The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-09-01
The Great Storm.

day midnight with horrible fury
Savannah, Ca, has suffered more than
from the hurricane which swept that
city in 1881. Along the Jersey coast
the sea and wind wrought fearful
havoc. Many wrecks have occurred
all along the coast and many lives
have been lost.
Cecil county in common with
nelghboring territory suffered severe
Iy from the storm, the corn and
peach crops having shared worst, the
coming down upon them in the hight
of there season. Correspondents
from points IN the county the morn
ing after the storm give the follow
ing picture of the storms furious
onslaught.
PORT DEPosIr.-One of the worst
summer storms that ever visited this
section struck here last night, and
more damage was done than since
the great hail storm of July 25, 1866.
This morning the tide was very high,
and the Columbia and Port Deposit
Railroad was submerged for half
mile at the lower end of the town,
and had to be cleared of debris be-
fore the trains could be run through.
Easements of dwellings on the west
side of the street were flooded and
some provisions lost. All the
wharves through town were covered
with water from two to five feet deep
Two feet of water was in the planning
mill of the Rowland Manufacturing
Company, and their lumber and
shingles were floating about the
wharves. Three peach boats ladened
with peaches arrived last evening
the James G Blaine, Grover Cleve,
land and SalIie P. Faunce. The
Blaine was driven against the wharf,
her bowsprit broken off, hull badly
damaged, the sails torn, and about
half of her peaches lost, and she was
driven, full of water, on Davis
wharf. The Cleveland is full of water
at the wharf The Sallie p. Faunce
was driven against the wharf, lost
her rudder, her waist was broken, but
she was securely anchored opposite
the depot of the Columbia and Port
Deposit Railroad. The greatest loss
is to Captain Holm, of the steamer
City Bell, all of whose upper deck,
chain, pilot house and furniture are
broken to pieces. She is sunk just
below the wharf of toe Rowland
Manufacturing Company, and as her
bow pounded heavily on the corner
of the wharf, it is feared she was
broken in two. The full extent of
her damage cannot be told until she
is raised. Williams, Oldham & Co.'s
fish pasking shed, with many barrels
of herring, is full of water. j. A,
Mitchell's packing house was partly
blown and knocked down by heavy
timber. Many gilling sein boats
were torn from their anchorage and
driven on shore by the wind and
badly damaged, Reports from the
adjacent country state that what corn
was standing was blown down, the
fruit trees nearly stripped of fruit
and many trees blown down.
MUCH DAMAGE AT NORTH EAST.
The storm struck this town with
full force last night, doing hundreds
of dollars worth of damage. This
morning the North East river was
higher than for years, flooding yards
on the western side of Main street
for squares, and washing away out
buildings, lum Der, etc. Davis lumber
yard was flooded, and much lumber,
shingles, etc, washed away. The
water stood three feet deep in Arm.
strong, Squier & Co.'s Touring mill,
and more than one hundred dollars
worth of feed ruined. John R Bry
sons truck farm was inundated, and
he will lose q great deal of growing
truck almost ready for the market
Peter Jordan, another truck dealer,
will lose heavily. Rutler & Thomas
canning plant was under water. and
the machinery damaged. James
Rooney's slaughter house was flood,
ed, and the stock saved with consider,
able difficulty. The water poured
into Baker William D. Coslett's place,
and into Joseph Veasey's saloon, ad
joining Capt T. C. McCracken's
warehouse, which was also flooded,
the water in it standing five inches
higher than ever before. All the
small streams about town were
swollen, and they. too, did much
damage. Many large trees were
blown down. There was a heavy fall
of rain in the outlying districts, but
little damage was done, save the
blowing down of trees and few
fences here and there.
Hance's Point was completely sub
merged, and five of Chas. Pearce's
fishing houses we're wrecked. Green.
bank, the fishing grounds of John w.
Shippers, was also wrecked, and the
buildings carried away. Fords Run,
near town, was never higher, and
several Elk Neck farmers lost barrels
of produce which they were bringing
to the North East markets. Thomas
r. Davis, who carries the mail be-
tween this place and Elk Neck. in
crossing the stream, was Obliged TO
swim his horses for forty feet. Jno.
Futly's canning house, on the Elk
rieer. was COMPLETELY wrecked, en-