The morning times., 1896-10-01
the fail OF brick, broken timbers. and

debris
1t seems thnt part of the roof was
pIuWD OIL and IN" remaining Cnu wIiCn was
directly over Mrs HulJ's nru, icn III to
SCthcT WITH the tops Oi the brick walls
completely fillinE the room and burying
tue unIurtuHdtc woman When found her
head dud body WIS crushed INTO an almost
slIhpel">> mirss. TuC son. although badly
hurt, Is not dangerously injured. The body
OF MIS-. ttob was taken To an uuucTtak KING
burial ana viii sbc sent to North Carolina
The death oi Mr. ". D. stewart is
greatly laHented. He was crushed under
la!ilng waIis which relI Oh his house, No.
Iud taIncrqn Street. Mi. stewart, who
lived with his smalden sister, was in the
dinmg-ropmwhen t.c CraShcamc. Miss Stew
art became very nervous and leaving th'
dining room went into the front room.
~ur requested lIcr brother to come, but
me- Thought hc WIS - s'lT" there - any
WHERE, ana remained near the tahl" IN
the dining room. Miss stewart went
back To her brother aud WhIir thcr"
portion Of the wall of the house adjoining
cam" down. carrying with 40 - tan bLCN
chimney Oh Mir. Sl'wJItS house. The
sr.tNF w''iEnt DrI=ur'r. tItIpuAls Ju" li"i"'
hdIidln%, and one end OF a heavy wundcI
pricr fell ou Nj stewart. crush
mg oH' ms iit". The same EIrdrr
also s'rUrk Miss stewart. but not
With such force as 1t struck her brother.
She was hnld down. but fortunately IN
-urn "a way that the r"sru"rS soon mad
Ter ont of her perilouS position.
~" one els" ~ Alexandria has been re
ported kllIru or injured. and There ar" nu
reasons 10 suppose that there ar" any
more. ! lac authorities ana the local news
paper men hav" tua0i' "a thorough search
for any one reported injured, but none
we're found other than those already Iu"n
toned.
Inc second Blpttst Church, coIored, nt
the corner of rarrk aud Princess Strrrl>
was p"rnapS tIr most completely drmuli shed
10 tfE NH.
dedicated only last spring aud was a
handsome "Girice. AIart from IN" bell
tower the whole Stru,lur" Is down. lH'
old frame church standing next door on
IN" east was also completely demolished
lir loss To- the Clur.G Will TediIl, ~ lN
th"ught, SG,Hun. y frame house back 'l
the church WIS nearly broken down 'y
the debris which fell un it.
The house ON South Fairfax stree 80
CEpICd 10y Mr. .IoI.n Ii,i>lcy, was badly cana
aged, and the family Of MI HtI>i"y ,n4h Il
narrow escape nom iUS'aIl urhlh- N',u
the storm wa at its neigh; MT. Ii"IsicN W'hh
to the sleeping apartments If ms ciIIIIrh
Ou IA" third il.uT aUu helped them down 1"
IT," first floor. where Mis-. Hershey " a.
waiting for ttrm. Tho father ana III" Cmi-
urru TAD hardly reached ~" lower moor
wien there was Il lTIGn'ful crash. An III
vr>ugal!ou was made Iud TIE room ia
" UIcu IL" children had cen Sleeping was
found 10 br fun Of bricks ana cebriS.
Tu" southern portion a. the Pioneer MUS
collapsed through tho fore" uf the wind,
as did also thr cooper shop uu the opposite
side Of inc Straud. The east end Of the
yuIraulziug works AT tie ltrl Of Wolfe
street. was damaged. and tie frame build
!ug~ at Alurw's slIpyIrd were crushed
Alru- TIE river Irpul ~. damag" l> con
siderable. The steamer F!or"nc" was badly
damaged by Icing fluwu against TIE dock,
aud INC schooner John LarEu was also
badly damaged 10 the SamC way The
steam yuCut CtCjle had her upper works
carried away Nr " $ Towsou. tie
Crrsl,.- owner. was Iu ITO cabin at tie
time, hut ho escaped injury TIE steam
YACHT Samuel sutton was sunk.