Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-08-04

other side of the street beneath which
the Shockoo flows are not endangered
richmond confronts to-day moro
uamaSc done by these two succeed
ing storms than has been inflicted dur
lns uhnumborcd years by any rising
vi the James River. Tho river gives
no''cc OF it's impending overflow. and
the weather Bureau and the news
r'pers inform those who may be af-
irc'ed that the hood is coming. From
nc Two floods Of this week there was
- val ming None. save. perhaps,
, having engineering knowledge
'r ,hht IN" sleepy Shocltoc nurscd
'"tn III IT'S bosom: that il had power
w. uh"o III an hour what il has taken
many years to accomplish. None knew.
atNc hEain those who have the loro
OF water locked in thoir hr,in. ,rI
hidden knowledge ar uh,, -
( moods may do. that always d,npcr
| iufkcd whore the little creek frJe II.
mario" outlet to the wclcominp ri,or
ne"' but 1t was because the food ,y,.
/ nhhhhch on IN" north side Of Main
| street that untold damage in this acc
| ton has been done and several scorcs
! of lives endangered
RICHMOND MEETING-pL,CE
or TWO VIOLENT SrOR,IS
Ihis was not local storm as v,s
mat OF sunday. II was the contunc
tlon OF two. Ono. ccntcriny over col
"'''' = -. hfoNc north, and another
ccntcrinE southeast OF Chicago ,noyad
by wa% Of Toledo and sped to tho r,,st
lhey joined here. the downpour be
ginning ut 5:l2 o'clock At S oclocl1
INC gauge Of the Weather R,rcau
showed fall OF 1.Gl inches: at s.iI
~ mad reached depth OF 25i inches.
IL continued to rain until O'Clock ana
M 'othl ial! was more than three
| inches. The wird reached a vo,ori,,
"' ioftN-"irht miles an hour. On Sun
Jay, NJ It's maximum. IL reached n We
| !ocity Of nfty-six miles
,ho"eh most Of the telephone and
telegraph wires north OF RichmonJ
we're ont Of commission ,,f s,~,'i,,Gi'a
| came that damage through ma 800,
HEai"H had been severe
-tti"To. on the Richmond r-oa
/ c'iChSpurS and Potomac Railroad 40
vas tNrned over by tho wind.
/ ana twenty or thirty wire noios 49,,
blown down At Eeysyi,,n
.outhefn hallway. T. waS reported mar
so"'vuV namhEc had been done. MN
VI 81 dwellings "crc overturned ar
paft'aiiT demolished. There was NO
| 'oss 81 ne so FAR "a tho information
( came ~ Stoncy Creek. or, ~
[ lantc Coast Line Railroad tho r.eooio
o! the Methodist Church was h,o,,,
. AVA: ana several frame houses mer.
demolished.
On the Creighton Rond. In uenr,co
I 49, 'l.A!'N from richmond half
a dozen houses were blown down and
Two people We're injured pol!cc.non
loot and WnlGrop were sen, to ,be
scene. and Fire CHIEF ]. T.. Ratio also
went there. Charlotte Ray. colorcd.
WAS found in a partially wrecked house
! suffering from fractured skull and
/ broken lcG. She was removed IN
Memorial Hospital william TAYLOR.
co!ovc!. suffered two broken rims.
Search WAS made for other posslble
victims, but none was found
Wire service Was further injured.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Telc-
phone Company reported that 2nn more
phones had been PIT, out OF commits
sion making Il total az 100 which arc
not now in service. Most O: them are
In the suburban districts. All the long
, distance wires TO the north wcrc re-
ported out Of use. The Western Union
Telegraph Company reported that its
wires north and wcs, were GU; 81
commission, and that it was rclayinG
messages through the Southern cir
cults.
The damage inflicted IN Richmond
by the storm on sunday was e-tl-
mated At a quarter OF million doll
lars. II Will NOW be- largely In excess
o: that, and be probably beyond &C
/ ,ura,e