The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-06-19
HEAVY BLOW DOES
OANv|LLE DAMAGE
Factories Unroofed and Stocks
Soaked by Heavy
Downtown
THANKFUL THAT NO
LIVES WERE LOST
City Thrown Into Darkness
and Traffic Stopped-Loss
Will Reach Quarter Mill
ion Dollars

DANVILLE, VA. June 19.--Careful
estimates made this morning OF the
aggregate storm damage in yesterdays
cyclone and heavy rainfall maintain
the approximate accuracy of the fig
ures sent out last night placing the
damage at from $4,000 to 100000
distributed among probably FIVE hun
dred or more firrns or individuals. No
loss OF life or fwjury Of any kind is
reported. fact ali the more remark
able In view of some of the freakish
and inexpiicable manifestations Of the
velocity. force aud twisting power of
the wind.
The Bell Telephone Company Ia
probably the heaviest loser having
from six to sever hundred phones out
of commission ard cables wires and
posts down all over the city. Repair
gangs from Richmond, Norfolk and
Lynchburg have been ordered hither
to repair the DANA ge, but Ii will be
a week before the old status is restor-
ed
1t is impossible to secure accurate
estimates OF ioss TO the Cotton Mills.
the toba Loco factories Of Hughes and
Co.; e. K Jones', r. G. Reynolds Co.
Dibrell Bros ana many others.
Lightning Struck Riverside Mill.
Lightning struck TIE Riverside
White Goods Mil and 1T was partially
unroofed, infiictiEg considerable dam
age to finished goods.
The losses to stocks of tobacco will
not be total. mach of II being sus-
ceptibIe 10 drying out without great
impairment OF value
Early to-day hundreds Of teams and
axemen were at work clearing the
streets of debris and hauling away
loads of cordwnod. the remnants of
bea uttfui shade trees.
Street cars resumed operation this
morning after aN night work and the
arc lightning system win be doing ser
vice Tonight
The path Of The storm which was
local and centfaA rs er this city appears
TO have heen about mile wide.
Little damage Ia reported outside
this area Fortunately the total dam
age la so distributed that no one is
"A heavy loser, though the aggregate Ia
great.
The Western Unions loss is prob
ably two to three thousand dollars.
while that az the Bell Telephone Com
pany will probably run from 100000
to $50 oeG
Most Serious on Record.
The cyclone that swept over Danyiiie
Sunday afternoon about O'clock was
the most serious storm OF any kind
OH FsCUFu mere ana. Debtdes GausiHG
/ heavy financial loss and devastating
all sections Of the city to some extent.
| 1t terrified hundreds OF persons.
| Especial to The Richmond yirginian.>
| The storm, which appeared to be
merely q severe thunderstorm burst
upon the city. coming from the west
northwest about the hour named and
| for nearly or quite half an hour the
| twtster> had the city in Its merciiess
grasp. Staunch and stable structures
creaked and grssaned and rocked be-
meath the fury OF the swirling wind
which threatened to oyerturn or de-
! moiish frame structures and did I'M
roof many factories and large build
! ings and twist chimneys from, resi-
/ dences In various parts Of the city,
I Apparently the storm was local. bu,
wires were down last night, and csRl :
| munications SO interrupted that 1t IL
/ not possible to secure definite infor-
nation save from very circumscrib-
ed area
Cotton Mills Heavy Loser.
/ The heaviest actual money losses are
confined to the Riverside Cotton Mills
Company and several large leaf to-
bacco firms. whose plants were un-
rooted and the stocks thereby sub
1ected to the heavy and continued
downpour Of rain that followed the
I fCcrffpY~N IN Qn~n~A Du