Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-08-26
Cause Damage.

Cause Damage.
Destroyed In Fred
erick County.
kurday evening severe rain
ped north and to the east OF
considerable damage being
y path. From this place the
could be distinctly seen, it ap-
Following the Monocacy river
lev to the east of Thurmont.
of the time the sun was shining
Nd against this large rain cloud
used a most beautiful and spec
y view in the eastern skies. No
ell in Thurmont and many persons
on the streets viewing scene such
wv nature can produce.
Om information obtained through
3 papers the storm equalled hurri-
e in force and Travelled the entire
nth of Frederick county. To the east
Frederick city corn was blown flat,
fOken off and washed away. The Fred
rick Post says:
Demolishing barns and small buildings,
Managing property, uprooting trees and
Fences and twisting the corn off close to
the earth. hurricane, which at times
reached the velocity of western lorna
do, swept over Frederick county .Satur-
day afternoon during the heavy rain
storm. Sweeping into Frederick county
at Hyattstown from the south, the tor
nado whired across the county, and en-
tered Pennsylvania, causing more than
500, 600 damage in Hanover.
AS is characteristic of hurricanes the
tornado passed over the county in an ir-
regular route, leaving path of destruc-
ton from 80 to 200 feet wide. So violent
was the hurricane that large trees were
snapped off and carried into the air.
Fences disappeared as if they were so
many pieces of paper
The barn of Columbus Buoy, of Bar
louisville, was lifted into the air and car
red about 200 yards and smashed against
the Pearl Bargain House, at Pearl Part
of the roof of the Pearl Bargain House
was lifted off and carried away. One
end of the building was pushed in.
Corn on the farm of former County
Commissioner Charles w. Zimmerman,
east of Frederick, was badly damaged.
Mr.. Zimmerman said that a track of his
fields, nearly 200 feet wide in some places,
is almost totally destroyed. Other sec
tions of the field were not struck by the
hurricane. The corn was torn from the
ground, twisted off in some places and in
others fiattened to the earth.
at made an awful noise" said Mr..
Zimmerman, in talking about the storm.
1T just looked like big black cloud,
with debris flying in the air"
The hurricane caused considerable eX-
citement and terror in the vicinity of
Hyattstown. 1t was reported from that
place on Saturday evening that with the
exception of demolished fences and small
buildings smashed, no extensive damage
was caused to property.
The rainfall in Frederick was particu-
larly heavy. At about O'Clock rain be-
gan to fall in torrents and continued to
descend for nearly an hour.
With the exception of the house, all
buildings on the property of Calvin Rem
ner, New Midway, were smashed by the
hurricane which passed over that section
of Frederick county at about o'clock.
The chicken house, small barn, hog
pen, and other outbuildings were swept
away. At one time it was feared the
house would collapse.
On the farm of Amos Eyler, near New
Midway, the cattle sheds, hog pens and
other outbuildings were demolished.
The tornado played havoc on the farm
of Samuel Strine, near New Midway.
The farm is tenanted by Herbert Coli
flower. The outbuildings were wrecked,
the barn doors blown in and many trees
uprooted. The Collifower children who
were in the house at the time were badly
frightened.
1t is not known just how great was the
damage in money in Frederick county
caused by the storm, but it will probably
mean loss of thousand of dollars.
St. Louis, Aug. %. Eleven persons
are known to have persisted in the flood
that swept the western and southern
parts of St. Louis, and some of the sub
urbs Friday, and two persons are missing.
Eleven bodies were found today-one
that of white woman, and 10 those of
negroes.
Five of the bodies were found in the
suburb of Glendale, which adjoins the
city on the southwest, and four were
found in the manufacturing district in
the southwestern part of St. Louis which
is drained by the Des Peres river.
The white woman was Mrs. Annie
Wagner, 80 years old, whose body was
found under bed that had been over
turned by the rush of water.