Pa, and Mate johnson Heede, of Park
avenue, Baltimore, were washed over
board and drowned.
KERNERsvILLE, n. c., Aug. 8O-A ter
rife cyclone struck here at > o'clock in the
morning A hundred houses were COM
pletely wrecked and woman killed
Many were Injured. The Baptist brick
church was razed to the ground Factor
les, stores and residences were unroofed,
and some were blown entirely away High
winds and heavy rain are still raging.
RALEIGH, n. c., Aug. 30.-The storm did
great damage to crops all through North
Carolina. Tobacco, corn and cotton We're
severely injured in this state