Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-04-10
WIND AND DARKNESS
VIOLENT STORM PASSES OVER THE
CITY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.
sou,o Alarm in Richmond and Number
oTHouseS Damaged. Trees UProoted,
and Fences LcvcIlcd.

Yesterday was a close sultry. and op-
,-,.qgc day. and at 3 ?. VI. the thermome-
,.-.nlcatcd temperature Of 81 degrees.
Tho clouds which had hung heavily over
rec.tv lor hours discharged themselves
l.f,rar and Z o'clock in great torrents,
vh.oh we're driven into a spray before a
r.', from the west. With this violent
Storm of wind and water a darkness al
r7.t profound as night settled upon the
crr.t. and some cxcitablc people began 20
fcer disaster like that which befell Louis
v.f
AZ the Academy the Opera Of Eauon
v4. being given and during the second
oct the voices Of tho singers were nearly
drowned hy the noises Of the storm, and q
good many persons changed their seats 10
others near the doors aud windows so that
tn cosc of danger they would have cOu-
y,uient exit.
GENERAL STAINING Up.
Trees bent before the blast: houses were
shaken and some OF them shiveTcd hume
r.us fences were levclled; the cutters wero
overyun with the streams pouring into
them. in many places culycrts proved too
SMALL fc- the occasion and burst: the side
wallis were deserted by people, and the
streets and roadwavs received suen
4woruug 0ud securing a. was needed 20
clear them Of the dust and litter q many
0aN..
Ilc storm ragged in lis greatest fury for
nearly an hour. aud having thCn spont ITS
,t..f str,r,,b epftled down into a success
e.oo of .howrrs and so continued until late
into the evening.
HOUSES DAMAGED.
While thc wind Was playing its pranks
y etiH,l upoD two-story brick building
OH Olkwood avenue, used as laundry,
and made q complete wreck oi ~. As'aolo
nor hy met with the same iate. A..
l1oEir no one was m.nIrI' lnDu,u - ti'
& pcFty loss "a by NO means lhcoAsiuer-
able.
The storm also blow OA the roof oi .. ,.
U.rt,k IL Co'4 t1ba,co-iactory, Twenty
r.yrnth and N8in streets. The timbers Of
ff. roof foUona framc-hOusr adjoining.
,hch belonged tO Mrs Boswell, damaging
tIat car.ide7aily. A good deal Of tobacco
o. lhcsDk.s damaged '| rlin; -.
fo9i oi inW '"'-,',-> .i7ori',,.
~ ."'''tF a,.d - b.if fa.t iron,
i, ".' 'ii'." ''' "'''
'' WINS
CHtNfCtI-WoiLS tthplti"'
The chemical works. which were blown
down while iu course of construction last
,.qr. had another accident 40 4:lO o'clock
Yesterday. Atthat houra great Gu of wind
coming from the southwest got under
ftotr roof and lifted one huii ot ~ IIen
DIS position aud scattered tha material
broadcast oyer jhii i'.il, W oTtIo' ,1o howl, 90
,,,, i'oir mic below fne cif,.
arI Do. ai.ut tbree hundred feet long. The
southern slope of the root. tmbers, and
asphalt pauer. with which 70 was covered
was tom o'o,F rom .i', il'i,,a NJ 90 ,to
l".ien l'. "H' I"I wa a.. ',,'.;t'd H.
,,' i,.,-, b",is. and etHl another
.,.' ,,.,s ,sf.,.d tcro.s the Che.apcake
lrl Ohio railway track and landed IN the
frld beyond.
TucHly NJ 0tc was hurt. nor was any Of
th, m.t,riI coutairod ln the building
r1ucb iuiured.
Tho loss Will amount 20 between 500
and 81 eco. which D. covered I'm n cy-
,lnnc" policy iu the Home Insurance
gomlanv. of winch Mr.. Thomas l.. Al
futud IS the Richmond agent
rr. ROOFING BLOWS OFF.
r.,.;,,.. a.. ,r,,., If IN. storm ol tbo I'm
a. tt, cost ei,lo ot the roof of the Baker
Sreet school-housc was blown of and IN
falling broke one OF the wires Of the tlre-
Alurm md Pol oo-IclegrapA Department.
This wire belonged 10 Circuit, No !, and
the brclk cau~cd three odd blows To- De
sounded on tho loue'. inls was ~ 3.aO
O'Clock. I'm five minutes MI Adam Ste-
phau, foreman of con iTuCtioh Tor thc de-
patimeii !lau .'H' t'i Tue Pta't un' re-
pared the break and the circuit was closed
a. tl5 o'clock.
the shL-htlt on t4e sehool-lo4Se was
it.'n up NN me "tip N"u ,I'4i," n"'"s
thg'e squares. IL ieI near the corner oi
Iiih and L1@h SIT 'ei7'
IAI ITLLUONl-Wlbti.
U.sor,l reuorter called at the central
office. oi the southern Bell Telephone
COMPANY cstordav evening and made III
ouirics rs To the effect oi the storm upon
fae electrical apparatus used for tele-
phones
A. far as could be ascortanod, with the
'N''piion 1i q lew VIII o'V"n IL r',"n r. ','
'u' H' V'.i' "u",, -, Y, =, ,,
h.ln'u-h 'o.1i' i"'.Ir ',or
"i 'd ah'h5 We l"IHS I".''f ~ ~. NM, ILL.,,
"h" icTI1 lL"l vac I'o4 "' 'Ho ""i'N'"6
mo US uloW u ',1I i i.lfcf that consid,ra-
llr DANCER attends thcuse OF the "phono"
ourlne an electrical storm. hut the cm-
,.l,,c.s eav THAT no really serious results
o..ur. crccpt tho dIsagrccahle cracking