Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1913-09-04

WATERSPOUT IN BAY.
Houses Unroofed at Various Places
on Both Sides of the Chesapeake
Heavy Rainfall.

: Newport News, Va, Sept. 4.-Three
petty officers ana five men Of the bat
tIeship Nebraska were rescued yes,
Pterday When one of the ships launch
les was wrecked in the hurricane
Fsweeping the coast here.
| The Nebraska is at anchor off Fort
! Monroe but the shore wireless had
been put out of commission 10y the
fstorm and communication by small
boats was impossible.
| The hurricane which had been
blowing since early morning, was a'c-
companied by almost binding down.
pours OF rain, but the battleshipS
hseemed to be riding it out well despite
tugging on their anchors.
lhe report that the steamer Mob
jack had been swallowed up by the
hurricane in the bay was officially de-
MED by Edward L. Palen, assistant
general manager of the Old Dominion
Steamship Company, at Norfolk.
Alarmed by the appearance Of what
seemed to be mighty cloud, sweep
ing acrossChcsapeake Bay from Will
Beach to Newport News, and
passing close to Old Point Comfort,
residents of Willoughby Beach report
Ied that the phenomenon was water
spout. 1t started about a mile above
|; the Wiloughby Beach Hotel and
about half mile from shore. Re-
ports had it that the spout was almost
two miles high and that it moved to-
wards the Rip Raps, where it almost
entirely disappeared and then came
up again ana continued towards New
port News OF Hampton, breaking in
front of the fort at Old Point.
The winG unroofed three houses III
the fort at O!d Point Comfort and tore
several trees up by roots. 1t also did
damage to houses in
Hampton, wher trees were also lalG
, low.
The storm was very severe at Oc-
can View. Several small cottages
were unroofed during the blow.
The rainfall in Norfolk was LIZ
inches. The streets were flooded
An many parts of the city. City Hall
avenue, Plume, Bank and Cove streets
were flooded as they had not been in
many years. The rain fell in torrents
and at times it semed that the clouds
had burst.
In some parts of Ghent and partic-
u,arly near the Duke street bridge the
water was so deep at the intersection
of some of the streets that crossing
by pedestrians was impossible. This
condition furnished fun for the kid
dies, though, and many Of them, rang
! ing in age, from 4 to II years, were
out in bathing suits padding around
in the young rivers and lakes.
! Cape Charles, Va. Sept. A cy-
clone which swept across this county
at l o'clock yesterday, coming from
the ocean. struck the mainland near
Oyster, Va, and left its trail across
the entire country, passing into the
bay at Cherrystone. The track OF
1.-THE cyclone narrowed at times to 25
feet. At other times it was 600 feet
wide. Considerable damage was
caused by the storm.
Raleigh, N c., Sept. COSTA
storms that Killed three colored wo'
men in Perquiman's and Hertford, BY
lblowing down their houses, and fiat
tered the handsomest crops of a de-
Icade, swept North Carolina yesterda!
from the tGirection of Hatteras anc
damage last night is estimated in tht
millions.
The track of the wind and terrific
rains was through Northeastern
North Carolina and struck tie fines
cotton and corn areas of the state. A
the state department no definite eSti
mate could be made, but it is believed
) that the million bushels of corn ant
, $4,000 bales of cotton have been scat
, tered today by the winds. Many fall
ling barn; are reported, with loss o
5 hundreds of animals.
2 In Raleigh more than half the tele
[ iphones are not in use, and the falling
trees stopped telegraphic communica