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Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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A tornado and severe flooding in Baltimore on October 5-7 caused widespread destruction to houses, mills, bridges, and churches, with several lives lost including drownings of Mr. Boyce and Ryan.
Merged-components note: Continuation of the report on the Baltimore storm and flood damages.
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"The storm, or rather tornado, of yesterday, has done great damage in this town, many houses are entirely swept away and some lives lost. -- Some parts of the town were so filled with water, that the inhabitants with difficulty made their escape during the night, and the cries of those distressed persons were terrible. This freshet made its way with such rapidity through some of the streets, that it destroyed and tore up the pavements in such a manner as render it necessary to have the whole replaced."
Extract of another letter from Baltimore, October 7.
"After some days continuation of Southerly winds and heavy rains, in town and country, we had of course a high tide, and the waters in the falls ran down with the greatest violence, and rose to such a height, from six to nine o'clock in the night, that it irresistibly carried away every thing before it. Mills, houses, seven mill dams, bridges, stores, fences, &c.
The water rose so high, that in our school-room it was two feet and an half above the floor, and in Mr. B's. front room it went over the top of his desk. Near the upper bridge, it swept away three or four houses, great part of Makenheimer's large house in the marsh, the gable end and great part of the New Reformed Church in Old Town, the corners of Jaffray's and W. Roe's fine brick houses, all three bridges, - and what more is not now known. By this you may easily guess of other damages. Several lives were lost." Some people carried down the current were saved, others drowned. Every spot along the Falls looks frightful.
Mr. C. had the singular circumstance of a dead horse, floating into his back door, through his house, into the parlour, and there lodged.
Yesterday evening, about four o'clock, Mr. Boyce, in crossing the rapid Falls, near Hanon's house, in a phaeton, was drowned. One Ryan, a butcher at the point, crossing the Falls in a canoe, fell over and was drowned 8 feet from the shore.
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Baltimore
Event Date
October 5 7
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many houses entirely swept away, pavements destroyed, mills, seven mill dams, bridges, stores, fences carried away; water rose two feet and a half in school-room, over desk in mr. b's front room; three or four houses, part of makenheimer's house, gable end and part of new reformed church, corners of jaffray's and w. roe's houses, all three bridges destroyed; several lives lost, some saved from current, others drowned; mr. boyce drowned crossing falls in phaeton near hanon's house; ryan the butcher drowned crossing falls in canoe 8 feet from shore.
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A tornado on October 5 caused great damage in Baltimore, sweeping away houses and causing flooding that filled parts of town with water, leading to difficult escapes and terrible cries; freshet destroyed pavements. Continued southerly winds and heavy rains led to high tide and violent waters from 6 to 9 PM carrying away mills, houses, dams, bridges, stores, fences; specific damages to school-room, Mr. B's room, houses near upper bridge, Makenheimer's house, New Reformed Church, Jaffray's and W. Roe's houses, bridges; dead horse floated through Mr. C's house; on October 6 evening, Mr. Boyce and Ryan drowned in separate crossing attempts.