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

From the charlottesville chronicle
uvDRAuL,C MILLS.
The damage was extensive, sweeping
away the saw and griS', and portion OF the
A,uring mill These mills are owned by j.
L. Burnley, aud hi~ loss is extreme. Fro
cccding down the river, we come 10
Rio MILLS,
which ave situated three miles below the
hydraulic Mills. and are owned 10y Me$SrS.
Burnley 4 Wills. Here the damage was
still greater. The mill, Store-houScS. out
houses. dwellings, &c, were all swept away,
not a house being left on the premises. The
county bridge. situated At these mills, roii-
Meeting Charlottesville With the north s'ae
Vi the county. shared the fate oil the huld-
in&s at Rio. aud all We're horne IN one con-
%!o'neratea mass ON the bosom oil the
RN,mna. Here. too. a tale OF horror Is
I" hc told: for an attempt i made hv
APATuER TO RESCUE HIS PAMiLN,
which proved 10 some extent ahortirc. rs
the sequel will show. \ Mr.. Jennings. who
j. the miller at Rio, on Thursday night
awokc and found the water fast taking pos.
session of his home. and immediately sci 10
work 10 rescue his wife and children from
thc destroying element. Taking his WIFI
and younccS. child, he sought 10 reach the
llnd by wading. inStructing his two other
children 10 follow. Fearful Of the impend-
ing danger. the children did not heed the
:tdmonltion Of the father; and after reach
my land With his wife and child. he turned
only to see his houSe and remaining chill
ircn swept onward with the rushing waters.
Ihr rise in the river was then ut the rate OF
about ten feet in twenty minutes. and few OF
the inhabitants Of this little village We're able
- escape. Mrs. WilSlcy. the vile of one
az the millerS, shared the same fate Of the
two children OF Mr.. Jennings. being car.
RED on in their house. Mr.. burnley was
carried down i'll his mill some distance, but
made his escape TO friendly tree by which
The millpaSScd, and after >tayingthere q long
time he WAS rescued. The DISTINGUISHED
hcroiSm Of Mr.. Ned Wood was most com
nrudahle. Hearing the cries Of Mrs. Wills
lry IL She Went down in the house, he
SWAN III 10 her rescue, aud succeeded in
Getting her ont of the house and some dis.
tAuce towards the shore but finding that
his strength was failing him, he released
his hold OH her and attempted To save him
self. Aitcr struggling with the current fol
4 while, he made for 4 " hammock" OF
drifted trash, on which he spent the night
and from which he was rescued yesterday
morning. These are the only personal
casualties We have heard of.
THE FREE BRIDGE
WAS borne away also. This bridge connects
liir town Of Charlottesville VITA Riranna
township.
THE CHARLOTTESVILLE wooLLES MILLS
are almost entirely submerged. The dye.
ing-houSe attached to the mills and Il house
lust above the factory, belonging to Mr
Rives and occupied by Il laboring man,
were washed away Thursday night. 1t is
difficult 10 estimate the loss sustained by
This enterprising company i'll manufactured
goods, wool. nc.
immediately on the Riyanna river are the
North Milton Mills. owned by MeSsrS. Snead
4 Chewing; Mr.. Il. II. MagruderS Mills.
Union Mills. Palmyra Mills. and Stillman Il
A>hlin's Mill. which have, in I'll probabli-
". shared the fate OF those above Char
lotteSyile.
II isappalling to contemplate the destruc-
tiun which this fresh has wrought. The
corn crop standing on the Rlranna low
grounds WAS. perhaps, one OF the finest IN
the state. and must Of necessity be almost
total loss.
Mr.. Rice Burnley went out in 4 boat ia
10 something towards saving the property.
and WAS swept down and forced TO take
refuge on an island below. He had not
been rescued from his unpleasant and dam
grrouS situation when We heard from there.
ON Thursday evening the surface o! the
river was studded with barrels OF hour,
hay. and straw stacks, &c.
on THE NORTH FORK,
~. Cars mill MAS entirely swept away.
iiHutirrti. Oi barrels OF Hour were carried
down the river OH Thursday evening, hui
We cannot tell from whrncc they cainc.
Some uf il was saved 1T the bend above
Milton.
on MECHuM, $ RIVER,
PAGES mill and house were carried oil
with everything in them. The mill con
lined 4 good deal Of wheat belonging 10
tie DcighhorinE farmers.
on MooRE's CREEK,
south OF Charlottesville, the bridge on the
road leading TO ScottSville WAS carried away,
and the entire tobacco crop OF Judge Alex.
i.ves was borne forward by the flood.
The losses on Moore'S creek are MIR.
Jesse l.. Maury's and Mr.. lInrtman,s mill.
.iuns, and considerable quantity oil wood
hrtnn4mg Ia Nj. Hartman.
''n $nrIair'2 creek, two miles from town,
90, hiram mill-dam is injured and parIl!
washed aE:aN.
Al Gwcu>yl!lc. both the mill and dam OF
Nj. owen were washed away.
We regret - learn hat Mr.. Jennings, the
Father ol the children LOST nj Rio. related
above. j. also missing. and is supposed To
have been drowned.