The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-09-05
SIX SPOTS AND CYcLoNEs
Some Memorable Storms That Were
Very Disastrous

L ! esaiEaed tlist stOrIa periods frzrei
IN eyde. ard ihzt erery eseEeuth year Is
likely 70 produce ssnosI. LeTie disturbances
# great giole8ee.
While Pr0Sez-or Langley has stated that
tbe presence II sEots upon the sun dos
ma indiezte an increase degree q heat
uDoa the esr1h. Il ) egasendei b. otbers
who have studied the szIbjae1 that these
suots indicate great activity IN this saunoe
II al heat. AID that phen tbey ara pres
ent an agreeable rari4bility IN zsuoe-
t.i.ere egBditions % cur gi9ise mzy be *
I@s4e3. and that hurriesBes tosna36e-,
etc, VII preEal-
II Is Interesting 70 recall some q The
fearful czitastropbes ahieh hare tzken
tlaee IN different part q the ezrzh IN Tsst
gean. caused b. The acton Il the ee-
lneut.. aad 70 Dote the awful destruction
ths, fJllows3 ID their wake. TIE ioss Il
life and property fr0m the s. Loui, ss0fzn
ha. been great, but when compared With
the results II some Of the typhCsnz and
hurricane u the equatorial ree50a L ld'-ss
IN pan It. APPALLING asPeef-
4 storm in IBdis ia the sereH;ies re-
suited ID the destruction # over quarter
million of live The sufferers were Dot
Of a high grade of humanity bar imagine
multitude Of nearly 800, 900 people b.
ing their liyes IN one night
In 1s23 q cyclone Bezr Caleutta de-
troyed 1879 fishermen house,. with
their occupants During the storm. II i
aid. piece Of bamboo va driven through
4 stone val Eve fee; thick 10 the zane
region a terrible "a wave in October 1877.
DESTROYED 2l5. 900 native. Dead bodies
we're washed from toEn 10 town Ike -
much driftwccd, aud for YEAR the disiriet
was uBinhabitablc
4 cyclone il 1883. generated. II i BE-
lieyei. 10 mid Atlantic. near the equator
6r.t made it, appearance 10 BsIbadoes.
where il DESTROYED houses. blew the bark
from tree. and. IT l. stated. fairly uproot
ed the bottom aud dep:hs If the "a. Fcr1s
and castle were washed away. znd gum
carried in the air ike ehaf 4 French
transport feet. consisting II forty vessels.
was destroyed. with 1000 soldier7. Nine
thousand persons perished at Martinique:
1000 at St Pierre. where not house was
left standing. st. Vincent: 81. Eustache
aud Porto Rico were deyaEted. At Pnrt
Royal the cathedral. seven churches and
1900 houses were blown down. Sixteen
hundred sick aud wounded were buried be-
meath the ruins Of hospital. At the
Bermudas fifty British ship were driven
ashore. two battle ships went down at sea
and %, 900 persons perished-
In the year 1899 cyclone swept over
a portion Of France. near Paris. which did
incredible damage Thousands were killed
A peculiarly Of this storm was that it
gntted the inside Of the houses without
blowing them down \ stone wall was
cut in five eqaal parts Of eight yards each,
the first. third aud fifth pieces being laid
10 one direction. the second and fourth
exactly opposite.
At Guadaloupe. on July ., lS25. a
hurricane destroyed the town carrying
debris over an arm Of the sea fifty miles.
to Montserrat. The wind drove tiles from
the roofs through thick doors Buildings
were blown around ike cards. and a piece
Of deal thirty mine inches long, ten inches
wide and nearly an inch thick went through
u palm tree eighteen inches in diameter
In England in the year 1903. during
violent hurricane, whole fleets were cast
away and mansions blown down London
and Bristol gave the appearance Of having
been sacked Eddystone Lighthouse, re-
garded as impregnable, was destroyed, with
the architect who built it inside.
In October, 1864. great gale prevail
ed in India, during which 80, 900 persons
persisted This was a year during which
the spots ON the sun are said to have been
especially prominent 1t Is stated that
during the storm vessel was actually
lifted out of the water and torn to pieces
by the elements in midair