St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-08
BY FIRE AND FLOOD,
A Great Thunder, Lightning
and Hail Storm Visits
Virginia.
The Water in the Harbor at
Norfolk Much Higher Than
Ever Before.
Slaking Lime on a Wharf
Causes an Immense Con-
fiagpation.
The Ship Pensacola Sinks.
The Storm in Other
Parts.

NORFOLK, Va, April THE storm
of thunder, lightning and hail which
broke over the city yesterday morning
ing into cyclone, the wind blowing at
the rate of fifty-four miles an hour until
> O'Clock this morning. The wind came
from the northeast and blew into the
harbor and its tributaries, tide (which
at high water this morning at 1856
o'clock. was eighteen inches higher
than ever recorded before. The lower
part of the city was flooded, and fire
broke out on Water street. caused from
shaking line on the wharf of John 0.
Gamage and Son. The entire block.
with the exception of Savage, Son
& Co.'S. commission merchants,
was in flame. The old cotton exchange
building, containing about 800 bales of
cotton, and the warehouse of J. W.
Perry & Co., containing about 600 bales
of cotton, were totally destroyed. Santos
& Bro. coal dealers, lost everything eX-
cept their Office building. Batchelder
d Collins. coal, lumber and lime, are
damaged to the amount of s, 200. John
A. Gamage's loss, inclnding building,
is $4,000. The loss on buildings and
stock destroyed in this block is esti-
mated at $3.50, O,6CO, partly insured. 1t is
probable that the losses sustained by the
wholesale grocery merchants from the
water forced into their warehouses by
the unprecedented tide will reach nearly
equal this amount. Hundreds of barrels
of sugar, -four and other goods
are ruined. During the storm the
roofs of the opera house, Masonic tenn
pie and many dwellings were torn off,
and the Virginia Beach railroad depot
is badly injured, and the track for
hundreds of yards is seriously damaged.
In Portsmouth, fire destroyed the lime
and lumber yard of Trugie & Hill. The
United States ship Pensacola sank in
dry dock last night, where she was
being repaired for sea. Her sea valves
had been opened for inspection, and
another one was being cut. The tide
flooded the dock, and she filled with
water, and, getting off her keel, sank
before she could be gotten in position
again. a diver viii have TO be sent
down and her valves stopped up and
the ship pumped out. The Simpson dry
dock was flooded and the damage may
reach $4,000. The wires along the coast
are all down. No reports can be had
from shipping. 1t is feared that serious
damage has been done, as there was nc
warning of the storm given.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, April T.
The snow storm which began early yes
terday morning continued through the
night. The telegraph wires are badly
broken down along the Chesapeake
Ohio and the Richmond & Danville
railroads, and all trains are delayed.
RICHMOND, Va, April 1.-THE worst
storm of the season prevailed here yes
terday. 1t commenced with thunder
and lightning, and was followed by
rain. hail, snow and high wind.
WINCHESTER. Va, April "A furi
Gus snow storm and blizzard prevailed
here all day. Yesterday the snow fel
to depth of fourteen inches, as mucl
as has fallen during the entire winter
At 1880 yesterday morning. while the
snow was falling so rapidly as to be al
most impenetrable, a loud clap of thun
der from southeast startled the citizens
The winds were high all day. Tele
graph wires are down in all directions
ALEXANDRIA, Va, April 7.-Th,
Baltimore steamer Sue reached herr
ahead of time last night, having beer
prevented by the storm from maklns
her usual landings on the Potomac, ant
so came straight up the river. Capt
GeOghenan reports that he never saw
such sea in the Potomac river. Capt
McKenney's fishing schooner DAME
Augusta was wrecked on the ledge O
rocks at the mouth of Quantico creek
Almost all the fish were swept away OF
the Potomac.
WEST POINT, Va, April IA fata
wreck occurred on the York rive
branch of the Richmond & Danvill
railroad, about two miles above thi
place, about o'clock last night. TIL
heavy rains of yesterday washed out
culvert and part Of the dam between
the tank pond and the river. and al
engine and seven freight cars plnnge
into the washout. Two men,
colored brakeman and the fireman,
young man named Durvin were burie
under the cars and killed. The body O
the fireman has been gotten out, but tn
coloTed man has not yet been found
The engineer, named Lynch, was tel
ribly scalded, but managed to crawl ou
Of the wreck. During yesterday a thur
der storm ragged here, while the win
blew gale and the rained poured. Tn
high tide of last night submerged th
lower part of the town, and did consiC
cradle damage to property.