
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, June 6, 1993                   TAG: 9306060031
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: D1   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

LYNCHBURG HIT HARD BY STORM

Friday's storm stopped the presses, moved a baseball team out of town, left 52,000 Appalachian Power customers in the dark and caused millions of dollars in damage in the Lynchburg area.

Even as skies cleared Saturday, about 32,000 Apco customers still were without power into the afternoon, said Apco spokesman Mel Wilson.

Lynchburg Mayor Julian Adams and City Manager Charles Church declared a citywide emergency as of 9 a.m. Saturday and set an 11 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. curfew.

Church's office estimated that damage in the city will be in the millions of dollars. Thousands of trees and hundreds of telephone poles were down.

High winds tore down the backstop and damaged the Lynchburg Red Sox's home field, moving and postponing Saturday night's scheduled game against the Durham Bulls.

Shawn Holliday, a spokesman for the Lynchburg Red Sox, said the winds also knocked out electricity to the ball park.

Saturday night's game will be made up in a doubleheader this morning in Salem.

Power was knocked out between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. Friday at The News & Advance of Lynchburg, city editor Bob Morgan said. The newspaper printed an abbreviated Saturday newspaper at the offices of The Daily Progress in Charlottesville, Morgan said. He said the newspaper planned to print today's paper in Charlottesville also.

by CNB