The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-06-24
Three Churches Struck.

to SPOIL, they paid scant heed to the here
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Three c Churches Struck. Ss
81 Ono OF the strangest phases OF t he d
storm Ais the fact that the three buildlngs
that were struck BY lightning were IL ] 4
school picnic pal rty3 at w esthampton Park
lwas almost frightened to Death hy5 The
,thunde err and lghtning.
~ The marble yard 5ofS Nj. j. Henry Brown,
at Madison g n$ands X N ain Stree was flooded
The new sewer AT his point led utterly
to carry off the water. .ssE IS. Ss sSa
$ Rain began to fall gently at E3:18 o'clock.
and about twenty minutes later the
heavens fairly opened. 81 Great sheets 81
rain fell like hail while heavy peals Of
thunder shook the 'S3 city, preceded BY
binding flashes OF lightning. ~
y For thirty minutes the downpour con- Z
5tinued and at APPS o'clock the rain ceased q
During the hour \ and ten minutes #1.09
Inches OF rain fell but nearly all OF the
water came down In Il the hlrtyS minutes
of the storm. Just before the rain began
TO fall the thermom ter registered ninety.
s3three degrees, thea ttest time OF Il the
present summer. while after the storm
ended the mercury was found to have
fallen twenty degrees. e n 55s
ag In The u Times-D Dispatch building n the
lightning shattered the skyllghts 4 and Y
damaged the electric light wires.
Were Great Sufferers.
D In Manchester the Central Methodist
Church. at the corner OF Thirteenth and
Porter Streets, was struck by lightning
and the steeple was set on fire. The fire
department responded promptly. $e and
Messrs. Cotton and Smith did good work
IN stopping the flames. The steeple was
great tly dana ged, however, and water ran
Into the body OF the church.
5&s, Mr.. J. 7. aJewett, one Of the church
stewards, said last lght that the damage
would amount to about g. 2O0Oi He also
stated that Rev. r, M. Chandler, pastor
OF the church. would hold two services
on Sunday. lSSs 3I5i5
B The loss is covered by. Insurance In the Il
Mutual Assurance Society OF Virginia, n B
y Broad Street Methodist Church was also
struck. but the damag &c was not OF : I
serious nature. Z
e The colored Fountain Ba ptist Church.
on the corner Of Thirty-frst and 8 !
Streets. was damaged to small extent.
the shingles Of the roof being set on
fire. Il. I'll IA 81 81 Il
# At the state Capitol. the nas-staf
over the Senate wing was shattered and
twisted out OF shape. No other damage
was done to the building,
S A great tree was uprooted on Ninth
Street. In front OF the Valentine house,
while all over the city small trees were
of, Two horses were reported to haYe
been killed and ono man seriously in-Ss
jured. 5,a IS Is Il
Mr.. ~. F. Balding. llneman Of the
Passenger and Power Company, while
working on a cable at Madison and
Cary Streets, was knocked to the ground,
breaking his leg and dslooating his arm.
He was removed to the Virginia Hos {
pltal. where he received every atten-S
IS tIn, n ia In af nj ha nn IA efr9i
be still unconscious. S,i X 5s M j
Were Great Sufferers.
The Passenger and Power Company
probably suffered more damage than any
other company In the city, l.a 4. ~
Eight cars were burned out, three
large cables were ruined and wires with
out number were damaged 81 AZ
The company hopes to have everything
In running order this morning.
8S At one time there were fifteen cars
blocked on Main Street below Eighth.
while at Harrison and Franklin, Lom-
hardy and Main and Madison and Main
Streets blocks also occurred,
a On First Street the tracks were FOUR.
teen inches deep In water. and the cars
running through looked like battleshipsH
with great bones In their teeth.
The telegraph and telephone compa-a
3nies report that their wires have not
been seriously damaged, and that they
will have MI damage repaired by this [
morning. 9 a 5sfe
In the valley tho water played fast
and loose. almost tearing away the
Washington Street bridge and complete
~ denollshing the orc at Leigh Street,.
Hhockoe Creek oyerran It's banks. tnuns
dated the houses near the tall and alled 4
the cellars OF the houses on seyenteenth
and FraIklin Streets
g one merchant lost 100 chickens that
we're in the basement OF his store, Every
chicken met a sad and watery end.
1T is said that Colonel Cltshaws ths I
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