Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1892-04-16
Terrible Storm in Virginia.


A resident Of Morrls's Point gives the fol-
lowing description of destructive storm
which passed over that section Thursday
night:
About ten minutes after nine O'Clock. eft
or twenty minutes of rapid lightning from
sppr BLOCKING clouds. accompanied With
musterlpg thunder, and preceded by cen
sderab Q hail, the people OF Princess Anne
county were visited by what they had new
or seen before in the history OF tle county In
the line of wind storm. My home ,s at Nor
ris's Point aoout twenty miles ram Norfolk.
The storm peemed 10 Ell tsr the county from
the sound Ourrl.uck Souno and keep q
southerly d.eeclion to the ocesu. Tie Tiath
OF the passage is about $50 yarde, and
the velocity cannot be even estimated,
ss 1t took away, clear, everything from
fence rail to tree three feet in d.
smeter. In its course from the sound to the
ocean 1t struck three farms. Tde frat be-
lopged 10 Mr.. Morris, and he has nothing
| Left except the main part Of his residence,
which the wind seemed to skip. Toe next
| arm was that OF Meesrs. Bowen brothers,
| and everything was taken except his barn.
Passing down to the ocean. the plantation
| of Mr.. Oscar jones was stripped, but tie
| wind seemed TO wait for the plantation Of
Mr.. M. E GTbstead to vent it., worst fury.
Mr. Gribstead has eight houses on his place,
aud his family had just fiuished supper, and
we're In the stting.rocm when the WIND
struck the main resld ance. Taa terror OF
| the situs ton OF this family cannot be de-
| scribed.
There was not vastIge of anything let.
except the supper table, upon VIII ch had
L o. ~ Al es,p ho nd
remarkable as 1t may appear, not dish was
| broken. Everything remained intact just SO
| II the table had been set In the yard. The
people we're blown in every direction, and
| the only member of the iami y who was not
inbred was the seventeen. sar-oid daugb-
ter, who was found sfser long hunt securely
| wrapped up 10 feather bed something less
| than q quarter OF mile from the forGet
residence
The other members OF this family we're
SCARED up generally and severely. tut not
] fatally wounded. To give some ldes OF the
tarnado, out 10 tho open fslds trees were
found that measure three feet In diameter,
and which will make two or three saw logs
each. Along the path of the tornado are
| found q great many kinds OF vrecksge.
| Just outside the path are fund fence rails
stuck from two to four feet In the ground.
The part Of the country between Back bay
aud the ocean has not been heard from. and
great fear Is entertained abont the inhabit-
snts In those regions.
The counties contiguous TO Petersburg
we're visited Thursday night by terrific
wind. rain and haiIktorm. The storm wss
particularly destructive In Dlnwiddie ooun-
ty, where the wind attsined the velocity CT
cyclone and left death and destruction 10
Its path. II covered an area OF Is miles, be
ginning In the centre of the county and e1-
tending to the Sussex county line to within
short distance of Sony Greek. q station on
the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad, 20
miles from Petersburg. Houses, barns aud
fennlrg were leveled to the ground, and i'm
mense trees which had stood the storms CT
half century or more were torn out by the
roots, while others had their limbs twisted
into all conceivable shapss.
Duriog The storm the residence of hi ton
B. Rose, pre- mlnent oitz!n and owner Of q
mill In the county, was taken by the force Ell
the wind from it, foundation ard carried up
into tho air, falling some yards of. 1t was
crushed to pieces. the tmb,rs falling In
upon Mrs. Rise ard her children. Mrs
Roae was instantly killed. but the children
escaped mir jured. Il Ia stated II a. a SER
,he house at The time, was alec killed. For.
tuna sly, Mr.. Rose YVES not at home at the
time of the Cyclone, or he might have shared
the fate OF his wife. Isis feared hat other
damage not yst reported has been done by
the hurricane. The storm WAS a!so very &c.
we're In Chesterfield county, In the Vicinity
OF the county courthouse, where there was
very heavy fell Of hail. which did much
damsge In the way OF breaking window
glass, cutting vegetation to pieces aud de.
asroyipg fruit trees.
& dispatch to day from Norfolk says
There has baen no tornado 10 this vicinity.
There was hsil-atorm here Thursday night
bnt no serious damage was done a wind
storm Ia Princess Anne county the same
night blew down some trees, fences and ou..
heuaee.
Court of Appeals In Richmond Yesterday.
Slater sgaintt Slater. Argued aud con-
tiDusd.