The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-07-27
impossible last evening toYascertain the in-
dividual losses.

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dividual losses.
THE cfTY BRIDGES.
The Charles-street bridge, rather frail
wooden structure, was first swept away.
The aood left g,.Belyidere bridge and the
stone bridge on Eager street uninjured. The
Msdison-street bridge, Monument-street
bridge, Centre-street bridge, HiIlen-street
tridge, Gay-street bridge, and Fayette-
street bridge, were each in succession
swept away. These were all iron bridges of
q substantial character. The Baltimore
street bridge, fortunately, was uninjured, as
also the Lombard and Pratt-street bridges.
DAMAGE TO FACTORIES, ETC. s;fh.f
The manufactures, stores, and dwellings
on the line Of Jones's falls all suffered
more or less damage. On the west side Of
the falls the manufactory Of the Pearl
Horoiny Company was damaged to about
$1,000 The tannery, estab1 b1ishment Of
Messrs. Appold & Sons was injured by an
overflow Of the yats and loss Of stock swept
away. Loss not ascertained-probab
100000 q. a. Heald B Co.'s tannery was
damaged, it is supposed, about $40, ,000s the
vats being overfowed and the Office and
parts Of another building swept away. rlr
), .Messrs. ,Denmead & Sons had the outer
walls OF one Of zta8;a- machine shops washed
away, and lost machinery, stock, and tools
to the amount of $4,000. Messrs. Bayfield,
&lGregg, tanners, had theirgats oSerfowed
and building carried away. Logs not ascer-
tained-probably about $20, 900. Messrs
Smith s. Curlett, soap and candle manufac-
turers, suffered heavy loss from the
destruction of their stock by water and
from damage, to their machinery. Messrs.
Parlett & Mullhofer, carriage-dealers, cor
ner Of North and Saratoga streets, lost about
$4,000. Mr.. Parlett is entitled to much
credit for having saved the lives Of several
women and children. He also saved seye-
raj valuable horses. +, ..,.,1 ,c..,.,, ~ ~,
The Monument Mills, on North street,
owned by Messrs. Fl. NJ. Warfeld s. Co.,
suffered severely. The dam, race, head
gate, &C., were carried away, and much
valuable machinery damaged 3by the erwater
and mud. The water was thirty feet deer
in the, building, being up to the burr floor.
The damage will amount to q considerable
sum, besides loss of time at one. of the busi-
est seasons of the year. With their accus-
toned enterprise, Messrs. Warfeld, as soop
as the water subsided last evening, had q
large force Of workmen engaged in clearing
away the debris, and in, the shortest time
possible will have their mill again in opera
ton. t3s IE34E> hi'a .fzza&its n 7 90
The Baltimore Special Dispensary, No.
73 North street, was filed with water up to
within two feet Of the ceiling. The apothe-
cary shop is entirely destroyed; the loss
being not less than s400., ,,-..s....l,.r
THE CITY PASSENGER RAILWAY. "a
I The destruction of the bridges over
Jones's falls interfered considerably with
the running of the city passenger railway
cars, and some arrangement will occur
until the bridges are rebuilt. The Madison
avenue and Gay street lines will run into
Holiday street, whilst cars of each line
will run to the falls from the east. The
Charles-street line will run only to the
falls, and the Towsontown cars will for the
present depart from the east side Of the
falls, on Hilens street. s137i lsaa y 9Ea
INCIDENTS. 81 EaE"ar'
About 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon a
party of men engaged a furniture-car driver
to carry them through the food, then ra-
pidly falling, to the east side of Joness
falls. When near the Maryland Institute
the little gray mare attached to the wagon
was unable to stem the current, and the
entire party were about being carried down
the stream, when two young men, Michael
Murry and J. Lakehorn, plunged into the
surging stream and cut the harness, thus
relieving the animal, which was swept
down the stream, and is supposed to have
been drowned. The party in the wagon
we're subsequently rescued by boats. "
Colonel E. H. Webster, collector of the
port, was caught by the storm in the public
store, corner of Lombard and Gay streets.
During the height of the flood, on looking
from the second-story window, he observed
man borne along Frederick street strug-
Cling for life in the surging waves. The
Colonel at once jumped from the window
and succeeded in rescuing the man and
placing him on terra trna. !, =. -. -
~ =. - THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
The fire commissioners and the men Of
the department were actively engaged du-
ring the continuance Of the food, and the
steam engines were employed in pumping
out cellars during the afternoon and night.
The machines were placed where most
needed after cleaning the cellars Of the
city buildings. 1t is to be hoped that all
service in this way will continue to be rem
dered. 7erS" t.'s-z.11 : l,a11E. ~
-.s,staA E15A GAS CUT OFF. 80 tsT-
IN the carrying away of the Chase-street
bridge the as-pipes passing into Old Town
were severed, depriying those north Of the
bridge Of supply of gas. All that portion
OF. the city, including Gay street north, had
to use candles last night. asa
,JoNEs's FALLS BEYOND THE CITY. 80.
All along the whole length Of Jones's falls,
for miles beyond the city, immense destruc-
ton has ensued. ALI the bridges, COM
mencing with that at the first toll-gate on
the Falls turnpike (nearest the city J, extend
ing up the stream. to the Relay or Swami
lake, are gone, while factories, mills, and
their dams in many instances, have expe-
rienced great damage, some dams being en-
tirely washed away. Timanus dam, at
Rock Mill, the dam at Mount Vernon Fac
tory, the dam at the Clipper Cotton Mills,
and the dam at Woodberry Cotton Mills, are
all gone. The Woodberry Factory and the
Park Mills, at the same point, sustained
much damage, the lower floors OF both,
where were the engines and machinery
being oyerfowed, while the gasometer was
foated off and ifhesrace washed out. The
Druid Mill, at the same point, was not
injured, but o large amount of coal and
some material outside was washed away
The machine shops Of Poole & HUNT are
situated at Wood berry also, but their only
loss was Of coal, lumber, and wood.
At the Clipper Factory the water was up
to the second floor, and many hands in the
building mad to be taken out in boats. The
machinery and goods we're Of course much