Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1915-04-15
Lightning, Wind And Rain.
Considerable Damage Done To
Property At Various Places.

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Beginning last Friday night with mild
thunder shower, rain fell at frequent in
tervals the past week. Saturday night
between eight and nine o'clock severe
thunder gust passed over Thurmont.
Again about midnight another gust pass
ed over. The rain which fell did much
good for vegetation.
Reports from many places in Maryland
and other States Indicate that much dam
age was done by wind and lightning dur
ing the past week. Some Of the reports
are as follows:
On Saturday night last hay shed on
the James Smith farm near Woodsboro
Md, was burned, it having been struck
by lightning. The farm is tenanted by
Mr.. Frank Dockerty. A boy attending
the picture show in the town opera house
saw the blaze, yelled fire, and caused
panic. Several ladies' tainted, but no
one was injured.
Middletown, Md.-Durlng heavy rain
storm Saturday evening to men in an
automobile ran into buggy in front of
the residence of William Doub. The &C.
cupants, Mr.. Guy Main and Miss Bryan
Gladhill were thrown from the buggy
and injured. the buggy demolished and
the horse injured very bad. Mr.. Harry
Ruch of Thurmont happened to be in
Middletown that evening and reports the
storm very severe.
Frederick, Md.-The first electrical
storm of the season broke in Frederick
Saturday night, April 10th. About 100
phones throughout the county were put
out of commission.
Hagerstown, Md. Clarence w. Kline,
the five year-old-son of Mr.. Seibert Kline
who resides near Rohrersville, was in
stantly killed by lightning Saturday ev-
ening. The family was in room on the
first floor when lightning struck the
chimney and ran into the room. The en-
tire family was badly shocked.
Elkton, Md During severe electri-
cal storm which passed over this section
of Cecil county Sunday, several persons
at Chesapeake City were stunned by
lightning. During services in the Epis
copal church lightning entered the build
ing on the electric light wires and stun.
ned the pastor. Several other persons
in the town were badly stunned.
Easton, Md.-A very heavy wind and
rain storm visited Easton Sunday. Barns
were upset, roofs blown from houses and
trees uprooted. At Oxford, Tilghman
and other places along the water front,
trees, telephone and telegraph poles were
blown down.
Cambridge, Md.-A severe wind and
rain storm Sunday did heavy damage in
Neck district. Houses were damaged
and trees uprooted.
York, Pa. The large bank baan on the
farm of Thomas Johnson was struck by
lightning during a storm Sunday night
and destroyed Five head of cattle and
four mules were burned
Waynesboro, Pa, April H. A ware
house and elevator owned by Franklin
Miller, Waynecastle, was damaged last
night by the storm that passed over that
section. The roof was carried away and
the building, containing hundreds of
bushels of wheat and corn, moved ten
inches from its foundation. Pieces of
slate from the roof were blown quarter
of mile. Windows were broken in the
house of Charles Miller
A number of shutters were blown from
the house of Charles Miller and Chin
ney was demolished. A small shack con-
tanning tools of the section hands was
blown across the Western Maryland
tracks. 1t was not noticed until this
morning when northbound freight train
ran into it. The building was smashed
into kindling wood and brakeman who
was in the cab of the engine, had one
arm cut by piece of the flying timber.
Several windows were broken in the
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tions of fence around his yard blown
away. A portion of the fence fell across
the track of the Chambersburg, Green
castle and Waynesboro Street Railway
Company and held up trolley cars for an
hour or more. Buildings on the farm of
Abram Shank, near Waynesboro, also
were damaged.
A building on the farm of Welty For
ney, Five Forks, was damaged and sew
eral chicken coops filled with fowls, be-
longing to Franklin Miller, were blown
across field and number of the chick
ems killed, while others were drowned by
the heavy downpour. In Waynesboro
parts of the roof of several buildings
were blown off.
Will Leave ThurmOnt.
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