The national leader., 1889-04-13

been reported. The storm seems to be
confined To the western part OF this
| State
GETTYSBURG, Pa, April 6 Snow
has been failing hers all day and Is now
| tuily foot deep on The South Noun
tain, 10 miles west OF this place. The
thermometer is down to The freezing
| point.
ATLANTIC CITY, April Atlantic
City to-day experienced one Of the
strongest wind storms that has visited
the coast for years. Commencing early
J yesterday morning with sharp breeze,
1t gradually increased IN violence to a
gale, and, Oh Sunday morning. walking
ON the board walk was attended with
some difficulty and with great risk to
hat and bonnet decorations. The tide
swept in with considerable force. and
threw up great clouds of spray at the
several bulkheads along the beach. The
wind came from the east, and the sand
and dust was driven down the main
avenues In such binding volume as to
keep people indoors unless on some I'M
peratlve errand.
CAPE MAY, N. J., April IA fifty
mile-an-hOur northeast gale has been
weeping along these shores for "a
hours. The tides arose over the
meadows and high on the strand this
afternoon. If the gale does not
abate fears are entertained that the
next tide will do damage to the beach
front.
NORFOLK, Va, April THE storm
OF thunder, lightning and hail which
J broke over this city yesterday morning
changed at ten o'clock last night, turn
ing into cyclone, the wind blowing at
the rate of "a miles an hour until live
O'Clock this morning. The wind came
from the northeast and blew into the
narbor and its tributaries tide which
at high water this morning at 1.36
10 clock was Is inches higher than ever
recorded before. The lower part OF the
city was flooded. and the fire broke
out on Water street, caused from
Stacking lime on the wharf OF John
y. Carnage 4 Son. The en-
tire block, with the exception
of Savage, Son & Co., commission mer-
chants, were in flames. The old Cot
ton Exchange building, containing
about 800 bales of cotton, and the
warehouse of j. W. Perry & Go con-
tanning about 600 bales Of cotton, were
totally destroyed. Santos & Brother,
coal dealers lost everything except
their Office building. Bachelor q
Collins, coal, lumber and lime.
are damaged to the amount of
$4,000. John A. Gamage's loss, includ-
ing building, is $4,000. The loss on
building and stock destroyed In
this block Is estimated at $3.50, 900;
partly insured. 1t Ia probable that
the losses sustained by the wholesale
grocery merchants from the water
forced into their warehouses by the
unprecedented tide will nearly equal
this amount. Hundreds OF barrels OF
sugar and -four and other goods are
ruined. During the storm the roofs
of the Opera House, Masonic Temple
and many dwellings were torn of. and
the Virginia Beach Railroad depot is
lsadly injured, and the track for
hundreds of yards is seriously dam
aged.
WASHINGTON. D. G.. April GA
heavy snow, wind and rain storm has
prevailed here since early this morning.
The rain which began falling some
time before daylight, at about 8
O'Clock changed to snow. and from
that hour until after dark tonight the
air was dense with great flakes driven
before strong north wind, but the
weather being mild it melted as it fell.
Several times during the day heavy
peals of thunder were heard. and stray
sparks of lightning frequently darted
across the switchbOards in the tele-
graph offices. The telephone and fire
alarm wires throughout the city are
more or less demoralized, and tele-
graphic communication with the
South and West is wholly cut off.
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va. April t.
The snow storm which begun early
yesterday morning continued through
the night. The telegraph wires are
badly broken down along the Chesa-
peake and Ohio and the Richmond and
Danville Railroads, and all trains are
delayed. The electric light wires are
down IN this city.
RICHMOND. Va, April 6.-The
worst storm of the season prevailed
here to-day. 1t commenced with
thunder and lightning, and was fol-
lowed by rain, hail and snow, aug
mented by high wind. at O'Clock
the snow and wind show no abatement,
and reports denote the storm general
throughout the State.
HEAVY SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS.
CHARLEsTOwN, w. Va, April g.
| A snow storm prevailed here last night