The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-10-21
ANOTHER HURRICANE.
The Atlantic Coast from Florida to
New Foundland Swept-Loss of
Life and Great Damage to Shipp-
ing, Buildings, Wharves, &c.

The storm which ragged throughout the At.
lanlie coast States ON Oct. IL did great dam
age TO telegraph lines, which were so gener-
ally Frustrated that communication between
various parts of the country was cut off. The
property damage was not unusually great On
the South Carolina coast nineteen persons
were drowned. Ia the District of Columbia
the damage is estimated at SEQ. 900, while II
loss of $4,000 was suffered in and around
Alexandria, Va.
Reports Of the storm show that much dam
age was caused by it in and near Baltimore.
Four loaded canal barges were lost in the
river and men and women on board of them
had narrow escapes. Harvey Wilson and
John Brown, colored hands on the schooner
Anna l. Gale. were drowned at the mouth of
Bear Creek. The Baltimore schooner Sarah
S. Tyler went ashore in the james river
The water rose high aud did considerable
damage at Sparrow's Point,
Considerable damage was done on the pc.
ninsula of Delaware. Eastern Maryland and
Eastern Virginia. The southern, western
and central sections of Maryland were swept
by the gale. The most damage was done in
the lower Chesapeake and the Somerset isl
ands and the lowands of Dorchester. The
bay craft and fishing vessels suffered consid
erably. In the western and southern part Of
den rising OF the streams, blowing down of
barns, orchards, fences, small buildings,
wharves, &c.
A severe northwest gale swept the great
lakes on Saturday and Sunday, and many
vessels were wrecked. 1t is supposed that
there has beera great loss of life. The pro
pellor Dead Richmond went down in Lake
Erie near Van Buren, Point, 40 miles from
Buffalo. Five bodies were washed ashore
and il is thought the entire crew of Is were
lost. Reports have reached Chicago of the
wreck of no less than 10 vessels. -
The schooner Minnehaha went ashore near
Manistee, Michigan, on Saturday. and OF her
crew of seven men only one, the captain, es
capped drowning.
The Sea Islands and the South Carolina
coast were again swept by Fridays storm.
and at Magnolia Beach 10 lives were lost
Is whites and 6 negroes. At Sampson,
North Carolina, two children were killed by
a falling tree. Wilmington, North Carolina,
was flooded.
The roof of the station of the Western New
York and Pennsylvania Railroad at Buffalo
was blown off by the wind on Saturday after
noon. Three boys were killed and several
men injured.
The east wall of the Roman Catholic
Church OF the Nativity, in course of erection
at Belgrade street and Allegheny avenue,
Philadelphia, Pa. was blown down in Fri
day nights storm, crushing the roof of the
temporary chapel in the basement. destroy
ing the organ, pews and furniture. The dam
age is estimated at SIS 900 or $4,000 Many
houses were unroofed, trees blown down and
sky lights broken in which caused much dam
age to residences and stores.
Tuesdays dispatches give narrowing de
tails of the loss of vessels on Lake Erie and
on the Atlantic coast.
SARANAc LAKE, N. Y. October l6,-The
greatest wind storm of the decade ended last
night. Many houses and barns were blown
down, also telegraph lines. snow. which
followed, covered the mountains.