The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-09-21
Disastrous Storm in Frederick Co

Frederick city was struck by the most
destructive storm on last Sunday afternoon
since the .Johnstown flood. Few places in the
city escaped some damage. Roofs were torn
off. fences smashed and scores of trees up
rooted or stripped of their branches. An en-
tire row of five dwelling houses on West Fourth
street was unroofed The west end of Montl-
vue Hospital was unroofed, and part OF the
wall was blown down. The roof of John tllby s
Road House, in the northwestern SUBURBS,
was torn off and carried two blocks away.
The roof of Adolphus Harrington's stable was
lifted over high trees into the street, breaking
two telephone poles which it struck. The
Union Knitting Mills building, the Woman 5
College Frederick City Electric Light and
Power Company's plant, st. Johns Catholic
Church and many other buildings were partly
unroofed Market street, which Is converted
into Il river by every heavy storm, was Hooded
higher than it was ever known to be before,
and Carroll Creek, into which the water from
the city's streets drains, is flooded. During
part of the storm haistones as large as mar
bles fell. Every pane ofglass in David Croft s
large greenhouses was broken and the con.
tents ruined. Other greenhouses also suffered
greatly.
Details of the cyclone show that the storm
this section of the country. The damage will
amount to many thousands Of dollars. Hun
dreds of buildings were wrecked and in some
towns hardly house escaped damage. Barns
were lifted off their foundations and dashed TO
pieces. and large sections of buildings were
carried across fields.
At Poplar Terrace the home OF Gen. l..
Victor Baughman, a water tank with capac-
ity of 200 barrels was blown from the top Of
the house, and $50 window panes in the resi-
demce were smashed. Forty large trees on
the lawn were snapped off. The judges stand
on his private race track Was carried 800 feet
into an adjoining field, and two valuable
horses were killed.
At Montevue Hospital "a portion of the
building was wrecked and l 800 panes of
glass smashed. A hailstone was driven
through IA window with such force that it
smashed Il mirror on the opposite side of the
room, which is 20 feet wide. The stable OF
the hospital was lifted from its foundation.
The residence on the property known as
"Groff Park owned by the Womans Col.
lege, near Frederick was wrecked and rem
dered unnhabitabe.
In the neighborhood of Libertytown the
storm was particularly severe. Barns on the
farms of James Crum. James Sappingtor,
Harry Boyle, Mrs. Warner Walsh and many
others were destroyed. William Anderson's
large icehouses, near Frederick were de
moliShed.
On the farm Of Eli Ncodemus, about two
miles north of Buckeystown, every outbuild-
ing was torn to pieces, and the trees in the
orchard stripped of fruit.
In the Union Church at Braddock a relig
ous service was in progress when the storm
struck the village. Hail smashed the win
dows and the wind rocked the building. The
women shrieked and stampede from the
building, in which it seemed probable that
some persons would be crushed, was with DIFF
fcuty checked.
The fine residence of J. Roger McSherry,
near Rraddock, was badly damaged. The
path of the storm was only about mile III
width.