The citizen., 1914-03-06


About one-tourth of the roof area of
the United Brethren church at Thurmont
was torn of by the wind.
ThurmontS High School building has
been badly damaged The west gable
| end OF the building which is of brick.
was blown in and crashed through the
/ floors to the basement carrying all tim
bers and flooring beneath it. Desks,
/ books and everything in the way of the
| falling bricks and mortar was carried
! along. The new portion of the building
| erected only few years ago, was badly
| twisted by the storm, and the walls are
J showing cracks.
! The Town Hall was also damaged, a
portion Of the root being torn away.
A portion of the slate roof upon the
house OF Mrs. G. +. Palmer was torn
away.
The entire tin roof on the three.story
residence of Simon Lohr was torn of the
building.
The roof upon the elevator of A. H.
| Etzler. which was erected last summer,
was blown off and carried considerable
distane
About New Market, while there was a
considerable Storm yet the damage done
was comparatively slight. The barn of
| Newton Wachter was unroofed and the
roof carried several hundred feet.
At Mt AIRY the steeple of the NJ E.
church, South, was blown down and into
the street. The damage will be consid-
cradle. The roof of George Shank's
stable was blown of. Windows were
blown in at number of residences.
The barn on the farm of c. V. c. Sam
ner, near Yellow Springs, was unroofed
! When Mrs Sanner went to the barn to
milk, she was caught bya gust of wind
and thrown to the ground with such
| force that one arm was broken
Charles Reeder, residing near Yellow
Springs reports the loss of wagonshed.
! Henry S. b. DeGrange, father.in-law
Of Jacob l.. Engelbrecht, this city, has
suffered the loss of his barn roof. His
wind pump was also badly twisted
Samuel Ramsburs residing along the
Hagerstown pike, west OF Frederick. re-
ports that his barn was unroofed and that
number of doors were torn off various
buildings.
Dwight McCain's barn, along the Hag-
| erStown pike, was unroofed A wagon
| shed upon the farm was also blown down.
Deputy Register of Wills ]. Fenton
| Thomas, who resides at Adamstown,
reports that the storm there ives the
worst the residents have ever encounter
ed. Mr.. Thomas had numerous panes of
glass blown in his residence, and CHM
ney blown down. Part OF the roof of the
Farmers Exchange was torn away and
the lumber in the yards of the Adams
town Canning Co. was badly scattered.
The machinery shed of William Rem
was blown in and machinery damaged.
Glass in the store of c. +. Poole and in
the residence was broken by the wind.
On one of the farms OF Mr.. William
Baker, near Buckeystown, a barn was
unrooied and wind mill damaged.
AT Mddletown the storm was quite Sc
we're. The barn of Walter Bidle, near
Koogle's school, was unroofed. The
roof upon the property on the estate of
the late Mrs. G.. G. Rhoderick. was torn
away. and chimney at the residence of
Miss Nettie Levy torn away. Part of the
slate root of the barn of Alfred w. Gaver,
north of Middletown, was blown off.
1t is reported hat the barn Of George
Tritapoe, on the farm of Mrs Narcissa
Harley, south OF Middletown, was
moved on the foundations, and live stock
were takenout for fear it would collapse.
Part of the silo of L. c. Ahalt, near
Broad Run, was destroyed and Oliver
Hufier had his wind pump to overturn.
About Burkittsville the damage was
very severe, although definite reports
could not be secured on account OF the
telephone service being interrupted Be-
sides the barns of Thomas Hightman,
near Petersville, being destroyed, it is
reported that the barns of Cephas Har-
ley, Harry Kepler on the Thomas Lee
farm, and Cephas Shafer, near Burkitts.
vile, were also blown over.
The barn of VIM II. Koogle, near
Brunswick, was unroofed.
The roof was taken off a stable near
the Catholic church at Petersvlle, and
blew across the yard into the yard of Mr..
PRYOR.
Wheeler Smiths barn, west of Myers
vile, was also unroofed. s. P. Raymer,
who has a small barn in Myersville, will
be compelled to reroof the building, as
most OF ii was torn away. Edgar Bidle's
new concrete house, which had been
erected up to the square and was about /.
ready for the root, was blown down to
the first story The roof of the residence
of Lewis Brandenburg was torn of.
On the residence OF Mrs. Norah Rout-
zahn the roof was torn away. Mrs.
| Routzahn is an invalid and was carried
10 the nome Oh MI OdIitOn Dedlnefnan
nearby.
The roof of the large hen house of Mr.
Charles Crum, of near Woodsboro, who
is engaged IN the egg business, was
blown away.
From Graceham comes the report
that on the farm of Mr.. A. ID. Hoover
the buggy shed, wagon shed, granary
and other buildings were blown down.
On Payne's Mil, out of Thurmont,
an automobile was upset.
c. L. Lidie. hveryman. of Thurmont.
while driving in buggy was upset on
Payne's Hill, and the buggy demolished.
On the farm of Benjamin White, near
| Adamstown, a portion of the roof was
blown away and several other buildings
were unroofed. Even the meat which
Mas in the meat house which was un-