I say - Snow tell both night and day,

I say - Snow tell both night and day, combining with temperatures of way below zero. The Chesapeake Bay froze over completely.

1912 - According to the Blue Ridge Guide 12 below zero was recorded in Amissville.

1914 -A heavy wind storm struck in March of this year. Trees were blown over, uprooted. Buildings, sheds and roofs blew away. A convict camp near Massie’s corner vanished completely in the wind.

191(5 - Also in March there was a terrible fire in Washington at the corner of (lay and Porter Streets. John Clark, who owned the stable, lost several horses.

1915 - A severe winter was followed by a very snowy spring that year. Then, in April, there was an earthquake on the Skyline, measuring by some accounts (5.5 on the Richter scale. The Gibson's Mill chimney is thought to have tumbled inward during the quake. In Luray, people ran out in the streets, afraid for their lives. There is a story told about a young man up in the park, grieving for his grandfather when the earthquake struck. A brick fell from the chimney, startling the boy. “What did I ever do to you, Granddaddy,” said he.

1919 - A bad fire burned Mary’s Rock and the whole side of the fountain. At that time Addie Clark owned Mary’s Rock.

1922 - Snow fell for days, piling up at least 20 inches in Rappahanlnock.

1929 - A forest fire on Red Oak burned for a week, destroying the Johnsons’ fences and burning everything in its path to the ground. Raymond Johnson and his family fought the blaze for d<> hours.

1929 - A tornado hit Woodville, destroying Wo churches and a school, killing Marshall Hawkins'tmd scattering teachers and children all over the field.

1929 - According to the Washington Star of June 27: “A distressing fatality occurred in the Scrabble section of Rappahannock county on Tuesday afternoon when Delmore James Coughlin was struck by a bolt of