Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-04-10
HAVOC PLAYED BY
HARD WINDSTORM.
Boats Dragged Anchor In Harbor
And Much Damage Done
During Last Nights Blow.
CAR LINES ARE HIT.
W., B. And A, And Maryland
Electric Put Out Of Commits
sion This Morning. Tele-
phones Out.

Blowing steadily and at times reach
ing proportions of a real gale, the
wind and rain storm starting yester-
day and continuing through the night
and today, did almost general damage
throughout Annapolis and the county.
Reports from Baltimore and Wash
ington indicate that there was severe
damage in those cities and indeed
throughout the wide area of the At
lantic Coast.
Railroad and telephone and tele-
graph communication was seriously
interrupted, the whole of the lines of
communication over the Chesapeake
and Potomac Company routes to rural
sections south and north of Annapo-
lis being put out of commission. Only
one line was left to Washington and
one to Baltimore. These two lines
were loaded with business and delays
of nearly an hour resulted on all out
of-town calls.
Both the Washington, Baltimore and
Annapolis and the Maryland Electric
Railways were seriously crippled
during the early morning and it was
not until nearly noon that traffic was
really established on the former. The
Short Line was still out of commits
sion this afternoon.
The greater part of the damage,
however, was in the harbor and along
the water front Two of the recently
completed submarine chasers which
were at anchor off old Fort Madison
across the river dragged their moor
ings and drifted clear across the har-
br, finally bringing up near the Sew
ern Boat Club at the foot of GlOuces-
ter street One of the little craft went
hard and fast aground on the bar near
the club house and had not been got
ten off at noon. The other bringing
up against the Spa Greek bridge was
extricated during the morning and re-
turned to her anchorage.
In the same jam about the bridge
was the Oyster-laden bugeye Sun
BEAM of Baltimore, captained Sby
Henry Smith. A heavy scow laden
with oyster shells, which was moOred
at the Rochester wharf dragged
away and finally brought up against
At the wharf of the old Eastern
Shore steamer landing place was par
TALLY demolished, the ticket office and
| freight shed being blown to bits and
carried away by the tide. One of the
| steamers of the Baltimore, Chesapeake
| and Atlantic Railway Company, which
! has not yet identified herself or ask
ed assistance, put into the harbor dur
! ing the night and anchored under the
! lea of Greenberry Point, where she re-
| manned all day. The steamer Emma
| Giles, due to make a trip to South and
! West Rivers by way of Annapolis, did
not come down, word being received
| from Baltimore that she did not get
| back to Baltimore from her Choptank
run yesterday. Further inside the
harbOr the large pile driver of Captain
Knadler was driven against the coun-
ty bridge across the Severn. anC
! launches from the Naval Academy haC
to be called upon to tow it to safety.
The general impression among the
fishermen of the town is that serious
damage which may react in a mos
material way upon the local food sit
uatiOn, was done. For twenty-foul
hours the fishermen have not beer
able to go out to their nets and fears
are entertained that they have beer
destroyed.
Besides the more material damage
there was a great deal of minor havoc
wrought throughout the town anC
suburbs. Trees were blown down OF
stripped of their branches, and al
over town fences and outbuildings
| were blown down.
The official report from the Weather
Bureau predicts a drop in temperatur,
accompanied by rain, but does not in
dicate any change in the wind situa
ton.