Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1843-09-26
From the Winchester virginian, Sept l3
GREAT FIOOD AND IOsS OF PROPERTY


pers extending East and West to great distance, oc
Cured The night of the 9th inst We had here but
the edge Of the cloud, and, consequently though mu'
. alarm created and the streets flooded with water
no serious damage done beyond The filling Of e"
fl cellars in the vicinity of the Railroad Depot, where
it appears the flood The greatest, and much dan
r ger apprehended, though the rain crasng, soon re
ieved the fears it had excited But North and East
Of Winchester, in the direction Of Martnsburg and
Harpers Ferry, the cloud discharged its contents in
torrents which continued from three to four hours
commencing about 10 o'clock at night in many places
swelling the smallest streams from 90 TO 80 feet, and
consequently doing great injury. Millcreek, IN Berke
lev county, bordering Frederick, is said TO have
been the most swollen, the water having risen some
30 feet and carrying dams, mills, houses, and every
thing else, before it, The following is brief no
tce of of the particulars furnished and losses
sustained
j, At Bunkers Hill, midway between Winchester and
Martinsburg, the mill dams entirely washed away
which saved the mills, from going also. North of Bunk
er's Hl and al Gerardsown, we understand that
yeral houses washed away and much property
destroyed Hazelets Mill, east of Bunker's Hill, was
carried away entirely and negro man, in the mill
the time getting the roof foated down the stream,
until he caught in tree, and remained there during
the night The dams on Mlllcreek were all washed
away. Ross's mill and house, though not washed
) away were much damaged. Part of Kownsars pa.
per mill, further down the stream, washed away
Rosenbergers house, below Kowsar's though some
Is feet above the stream was entirely washed away,
Mrs. Rosenberger and the fam1Iy having only mad time
10 escape and their lives before the water swept
the whole building, including furniture clothing and
every kind of property about the honse. The mill
across the stream was much damaged, though not
washed nway-tbe dam gone-a large stock OF flour,
grain and offa in the mill all washed away-loss from
five hundred 10 one thousand dollars. White hills mill
on Opequon, much injured full'ng mill washed away
| mill dam gone, and considerable loss of -four, grain
], &c Dandrdges dam and saw mill washed away
> Isaac Striders mill, Leetown, partly washed
mill dam &c hora
= drowned, and other losses sustained Mddleway, we
E are informed, entirely under water, and families
were carried horses from their dwellings the
per part of the town. In Charlestown the flood was
n equally great, and some narrow escapes from death
occurred here, in many other not noticed
Ritenours tan yard much injured-loss nbou
$4,000. Some horses drowned IN stables washed
away along the stream and property to great extent
destroyed Along the lower end of the Railroad
good deal OF injury has been done-ln repairing which
We are told the Company has efficient force of hands
at work. and will soon have The road again IN condi
ton for passing it, The travel however, has MOI
been interrupted upon the road, stages having beer
r employed to convey the passengers from Cameron
a Depot where the first break occurred, 10 Harper
h Ferry In this section of country referred to, the
= loss, in the aggregate has been immense, and will be
r. most seriously felt.
- A slip from the Charestown Free Press dated on the
9Th inst, detailing the damages done in that direction
sovs that the pou down torrents four hours
causing the small rvulets 10 swell in The course OF
very few minutes, TO fierce and angry streams carrying
desolatnn in their In The main street OF the
Q town, nearly all the cellars filled, and in many
- houses the lower stories Inundated doing great
injury the contents In families lost their
e clothing and furniture and had escape with
# their lives.
: The destruction in the neighborhood is very great;
mills houses sheds, tanneries and dseres were
lied off or destroyed by The water.
A slip from the Hagerstown News confirms the re.
port of the loss Of the large bridge the turnpike
Hancock 1t also stated that the bridge the east
r branch of the Conococheague the Greencase and
> Mercersburg road has been swept away.
The Georgetown Advocate of Saturday states that,
during the whole of the preceding day, the Potomac
River al that place very high, and that numerous
farming utensils, vegetable productions, &c, were
floating by
The Baltimore American of Saturday, has the follow
ing notice:
Baltimore i. Ohio Railroads.&c. number of laborers
and other workmen, attended by the superintendent
and assistants, left here yesterday morning in the
guar train for Harper's Ferry and the points beyond
it, where injury done 10 the road by the heavy rains
of Wednesday night. AT Harpers Ferry the Potomac
river swollen by the rams that the flood rose
within three feet of the floor of the bridge.
r Later-We learn by the which came in yester.
!, day evening from Harper's Ferry, that mail from
the West had reached there yesterday at the time the
train left, had any definite intelligence been
ceived as TO the nurles sustained by the railroad The
large force taken up yesterday, among whom the
President Of the Company, MIR McLane, the Superin-
tenden of Transportation, Dr. Woodsde, and the Chief
|, Engineer, B. II. Lathrobe, Esq, left Harpers Ferry
with the determination TO reach Cumberland speedily
as possible, and have the damages repaired with the
utmost despatch.
We learn from Dr. Kennedy, the indefatigabe agent
OF the Post Office Department, that the damage done
by the flood, extended large section Of country
1t is believed that the whole region between Har.
pers Ferry and Cumberland, has been overlooked and
that the ravages of the storm extended 10 consider
able distance North and South Of the Railroad. When
Dr. X. left Chambersburg, on Thursday evening, the
Cars from Harrisburg had not arrived, although con-
sideraby behind their me and great fears are enter
tanned for the safety of the Railroad The mail from
Pittsburgh had arrived there at the time he left,
md reported that serious damage had been done
TO the Chamoersburg Turnpike.
The large Bridge on The Cumberland Turnpike,
abou, two miles East of Hancock, has been entirely
swept away
The injury done to the Winchester Railroad will
speedily be repaired The passengers from Winches-
ter reached Hurpers Ferry yesterday, about The usual
time. A letter from one of the officers OF that road
contains The following information
II "WIYcHEsTER, Sept. 8, 1S43.
"The tremendous food Of the 9th inst, has done
considered damage 10 some of the culyerts on our
road and TO portion OF The road itseli, on the low
ground, which will lay embargo on the transmission
of tonnage for few days, but will not interrupt the
regular course of travel the prompt delivery of the
mails"
In Loudoun County, Va, it is stated that immense
point of Rocks yesterday, reported, that he saw
marks of destruction all along his route 10 some
places large quantities. OF grain were carried off BY the
floods, fields of destroyed, and great num-
beers OF cattle and sheep drowned.
In Washington County, Md. the damage was COM
paratively ,r,hing. The streams were much swollen,
but very little apprehension was felt.
DlsKEL's BRIDGE GosE.-We learn by gentlemen
directly from Bridgewater that the fine supersructure
over North RIVER the Harrisonburg and S. Turn
pike, has been carried off by the flood II was carried
away yesterday friday morning The destruction of
this most excellent bridge will be seriously felt by the
citizens of this county, and we trust that immediate
, steps will be taken for lis erection The Treasurer
), of the Harrsonburg Il w S Turnpike Informs Us
that the Company hardly able 10 rebuild the bridge
without help from other citizens o. the county 1t is
: therefore hoped, that meetings will be called at once
to solicit funds for the speedy putting up OF another
, bridge.
AS the must have been higher in that river than
it has been known for half century the destruction
of property along the must be dreadful indeed
Rockingham Register, Sept To-
Passengers who came from Harpers Ferry on Satur-
day, state that the Potomac extremely high al that
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