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A storm that struck Beaver Creek district Saturday afternoon about lour o’clock nearly demolished the brick White Hall sciioolhouse Only the jagged walls of the building were left ‘-tanding. The roof was carried off and portions of the walls biowu down. The roof on the barn on the farm ol Dr. La-kin, tenanted ,by Luther Wallick, wa« carried awav. The storm also blew down fences and uprooted trees. Hail and heavy rain accompanied the storm.but did little damage. The storm’s path was less than a quarter of a mile wideStorm lt;!*atm\Consternation was created by a stormat the Union Picnic held in II inch's woods, Saturday near Chew-, : lt;i v the Bethel I . B., Pondsville Union,Beaver Creek Lutheran and Christian, Smithsburg Lutheran, and B**ard - Li -the ran Sunday School-. AIlt;ck h doo’clock tiie storm broke creak in if thetrees and breaking off limbs whim fell to the ground, on the vehicles or joo-ple. Everybody trie 1 to k*iv the• * 1woods at once and horses reared, women screamed, men shouted and the greatest confusion retimed. Samuel \\ inters had the wheel of hi- carriagesmasned and others had curtains torn.Manv took rtfutre in J. P. Fockh r -I Wf ::;V;; . I1 am and others drove into barns nearby, but the majority got soaking wet. 1 he -torm * I ic I further damatre to the corn by blowing it down, finishing its almost complete destruction. Doup’s transfer brought a four - horse—“ •- v . iyi- '//— ■' tf' * ■ \' — i , t '1 ■ ■ -. * t'l' ' '■ * ~ ~ ~ ' • - * lt;■■1 • »'1 .-Vrs jt •»' •'1 vwagon load of young peojde from Hag-erstow h.Miss |Hoberta Steek w;. knocked down while standing near a buggy. Thehorses became unmanageable, knockingher down. The wheel passed, over netbut -he was not injured. .Mi-- Maud Pound fell and hurt herself severely, a physician attended her.ACCIHRNT
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Hagerstown Mail
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Fri, Aug 11, 1899
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