The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-07-07
Great storm fny syashtnston and BUTT
more Houses Unrooxed = Damage
From the Baltimore gun. e,h.l

i A remarkable Fourth Of july storm closed
the anniversary Of national independence in
Baltimore. as well as in other cities. Here
the lightning. which was remarkable iea.
Iture of the storm, served In lieu of the fire.
works prohibited by law. and the clouds
eclipsed the comet, which had been expected
to play an important part In the night OF
Sc the day we celebrate" The storm was
one of the most violent thunder gusts that
has occurred this summer, and happening
Just at the close Of the day on which so many
people had sought the suburbs and river re-
I treats for pleasure, proved in this light very
| disagreeabe visitation to many who had
been caught out.
| Considerable damage was done to property
here and elsewhere, but the rain was bless.
| ing that had been prayed for, and its good
effects were enjoyed yesterday even by those
| it had inconyenieuced the day previous. DIR.
| Penrod, of the Signal office, reports that the
| heaviest wind was at 7:45 2. NJ. when the
| velocity was thirty miles an hour. Storm
| signals were displayed first at G:30 P. NJ, ut
| which time the storm struck Washington
| city, and the cautionary flag was put out at
| Federal Hill. The wafer came down in tor
| rents. and the rain lasted till after midnight
| In successive and copious showers. Jones's
| Falls celebrated the day, Liberty Run was
lively creek, and the streets in different local.
| ities were flooded.
| DAMAGE TO THE TELEGRAPH.
The storm was severely felt by the West
| ern Union Telegraph Company. At Wash
| ington siXty-two out Of SiXty.three wires
| were destroyed in less than half an hour,
| and between Baltimore and Washington
several poles were either knocked down or
struck BY lightning. North of Baltimore
the storm appears TO have followed the tele.
| graph line. The wires cross the Bush and
| Gunpowder rivers by cable, and the light
| ming burnt of the cable connections to such
an extent that out of forty wires running
| from Baltimore north only four were left III
working order. BctFe wilmington,
| Del. and HaYre de Grace considerable dam
age was sustained by the poles being blown
| down and struck by the electric tiuid.
| Yesterday morning the Telegraph Compa-
NJ was in a sad plight, having only one wife
working to Washington and none to Phla-
| delphia. The press and other dispatches on
Saturday night and yesterday morning, com-
| iny from the north, were first sent to Ciucin-
natl, thence to Memphis, and thence TO Chat
tanooga. Tenn, from which place to WASH
inrton there was q continuous circuit, the
storm appearing to have done no damage to
| the lines south of Washington. Superin-
| tendent Bates, of Philadelphia, was, how
ever. equal to the occasion, and aided 10y
! Managers Wilson, of Baltimore, and Ma
reau, of Washington, all the damages were
repared aud the lines again in complete
order by z. Nj. yesterday.
Gangs Of workmen were sent south from
| Baltimore BY the 1920 train yesterday MORN
inc. who met similar party sent out from
| Washington, and by noon all the damage be-
| tween the two points had been repaired.
| Another gang was dispatched on special
car of the Philadelphia, WILMINGTON and
Baltimore railroad, aud still another from
PHILADELPHIA, both leaving at a. NJ, and,
making all necessary repairs as they pro-
cceded, met in the vicinity Of Elkton Ia t
evening, when every lhipg was declared I'D
working order.
| WEST AND NORTHWEST.
! Four houses in course Of erection on Lex
| ington street near Park, owned by Mr. DO
,cph Rieman. were considerably damaged.
| The partition walls of two Of them were
washed down, the joists and bricks falling
| into the cellars. The front walls OF the other
| two were washed out. The loss Is estimated
ut $500.
| dwellings Nos. 116 and lis Harlem ave-
nue. were completely unroofed by the severe
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| was somewhat remarkable. The tin roof was
blown off the back building, which is some
| sixteen feet lower than the front house. But
the wind appears to have got under the
boarding, which was covered with tin, and
| lifted the entire mass over the front building,
carried it across the avenue, and landed 1t on
| the iron railing of Harlem avenue, destroy
ing some thirty feet Of it.
| SOUTH BALTIMORE.
| A shed that had been erected upon pier
! No. II Light.sreet wharf, near Conway street,
was blown down, severely injuring Jacob
Dunn, living at No. 10 Diamond alley. Sew
eral persons had gone under the shed for the
purpose OF escaping the rain, but when the
timbcrs began cracking from the pressure OF
/ the wind upon the structure, they, with the
exception of Dunn, made their escape be-
fore the crash came. When the shcd nad
been wrecked it was believed every person
had escaped. at an early hour yesterday
morning spots Of blood were found upon
some of the broken timbers, and upon
search being instituted among the debris by
several policemen, Dunn was found jammed
between grder and the floor OF the pier.
He was insensiblc, and upon being removed
to the Southern slaton-hou$e it was found
his head and face were terribly cut and
bruised. He could be removed to bis home.
Dunn stated that he was doing when the
shed fell upon him, and knew nothing OF
his condition until relieved.
At pier No. II, foot of Welcome alley, a
shed owned and used by John Wilson for
the reception of vegetables and fish, was
also demolished by the storm. The struc-
ture was lifted from the pier and dashed
into the water. No person was injured.
The loss Of MIR. Wilson will be $500.
/ A large portion Of the side wall OF the
new parochial school connected with St.
Mary's Star of the Sea church, johnson
street. was blown down BY the wind, caus-
ing loss of $50.
the tin roots of three new buildings, Nos,
$50. 1884, and 1856 William street, were lifted
from their positions and thrown into the
street. Loss, 800.
| THE STORM IN WASHINGTON.
The great storm of Saturday night fell
with considerable force upon washington
city, but was by no means so terrific south
of Washington. Our Washington CORE
spoudeuce states that at sunset the CLOUDS
were seen gathering in the north and west,
but except hiding from view the increasing
brlghtness Of the comet, no inconvenience
was looked for. But shortly after O'Clock
the lightning began to flash with scarcely
seconds intermission, and the roar OF thun-
der became continuous. In less thln fifteen
minutes afterwards q wind storm of great
violence burst upon the city, ana for ten
minutes the clouds of dust impeded all
locomotion, except that which the
wind created, the centre of the storm