Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-01
FREDERICK sBuRG's STORY.
Residences and Manufacturers
Plants Damaged.

FREDERICKSBURG VA, September
Especial -Unroofed dwellings and
out-houses. trees uprooted. chimneys
blown down. manufacturing establish
ments wrecked. train service demora-
lied. stock reported killed, telegraph
electrlc-llght. and telephone wires down
in many PAGES north and south OF this
city. tell but feebly Of last night
storm. that struck Fredericksburg at o;5O
o'clock, and ragged with unparalleled
fury until near H. Few OF our people
had gone to bed when the storm struck
the town These who had retired quick
ly arose but no one ventured INTO the
ill-lighted and almost impossible sreeFs'
No part of the city escaped. The old
est and most substantial buildings seem
TO have suffered the heaviest, while
those built lately and of cheap mate
rial were not so much damaged. The
aggregate loss will be quite heavy. but
tho individual loss will not amount TO
enough TO make 1t serious to those living
in town.
Tyler's foundry and machine works,
and Knox's extract works suffered
more than other establishments OF IKE
character. The sun had hardly risen THIS
morning when men at these works were
busy clearing away the debris OF last
nights wreck.
Many Of the more ancient dwelling
houses and stores In the town are slate
rooted. and several such have been much
damaged by falling chimneys
THE CHURCHES.
II was thought at an carly hour this
morning that the steeple of st. Georges
Episcopal church was seriously damaged
but a later examination made II plain
that the injury to the steeple was triv-
ial though the rear wall Of the vestry
was blown out. The other churches were
not damaged.
Railroad travel was impeded greatly.
The train from the south which should
have gotten here az A. NJ. did not ar
rive until near O'Clock. 1t brought the
first edition Of the Dispatch, and the only
information up to that hour from the
outside world and the storm In Richmond
The train from Washington. which
should have gone through at $40 a.
NJ. did not pass here until II. This
train brought news of the storms
ravages north Of us. and passengers told
of the almost entire destruction OF the
village of Quantco. They also told Of
the damage between that place and
Washington, and all were agreed that
nothing like the storm had ever before
been seen in this section.
The telegraph and telephone com
panies got their gangs started north anH
south at an early hour. but no one can
tell when communication will be re-
established, as parties who have come
over the lines eight or ten miles on
either side of the town say the wires q e
badly wrecked.
DISTRESSING NEWS.
The news from the surrounding coun-
try. north and south is Of most dis
tressing character. and IT Is certain great
damage has been done. A note just
received from Oliver Eastburn, Esq,
one of the foremost farmers of Spotsyl-
vania county, says his loss will reach
81 0OJ
The streets here were totally impas "a
BILE at an early hour this morning, but
willing hands with sharp axes soon
bazed a way through the blocked high
ways. and the town turned out on its
mission of sympathy, and a comparison
of notes as to who were the greatest
sufferers.
The Rappahannock and its tributaries
are rising very fast. and high water is
looked for which coming at this partlcu-
lar time, would do great damage TO the
corn standing in shocks on the rivers
louu Ground