Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-01
OVER In MANCHESTER
vonNMEN ENGAGED REPAIRING
DAMAGE FROM THE STORM.
1hc coIorcd baptist Church j. Con-
sidcrabiy injured Inside and Out
dwellings unroofL and Trees
uIoon Down-Bricf Items.

Workmen we're engaged IN Manchester
np day yesterday replacing and repairing
roofs OF houses replacing the torn-up
trees along the streets, and in making
supdry repairs OF damages caused by
tuesday nights storm. The greatest
damage sustained In Manchester or Vi
entity fell TO the lot OF the colored Bap-
tI,t church. at the corner os Fifteenth
and Decatur streets. As was reported IN
yesterdays Dispatch. half of the steeple
and about onc-half OF the root was com
,ietcly demolished. Besides this part
OF me front wall fell down. The interior
al the ediiicc Is very much damaged. The
church. which was built only a few years
ago. cost about $1,000 and its damage is
carefully placed at $1,000. Large numbers
visited the scene OF the disaster yester-
day. ana much sympathy was extended
The congregation. a meeting had been
called m the church Tuesday evening.
lot owing to the storm it had adjourned
about half an hour prior to the falling IN
OF part of the roof.
some of the material in falling from It's
high position on the church, struck the
dweliiug-houso OF Mr. II. c. Nelson and
broke holes i'm the roofing and weather
boarding. also. splintering up portions OF
the front porch.
ITS WORK WAS GENERAL
The work OF the storm in and around
Manchester was general There is hardly
"a block in the city on which there was
rot some damage 20 property, but fortu-
uatcy The loss al no one place is very
heavy. AT best thirty beautiful shade
trees on Porter street between Eleventh
anl Fifteenth were blown I'd by the
roots. but most OF them will be saved. as
The workmcn We're kept busy the whole oil
yesterday replacing them. Decatur
cambridge. and PERI streets were also
deprived temporarily of their beauty, as
large number OF trees on these streets
Were torn up. They viii all be replaced,
however. and il is thought that few OF
them VIII be lost as they are not very
large ones.
The residences occupied by the follow
sing persons were stripped of their til
loodue: Messrs. j. n. Busby. Alfred
Bowen. James l.. Robertson j. G. Goois-
by. Henry Gary and John Dunn. The
known as Duniop's Mill. the Marshall
cotton Mills and Todd d Justiss grain
mul all ON the river near the Manchester
end OF Mayo's bridge. were likewise strip
ped OF part of their roofs. The Old Do
minIon Cotton Mills which are closed up,
seemed TO have been injured 10 some eX-
tent
a tree fell across the veranda at Mr..
j.. IS. Weis.gcrs house. jdrring II to
some extent, and q very large tree at the
home OF Captain A. G.. Attkisson fell
against tho house. Tine back fence and
portion OF his carriage-house was seat
tered about
The top was lifted from a photograph
gallery 40 the corner OF Seventh and HUI
streets; a chimney was blown off AIR S.
4. Taylors house. the stable on the old
Taylor place blew down on Mrs. II. c.
Turpin's COW; Mr. r. y. W. Beattie's
house at the corner Of Ninth and Hull is
minus its cornice; Rcdfords brick sheds
an the east end Of Thirteenth street. were
levelc3 20 the ground: the butter-dish
factory. ON the Petersburg railroad and |
sheds in ShOtwells lanyard were dam
aged. and there We're many other small
evidences of the winds violence.
REPORTS FROM CHESTERFIELD.
Reports from Chesterfield 80 to show
that the farmers i'm that locality shared
with the rest OF the community in sus-
tanning heavy losses. Mr.. William \.
West. near Branch's Church. was IN
Manchester yesterday and said that the |
Ioof of his barn was blown away. MIR. /
Bruce Ashbrook. from Sldnquarter. said /
the -Uads between his house and Mosley /
cannot be travelled. The high |
ways are covered with broken-down trees |
through various portions of the county. !
Strange as it may seem. Forest-Hill Park /
sustained very little damage, compare |
lively speaking. only two or three trees |
were blown down. but many large ana /
beautiful limbs were torn from the trunks |
OF the shade trees.
BRIEF MATTERS.
There was not so much political talk
on the streets yesterday. The people took /
tho storm as a substitute.
Mr.. Darlington Watkins. OF Chester
field. was in the city yesterday
Mr. Pauline Stein, who has been con-
Quoting a confectionery business at For
cst-Hu Park for several winters, viii
travel with his phonograph during the
winter months.
Mr. John Hampton. Of Forest Hill
who has been. in for several months. u
able to be out. and is much improved in
health
Mr. j. &. Blanton will celebrate his
birthday Friday night at his residence,
on Buchanan street.