Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-08-04
yerabe Cyclone Accompanied With Wind and RAIN Thunder and
Lightning Visits Annapolis and Surrounding County From
1890 p NJ to 3 M
OUSES UNROOFED, WALLS CAyED IN TREES BLOWN DO
Damage Estimated $25O0OOTde Higher Than Half Century
Residents Of Water Front Catch Fish On Front Porch
Marketing This Morning in Boats
81. ANNE'S CEMETERY DEVAsTATED-TOMBsTONE DOWN

Uproofing houses, cavlng in walls,
blowing down trees by the hundreds
md carrying devastation and destruc.
lion in its trail, a storm Of cyclonic
'oree. veritable tornado struck this
'ity and surrounding country last night
between 1880 p. m. and 3 q. 10. today.
Twenty-four hours. or more later. ac
;ording to message received from
The Displayman Of the Weather Bu-
reau, on the Reina Mercedes at the
Naval Academy, that northeast
storm was coming up the coast, strong
winds, increasing to gale force, or
words to that effect. it arrived.
The storm came, not that day, but
last night and struck the city with
terrific force, nothing like it has ever
been known in these parts.
Days. weeks. and perhaps months
will scarcely reveal the damage done
BY last nights storm. The wind blew
a hurricane. It began with strong
breeze in the early afternoon and in
creased in force until it was gale
Worse even than that a young cyclone
and hurricane combined.
The tide rose higher and higher until
the streets about the City Dock and
waterfront were inundated. The
water rose over the Dock and flooded
the market. 1t was necessary to do
marketing this morning in boats. SO
those who were out early declare.
Compromise streets was flooded
The Severn Boat Club was submerged
At its lower floor.
At Boucher's the water almost filed
the old bathing pavilion on Spa creek,
which at $50 this morning was filed
with water to half its height.
Water in Spa creek rose 70 a great
height. At the residence of Mr.. ".
l.. Marcy at foot Of Market street,
facing Spa creek the lawn was covered
with water that reached the porch.
Mr.. Marcy told friend he could catch
tish on his front porch this morning for
breakfast.
Perhaps the greatest damage done
is to st. Anne's cemetery. The storm
spent its force out Northwest and Cal.
vert streets. The wind unroofed the
house Of Former Senator Jos. n Bel
lis, on which gang of timers were
at work at an early hour this morning.
At the next house. that Of Jas. /
Johnson the tin roof was blown off.
Roof of the Annapolis Storage Ware
house opposite st. Anne's Cemetery
was blown over into the cemetery and
twisted about the tree tops.
Not only were roofs blown of but
fences were blown down. The fence
on either side of the Johnson house
on West street was blown down.
At the corner of Northwest and Cal.
vert street the store of Mr.. Lee Duvall
was unroofed and a portion of the
walls bulged, and had to be torn dowr
this morning.
On Calvert street houses NJ. 81, So,
55 and 81 were unro0fed, one of the
houses owned by Lieut. j E. Abbott
u. S. A. was damaged to the extent
Of s4O0.
Sweeping around the corner ot
Northwest and Calvert streets tn,
tornado literally tore wide open tn,
city Of the dead. Graves gave vi
their dead. Ia one lot there were foul
bodies floating around above tn
ground Scarcely a lot in st. Anne
cemetery but suffered from the storm
Every tree in the cemetery wa
broken. bent. twisted or uprooted. Thl
| City of the Dead is a wreck. Tomb
stones are broken or blown fiat.
A Scotch granite monument SOM
i5 feet tall, in the easier lot, wa
blown feet distant. although no
broken. Some say tree ia Feldmey
er's blacksmith shops yard bles
against the monument, others say tha
| il was blown over BY the force Of IL
wind. 1t has stood firmly for. over g
years. A baby's monument ia ia
cemetery has gone, ne one know
| whittier.
The roof Of Clay street hall rests i
tops Of trees at the cemetery. Be
fore 8 o'clock this morning over so
people gathered at the cemetery man
weeping at the devastation wrough
4 By the storm in its wake.
One tree uprooted brought with II
roots four cofiins, one in badly decaye
condition.
In brief the city cemetery is a wrecj
some lots cannot be approached 70
trees and limbs blown off and piled il
a gruesome heap with tombstones an
coffins. The sight is sickening, ghast