Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1879-08-26

Several wrecks are seen IN the bay
In Norfolk county, Nansemond,
and Princess Anne. wherever visited
by the tornado, we hear of ruined corn
crops and fruit orchards destroyed,
barns aud stables Frustrated, trees up
rooted, and fencing torn down. While
hundreds. land hundreds of orchards
are destroyed, great deal of other
property, such as stock, carriages,
farming implements, hay, and fodder
was lost. The truckers and oystermen
also lost heavily by injury to their ves-
sells, Whole farms were at times sub
merged ten and twenty inches, and in
this way also greatly damaged.
in the county near Smokytown the
dwelling of a man named Charles Ty-
Ter was blown down and torn to pie
ces. The inmates all escaped injury.
At Getty's station the house of a man
named Ned Howell was blown down.
The dwelling of Richard Copeland
was also destroyed. A negro named
James Gardner, fUIm hand on the
farm of w. w. Dennis, at the mouth
of Scott's creek, was drowned during
the storm by the upsetting Of q boat
in which he was engaged in saving
lumber. The body was swept away
Near Bowers Hill on immense oak
tree, the largest and oldest IN the
couaiy, fell across the house of Samu-
el Tatem, completely Wrecking the
houAe from top TO cellar. The body OF
the tree cut through the house into
the cellar, destroying everything in
the building. All the family escaped
except Samuel Tntem, who was
caught by the branches OF the tree and
had his ankle dlslocated.
A negro waterman named John
Spralt was drowned in Hampton
creek.
A gentleman from Nausemond
county reports that general scene NJ
desolation is presented to the eye.
Fruit trees, poroher, barnes and build
ings Of all kinds are completely dc
moljshed. He counted si xtecn build
ings within sixteen miles OF the city
which had been ruined by the storm
AtOld Pointa portion OF the tin
roof Of the lIygeia Hotel was blown
of, causing tho building to be damag-
cd by the rain pouring In.
Nearly every vessel Mt anchor inside
OF Hawkins Hole dragged and went
ashore. A number Of small vessels
are reported by tho Accomac to be
ashore near Hampton.
The havoc of the storm along the
line Of the Dismal.Swamp canal Is APP
puliing. The canal overilowed and
the water rushed over the banks, float
inc bridges and submcrging every
thing.
At South Mills, IN Camden county,
the storm was equally destructive to
crops and fences. II IL impossible to
enumera,e tho damage.
Tho storm ~ other Points.
PETERSBURG. August lO.-The dam
ppe to the growing crops In the adja'
cent counties by tho storm OF yesler-
day, which was the severest experi'
eneed In this section for years, Is ex'
pected to be very great. In Surry
county alone the damage to the corn
IN estimated at so per cent. barns
and outbulldIugs also suffered consid-
erably.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, August 10 Tho
steamer John Gibson, from Norfolk
for this port, was struck by tho gale
when coming into the Copes OF the
Chesapeake yesterday and had her
ealls blown out of the gaskets and torn
TO atoms; decks washed and cargo
shift, aud the vessel for time was
thrown on her beams end. The cap
tain says the gale was the severest In
hIa experIenco. The Gibson reached
here Mt noon to-day very much dis
mantled.
NEW York. August TO- rhe storm
Yesterday along the Middle Atlantic
and New England coasts was the Sc
yerest experienced for many years
No great loss Of life occurred, but re-
poria Of disasters to shipping come III
from all the seaboard states ~
Novport twenty or thirty eallboals
ware sunk or damaged, and the yachts
Wanderer and Murlel, Of The New
York yacht squadron, were driven
Ashore, The s,eam.yacht Expert
mept, Of Boston, and two Newport
yachts, sunk at their wharves, and
tho yachts Junlata aud Undlne coIIld'
od and we're badly damaged.
The velocity Of the wind at cape
Nav was "a miles, and the total rain.
oIl $40 inches. A three'masted
schooner was run into during the
storm by an ocean steamer OF New
Castle, Del, and sunk W tn oil on