The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-11-27
MUCH DAMAGE AT WEST POINT

WING ana ram SLUlIl pttSSGii L '1AiNt
O'Clock yesterday morning. considerable
az, was done here Inc gal- lasted
;toouu tnree-qud. ters OF an Aour'
during which telegraph ana ltAep-.oha
l,oes anu wires wee blown DOWN attd
many awnings a-.u signs were WfeNcneu
from their mOorinS, anu evidences o. Tic
tempest Were To be found all over INC
CITY. The wind blew with sucn Jury tiaI
su..dreti.s OF citizens, fearing tAat tht.-
homes would be unrCofed, got out Of ter
beuS anu III essed, in orus| 10 De PtePai GU
for the worst that might happen.
The slol. -. was uu.te Se4eiii,, "-.u .ilaue
itself felt. not cay ~ NHsHiia' out
throughout The Middle West ana IN Penn
sylvanIa and New York, and 1t 5 to-day
churuing and s!ashing the waters OIL the
New England coast.
Richmond was almost in the storm-ceh-
ire, as shown by iile charts in the weather
Office Thu wind blew here at the
rate of ABOUT % 10 90 mics aA h9ui' ana
the streets were literally covered with
debris Many awnings were torn away
and telephone and telegraph wires suffered
N all parts Of the city. Several trees were
uprooted in the eastern part of the city,
and q. few out-nouses were tumoIed over
by the blow.
The large and handsome showcase,
stationed in front of the Baltimore Bar
with its contents by the storm. The wires
of the fre-alarm department We're injured
by having trees or lrce-iitnbs blown across
thine and seven or eight wires were down
this morning.
RANG FlRE-ALARM BELLS.
Contact between lhe m.re5 anu hyinS
missiles caused almost a continual ringing
Of the gongs Of the department during the
storm, but the tremen knew the cause
and did not go out INTO the gale to look
fer q fire.
Both the telephone companies sustained
considerable damage by the storm, but
they say the injury was nothing like IS
great as they might have expected, and
that there has been but little inconven-
fence and delay to their service.
superintendent Thompson and the tele-
graph and telephone companies have their
street forces at work repairing the dam
age occasioned by the blow.
Both the Western Union and Postal
Telegraph companies We're greatly an
ncyed by the gale. The wind played
havoc with their wires in the Middle
Western States, and even as far cast
as New York and Washington. They
that is not received subject to delay.
The Western Union says its lines in Vir-
Sinia stood the storm fairly well. though
it has no wires to Hot Springs, and
five of its poles were blown into the
river just this side of Clifton Forge. The
latter trouble, however. was temporarily
remedied this morning.
The Postal experienced less damage in
Virginia than its rival, but had probably
more trouble in North Carolina.
BAD NIGHT AT WEST POINT.
At West Point, Va. the storm assumed
the form Of q tornado. 1t moved from
the Southwest, Following u ziS-zaS
course, and carrying trees fences, small
buildings, &C., III It's path. The hand
some residence of Mr.. W. H Bell was
completely demolished, some of the tim
bers and articles OF furniture being car
ried tuliy so feet by the wind. Roofs
were blown Off the public school-houses,
and the West Point Male Academy was
relieved of its top and the large porch.
y large annex to this building was
wheeled around, and The houses OF three
co!ored persons were blown completely
away. About twenty other buildings
were unroofed The damage to the Male
Academy alone will exceed $1,000, while
injured by the gale. 1t is marvellous
that no one was injured. Mr. Bel and
his family We're not at home when their
dwelling was demolished. Thsy had gone
into the country to spend the night with
Mr. SELLS father.
Weather Director Evans says the storm
was just about what he expected, the
general weather conditions indicating such
a gale in this section. He added that
the gale would be followed by clear and
colder weather.
TRAFFIC DELAYED.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway suf-
fereG heavily from the storm last nigh.
The damage, however, was all west Of
Clifton Forge, as the mountains seemed
to De the dividing line, and both sides
caught it heavily.
Lewis tunnel and Allegheny tunnel both
had slides at the western ends, and track
and wires were disturbed. 1t was reported
last night that the western end OF the
tunnel had four feet Of water
in it, but this report could not be verified.
Through traffic is interrupted tempo
rariy, but large forces of men have been
to repair the damage. ana II
is expected that all through travel Will
be running on time by tomorrow, at the
very latest. Fortunately, no one was
hurt, and no trains We're in the immediate
of the slides when they occurred.
Communication has been restored IN some
measure and I;ne-gangs are at work
thu wires, The greatest loss
sustained is in the interruption to traffic.