The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-13
Wind unreops Car

The cyclones course through the
city was xigsAg.
Wind Unroops Car.
CAPE CHARLES, VA, June Ia
During . heavy electric and wind
storm. which passed over this section
this afternoon. several freight cars
aboard q barge OF the New York, Phii-
adelphia and Norfolk Railroad, en-
route from Norfolk to Cape Charles.
in the Chesapeake Bay we're unroofed
by the terrific force Of the wind. Capt.
Forrest. OF the tug Portsmouth. towing
severe he has ever experienced CROSS
the barge, reports the storm the most
Ing the capes.
Storm in Baltimore.
BALTIMORE. Md. June 13.--Three
terrific storms, following each other
In succession. did incalculable damage
in the suburbs Of Baltimore last even
ing. The first Of these struck the
city about 8 o'clock, and was ushered
In by a wind that gradually increased
In velocity until II blew q gale The
air, which had been heated. suddenly
turned cold and a comparatively fight
rain Increased in volume until 1t fell
in torrents.
With a surprising suddenness, there
was another change. The rain turned
to hall, and stones as large as wainuts
came down with terrific force and I'm
quantities. For half an hour these fell
within q radius of 10 miles, destroy
ing vegetation, running orchards. and
putting out Of commission nearly all
OF the telephone and telegraph wires.
Colonial Express' Close Call.
The colonial express on the PennsyI-
vania Railroad which left Washington
for Boston at 5:3s r. NJ, had a mar
raw escape from wreck north OF Bal
timore. Near Magnolia, Md, the en-
gineer saw a tree lying across the track.
He could not avoid crashing into the
obstruction. The crew had to use axes
to remove the tree from the tracks.
Telegraph wires and poles were
blown down for miles. Near Elkton.
Md. the southbound colonial express
was stopped by a red light at the sig
nal tower. investigation disclosed that
the operator had been struck by light
7 ming His condition is serious.
Damage Over Wide Arcs.
The area damaged extends from
Cockeysville to the north, Green Spring
Valley to. the west. and Baltimore to
| the south.
According to the weather bureau,
there were two inches OF hail. although
in some districts II drifted to a great
height. So thick were the stones that
a man living at Towson took it up in
shoveIs and flied his ice box.
/, Those caught in the open were pelt-
ed so that they were obliged to hunt
cover. No one was injured. but the
! property loss was exceedingly heavy.
In some sections, where the buildings
we're exposed, every window pane was
broken.
| As most Of the telephone wires are
out of commission. complete informa-
ton lis not available, but enough is
known to warrant the statement that
all the crops between the points
| named are destroyed absolutely.
About twenty nurseries were RACED,
the hail crushing through the hot
houses and killing all OF the plants.
Not one pane OF glass remained. Trees
were blown in every direction by the
| wind that preceded the hail-storm,
and travel was delayed fully an hour.
Towson Put in Darkness.
AT Towson. the county seat Of Bal
,imore county, the electric light plan,
was put out OF business, and the
town liz In darkness.
| To add to all other discomfort. a
second storm followed an hour later.
and lasted about half an hour. but
the greatest downpour of rain came
tonight about o'clock, when for
nearly two hours II came down In
sheets. flooding the streets and cellars
and rendering the roads almost i'm
pa ssahse. In some sections the wash
outs have rendered wagon travel dan
Herons. especially since they had al
ready been blocked in part by falling
trees. According to the local wealth
er bureau. more rain fell In the past
twenty-four hours In this section than
in similar period in many years
Damage In Maryland County.
HAGERST0WN. ND. June Ia
Washington county early this morn
ing was visited by two heavy thun-
derstorm, resulting in considera Bile
damage. A horse at Funkstown was
| struck by lightning and Killed. The
frame dwelling house. OF Philip Lat
tie. al Hancock. was struck and the
gable end WAS torn away. The house
caught fire. but the blaze was soon
extinguished.
The residence OF George Moore al
Roonsboro. was struck and the chin
ney demolished, Stoufferstown school
house was wrecked by the wind The
| barn of Craig Rogers. of Fayette-
vile. was moved from its founda-
tions The stables Of Emanuel Car
baugh and William Carbaugh. near
Fayetteville, were blown down The
barn Of Amos Lehman was partly
wrecked.
Fair Weather Promised,