Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-08-18

ON Brewer street. between Freema-
son ana Charlotte, n tree fell across Il
house. No one was injured. Another
tree was blown down on this street.
/ near Washington street and came near
iailing on a car passing at that time.
There were number of passengers on
the car, and their escape was narrow
! one.
Another was blown down on Holt
street. near Fenchurch. an6 tore down
telephone and electric light wires and
broke q large window in the second
story of house on the opposite side OF
the street.
FOLIAGE SUFFERS.
\ limb blown from tree on Holt
street broke 2 number of wires. y num-
her of fair sized limbs were wrenchcd
from trees in Old St. Paul's Church
yard. but were inconspicuous and will
scarce be noticed. Ii was reported that
the foliage in the city cemetery suf-
| fcred considerably.
Trees were blown across Boush
Grace and Duke streets, fortunately
doing no damage.
No houses were reported unroofed
but blinds and shaky garrets suffered
Inmates Of a house on Riley street.
between Holt and Charlotte. left home
! because of the danger from a large
| tree. which was afterwards cut down
by the force under Assistant Street In
| spector Jaques.
WINDOWS SHATTERED
| The pressure of the wind itself shat
| tered window at No. 302 Church
street. y sharp report was heard by
/ those in the house. and in the twinkling
| of an eye a gust Of wind filled the ROOM
scattering small pieces or glass. The
/ window Of I. ]. Randolph's office on
the Engel block was also blown in, and
several other such occurrences are re-
ported.
EVERYTHING SOAKED
From O'Clock yesterday afternoon to
! far into the evening the precipitation
was so heavy as to soak every living
| thing that ventured beyond the confines
| of four walls and a roof. There were
| many who exercised the bad judgment
to face the pcrturbed elements with UNI
brellas instead of terrifying themselves
| with rubber coats and high-topped
boots. The result in many cases was dis
| comforting, bordering on choas. If the
umbrella didn't become possessed of
| aerial inclinations. it took a sudden
fancy 10 so in the opposite direction
| To that its carrier was going. or i'm
PEELED by some cycloidal curve of a
blast nj the gale. suddenly executed a
contortion act and turned itself inside
| ont. No matter how the holder would
carry it, it seemed that the rain would
| transpercc it, even if he managed to
| control ii.
IMPROVISED FERRIES.
The flooded streets in low places
| proved a great impeachment to travel
| between $50 and o'clock last evening
| In many places the street car men were
| compelled to wade knee deep in water
and feel for the switches to throw
them i'll the right direction. 1t was
fortunate that there We're no more ac-
| cidents to the trolley wires than there
were. AS il was. fair schedule was
maintained during most of the even
| ing.
A. the lower end of Main street about
L O'Clock n crowd of small boys made
| considerable money by improvising a
ferry over TO the Bay Line dock Many
persons thought the Bay Line boat was
going out. and To reach the dock they
| had 10 cross over a. long stretch Of wa
| ter, at places three feet in depth. The
boys piled small boat between the
wharf and the upper end of the first
! block on Main street. This was done
also in many other places where the
street was flooded
4 LACGHABLE INCIDENT.
\ laughablc incident, among many. Of
| the storms pranks noted yesterday in
front of the Academy of Music was the
| sweeping Of n straw hat from the head
of gentleman passing and sticking Sc
| curc!y OF the straw chapeau on one Of
the pronGs OF the deer horns ornament
ing the doorway leading to the f,iks
lodge room. y lively struggle rescued
the hat with n neat hole in the crown
1t made a secure hat rack. however,
while ii lasted.
MECCA OF SIGHT SEERS.
The lofty outlook of the Weather Blu
reau office was the Mecca OF the sight
seers in town yesterday. The vciw was
fine. the wind-swept harbor. foam
capped ana rain-lgshed. its spray dash
ed in cloudy scud into the hospital
woods. lis vessels stralnng at anchor
low-hanGinS clouds. rain and mist
half obs9urcd the vision: the wharves
with brick and iron freight under wa
ter; the swirling. swayinG trees and
Tutoring LEAKAGE and the drenched.
soddcn city. forming view worth
climbing TO see
TRAFFIC. INTERFERED WITH.
The tide WAS go high on the corner of
CRANKY street and City Hall avenue
that for several hours some of the cars
| on that line had 10 run into the switch
at the corner OF Church and Queen
! streets and run down the latter street
| into Brewer ana take on passengers
at that point for the West End and At
| lantic City, and RUN through Brewer
street out Charlotte. and down the
| single track on Butte street to Bo.c-
tourtc, owing TO the tide Overlooking
| York street near Dunmorc The cars
TO and from Iamberts Point had &c