The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-24

From OTTER FoiNis--'s
~ ~npFoI.K: HOUSES DEMOLISHED AND
N,,,,scuss uNRooFED: THE SHIPPING
,,t STORM FURTHER NORTH - HIGH
.,Trs IN STANTON RIVER, &C.
n, Tuesday night we experienced IN
49,, vicinity one OF the severest storms
vs. n;,a and rain with which our city
:. ornr been visited. 1t was indicated
.Ao weather synopsis from the Signal
~ ms.n in the morning, and many were
'I,nrn,ore not unprepared for its. 1t had
49,, raining most OF the afternoon, ana
pten .,, n;rht seemed to set in for steady
an About midnight 1t came down III
,"rren.s. and The wind changed from eass-
nrir 70 north, and blew perlect gaze. nc
<.-..,c>t severity OF the storm was reachea
zion, $50 O'Clock yesterday morning, Wneh
me wind shifted 10 northwest ana iuiieo 10
some extent, though IL suns VIC" 'A1'A "''>
ba-5 for some hours.
h: W. = bcnr OF no very serious damage done IN
.,n c;,v Some few trees, signs, and fences
~. blown down, and in those portions
.hn c,tv where large excavations and hll-
,nos have recently been made some INJURY
has been done by washinSS.
Thn storm seems 10 have been rs severe
:, tbc surrounding country, and indeed, as
orr iclecraphic columns viii show, all along
thn Atlantic coast. as 1t was mere.
OK THE LINE OF THE ROADS.
The storm appears 10 have Frustrated the
.ran-o,h lines on some OF the roads, put
onir for brief time. The Chesapeake ana
OHIO train was delayed about an hour last
,,i1,,,t lint the road has, we believe, Sus-
,ninrd no damage from the heavy ram
storm. 81, ~,
time last evening.
THE RIVER.
pho river commenced to rise slightly here
obout : O'Clock last evening, and at MD
NIGHT hadrisen few inches above us orui-
nary level. o,;o
Passengers by the Chesapeake and ONO
railway last night report the RNana rs be-
inc very high and apparently rising.
From Petersburg.
Our Petersburg correspondent, In his let"
ter last night, saws:
ThiS city and section were visited by 4
severe storm lust night. which continued
until this morning. The wind blew gale,
and the rain fell 50 heavily as to foou the
the lower part Of the city.
Eirc Effects of the Storm at NorioiN'
CurgCHEs uNROOFED AND HOUSES Blu"
nOWN-GEEAT DAMAGE TO RAlLkoAp AM
STEAMBOAT rRoPsRTY-TIIE FURY OF THE
ELEMENTS TO he LONG REMEhbEHED-
OYSTER AND TRuCK-BOATs swAMPED-BAD
NEWS EXPECTED FROM DOWN THE COAST.
Especial telegram TO the Dspatch.I
fine mOSI
terrific gales that ever visited this sectlof
swept over the city early this morning. A
an early hour last night the gale sprang VI
from the northeast, and by 8 O'Clock OH
Boreas was knocking things around IN hVei!
stvle. The rain came down in absolute tor
rents, and the streets were at times drl
wing sheet Of water, making it almost i'm
possible to be outside OF the house.
This morning after the abatement OF tn
storm it was found that considerable dam
age and loss was involved in the destruc
ton OF various sorts Of property arounf
the city and vicinity, and to the shipping
in the harbor. Several churches we're I'm
rooted and frame houses blown down which
were in course of erection. A number o
cars were blown from the track at the AT
lantic Mississippi and Ohio depot.
Prominen: among the damaged building
were st. Mary'S Catholic church, st. john
Episcopal church, and the Purcell House
the large warehouses OF the Old Dominion
Steamship Company, and the warehouses
the wharf OF Clydc's line.
To-day the effects OF the storm on tn
shipping in the harbor were very pcrccpti
be along the river front, men being engaged
on vessels in every direction repairing dam
ages. This morning ioiners' work iron
porches and verandas, awnings, signs, ant
shutters were found scattered around tn
business portion of the city, while man,
valuable and beautiful shade-trecs wer
Frustrated, and squares OF fencing an
lwhtly-constructed out-houScs were throw
down in proiusiou on the suburbs.
The maddening fury Of the element
throughout the night will long he remenl
bcred. On the water-courses near the Cit
q large number of oyster and truck-boat
were swamped and sunk.
During the night Armstrong Son los
from their mill in Portsmouth $1,000 wort
OF saw-locs, and Bradshaw's saw-miIl, o.
the Seaboard and Roanoke railroad, wa
thrown down and completely wrecked.
Outward bound steamers last night WEI
all detained until this morning. The NeN
York steamer Richmond, due last nigh
arrived safely this morning. The Bosto
and Providence steamers, due from Bait
more last night, came in tonight. Tn
storm on Chesapeake bay and down tn
coast was equally severe, and disasters Q
a serious character will undoubtedly be re
ported.
ErOrn LyncEburg.
The only intelligence received iron
Lynchburg last night concerning the rive
was the following telegram to Colonel Tai
colt, OF the Richmond and Danyille railroad
LYNcHBURG, October 23, 1878.
Colonel T. VI. Il. Ialc0u:
The water here has risen very little.
High Water in StauntOn River.
Colonel Talcott, last evening, received tn
following:
ROANOKE, October 23-6 p. M-Staun
ton river az Roanoke is running over it
banks and rising eighteen inches per hour
Reports frem Washington.
THE WIRES DOWN.
WASHINGTON, October 23-1:30 p. NJ
Owing to the prostration of all the wire