Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1860-08-10
Incidents Of the Flood.

A little son of D. G. McGafin, ESQ.
came near being drowned on Saturday du-
ring the fresfet. The basement story of his
house was filed With water A servant wo
man was standing with her back to the eel
lar door, and hearing splash, remarked =
"Ihere goes my cupboard" and tcrnius
around, beheld instead of her cupboard, Mr..
McGuthn's Oldest child strangling in the
water. A few moments more and life would
have been extinct. The little fellow had
fallen head foremost, and stranguIatiou had
commenced before he could call attention r.
his perilous situation.
Mrs. Farrar was driven from the lower
rooms Of her house to the attic Her little
grandson happened to be away from the
house when the food rushed suddenly upor
lit. Knowing that his grandmother was ia
the building, the little fellow became almos,
frantic, and once or twice attempted to get
to the house byrashing through the waters
but was prevented by Dr.. Downey. Blu,
for this timely intervention, the little bows
affection for his grandmother would haye
proved His death.
"Old Uncle SAM a servant belongin q
to Benz. Crawford, Esq, was barely res
cued from drowning by being drawn out of
a cellar by son of Mr.. Crawford. Several
persons IN Irish alley CAME very near being
drowned.
The chimney of the residence Of Addison
Waddell. and one of the Catholic church
were blown down. A number of trees weri
also twisted of BY the resistless force of the
storm. The stable of Mr.. D. Mccoy was
taken from its foundation.
One of the lamp posts-cast iron-was
torn up and washed fifteen or twenty feet.
The gas pipes were slightly injured, in con-
sequence Of which the gas was cut off Oh
Saturday night. The defect was speedily
repaired On Monday. and the town lighted
up as rsual that night.
The barn of W. W. Donaghe, ESQ, Sit
nate near bis residence in the vicinity of the
Northwest corporate limits, was struck by
lightning during the storm on Saturday last,
and consumed. There were also destroyed
will. the barn about 200 bushels Of wheat
in the straw, $50 bushels of rye, 800 or
400 bushels of oats, threshing machine.
a rev wagon, and number of other farm
ing implements. Four negro men belong
ing to Col II. L. Opie were in the barn at
the time it was struck, having gone there
for protection from the storm. The electric
fluid struck very near one Of the men, WHO
describes it as surrounding him with blaze
of fire. The negroes were very much fright
ened. and rapidly made their escape, not
Stacking their utmost speed Until they had
reach their home, some FIVE or six hundred
yards distant.
Capt. II. II. PECK, a Mr.. Reed, and DR..
King, were severely stunned by lightning
on Saturday last, during the storm; while
standing in the porch Of the hod Sc at Browns
Spring: The electricity struck the watch
and chain Of Capt. Peck; PARTIALLY melting
them, ard passed down the leg to the foot,
tearing off his boot. The shock was severe,
but not sufficiently Sd to prevent him from
travelling few miles to his residence that
evening Mr.. Reed vas badly shocked
but will recover.
We saw Capt. Peck on Wednesday last.
He is nearly entirely Recovered from the
shock. There is still slight soreness in
his right arm