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

A dispatch from Norfolk, Va.. saws
thunder and lightning, hail and snow and !
howlng gale were what the people In this
vicinity were treated to the other day. This
contlnued all day and changed at 10 O'Clock
a. hght to a regular cyclone the wind
blowing nioWng upward Of flfty-four miles an hour
f.n,,, huSn O'Clock that morning. The wind came
&A ID tha aaE % and blsM insa
YVES eighteen inches higher than ever recorded
The United States ship Pensacola sank N
SaS ooGk, Where she was being prepared for
sea. her sea valves had been opened for In
sPecaon and another one was being cut The
tlde Hooded the dock and she filled With ,,o ta,
and, getting off her keel, sank before she conId
pe got IN position again. A diver will have
and the ship pumped out The Simpson n 6.ypp W
$40, 900. '''' u''n'''se may reach
=, The lower part of the city was flooded nv
she .ide, and fire broke out on Water
wharf of John b. G Gamaee ms Son on the the
entire block, with the excention ne "e
Savage, Son & Co.'s commission n,orl OIL
CHANTS CHANTS was in flames. The old Cotton EN-
ofange oF anf building, containing about 800 bales
OF cotton, were totally DESTROYED
santos & Bro, coal dealers, lost
everything eve; except their Office build. i'd
lime ore damaged to the amount of s4o00
S0hn Stn o a. GamaSe's loss, including building Is
Slo,OOo: The loss on buildings and stocLe do
Ss9ysd in this block is estimated at $3.50 oo
sustasnnd Sbea bT tb. 1T Is probable that tho losses
from the water forced into their warehouses by
the unprecedented tido will nearly eounI this
a amount. Hundreds of barrels of sugar and
l.O nour ana other goods are ruined. During the
m Temnle ehe enI rIois OF the Opera House Masonic
ana the Virginia, Beach Railroad depot is
badly injured and the track for hundreds NJ
yards is seriously damaged
,,,,nl In portsmouth fire destroyed the limo and
lumber yard of Trugie 81 Hill. Tic wires
along the coast were all down.
W. he snowstorm began Mt Charlottesville,
va, early IN the morning and Continued
through the night. The telegraph wires wero
asia oualy broken down along the Chesapeake
ana Ohio and the Richmond and Danv;iie
railroads and oil trains We're DELAYED. Tho
eieGIrlc ecu, hight wires were down in the CITY.
- Inc worst storm of the season prevailed at
richmond, Va. 1t commenced with thunder
anu anu hghtning, and was followed by rain, hail
anu snow, augmented by high wind at
nne % o'clock the snow and wind showed no
apatement, and reports denoted the storm
general throughout the State
iurlouS snowstorm and blizzard pre
0 a. ueR Mans1ssfss hMss S @as aay fSs aa
rapidly, loud clap Of thundef, from sonth
east startled the citizens. The winds were
very high all day. Telegraph wires We're
down in all directions. This is the sevcrest
storm this late in the season for years
The storm in Washington badly interrupted
electrical communication and workmen were
busy all day repairing damaged telegraph
md telephone wires. There are 3S4 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 heavy gale. At midnight
the barge foundered. The Captain, his wife
and two children and one seaman wero 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
ON 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 very peculiar
one. The snow and rain was accompanied by
and lightning, and much damage was
done. Near Mount Airy rain began to fall in
torrents and continued until at about p. NJ,
when the snow began. III some places it was
from eight to telsinchesdeep. A terrific gale
of wind was blowing, and the snow was
binding A singular feature Of the storm
was that while the snow fell there werc con-
tinuous peals Of thunder and vivid flashes Of
lightning. From Knoxville down the tele-
graph poles and wires were strewn in all
the wires were down. On the bay the wind
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