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Danville Sizzled by Severe Storms and Fires
A late afternoon thunderstorm brought flash flooding and fires across Danville. Beverstone Park and Downtown Danville bore the worst damage as 2.75 inches of rain fell in under an hour. A City Prison Farm barn burned after a lightning strike. 12,000 bales of hay and farm equipment were lost. Downtowner homes and basements flooded. Public Works and Life Saving crews pumped water from numerous properties. The Register Publishing Co basement and several Main Street stores sustained heavy water damage, while power and telephone services were disrupted but largely restored by nightfall.
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Beverstone Park
Danville
Paxton Ave
James R. Browder
Manor Place
WBTM
WDVA
George Washington High School
Union St. Bottoms
Register Publishing Co
Belk-Leggett and
Woolworths
Main St
Municipal
Craghead St
Swift and Co
Link-Watson
Craghead
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Danvills
Electric Department
Westover Drive
Kentuck- Elmo
Melrose Drive
Northmont Blvd
Valerie Lynch
Franklin Turnpike
Bridge St
William A. Newell
Ringgold Volunteer Fire Department
Browder
Register and Bee
Ludge H. Ferrer
Fire Department
Public Works Department
Dan River
Riverside Division
W. C
Tex) Bray
WEBTM
WILA
WYPR
Namer