Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-11-24
YesterlaV's Storm.

| land ana Other StstCe enc t1e O-StiicG CT
Columbia, The bnis OF the damage done In
this city wss noted in yesterdays GAZETTE
n Washington. however, tha description Ct
the Ta7sges OF tie Wind gss necessarily
,nesgye, tbs imuenss crowds Which b!olked
Up the streets In tie reiga5orhocd Of tie
partially demolished bniiGi1gs Eende'ias II
extremely difficult TO obtain detti'r. TIE
wind il thet city when sti!s height amount
sd slmoss to hurricane. A reservoir Of
tie Washington Ga5!ighS Co. was struck
By lightoing, and burned, With 5OO.O Geo feet
Of gss, end the exterior of the White House
wes 6ansged to the extent OF 5000 The
dsmsg, il tue city will aggregate ssverai
! hundred Thousand dollars. After the storm
haG eubsiCed T street. IN the neighbcrhoo5
CT the Mez r. Building, wac s.sewn with
the wreckage OF buildings, sld tbs
street. GERS, instead Of passing on their
accustomed track. turned, for awhile, their
CARE ct Teeth and ct Twelfth stress sud ran
east and west from those points. Tha Uest
disnstrous occurrence was the falling If the
| Me:z,ra;t Music Hall, cow 10 oo0rss OF coz
s,Fuo:ion OF Twelfth street, the walls OF
which crushed In the reer OF tour stores On
I streg., causing the desth OF Geo. White,
proprietor Of q ladies' tailoring establieh.
.nen', arG i.j1rirg his daughter, Mtss Ids
| White, aud az rlpoys psmad Clara Grun-
bets. l. took over OF hour OF hard work to
find Etr. Whites bod;. He hsd evidently
| bean struck down before he could make en-
ef,st to escape and instantly killed. Rs
! Yves cDs!ed beneath Elk or eight feet Of me-
tesial. He Body Hss Esd!y crushed and so
/ hf VI n ~ MI
! uZable The rnusic hail Tes GeiBg erected
| By W. G. Me.zMo.t, on Twelfth street, lst
below the corner CT T. eireet When the
| men stopped work On The building yester-
day tia Ws;!s had reached g height OF 80 or
| go feet n either eide Of The structure, but
owing 20 lack OF material the front wall
| had been Carried up ou!g % or 80 feet, leaV-
| Ing TIE side walls almost Without support OF
Ony kidd TIE accident occurred about
II 80 o'c!0c5. Twenty or thirty men were
engaged upon the bulldog, tn. owing 10
the fact thsr il g?as dinner hour for the
w0fbmen inoet CT them hsG LETT the build
ing. Nina i!GD workers. a.o0e remained
aad they wsre appr:sed of tins tornadc's ap.
p.olch 81 the huddsl 6a:keEiag of the
skies. Hhege Wes 10 time to lcss, however,
snd G5 tSay .uahod down The ladders 10
avoid S'Dat they thought would be nothing
m1!9 sasa Il heavy rain storm, thu wind
stgpCs the building end the southern wall
began &c give Was. Several OF the men So
;res msdo dath o7sI the tinbers toward
he street u vic sGogt for safety we're
siruck by flying hF:cks and pieces CT
timbsse. Hus they Gil eecspad, esd
es tia lsse Of iavrn iCsbe0 i1io tie ntreot
tie eCrtbcyD s9ai: !eii with crash, cTusE-
iog emu demc:shire everything beneath T..
This c:esh WAS fciiowsd eimost immediately
ty tho !ai.iEg ci the northern wal. l. fill
against ths rear f the 3 street Buildings
| auG crushed them completely. The wind
Played Eavco with chs telegraph wires.
Wire Gh!ai M!tch5ll, OF tue Western Union
Telegraph Company, said that the coast
wires 70 Egvapnah, Aug2s.a, Norfolk. New
Orse0s end Florida ware ail lest. Out of
tie enc hundred Wires to Washington, but
one remained intsc'. Beyond Baltimore
all tho tyireH were Gowr. The storm lasted
about beif an hour. Tie dark cloud un-
folded itaelf south Of the Washington nor
Ument end came WITH C roar Of wind ard
food OF rain that 10 iew seconds had
spread over tie entire city. ln sill sections
unsafe chimress tcpp!ed, insecure tin roofs
were Carried IF 10 the streets below, aWn-
iugs were blown into shreoJ aud window
blinds were whirled aTny. A row OF
houses on III street were unroofed. The
greatest ccEsterustion and alarm YES pre-
ducad, and people who were caught on The
street fed panic Stricken toward places of
safety. 10 tie harbor sails were torn from
vs:ses and considerable camsge was done
all along the river front.
Reports from different sectors OF Virginia
represent the Storm Gs having bsen very Sc
vere. Considerable damage was done In
Falls Church aud vicinity. The echool-
houee and DR.. Bella house were un,ooied
and Mr. George Br!ce's tatu was blown
down. NJ. III. E. Church's windmill was
overturned end great many shsde trees
were tern dove, bsedeH blowing ereet
deal Of tbs p!oewe'k Into TIE street. The
dsrna Ct Dr.. J. 3. Hodgkin aud Wash Phil
lips, md the colored Baptist Church were
also 6emolishcd. The barrs of Il. Z. Turn
err enG ". 4. Spfangle we're blown from
their foundations. Many chimneya we're
blown eff, windows emsshed, etc. The
rolliDg-mill building at Goshen vas carried
away, eId part Of the foundry at Clifton
Forge. at Charlottesville many houses
were uuroofsd.
In Pennsyivanis, ca in this vicinity, the
storm WIS accompanied By thunder. Ora
ham school.house, ct Carlisle, was blown
down while he school was in stss!on. Tbe
teacher vas badly hurt and ssyersi pupils
we're less seriously Injured. At Hanover,
the large wagon works of Charlee G. Ket
terly we're blown down, snd one man killed
and eigh. irjCred. Ga the New Jersey cosst
the blow wns the heaviest OF the present au-
tumn. The lover deck ofthe ocean pier at
Cape May was washed away by The break
ere.
IN Maryland fences were scattered. bay
racks blown over, trees uprooted end tele-
phone ana telegraph wires prostr lied.
Reports CT damage By tbe storm come
from seyerai other S etes, especially these
near tho Atlantic coast.
TELEaRAPEIC RREYITIEs.