Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-23
ssasm Began a Midnight Monday
and q Chilling Ior'easisr Came
Shortly AtefWad.
HeA WIND, RAIN, slEE1 AND HAIL
Only Regular Liners Put 10 Sea, and
Vessels En.er Roads for Shelter
Western Union Telegraph Wires
pown--No Promise Of Fair Wealth.
er for Christmas.

Old King WINTER came scoopihs
down upon Newport News and all
Tidewatsr Virginia yesterday with a
bowling northeast sgale and a fall or
sieet. hail and rain The winter sea-
son began a; midnight Monday night
and before II was many hours old a
noreast storm broke here bringing at
first q heavy fall Of sieet This was
followed by a fall OF hail and that
later gave way to heavy downponr
of rain which lasted until early last
night.
The wind Increased in velocity
throughout the day and las, night the
worst gale in many months was pre-
railing. The high winds did consid-
cradle damage throughout the city.
blowing down telephone and telegraph
wires and ripping up awnings and
.sians in front OF stores and other
places of business. The Western Tn
Ion Telegraph Company's wires out
OF this city were blown down In the
afternoon and the company was una
BILE to receive or send any messages
during the night.
. Yacht lahored Heavily.
The storm handicapped shipping In
this harbor and Hampton Roads. So
tar as has been reported no serious
accidents occurred to vessels along
the coast. However. a report was
received from Cape henry yesterday
evening that n small unknown yacht
was laboring heavily in the high seas
and winds or the Capes and was In
danger of laundering on the beach:
Nothing was heard from the vessel
afterwards and 1t Is supposed that she
succeeded in making Hampton Roads
In safety.
All incoming vessels yester day al
ternoon and last night reported high
winds and heavy seas outside the
Capes and all OF them had strenuous
battles In making Hampton Roads.
Only the regular coastwise liners
yent0red out tn sea from this port
Yesterday, Several coalladen schoon-
ers and barges were compelled to
anchor in Hampton Roads to await
an abatement of the storm before
putting to sea for New England. Tugs
from Baltimore and Norfolk that
were compelled to put into the Roads
for shelter.
Vessels Dragged Anchor.
! Several schooners and barges an
chorei In this harbor dragged anchor
during the afternoon and last night.
hnt SO far as has beeH reported none
OF them came to grief II Is proba-
BILE, however, that some of the small
Ter craft snchored near the shore
suffered from the pouac:ng Of the
heavy seas that were breaking in the
harbor.
Warning OF this storm was received
ut the custom house yesterday morn
ing and the northeast storm warning
was hoisted on the weather bureaus
storm signal staff on the Casino. The
storm began over Georgia and moved
northward over North Carolina and
Virginia. The warning stated that
the storm would reach its greatest
height In this section las, night.
A Fifty-knot csIe.
The velocity Of the wind here last
night could not be asccrtained, bat
II was estimated thai II blew between
20 and SO miles an hour. At Cape
Henry at o'clock yesterday evening.
the wind had attained a velocity OF
50 miles an hour and was steadily
fncreasing. A very heavy sea pre-
vailed on the Capes. and in lower
Chesapeake bay and Hampton Roads
Throughout the day and night and the
hay line and harbor steamers hal
rough voyages during the evening and
night.
Present Indications are that the
storm will continue today The
weather man has not yet promised
clear weather. bG; everybody is hop
ing for an STATEMENT Of the storm BE-
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