Fire destroys Virginia Woolen Mills, badly damages Haxall Mills. About 400 put out of work. Fire at penitentiary. No injuries, but terror among inmates. January snowstorm paralyzes city with drifts up to 12 feet deep.
Several people die.
Low areas of city submerged. Mayo's Bridge wrecked, gasworks and waterworks put out of commission. Spotswood Hotel at Eighth and Main streets burns. Eight people killed. Several workers killed in collapses during 22-month construction of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway tunnel under Church Hill.