Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-01

ch,ynneys of Nos. i72t and e0Zl es 4 Main
were blown down: the roof was taken
off the Richmond Stove-Works, and the
bridge connecting the Exchange and Bal
lard Hotels was uproofed. az was also the
building occupied by the cardwell Ma
chine-Works. The house occupied by
Francloni. on Cary street near Seventh,
caved in.
IN THE CITY's CENTRE.
In the central portion OF the city and
I'm the West End equally as much damage
was done as in the older portion.
The residence on Franklin street occu-
MED by Judge l.. l.. Lewis was unroofed.
and the home OF Mr.. X. II. Dibrell. No.
70 east Main street was badly damaged
The roof was blown completely of. and
carried with II the parapet walls on
either side. The falling brick smashed the
windows and frames In the residence Of
Mr.. A. GoIdback. adjoining. The ceilings
of The upper floors OF both residences were
badly damaged.
Considerable injury was done property
on south Third and Fourth streets and a
number of houses were unroofed. Among
them were the residences OF Hon. Sid
ney T. Epes. Mr.. W. ;. Dibrell. Mrs
Harvey. Mfr. Charles T.. Belvin, and Mr..
r.. l.. Norris The Denham flats were
unroofed. and house being erected on
Fourth street was badly damaged
The roof was taken of the building
occupied by Mr. Gus f.. Delarue, on
Main street. Two chimneys FELL and the
skylight was broken In. On Grace be-
tween Shafer and Laurel streets a wagon
was caught under falling tree and bad
ly damaged
The Tractlon Clmpany's car barn was
unrcofed. am part Of it's side wall was
carried away. on Blair street four
houses were unroofed. and on west Cary
street a row OF four or five frame dwell
ings were badly wrecked.
The storm did some little damage at
the ban park. The corner of the left-feld
fence at the carriage gate on Main street.
all the rlght-feld fence. and the whole of
the fence fronting on Floyd avenue was
blown down.
The roofs OF the two houses OF Mrs.
Roberts. on Eighth street, We're blown
off
At Adams and Broad streets the speed
Of the wind was terrific. II blew a num-
Der OF pedestrians off their feet One wo-
man was rolled alohg the street. The
doors of the unocsupied house GO east
Main street were blown open.
A number OF large trees were blown
down on the college campus
IN THE WEST END.
The residences Of Messrs. W. T. White.
7i9 south Laurel. and Jones on south Pine
street, We're unroofed.
All along Franklin and Grace streets
the magnificent trees which adorn those
thoroughfares were stripped, and the
sidewalks and roadways were rendered al
most impossible by broken branches.
The gates which guard the Richmond.
i'll nj at ut
Main and Cary streets, and those At the
tracks OF the Chesapeake ana Ohio at
Ninth and Byrd streets were blown
down The roofs OF r. f.. Girs bakery
and DIR. Lewis Bosher's office were lifted.
and the cornice over julius Schmidt s
jewelry store on east Broad street, was
torn of
The residence of Mrs. Frank Mcclure.
on the corner OF Iombardy and Franklin
streets was badly damaged. The rear
portion of the roof was taken completely
off. The stores Nos. PIC. BIS and 90 east
Broad street were completely unroofed,
and the tin was torn off the roof OF Mr..
Christians residence corner Plum street
and Grove avenue.
At Home Place, opposite the Soldiers
Home. the wind blew fercely, and The
tall windmill in rear Of Mr.. G.. II. A.
Balls residence was blown down.
ON THE HEIGHTS.
Parton Heights. Chestnut Hill. and
Fairmount suffered only slightly from
the storm
At the Heights many chimneys were
blown from houses Among the suf
ferers I'm this respect We're Mr.. Traylor,
Mr. Blair Farrar. Mr.. W. +. Miller, and
DR.. Pitt. DR.. Pitts house was consd-
erably shaken and some OF the plaster.ng
knocked from the walls.
The sheds in the rear OF the Baptist
church were damaged.
Windows were broken, trees blown
down. and, fences reduced to a level with
the ground.
A, Chestnut Hill many chimneys were
Knocked from houses, sheds overturned,
and windows broken.