Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1817-08-22
DOMESTIC.
THE LATE ,sRESHErr
From the icrs. Penn. Ga-ette EStra, .irgust IL
DREADFUL INTIMIDATION.

uloidUic Gay Ill tne history oil tiiiS place.
The borough of York has had to bear
heavy ca!amities on former occasions
In 1903, thelncendiary torch mcnaced de
structlon to some OF It's iaIrest portions
but the contiagralitns were generally
within the controui of the activity of the
cltizenS-bOunds could always be pre-
scribed 10 the rage of the fiery clement
but en- Saturday last the floods, the angry
foods arose, and swept along with il moi
only the houses and furniture of many of
our citizens, but the lives of some were in
Volved III The destruction.
On Friday night the most prodigious
fall oi vain was experienced in this coun-
ty, which has ever been known by the
oldest inhabitants now living; the rain
continued TO fall Till Saturday about noon,
III torrents, with little intcrmisSion. Al
the streams were raised in little time 10
uncommon heights even the small
branches were swoln TO large creeks,
sweeping away fences and in some iusian-
ces cattle. Plantations are torn TO pieces,
and some of them have the soil almost
swept away. Heavy losses have been sus-
tanned by mi!lers-dams carried away, ra-
ces filed up and broken, and even mills
and water-works carried of.
The wafer rose five feet higher than ev-
er known before in this town-where two
brewerles and five tannerieS are swept "a
way, and left nothing but bare bleak
shorc-where instead OF the hum of indus
try nothing is now 10 be heard put The
bowling OF winds and the rushing ofwaier.
But The scenes which caused the great
est poignancy of feeling were witnessed in
the dwelllng-houSes of so manv of our cit
Izens ON the westerns side of The bridge,
being desoated by the floods. II was with
painful solieitude we had to look on from
the eastern side, aud behold houses with
their inhabitants sinking TO the bottom of
the stream or carried OF by lis force
And what equally excited feelings of COM
passion, WAS seeing those whose houses
had still resisted the currents force, re-
treating on their roofs, and on that emf
hence having no prospect but that of
soon following their neighbors to waie-
ry grave. Their cries for help were
heard bv those on The eastern side. but
hoae could venture 10 relieve them with
out exposing themselves to greater dan
ger than they were in themselves.
That part of the house owned by John
F. Williams, in which he kept his groce-
ry store, was the first that gaveway. MIR.
Williams and Mrs. Williams saved them
selves IN the remaining part of file hou-
ses but sad TO relate, Mrs. Williams was
injured by tie fall of the store-housc
while she was endeavOring 10 save her
child-ler efforts were unavailing-she
had the atiiiction of seeing her darling
offspring, lying, innocent and helpless in
the cradle, swept away, cradle and all
Peter. Reels house. adjoining Mr.. Wilt
ans, is totally swept away. All the peo-
pie III this saved themselves by taking
refuge OH the wreck of Mr.. Williams's
house.
The house occupied by Hugh Cum
nngham, and that adjoining occupied by
q. X. Kane, were carried off, In MIR.
CunDingham's house there were six per-
sons, of whom five were lost-hir. Gun
ningiam and his wife, Daniel Updegraff,
Esq. Samuel EichelIberger, (sou of Martin
Elchelbergcr0 and hired girl. Joseph
Wren, q soldier of the revolution, who
had escaped the dangers, and Overcame
the tatigues of some hard campaigns in
the times that tried mems souls" altho'
he Is now on the verge of6O, it seems had
not filled the measure of his DAYS. At
ter assisting TO remove the furniture 10
the second floor, he retired to the garrett
and laid himself down and slept, and the
house actually went away without wa
hN''HS IL NS'it OitN dDOut ~ NdrtlS,
where IT hung TO an apple tree until the
wafer rcccded.
That neat and new brick building Of
Israel Gardner, was thrown down. Geo.
Lauman who occupied it, had sent his IA
mily 10 place OF safety, himself only re-
naming, and saving bimSelfin the back
binding. The western gable end OF the
Widow Doubles house fell down. Tie
house OF Mr.. Schlosser is RACED to the
ground. Every house from Ncwbury ST.
where You turn off towards the Metbo-
dist Meeting house, has been swept awav,
or sustained injury mere or less. Some
are considerably undermined, and most
all have the windows broheI, window ca
SEES pushed out ofplacc or floors raised
and walls twisted or bent.
II was about one o'clock on Sunday
morning before we could have any COM
muDicalon with the western side. The
water having Teceded, we were relieved
from state ofanxious suspense for tie
fate oi those who were surrounded bv the
food. II was some mitigation TO our
feelings to hear that many who were sup
posed 10 have sunk with their houses,
have survived. Fires were lighted in the
streets, OF both sides, and moved as the
wafer fell, as signals to those who were
driven 10 their house tops without light,
and without any other means 10 ascertain
tie falling of the water. The house
which appeared III the most imminent
danger, and kept our sensTbilities most
alive, by It's near situation 10 the bridge,
was Jesse Spangler's. Mr.. Spangler with
8 others, remained in ihe house, and all
escaped.
One oftlIe principal sufferers is Micha-
el Double. His loss is great, fora Young
man who had but few years established
himself in thc world-An elegant and
newly built shop, his stock Of Tides and
! leather, all has been carried off with little