Evening journal., 1889-04-08
DAMAGE BY THE STORM.
Immense Destruction of Prop
erty at Norfolk, Va.
PART or THE CITY UNDER WATER.

Fire Spreads from Lime Warehouses and |
Much Valuable Property Burnod-Fears
of Disasters Along the Coast-Au the
Telegraph Wires Down.
BALTIMORE, April The Suns special
from Norfolk says: The storm here satur-
day night was terrific, 1t occurred after
midnight and exceeded in severity the fam
ons August gale Of 1879. All Water street
and interseetng streets on the wharf front
were under water at an early hour and near
" reached up the west end OF Main street
and the custom house. The wlaryes and
warehouses all along the southern and south
western portion Of the city were deeply sub
merged and the damage is great all around
the harbor, reaching, it is thought, fully
half million dollars.
The lime warehouses along Water street
took FIRE yesterday and spread to stables and
sheds and then to the warehouses Of Batchel-
der & Collins, J. W Perry & Co, r. w.
Pantos a. Co., and John c. Gamin, all sue
cumbing to the flames. These were followed
by the old cotton exchange and adjacent
buildings and about 900 bales Of cotton and
other stun The gale carried away tho roof
Of the opera house on Church street, the Vir-
ginia Beach depot and various other build
ings IN the city
AT 10 O'Clock there was ten incbes of water
in the station house cells, and The prisoners
arrested duriag the night hal to be taken
out. In the jail was a still greater food, and
/ the prisoners had to be removed from the
lower to the upper cells, causing great ex-
citemaut among them. the wood and lumber
| yards suffered great damage from su5merges,
and number Of vessels dragged their an
chors aud were driven ashore. One schooner
was badly damaged by fire from the cotton
exchange on the harbor
On the Portsmouth side OF the river the
lime warehouses Of Traul Terugin a. Co and
other buildings were destroyed. At the
navy yard the Pensacola was sunk in the
dry dock. and the new Simpson dock was
overhowed and very badly wrecked. The
marine barracks and other buildings Of the
yard were injured by the rain and wind.
The insurance companies have lost heavily
on the freight stored in the transportation
warehouses and at the railroad depots dam
aged by overflow Women and children
from houses on Water street were placed on
bales of cotton and aoated to dry land. Sew
ereal sick persons were also rescued by this
method. None Of the outgoing steamers
were able to go as far as Old Point Saturday
or Sunday. They struck thesstorm in Hamp-
ton Roads and were forced to return.
the storm was terrific ON the coast
serious disasters are apprehended, but all til,
government wires are down and nothing cal
yet b. learned.
ALEXANDRIA, Va, April s-The Balti
more steamer Sue reached here anead Of
: time last night, having been prevented b.
the storm iron making her usual landings o.
the Potomac, and so came straight up th
river Capt Geoghegan reports that b
never before saw sucn a sea in the P0toma
river Capt MeKenny's fishing schooner
Danel Augusta, was wrecked on the ledge o
: rocks at the mouth Of Quantico Greek. All
mott all the fish on board were swept ava,
on iie Potomac. No loss Of life.
WEST POINT, Va, April s.-During Sahir
day a thunder storm ragged here while th'
wind blew gale and the rain pourei Tla
high tide of last night submerged th.
lower part of the town and did cons.dsrabl
damage to property.
BALTIMORE, April s-The steamer Balt
more from West Point, Va, did not arriy
here until 10 o'clock last night. Capt
Nichols says the storm was the most terrifi
known on the York river. All the house
! in the low lands along the river were sui
merged and the river is covered with tioatin
cordwood and debris All the fish ponds
hundred or more-on the fats at the mout
of the river were destroyed, entailing heav
|. loss Above Yorktown a two-nasted schoone
and a threemasted schooner loaded wit
railroad ties are ashore A small two
II masted schooner is sunk about ght mile
east Of Windmill Point