The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1896-10-03

era large trees were blown upon the house
but the occupants escaped injury. His straw
stack was swept away, and fences and corn
in the shocks were scattered about. The
barn of Columbus Nugeon was also swept
away. The roof of the NJ. E. Church. South
was partially torn off: The lumber shed Of
Wade H. d. Warfield at Sykesville was de
molished and his lumber carried away. The
front of John Mcdonald store was blown in
the residence of DIR. j. w. Steele was badly
damaged, and VIM. H. Benefits roof was
carried away. The roads were blocked and
fences are lying in every direction. AT the
residence Of Mrs. Little several trees were
torn up, and other damage done. At War.
field College many fine oaks were Frustrated
and one was hurled against the east end of the
college. Two trees were uprooted from the
grounds of the Protestant Episcopal rectory
and hurled against the building. Consider
able property of Springfield Insane Asylum
was damaged.
Near SykesviIe barn of Charles E. Hartman
was blown down and seven horses caught in
the ruins, and the horses of Z. A. Merceron
were caught in the rnins of his barn. All the
horses were injured TO some extent.
AT PATAPsco.
Giant oaks as well as ornamental trees were
uprooted or twisted off by this the worst storm
that this neighborhood ever experienced.
George Benson's corn house and wagon shed
combined was RACED TO the ground. His
buggy having been blown out of the shed be-
fore the building fell, escaped without damage.
A large oak tree was blown upon the school
house at this place, completely wrecking ii.
The barns of Mrs. Wampler, Patrick Sullivan
and Randolph Taylor were destroyed and
scattered by the gale.
AT PLEASANT VALLEY.
The storm struck about II O'Clock. Corn
shocks were scattered. fences knocked down.
and trees and outbuildings damaged. The
south side and roof of Joseph Bankart's barn
was torn off, and the wagon shed and other
buildings of Joseph Helwig blown down.
AT FRIZELLBURG.
Considerable damage was done to corn
fields, outbuildings. fencing, dwellings, barns'
&c.
AT CLEAR RIDGE.
Trees were blown down everywhere and
particularly in Mrs. Philip Stouffer's woods.
A corn crib, apple trees and fences at Mrs.
Ann Browns were blown down; at Mrs. Jane
Pfoutzs, apple trees and grape arbors; at
John H. Jordan's large locust tree, and a
poultry house was unroofed. Corn shocks
were scattered in all directions and much
havoc was wroughtin Samuel Englar woods.
AT HAMPSTEAD.
Timber, fences, OrcndfuS anu pulluihSs
were damaged. VIM. II. Richards black
smith shop and j. F. Maehorn' stable were
left complete weeks. A number of porches
and roofs of buildings were damaged in and
around town, and many shade trees were
nprooted.
AT UNION MILLS.
A number Of small buildings were blown
down in the village but no serious damage
was done TO dwellings. In the neighborhood
the heaviest sufferers are Samuel Baum, whose
large bank barn. not quite finished, was blown
TO the foundation, the porch of his residence
was wrecked and several small Outbuildings
were blown over; William Frock, barn blown
down; Leander Matthias, wagon shed wrecked;
Samuel Thurman and William Warehlme,
parts of barn roofs torn off; D. j. W. Earhart,
carpenter and wheelwright shop wrecked.
Forests and orchards suffered in every direc-
ton.
AT GAMBER.
Barns of Jacob Powder and Geo. p. Cor
such were blown down, also Henry Griffee' S
wagon shed, Talbert Buckingham's tobacco
house and wagon shed and l.. Fl. Knox's i'm
plement building. Two reapers and many
implements were broken. Lewis Shipley 5
barn was badly damaged. Other buildings
damage were Mrs. William Palmer's barn,
wagon shed and corn house, Howard Zepp' s
barn and other outbuildings and corn house
on Grove A. Shipley's farm. The brick
dwelling of j. NJ Williams was partly I'M
rooted and otherwise injured. A large tree
was blown against Mt. Pleasant Church, dam
aging the roof. Trees were uprooted and
general havoc was wrought.
AT BLOOM.
Trees, buildings and fences were damaged.
Part of the roof on Judge VIM. Y. Frizzell S
dwelling was torn off. David Blooms stable
was blown down, also Nathan Bair's injuring
Harry Fogle's cow.
AT HAIGHT AND OAKLAND.
A portion of the tin roof on Charles Mel
vile's dwelling was blown off and landed in a
cornlield quarter of mile away. L. X.
Kelley's barn was blown to pieces, killing two
of his best horses. Part of the roof of the
new mill at Oakland was blown off. The
boiler house at the old mill is totnl wreck
and the large smoke stack was hurled into the
mill race The telephone wires between Oak
land and Reisterstown are all down. The
damage at Oakland Mills will exceed $1,000
AT SIMPLIFY.
Forest and fruit trees and about 90 per cent
of worm fences and corn shocks in this sec
ton were blown down. John T. Wagner 5
barn and Henry Wagners stable were blown
down, and John Wagner's large bank barn
and wagon shed were badly damaged. The
old half of Grove J. Shipley's barn was I'M
rooted and his buggy shed moved off its foun-
daton. The wagon shed of VIM. Hook was
also moved from It's foundation. Jonathan
NJ. Owings lost $1,000 in timber.
AT SILVER RUN.
The village escaped without serious damage.
Part of the roof of John T. Maus's barn was
blown off and the tin roof from the kitchen
from John ID. Feeser's house. Two chimneys
were blown off John Foreman's new house
and about one half the roof of Noah Browns
new barn. Nelson Study's barn was partly
unroofed and the gable end ofJohn koontz's
house blown in. Humbert's school house was
blown over and will have TO be rebuilt
AT LINwooD.
The barn of Dr. L. Rover was damaged, n
wagon shed blown down and buggy Injured
and only single tree was left standing in one
orchard.
A barn and shed at Marshall Hartsock's
were wrecked.
Every window pane in the house of Samuel
Haines was broken and part of the roof of his
barn carried away.
The barn of Ezra Garner was unroofed.
AT. John Z. Senseney's two sheds were
blown down.
Even Haines' fine lot of timber was seri
ously damaged.
UNION BRIDGE AND NEIGHB0RHOOD.
The storm swept through the centre of
Union Bridge from east to west, the severest
blow ever experienced there. The roar of
the wind, the crashing of trees and the noise
of falling bricks, slate, &c., from tho roofs Of
the houses, reused people generally from their
beds not a few, believing that their houses
were about to be blown down, took refuge in
the cellar The gable ends on the east side
of Jacob Stoner's and Mrs. Margaret Mckin-
stry's brick dwellings were blown in. At
Silas Senseney's large chicken house and
wood shed were overturned and the roof of a
large stable taken off, Many roofs were
more or less damaged, some by having shin
giles and states torn out by the direct force of
the wind, others by falling chimneys and tree
tops. The most serious damage TO any build
ing in town was in the steeple Of the Lutheran
Church, which was so badly crushed in the
brick part at to necessitate taking it down.
Many large trees were blown down, completely
blocking the streets in several places. Nine
of the largest trees on the public school
grounds and the flag pole were blown down:
In some cases windows were blown in and
panes broken, In Mountain View Cemetery,
Just outside the corporate limits, about fifteen
tombstones were blown down. some of which