The evening times., 1896-09-30

was from North Carolina. She came here
Monday afternoon to visit her son, MIR.
J. o. Holt, who occupied one OF the three
story buildings in the Wheat * Sutcr sub
| division on North Peyton street.
The upper portion of this house fell In,
carrying with IL Mrs. Hoit. When taken
ont She was dead. The body was rem owed
to the home or one of the neightors. The
funeral arrangements have not as yet been
| decided upon.
Mr.. Holt is n comparative stranger in
Alexandra He moved into the doomed
building IA week or two ago.
The front of the house on Union street
between King and Prince streets occu-
MED by Mr. George w. Petty was blown
out Mr. Petty aud his children had a
narrow escape.
The escape of Mr. John Hesley and
his children bordered on the miraculous.
He occupied house on South Fairfax
street.
During the storm Mr. Heisley went TO
the childreD's bedroom to remove them.
AS the party was pa assing out OF the door
the wall of the room was blown in, and the
bed Just vacated by the little ones denoi
isehd.
Charles Adams, No. S2S Duke street,
was badly cut about the head. He was in
bed with his wife and child when the
chimney and wall of Pullman's grocery
store adjoining fell on his house Bricks
were scattered all about the bed, but
Mrs. Adams and the child were uninjured.
The colored Baptist church. on North
Patrick street. was completely wrecked,
the steeple being the only thing left stand
ing The old frame church building ad-
joining was also demolished.
Buildings suffered in all parts of the
city, many of them being unroofed
Among the most badly damaged are the
following:
Wenzei's bakery, in King street; also
Capt Mays residence on the same street
Thereof was blown off THE Peabody school
house. necessi tating & the closing of the sch ooi
for 4 short time
V.M. RAILROAD A SUFFERER
The passenger shed and offices OF the
Virginia Midland road were compieteiy de-
molished The new freight car sheds, which
have Just been completed, were also leveied
to the ground. Thedamage is estimated at
several Thousand dollars.
Tram No:s, on the Chesapease se and Ohio,
from washington, was caught in the wreck,
but no injury was done outside OF rev
scratches to'thoscars. The train was de-
layed at the depot until this morning.
Along the river front the damage was
very great Small boats were tossed ashore
and others smashed against the wharves.
The tug Cecile went down at her dock,
with Capt. Towson in the PILOT house. de
clung to the wrcckage and was washed
ashore after having had narrow escape.
The steam launch Samuel is also at the
bottom of the river.
The two-masted schooner John LarSln,
Capt. AL Fair, has gone to pieces, and
schooner Sarah and Lucy tadly damaged;
in fact every vessel on the river has suf-
fered more or less.
One-half ofth upper story of the Pioneer
Flour Mills was carried away Inthe rear,
the cooper shops were almost completely
demolished.
Several of the walls of the vuioanizing
works were blown down and the roof car
ried away.
The roof of the fertilizing plant of Herbert
Bryan was also carried away. One end of
the warehouse belonging to the Brooks es-
tate was blown out.
The Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Company's building was partly unroofed
and the walls damaged. The adjoining
building, owned by George w. Driver,
ofWashi ng5on. and occEpied by w. A. Moore,
was unroored and the walls damaged
The grocery store OF IL. Crily was Un-
rooted. and the building naxt to 1t, owned
blythe Washington Stea mbua Company, had
n hole blown in the side walls.
ICE PLANT DAMAGED.
The lumber yard of j II. u. SnooL caught
the full force of the gale. The office
building was wrecked. and The sides OF the
mill flown out. The damage is about
$500
The walls and roof OF The Alexandria Ice
Plant We're damaged to thecxtcrt OF $500.
The side walls OF Capt. Charles Gra-
hams residence, on Prince street, were
blown out, as We're also those OF the