The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1954-07-22

thin Oakland city limits and
ne down. An oak, about three
feet in diameter, struck the south
west corner of the Irwin Field resi-
dence, corner of 18th and High
streets, ripping off spouting and
damaging the cornice. Mr.. and Mrs.
Field were at their summer home
on Deep Creek Lake at the time.
A tree from the yard of C. E.
Sharps fell onto Seventh street,
near Oak, and the top of it struck
an automobile of lisa Wolf, parked
on the east side Of the street.
Damage Heavy At Weber's
Hail fell for ten minutes or more
in the area, ranging in size from
peas in Oakland, to Y inches in
size at the Weber greenhouse where
the driving particles broke around
| 400 panes Of glass. Ralph Weber
said the damage would go well
over $1,000. 1t was the first time
in seventy years the greenhouse
had been damaged by hail.
Houses UnrOOfed At Crellin
Around thirty residences in Crel-
lin were unroofcd by the heavy
wind and hail the size of walnuts
broke out many windows in the
homes and lcvclcd much of the
gardens in that section. A portion
Of the roof Of the Stanley Supply
company at Crellin was blown
away. Hail was piled up to such an
extent in parts of Crellin that it
still remained in evidence on We'd
ncsday morning.
House Is Burned
One house on the Bray farm near
Red Run was destroyed by fire,
supposedly as the result of light
ming. Occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott Sisler and family, the family
was away at the time and returned
to their farm about $50 Tuesday
night to find it in ashes and every
thing they owned destroyed except
the clothes they had on their backs.
A crowd had gathered there, be-
lieving perhaps that they had been
caught in the burning house.
Mr.. Sisler said it was four
room dwelling and had recently
been constructed. Both Mr.. and
Mrs. Sisler, one of their children,
aged five and Lora Guthrie, of
RoSedalc, had left their home at
the start of the storm to attend a
movie at Sand Flat. Finding the
place without current. They con-
tinued to Oakland. Oakland had no
current at that time and they con-
tinued to Terra Alta. They did not
know of their loss until they ar
rived home. Sisler is employed as
a carpenter on the new addition to
the hospital. Insurance was negli-
gible.
A resume of the damage also re-
vealed that a silo was blown down
on the farm of Emroy Bolden, near
town; that the roof on the pump
house at the city water farm west
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a portion of the roof of the First
National Bank building in Oakland
broke loose and struck a window
in The Republican building, scat
tering broken glass the length of
the room and causing slight water
damage
Fields and gardens from Crellin
to Deer Park were severely dam
aged and in some cases almost to-
tally destroyed Entire fields of
corn were slashcd, wheat and oats
pounded into the ground, and cool
weather crops like cauliflower,
spinach and broccoli took terrific
beating
The wind also fellcd large tree
between the homes of Arthur Nay
lor, ST., and Clarence Murphy, on
Pennington street, and the storm
area was literally covered with
broken branches from shade trees
and twigs that had been cut down
by the hail. Hail broke numerous
windows in homes south of Oak
land. Additional trees fell in Mt.
Lake Park.
Mr.. Weber said that - inches
of rain fell during the early part
of the evening with additional rain
falling Tuesday night and We'd
nesday The weather turned con-
sidcrably colder after six o'clock
Tuesday night