Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1913-01-11
THE STORM DID
GREAT DAMAGE
Worcester County Farmers Were
Damaged To The Extent
OF Thousands Of Dollars


tion last Friday morning lasting several
hours and doing great damage in every
section of the county to farm buildings
and telephone poles.
The barn of Norman Mariner, one
mile from Snow Hill. was blown over
and partially wrecked. Part of the mill
roof of The Corddry Company was blown
away and the warehouse of the Snow
Hill Butter Dish and Basket Factory
was ripped from its foundation. Debris
was scattered along the county roads
to such an extent as to make them al
most impossible. At Stockton a por-
ton of falling building struck George
Ward, and he was so badly injured that
for several days his life was dispaired
Of.
The greatest loss in the county was
caused by the destruction of fodder
stacks. From every section comes word
that hundreds of stacks were blown to
shreds.
DISASTER on CHESAPEAKE BAY.
Twenty men and women died together
in the Chesapeake Bay when the tramp
steamer Julia Luckenbach was rammed
by the British ship lndrakuala, off Tan
gier Bar. Capt. II. A. Gilbert and Mrs.
Gilbert. who was making the trip with
him, went down with their ship. They
lived near Baltimore and leave two
children. Nineteen of the crew were
lost Eight were saved
The Luckenbach sunk five minutes af-
ter the lndrakuala. coming out of the
fog, dealt her death blow. Only those
on the top deck had time to escape.
First Officer Frederick r. Hunt, who
has wife and four children at 22li Oak
Street, Baltimore. and seven members
of the crew climbed into the rigging and
hung there for six hours in the terrible
cold until the Danish liner Pennsylvania
rescued them. The others, caught be-
low decks, died without knowing what
had happened.
The lndrakuala. with big hole in her
side, backed away from the sinking ship
and headed for the beach around Tan
gier Sound She was grounded in time
for all of her crew to be saved. The
accident happened at T. 20 O'Clock Friday
morning The bay was thick with fog.
The Luckenbach was bound up the bay
to Baltimore from Port Tampa. The
lndrakuala was bound down the bay to
New York.
After the Luckenbach sunk, Hunt and
the seven men lashed to the rigging
tried to attract the attention of the ship
that had rammed them. 1t disappeared
in the fog.
The wind was blowing 40 miles an
hour, and the heavy seas that broke
over them threatened TO break their
lashings aud carry them into the sea
that had taken the others of their ship.
The bitter cold and the water made the
men suffer terribly.
The fog did not lift until after nine
o'clock From then until one o'clock in
the afternoon the eight men hung in the
rigging trying to sight ship. The
wind increased in its fury and swayed
the topmast to which they chung. Boats
ordinarily on the bay had crept into safe
harbor. Finally, an hour after noon. the
Pennsylvania hove in sight. She put off
boats. and while the wind tossed the
small ships boat around like chips, the
eight men were taken from the spar and
hauled up the side Of the Pennsylvania.
IN OTHER SECTIONS OF STATE
From all over the Eastern Shore comes
news of wrecks and disasters from the
fury of the storm.
At Salisbury that section of the town
known as California was submerged to
the extent of several feet hogs were
drowned, chickens swept away in their
coops, windows blown out Of houses. and
the steamer Virginia had great trouble
in making her wharf.
A dispatch from Laurel. Del, says:
About 40 members Of dancing party
who motored to Hurlock, Md, had
frightful experience when returning.
The party left Hurlock. which is 20
miles distant, at 3 a. m. They had COW
cred about half the distance when they
were caught in violent wind and rain
storm. A cloudburst made the roads
impossible. Not one of the
party reached home until nearly o'clock
Mrs. Dallas Marvil. who chaperoned
the party. was held prisoner with five
young girls for six hours, the gasoline
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