Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-24
CHESAPEAKE STORM.
TAKES HEAVY TOLL
Seven-Ton Cruiser Tossed
Ashore on North Side of
Severn River.

Severe wind and rain storms yester.
day did considerable damage to small
craft on Chesapeake Bay and the Sew
ern River at Annapolis. while farmers
in Easton and Talbot Counties Of East
ern Maryland suffered damage to theii
crops, their houses were flooded and
wires and trees blown down.
Chesapeake Bay was dashed by WINDS
said by seamen to reach q velocity OF
so miles per hour. The bay was churn'
ed high with white caps and had the
appearance of mid-ocean In stormy
weather. Ferry travel was made dim
cult but the boats of the Annapolis
Claybourne line continued to run
throughout the day, although they
made slow crossings, which was re-
fiected In delayed trains on the Wash
ington, Baltimore and Annapolis cleo
trio line.
Boats Driven Aground.
White caps that beat the shoals at
Bay Bridge tore one boat to pieces Az
least three boats were driven aground
and many others had difficulty IN max
ing harbor.
The Betty Of Herald Harbor, Md. .
4O-foot cabin cruiser with l2-foot
beam. weighing about tons, was car
ried completely out of the water on
the north shore of the Severn River
and toppled over on her side. Inc
owner. II. E. Blake of Annapolis, ana
his guests. Henry Kyle and Frank Kyle,
ir.. of Herald Harbor and w. B. ana
Kenneth Harrison of washington were
soaked but not injured.
The steering gear Of the craft jam
med and it went out of control, while
two anchors lowered failed to take hold
on the hard bottom, Mr.. Blake said.
SaiIer Has Dificulty.
A 40-foot motor-sailer, dispatched to
the assistance of the Betty by the
United States Naval Academy. lost its
rudder In the heavy seas and was
driven high and dry on the shore near
where the cruiser was beached.
An outing boat, 40 feet long with .
io-f0ot beam, consisting of q dead-rise
with q deck, ran ashore through sea-
nettle trap about rs feet down the
beach and was practically demolished
during the night She bore the license
N-7g2s and believed to be Baltimore
owned Disabled in the storm. she also
draRged anchor and was grounded. A
man aboard, whose identity was I'M
known, was reported to have been In
iured, but later returned to salvage the
crafts motor-the only portion left
intact.
The unfavorable weather defeated at
.kempts by q United States Coast Guard
vessel and several commercial boats to
drag the bay freighter City Of Crts-
deld, aground In shoal water OF Bod
kin Point, 70 deep water. The City
of CrisfeId went aground Friday in
water only . few feet deep.
Eastern Maryland and the bay have
been dashed by severe storms since
Thursday. Corn fields in Easton and
Talbot Counties we're fiattened by the
gale yesterday, which will require the
stalks to be cut by hand causing big
loss Tomato vines were flooded, and
heavily laden branches of peach and
other fruit trees forced to the ground.
Cellars Of many of the houses in
Easton and the nearby country were
flooded, electric light wires were blown
down and trees blocked public roads
In Talbot County some Of the roadbeds
were flooded TO q depth Of from 3 to 5
feet, making motoring dangerous.