The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-05
SALEM
AFTER THE STORM.
The Loss Equally as Great as
Was Feared.
ROANOKE TINES BUREAU,
HOTEL LUCERNE, SALEM, VA.


An examination Of the damage done
by Wednesday evenings storm con-
firms tho fears entertained as to the
extent of the losses.
Three houses of the Salem Develop
mcnt Company are down, looking from
the town like piles of lumber. They
are complete wrecks. a fourth, near
the river bank, is leaning over at great
incline The high brick foundations of
three others in the east row arc cracked
and damaged. New ones will be put in
Immediately. The company's houses
were unfinished men being ut work on
them at the time of the storm.
The company will at once have the
remaining buildings strengthened. The
loss is $4,000 or $4,000.
The most serious damage to any one
building was at Queens now livery
stable on Alabama street. The front
entrance and windows facing west were
open and tho wind lifted tho roof off,
which carried away q great deal of the
brick walls. Tho second and third
floors were looscncd in the front part Of
the building and fell in. On the third
floor from which the walls and roof are
entirely gone, THE TIMES correspond
cnt noticed planks blown up and others
were looscncd with the nails drawn
nearly out as if done by Claw tool.
Tho stalls on the South side OF second
floor are leaning. The loss here is es-
tmated at between 81, 900 and $1,000.
The stable was nused.
Workmcn were busy all day yesterday
repairing the damage done to the roofs
of the Bank Of Salem building, Carper's,
Duncan and Cumpston's. and other
places reported exclusively in yesterday
mornings TINES.
a dozen men were at work on the
roofs OF the liolstein Wooden Mills and
the pants factory adjoining yesterday.
Tho tin roof of the first was dislocated
in places and the gable end of the
second blown away. Tho loss is 81 900
The black storm cloud that swept
over the place was seen to be split by
hill west of Salem. An ex-KanSan
now living in Salem remarked before
the storm that tho cloud contained what
is known out West as Jimmy Clone
a witness of the storm says it rolled
heavy barrel up steep inclined plane
= for 200 yards. Another says great
sheets of water were lifted from the
Roanoke river and spread out on tho
bank.
The tin roof on the country residence
of DR.. Charles Bacr, near Salon, was
blown OF.
The loss at Newcastle is reported as
oven greater than at Salem. The demo-
lition of Spcssard tS Martins new but
unoccupicd threc-story store is reported.
n driver who was leaving for Salem at
the time the storm began there says
that three carpenters were working in
side at the time. but, although he saw
great crowd gathering around the
building. lie does not know whether
there WAS any loss of life.
j Il. Pollard new two story store is
also reported blown down at Newcastle,
besides a number of smaller houses and
great many roofs blown Off.
BRAVE GIRL.
Miss Katie Evans, of bellevue, near
Salem, 4 fair young lady of Is summers
who is passionately fond OF horses, was
driving out Wednesday afternoon
Captain and Mrs. Horner were on the
back seat Of the vehicle, tho Young
lady in the front one.
The hurricane overlook the party at
the railroad crossing near j. G. Lang
horne's mill.
Miss Katie would not give up the
reins to Capt llorncr, but throwing her
hat under the scat, she drove like Il
little Jchuess to the Hotel Lucerne, a
distance OF two miles, while branches
were topping over in the road and
grown up ladies hiding in featherbeds
in safest corners of their houses.