The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-03
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES !

[ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES ]
PARTICULARS OF THE FLOOD AT LYNCH
BuRG-A GROUP OF ELEVEN PEOPLE SWEEP,
OFF.
LYSCHgURG. Va. Oct. 1.-The fOllowin.
are all the particulars Of tile losses by the
late Hood. rs far l> gathered UP to 10 O'CLOCK
Tonight sts
Coat and undergrad of j. II. Adams
Brother, complete wreck, and 10 horse;
of Burkholdcr 6 Co., foundry Of Dabney 4
Son, were also swept on. The other firms il
the neighborhood sustained quite ~ severe
n loss. Nearly every house on the river
bank, for two or three miles above and
below the city, was either destroyed where
standing OF washed OF.
The bridge Of the Orange and AleXan.
dria railroad, crossing The river above the
city, was washed away, rs also the two new
iron bridges on the Souths ide road, both
above and below the island, and also the
SiX-mile bridge. -.
The shop of Messrs. Burkholder Il Co.,
flied with lumber and machinery, was
washed away. Loss about $4,000.
TIE house of l.. A. Luciat. with 10 hogs.
heads of tobacco and 800 sacks of salt, was
destroyed.
Lee, Taylor Il Go. lost about $4,000 and
Mr.. Voolfolk 5000 by the flooding of their
cellars. George A. Kinnear also suffered a
slight loss. ID. Is. PerceyaFs machine shop
was submerged loss, $500, and damage
to his mill not less than 81 900. Delaney's
flIndry was injured about 81, 600. The ma
chine shops and agricultural works of
shepherd Il Co. were flooded the loss was
small. Jones & Miller, loss about 81 900.
The tobacco factory of kucEer u Chandler
was flooded, and large lot of loose tobacco
y, hon II
ruined. i. II. kinnear lost about 81, 0G0 in
wood and coal. Deans foundry was Sc
yerely injured. The aggregate of these and
other losses is 100000 Hill 81 Co. were
damaged to the extent Of $4,000. Various
houses, store and dwelling, on the river
front, were damaged or washed away.
John ". Stewards cooper-shop, in Sandy
Hook, was swept away, the occupants
barely escaping.
The railroad and canal losses are very
great. The Orange and Alexandria rail
road losses, besides the bridges above the
city, are the bridges across Rocktish, Buf-
falo, and Tye rivers, and Turner's creek !;
loss estimated ut 100000. 80 1.
The Southside railroad lost three bridges,
besides considerable damage to the track,
amounting in all to $500, 900.
The Virginia and Tennessee railroad
by the middle Of next week. The damage
done to the rolling mills four miles above the
city was quite severe, and 1t will be some
time before they are in working order again.
The pattern house is washed away, with all
the patterns loss, $25, 900. Seven houses
occupied by employees Of the road, were
undermined, and the furniture and clothing
in them lost.
The canal is almost complete ruin. All
the tow-path is washed of and sand bars
have been formed in the middle of the canal.
Clennan's Falls, Bald Eagle dam, and seve-
raj locks have been washed away. Several
lighthouses above the city have been washed
of, the families in them barely escaping.
The dam age to the canal is estimated at
$3.50, 000.
The following persons are heard of as
having persisted in the flood: James T..
Ransom, his daughter, and u servant girl !;
Robert Whitley, his wife, and three chill
dren and Il colOred woman and her three
children. They had all grouped on an
abutlnent of the canal bridge below Deans
foundry, and were waiting for boat to
rescue them, when the dredging machine
belonging to the canal company broke from
its mooring above :Judith's dam and ran
against the abutment, sinking it, with the
eleven of its human freight.
The crops along the banks of the river
are almost entirely swept away. The ag-
gregate loss of private property in this city
alone is estimated at 800, 900, and the
damage to the railroads and canal at least
$500, 900. The land in many places Is en-
tirely ruined. s,i ssg
4 ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 1.-The freshet in the
Potomac river. is very great. The river is
hlled with debris Of fences, bridges, furni-
ture, barrels Of -four, DC. Some OF the
Wharyes are overlooked. - - -. = syYs5
The damage to the Orange and Alexan-
dria railroad amounts to the washing away
offonr bridges, ut an estimated loss OF Sl5,-
600. The bridges OF the north and south
fords of the Shenandoah are washed
away, and the rise Of that river was
mere rapid than ever known be-
fore. The mills and honses oniss banks
were washed away and many lives lost.
One family, at break fast hi house. We're
swept oR, md all but the head of the family
drowned.
There have been no trains from LYneaas
burg since Wednesday night last. 9rs