The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-03-03
Winchester Is Hit by
Hurricane, and Loss
Is Tremendous.
UPROOTED TREES
TEAR GRAVES OPEN
Houses and Barns Overturned or
Carried Away, Roofs Sent Fly
ing and Chimneys Topple,
While Wires Are Down.
All Virginia Suffers
in Great Storm.
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Especial 10 The Times Dlspatch.l
Winchester. Va. March 2.-The worst
hurricane in the history OF Winchester
and Frederick County has caused up
wards OF 100000 dunage since sun
day evening. The wind ragged all night
and to-day at velocity OF seventy five
miles an hour, and is still blowing \
gale. u came from the West without
4 moments warning. Although no loss
of life has occurred. scores OF people
were swept off their feet. business
houses and homes were partly demol-
ishcd and unroofcd, barns and other
farm buildings overturned, electric
telephone and telegraph services are
almost ont OF commission. trains are
running slowly without teleGraphic or
ders, cemetery monuments ana scores
oi tonbstoncs were wrecked, chin
neys knocked over. shutters torn from
their hinges. street signs ripped from
their fastenings and windows shat
tered
Few buildings Escape.
Comparatively few buildings in Win
chester escaped some damage. Por-
tions of streets I'm front of damaged
buildings are roped on and danger
signals displayed. Some structures
may have TO be torn down. Scores of
tall cedars and naples In Mount He
bron Cemetery were uprooted, knock
Ing down .tombstones In their natl, and
ripping open graves, and exposing hu-
man skeletons. A granite monument
Weighing several tons In oliver p.
Groves lot. was smashed. Great dam
age was done by falling trees In Con-
tcderate and national cemeteries. but
no monuments were damaged.
\ hie brick building on Main street,
owned BY Joseph H. Savage, Weverton,
Md, occupied by John s. Solenberger
&. 60, and the Fraternal Order of
Eagles. was partly demolished. and
may have to be torn down. rs were
also the homes of Miss Katharine Mil
Ter, Hugh Green. NJ. J.. Barr and w. a.
tSandy) Baker. Mr.. and Mrs. Baker and
children lied during the night Just as
the roof was ripped of and chimney
crashed through into the room In which
they had been sleeping.
Part of the home of Thomas Coover
Sr was unroofed, chimncys fell
through the ceilings windows were
smashed and great trees were hurled
against the house.
The Robinson Cold Storage Com
pany's five story building was unroofed
and tho NTH story carried away.
Four chimneys crashed down on the
residence of Major Holmes Conrad,
former United States solicitor genera
Henvy Damage Done
The cOlored Odd Fellows three story
building is totter!nR. j. $. Haldeman's
creamery was unroofod and otherwise
damaged. The main exhibition build
Ing of tho Shenandoah Valley Agricul-
turai Society. the hood OF the grand
stand. handstand and many stables
were reduced to kindling wood. but
will be rebuilt at once. The Lewis
Jones Knitting MIL was partly un-
rooted and some machinery damage
recurring a temporary shutdown Win
dows were torn out of thc City Hall and
the slate roof Is badly damaged
A great steel smol>cstack ut Robin
sons Steam Laundry crashed down
with terrific force. and part of tho gas
conpany's plant nearby was un~oofed
= thirtr"n-'"ch will at the northwest
corner Of Winchester Inn was unable
to withstand the force OF the storm
and caved in.
At the Cumberland Valley Railroad
Yards both ends of large hav ware
house were battered in as was also
portions of the roundhousc. Sections
OF slate "o0"",r '"c"o te"u fror, IN.
passenger and frei.ht depo;s. Rcports
Tonight from Eunlecr Hln. Riag~wav.
Clear Brook. Lennrc Stephcnson
Hrrryville, Boyce, Millwood white
Post. kcrnstown. stephens city Mid
Gl"town and othc: villages tell OF
great havoc. Some barns We're literal
lN carried off their foundations and
hurled across fields and upon turn
pixies, Hundreds OF people fear 10 re-
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