Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-04
CITY is SWEPT BY
SECOND STORM OF
WIND AND RAIN
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WIND AND RAIN
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and together they got out the maroomed
| women and carried them to safety
The women were housed for the night
| in the hay loft of the stables. and every
! care was taken fOr their comfort. To-
day they will not be permitted to re-
| turn TO their homes. Building Inspec-
! tor Butler says that all the houses in
the flooded district have been rendered
unsafe and must be RACED.
! Efforts wcre made by Policemen
Spur, Griffin and Alex Smith to rescue
several men from the upper stories of
SCOTS drug store. 1917 East Franklin
street which had been partially
wrecked by Sundays storm Smith UNI
dressed himself and navigatcd Il boat
to the lower windows of the store, and
| Captain Sowcll and the other two Of
| iicers wadcd into the water up to their
armpi's. The men refused to come out,
and were left to their choice Of remain
ing possible victims of the sccthinc
| tide.
! The damage was confined mainly to
| inc ValleT section of the city. Shockoc
| Creek ard Bacon Quarter Branch RIM
beyond their banks in tho valley proper.
shops of tho Richmond branch of the
! American Locomotive COMPANY. down
Fifteenth Street. under the Marshall
street Niaduct through to Main street
! and east on Franklin Street to Seven
| tcenth and down this street again to
Main. Tho Chesapeake and Ohio Sta
! uor save for Els parapct walkway was
cut off on both sides. Street car scr
vice was suspended, tho castbound
! trai'c continuing as far as Fourteenth
street and the wostbound TO Twenty
first Half a score of people caught
unawarcs on the south s!d. OF the
street waded through the food TO get
to their trains The water lappcd
around them above tho waist
Jose Massie and his wife. OF 1925
East Franklin Street, were rescued
from the upper story Of their home BY
boat nav.gated by policemen
The warehouse OF r W. Wood &.
Sons. seed merchants. on Fourteenth
street, near the northern end % Mayo
Bridge. was partially wrecked. Part
OF the roof was blown away. the wind
cutting underneath and around and
carrying away n portion OF the western
wall. The damage TO the stock Is cs;I-
mated At $4,000, and to the building at
$500
The roof OF tho storage department
of the Shockoc Warehouse was blown
off. and the roof o: tho Stoncwa!l Ware
house was also carried away. Sergean,
Shoemaker, OF the First District. or
dcred n! light wires AT Eighteenth and
Cary Streets and on Fourteenth stree,
10 be cut, SO tina; human life might not
he unnecessarily endangered. lie was
informed. he says. by city authorities
that The city had no control over tho
wires. II was found that they belong ed
10 the Virginia Railway and Power
/ Company, and the officials Of the com
rany promptly had them cut The
danger was removed.
The Police. Fire and street Cleaning
Departments gave effective aid iranedi
atc!Y when peril became imminent
CORVALLIS West a fireman attached TO
No. Truck Company who was OF
duty At til" time. took on his clothes
and Went down into the waters on East,
Main street and helped the merchants
70 remove their stock from the attack
OF the rising tide The police placed
guards At all danger points. and red =
tanning lanterns were set so that no
man might drive o. walk unhoedina
TO mis- death. Til" Street pcpartrncnt
aided in rescue work. Building mspcc
tor Butler was Immediately on the
scene. giving his attention to the more
imper!lcd condition Of the underground
archway of Shocko- Creek That par,
OF the building at 1872 East Main
stree, which had remained standing
after the food OF two days ago col q.
larsca n the further attack OF the
water, and all its pile OF brick and
mortar and all the ruin OF the three
ether buildings which the Engineers
Department had not had time TO re-
move crashed through tho broken en-
trance TO the tunnel and damned the
waters into an ever rising delugc.
MAIN STREET ARCHWAY
TO BE INSPECTED AGAIN
II Will be necessary 10 make further
! inspection of the length Of The tunnel.
for Mr.. Butler fears that the water
| in its mad rush 10 escape to the river
may have seeped behind the masonry
! OF the arch and have begun crur bling
| u from the rear. All traffic will be
suspended to day until inspection is
made again There stands now be-
tween the railway station and IN.
| Railroad y. NJ. C. a. not one brick
! hrn upon another. The station and
! the association building. ii is said. are
safe. though no ono is allowed to re-
main in the latter place. Care will be