Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-05-26
FIERCE STORMS ON MONDAY.

Is not often that as angry look.
ing storm clouds are seen in this Soc
uon rs those thar rolled up from tho
,' "SI last Monday. The immed;a,e
N'S..iiy OF Shepherdstown fortunatei,
10y any real damage, but 10 the
~,nrn S Sla south OF us there was Sc
r,ir re- S'' usuon oy wind, hail and
twer, ne ,hs nrSt storm came I'D be-
om;n,," ne and four o'clock, and
courn' S,.uaS swept over Washington
Jns, ND; a couple Of miles nor,h
juSt beyond Sharpsbure the nortn.
!ooh on the proportions q, storm
Wept over Antietam Rat,iaaaI9 az
, m me old -Dunkard Church onn ~ 1T ie
historic points on tho So,,,o. uo
u demolished il absolu,eL, h,
onu orlck being left upon ono,, ma'uW
"pSed roof covering the ruin r rno
No,;n,S~ S~Ipl on across the fields ~ ,ho
CI CaaI cemetery and Mountair VI e
Seneterv breaking or bIow;no Sow view
mnumoer or trees. Al the SuWn
IIeneterv one big tree as !, ,u'ona' ,"u m
Howh a part of the stone w,l, ans 'oLe .
80 pi renee topping il. A good AUX, @
W Sannaee was done in both cemc,.r;.
So"sioerable damape was don -
""S ,ha ana other buildings adiacen, ~
-, v aiaHerstown pike Harvey pomr
go, narn was partly demoIisbc5
;"us'hg considerable loss. ne he bos
, Us. c .'u improvements made 10 II a,
JoI,. VI something like thousand
sboa i2hn Pofenberger's wagon
ho,,a was o'own down and his chicler
nouse and chickens were sca,,eroI ~
sverv direction. Part OF the ,oo, a
MS dwelling house was bIou,rr os y,
= number OF windows were brolon
! me barns ~ Vim. O. Gov q = no.
sew, : Z. PoFenbereen lanes Do-s.,,
am mrs. Snonp were partIv urroo,oI
suu y, l. Smith lost part OF the roof
rom MS dwelling. The silo on the
Iarrn OF Hicks Remsburg was blown
gown and about half OF the roof Of tho
oa.n was carried away. Manv otber
ouiioings in that section were more mr.
,ess damaged by the storm and n mir.
DER OF trees were blown down 7, ;e
SAID that George Poffenbergcr's woods
"nere the community picnics arc
usually held. was almost demolished.
There will be much regret at the de-
struction of the Dunkard Church. one
OF the most prominent land marks on
the Antietam Battlefield. This was a
prick structure erected in 1853. Dur
ing the great battle on September n.
1862. II was the centre OF some Of the
iIercest fighting OF that bloody day,
and visitors to the battlefield were
always interested In il. II had no,
oeen used as place for regular wor-
ship for a number OF years. the Dunk
ards having built a handsome new
church in Sharpsburg. The ground on
which the church was erected was
given originally by the Mumma fami-
ly, one OF the provisions being that
when religious worship ceased II was
to revert to the heirs. Once year.
therefore. some sort OF service was
held there in order to retain title Now
that the church is destroyed, with
little likelihood that il will be rebuilt. 10
is supposed that the property will re-
vert to Samuel Mumma. OF Sharpsburg.
The Lutheran Church at Bakers
vile, which had recently been re-
modelled. was unroofed and partly de-
molished, causing heavy loss.
In the Keedysville neighborhood and
down through the Brownsville section
the loss was heavy. as a terrific down.
pour Of hail ruined the crops on some
'fa--7-. Through the mountains north
t"1d cast OF Harper's Ferry the hrii
was the largest ever known in this
e"ct;"r.. N''n M""ee. OF Shepherds
town who vas i, that part OF Wash
ington county on business. Ratherei
no some Of the hail stones and BROUGHT
them home with him. They were
round and fiat, and even after he hn1
kept them for 4 couo'e OF hours t''ry
we're AZ much as an inch and a-half IN
diameter.
Between six and seven o'clock the
same evening another fierce storm came
from the west. II also let loose fierce
tempest OF hail that did serious dam
ace in the Duffields neighborhood.
Wheat fields on the farms OF Bovd
Link. Samuel W. Hunter and 7. r.
Osbourn were WHOLLY or partly ruin
ed. and the same misfortune hapnen-
ed on the Banks farm, tenanfed nv
Robert Wintermoyer and the Harmon
farm. tenanted BY Harry Lemen. Mel
son T Snyder and Norman Luc,e
also suffered heavy loss from the hail.
About three dozen panes OF glass were
broken in Mr.. Links home. A numher
OF trees were blown down In the path
Of the storm.
Some damage was done at the Nor
PANS Grove fair grounds Seven or
eight larPe trees were blown down or
badly broken