Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-09-24
STORM DOES DAMAGE
CYcLOHIC DIsTURBAE CE IN
THIRD DISTRICT
Barns Oyeriuwcd-CorH Houses Biowa
Dovnz Trees tFfootsd
MATERIAL DAMAGE DONE To
CORN CROP

The storm 0f yfsfefIay 0l4 great
damage throughout certain seclioas -
this county. indeeA Aune Arune4
was visited by one ~ the mcst severe
Wind and rain storms fog ycafs- lbfs
is particularly lrue 81 tle First. A1af1
anI Finh sistficis-
In the Third district a eyciontc dts
turbance which visited that secffen
| did material damage. = whirlw ind.
or cyclone in embryo. .truek tns Z arm
~ ST.. John r. rettiboue. Eear -
Margsret's. which WAS blewu down
and with its contents sixty tons ~
hay was carried thrte hundred yards
distant. The barn Was C mpletelE
broken up. 4 e0iored man who WAS
in the barn 1T the time fhs terrific
wind storm struck lhe building. es-
caped without serious injary although
his escape 10 said 10 have been mt
raculOus.
The same wind Storm struck the corn
house Of SIR. Frank Rdoiut and blew g.
down and also shattered large wagon
standing near by. v hich was complete
lv demolished. besides doing other
damage IN this vicinity.
Perhaps the greatest freak played
by the storm was when the wind
struck the house Of JAMES Inzic. col
ored took tlse building on its f0uu-
dation and set It down few feet
distant. a Eeuse of Medf0ra Carr
shared a similar fate aud a house n
william Carr near by was also blown
down.
The storm passed over Judge Tydinzs
place I'm the Third district, and liter
ally destroyed his peach orchard The
wind upro0ted between twelve and
Gfteen hundred peach trees and did
from one thousand TO twelve hundred
dollars damage, which amount Judge
Tydings says will hardly cover bis
loss.
Material damage was done tO the
corn crop throughout this section 81
the county and the broad fields II corn
this morning have the appearance 81
n heavy street roller having passed
over them. Trees were uprOotcd and
blown down, and roads throughout
the county today are blocked by fallen
trees and limbs beaten down by the
storm. The corn crop in tire Third
district-is completely ruined. Certain
sections Of the First and Third dis
tricts seem 10 bave suffered the most
| by the storm.
Mr. Claude ShipIey, Of the Fifth
district, who was At the Court House
today, reports all bridges over streams
In county roads to have been carried
away by yesterdays storm and resi-
dents of the Fifth district found great
difficulty in getting 90 town today.
| The storm was the most severe IN this
section for some time, and she dam
age can scarcely be estimated.
Some damage was done 10 tomatoes
and also 10 second crops Of Cow peas,
etc., which had been sOwn for cattle
feed, but the damage in this line was
not large.
County Commissioner ShipIey stated
| today that the damage done 20 tire
county by the loss Of bridges carried
away will amount TO 5000 THE
roads are washed badly in many
PAGES.
Much Of the injury done BY the
| storm was in carrying away small
wooden bridges and washing, Out aV-
/ proachcs, and 10 circumstance 0i
| this character is owing an accident %
| eN Treasurer Joshua >. LinthicuT
and his wife, which occurred last
night at Severn Run. The approach
to this bridge, which is between
| Millcrsville and WeIIham ), the home
/ Of Mr.. Linthicum, was washed out
and Mr.. Lintbcum and bis wife
drove into IT while riding in n Funa-
bout.
They were preeipitated into the
| water, which was much swollen by
the rains, and II was with difficulty
that Mr.. Linthicum extricated him
self and his wife. lie found it neees.
asry TO tic rope around man and
allow him 10 20 into the water ~
order TO cut his horse loose from tb'
vehicle. Mr.. Linthicum and wif'
spent the night at the house Of Dep
uty Sheriff James &. Grouse.