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against a pole.
A colored farm hand at work neal
Jewell, Yves Estes, was hurled into
the air and carried nearly so yards.
Sixteen-year-old Russell Armingel
vas caught by the storm In a corn
field and saved himself from being
swept away by falling fiat on the
ground. He was cut and bruised
however, by flying debris.
Farmer Is Injured.
Harry Plummer, 61-year-old farmer
Of Jewell, was bruised by falling tim
bers when the storm demolished the
barn in which he was packing to-
bacco, and a colored helper. Roosevelt
Contee, was slightly hurt by flying
plank Plummer and Contee escaped
through hole in the wrecked barn
The storm looked like a big
smoky wheel" Plummer said, "anc
it came so fast couldn't get out oi
the barn before it hit"
Personal injuries in the storm area
were slight although live stock an6
chickens we've killed in considerable
numbers.
Uprooted trees and other debris
blocked rural roads for hours, but al
most nomal conditions had been re-
stored BY noon today. The low-lyins
lands, already soggy from constant
rain, were under several inches OF
fndau -, "a kn Of ho eta
and renewed showers.
Meanwhile, observation stations re-
ported only slight rises in the Shen-
andoah and Potomac at Harpers Fer
ry. No flood damage was anticipated
unless the rain persists for several
days.
The local forecast is for rain to-
night and probably tomorrow morn
ing, with Saturday fair. Cooler to-
night" Increasing northeast winds
are expected to become fresh late
tonight or tomorrow morning. This
may mean a break in the fog which
has grounded airplanes at the local
airport for several days. the weather
man said.
Park Police early today closed the
fords in Rock Greek Park and Rock
Greek Parkway, which has a low
section often flooded when the creek
rises.
Four Inches OF Rainfall.
Up to noon today approximately 1
inches of rain had fallen in Wash
ington since the present downpour
started at 6 am. yesterday.
The drenching rains extending over
most Of the eastern half of the United
States and freak winds are, at least,
an indirect result of the Florida hur-
ricane which claimed hundreds Of
lives on the Southern Keys early this
week.
Observers in Calvert County said
the twister yesterday apparently
started just north of Dunkirk, where
the winds damaged a famous old Co
lonial brick residence belonging to
Bowie Smith, and leveled two barns
on the place.
At Cheney, in Calvert, the winds
leveled a colored school house, then
unoccupied, and destroyed barns be-
longing to George Hardesty and Eu-
gene Walton.
A farmer Of the vicinity was caught
in truck on the highway in the
path Of the storm. The wind whirled
the truck end for end and swept
1t into q ditch. The driver escaped
injury.
Corn Crop Damaged.
Rain In the wind-swept sections Of
Maryland had made the ripening corn
top heavy. Crop damage was large
as q result. When the twister struck
the weighted stalks were beaten down
over wide area.
The only other Eastern Shore sec
tion affected was q strip along the
Wye River, 18 miles below Centreville.
Several buildings on a farm there
were demolished, the Associated Press
said.
Dwellings. sturdier than the barns
and outbuildings, escaped extensive
damage. although several In the
southern section suffered heavily
Bill" Chambers, farmer at
Tracys Landing, said:
1.-The storm came up without warn
ing. There was no wind In particular
in the section. It was raining hard.
Suddenly it got gray. A terrific wind
struck and whipped over the entire
section"
An observer in the Willoughby sec
ton, Talbot County, said: 1.-TWO
storms seemed to meet, one from the
northeast and the other from the
southeast. Much lightning was seer" "
Heavy Rains in State.
Other sections of the State, mean
while. received heavy rains. Associ-
ated Press reports Of damage from the
winds included:
Croom-Barns of Oden Wickham
and Richard Sweeney blown down;
stable of Elon Turner, Prince Georges
County policeman, blown down.
Centreville-Corn shed and imple-
ment shed blown down, roof ripped
of stable on. Wye River Farm Of
Frank Dudley Of Baltimore, tenanted
by Thomas Meredith.
Town Point-Edward Crandan barn
down; Sherman Estep house and barn
demolished.
Nutwell--Edward Nutwell, shed torn
on bar; Richard Mullin, Negro, house
doVn.
Chaney-George Hardesty, barn
down.