The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-04-19
SWEPT BY A GALE.
Terrific Storms Throughout s
Virginia and Maryland.
The United States Ship Pensacola
Sunk at Norfolk.

m p"n Hom norfolk, Va, saws
.hunder and lightning, hail and snow and !
howiing gale were what the people In this
vicinity were treated to the other day, This
continued all day and changed at 10 O'Clock
ae night to regular cyclone. the wind
pfowtng upward of fifty-four miles nm bo,r
9ntn o O'Clock that morning. The wind came
S iIs tRa lRaS lest end blew into
was eighteen inches higher than ever recorder
The United States shin Pensacola s.,,, g.,
drydock, where she was being prenored snr ~.
sea. Her sea valves had been Opened for II
sPecton and another ono was being cut The
ade Hooded the dock and she filled With water
hna hn et gtefinng or her keel sank before she could
to be sent down and her valves stonned d',ve Me
and the ship pumped out. The Simpson Drv.
$4,000. 0@'''se may reach
The lower part of the city was flooded bv
stv,t sne doe, ana fre broke out on Water
wharf Of John 3. sGaSnas Gamness sms Som on the the
entire block, with the excention nS oe
Savage, Son & Co.'s commission mep. Tt
CHANTS CHANTS was in flames. The old Cotton Ex-
Of se cntton ouilang, % containing about 800 bales
OF cotton, were totally DESTROYED we'd
Svoysnng except their office build-
i9s linz pasedeiaer are dea, q Collins coal lumber and
Sohn Sfn A A. Gamages loss, including building. is
SioOOO The loss on buildings and stock dc,
stroyed in this block is estimated at SISe o0o
paray msured. II rs probable that tho losses
from the water forced into their warehouses bv
tne unprecedented tide will nearly equal this
amount. Hundreds of barrels of SUGAR and
Hour and other goods are ruined. During the
Storm, Storm the roofs of the Opera House, Masonic
and the Virginia Beach Railroad depot Is
padiy injured and the track for hundreds Of
yards is seriously damaged.
In portsmouth fire destroyed the limo and
lumber yard of Trugie g. Hill. The wires
along the coast were all down.
The snowstorm began ut charlottesville
va, early IN the morning and continued
through the night. The telegraph wires yerc
padly broken down along the Chesapeal,o
ana ONO and the Richmond and Danville
railroads and oil trains were DELAYED The
electric light wires were down in the citv
Inc worst storm of the season prevailed at
nchmond, va. 1t commenced with thunder
and lightning, and was followed by rain. hail
n;ms nna snow, n'cI~, augmented . by high wind. At
abatement and reports denoted the storm
general throughout the State.
furious snowstorm and blizzard pre-
saued at Winchester, Va. all day. snow
AI wv y aseek lWdi&t t&rtea was iaii,ns
rdphfy, a loud clap Of thundeI %I1I % scusn- M
east startled the citizens. The Has we:s .s
very high oil day. Telegraph wires were
down in oil directions. This is the sevcrest
storm this late in tho season for years.
The storm in Washington badly interrupted
electrical communication and workmen were
busy all day repairing damaged telegraph
and telephone wires. There are 8S4 poles
down between Alexandria and Fredericks-
burg, Va.
The barge Sunrise, bound from Norfolk for
New York with coal, was towed to q buoy in
Delaware Bay and anchored by the tug b.
w. Morse during a heavy gale. At midnight
the barge foundered. The Captain, his wife
and two children and one seaman were fost.
Joseph Coyle was the only survivor of tho
wreck.
Coyle, in the open boat drifted ashore near
the Government pier. he was picked up In
an exhausted condition by one Of the crew of
the Lewes Life-Saving Station.
A dispatch from Baltimore says: Reports
coming in from the counties in the State
show the storm to have been a very peculiar
one. The snow and rain was accompanied by
thunder and lightning, and much damage was
done. Near Mount Airy rain began to fall in
torrents and continued until at about +. NJ,
when the snow began. In some places it was
from eight to tesiIchesNeep A terrific gale
of wind was blowing, and the snow was
binding. A singular feature Of the storm
tinuous peals Of thunder and vivid flashes of
lightning. From Knoxville down the tele-
graph poles and wires were strewn in all
directions. Throughout the State nearly all
the wires We're down. On the bay the wind
blew q gale