The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-08-01
CLOUDBURSrS!
Seventy-Two Hours of Rain followed
by Rain, Hail
and Lightning.
Immense Destruction of Life and Prop
erty.

An immense cloudburst swept portion of
Golden, Colorado, away shortly after o clock
Friday evening of last week. A second cloud
burst and flood occurred at Morrison, Colo
RADIO, on Saturday, and was attended by furth-
err loss of life. Twenty-six dead bodies have
been recovered. The number drowned at
Golden by the cloudburst of the previous day
was three. From the mining camps it is re-
ported that the loss of life is very heavy, being
given at from 80 to rs
The heaviest rainfall of quarter of a CEN
fury occurred at Pittsburg, Pa, and vicinity
Thursday and Friday of last week. The loss
to property is estimated at over $1,000, 900.
In Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio and Ken
lucky there was y hours continuous rain fol-
lowed by cloudburst. In many places the
water was from to 10 inches deep. The loss
to railroads, farms, &c, is very large, while
the Inconvenience of private citizens whose
cellars were filled and provisions destroyed
by the water is almost incalculabe
The mountain resorts along the b. 4 o. and
West Virginia Central Railroads were nearly
destroyed. Dispatches on Sunday night state
that the railroads were running on time again.
Severe storms visited many sections of the
country Sunday and Monday. At Beulah
Park picnic grounds, Cleveland, Ohio, on
Sunday night, eight or nine houses, n large
tabernacle and other valuable property were
destroyed. There was small cloudburst at
Milwaukee; Galena, Illinois, was visited by
flood; houses were struck by lightning, and
there were heavy floods in various parts of
Michigan.
Rain fell Monday in New England New
York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland,
and the Lake regions, except near Lake Supe-
rior. Wires were down nearly everywhere in
Il -. Il
sylvania great damage was done to crops by
wind and rain.
Two or three lives were lost in the storm at
Pitisburg Monday, and several houses were
destroyed or unroofed by the wind.
John Fiegus was crushed 10 death and
George Miller had his back broken at Ross
Grove, Allegheny, Pa, Mondar. Five other
men, members of a camping narty, who were
in tent with the first two, were severely in
jured. Lightning struck tree and heavy
limb fell upon the party.
MARYLAND.
In various parts of Maryland the storm of
Monday night was quite serious. At Glyndon
and Emory Grove the tenters We're much
alarmed. Several large trees were blown
down and many narrow escapes from being
crushed by falling limbs occurred. On the
Eastern Shore the storm was terrific. In
Queen Annes county a tenant-house on the
farm of j. W. Watson, near Centreville, was
struck by lightning and burned to the ground.
The tenant Charles Moore and family, barely
escaped with their lives The bolt struck the
chimney and the house Immediately took fire.
The tenant lost nearly all of his furniture and
clothing. The house was insured. W. S.
Cross, living on the farm of Dr. w. K. Car
roll, near Queenstown, lost valuable horse
and COW. John Bishop lost a horse and
Charles Sparks had a bull killed. Lightning
struck the house occupied by Thomas f.
Dukes and family on the Simpson farm and
tore the plastering of the wall within Two feet
of bed of the the occupants, who escaped with
out serious injury. Mrs. Dukes was stunned.
Mrs. B. Palmer Heating was stunned by the
lightning while sitting at the window of her
house and she lay unconscious for several
minutes
Great damage to crops is reported. In
Kent county rain tell in torrents and the
lightning was severe. A straw rick on the
farm of George Snitcher was fred by lightu
ing and destroyed
In Allegany and Garrett counties the oldest
residents never saw such destruction before.
Over 200 men have been working day and
night to remove landslide from the B. & 0.
r. R., which covered space of 200 feet i'll
length and about 40 feet high; little mountain
streams passing under the roadbed became
rivers and washed OUT the earth from So to 40
feet. The details would fill several columns;
suffice to say it was the most disastrous storm
known in the State.
The barn of Isaac Price, near Butler, Bal
timore county, was struck by lightning, which
set fire to the building, destroying it. All the
hay and grain in the barn were burned The
stock was saved.