Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-10-04
THE GREAT OVERFLOW.
Immense Destruction of Life and
Property in Notwithstanding In.
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city. Hundreds of persons were busy
carrying off furniture from houses about
to be swept away. In front of the St.
Charles Hotel, about the center of the
city, is anchored schooner. Her crew
put off in boats as regularly ss il at sea.
Anxiety for Friends.
Last night the Western Union Telegraph
Office was crowded with anxious people
trying to ascertain the whereabouts of
friends who left in late trains, and for
whose fate the announcement that the
river at Lynchburg was rising again Gre
ated much concern.
In the lower part of the city the only
object of attention was single gas lamp
that still burned, though within a few
inches of being submerged.
The Richmond and Petersburg Railroad
has put on their road four times the usual
number of cars to accommodate the South
ern travel.
Loss of Life.
The flood on the river Anna is the high
est since 1907. The families of Mr..
Jennings and Mr.. Miller, whose homes
were near the river, were washed away
in all five persons. Mr.. Jennings is sup
posed to be drowned. His wife and two
children are know to have persisted. A
young lady of the family chung to tree
| forty-eight hours, but was washed away
and drowned. Her death was witnessed
by the crowd on the other bank of the
river, but no boat was near by which she
might have been rescued.
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the Nor hern and Southern Shenandoah
rivers are gone. No information has been
received from beyond Strasburg. Many
lives are known to have been lost. The
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad above Har-
per's Ferry has been swept away.
whole Town Under Water.
Scottsville, in Albemarle county, is
inundated, and the destruction of prop
crty is very great. Eighteen lives were
lost. Trains are running regularly be-
tween Alexandria and Richmond.
Estimate of Losses.
RICHMOND, Oct. "A dispatch from
Lypchburg this morning estimates the loss
there by the flood at 81, 900, 900. The loss
of the Ohio and Alexandria railroad, is
500, 900. The loss to the canal is
$3.50, 900, and to the South Side railroad
$500, 900.
One of the Many CaIamities.
On Thursday, while the water was ris-
ing, Bates Ransom, daughter and servant,
Gen. Root Whitelaw, wife and three
children, and colOred woman and two
children, were standing on the abutment
of the canal bridge waiting for boat to
take them off, when the dredging ma
chine broke loose above, and, drifting
against the abutment, carried it away
with all on it. All were drowned.
GOnmuniCatiOnsD Destroyed.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2.-Direct commu-
nication between Washington and Lynch
burg is entirely interrupted. The wires
are washed away at several places on the
Ohio and Alexandria Railroad, and it will
probably be some days before they can
be repaired. The lines are also down be-
tween Richmond and Lynchburg, and all
business for the latter place is sent via
Augusta and Atlanta.
New Orleans business is also sent via
Augusta, or by the Cincinnati and Mem
phis routes At one time it was feared
that the wires would be carried away by
the Rappahannock at Fredericksburg, and
all communication with the South cut
off, but that danger is now past. The
Baltimore and Ohio and Wheeling and
Cincinnati routes are in good working
order.
The Shenandoah.
BALTIMORE, Oct. "A private dispatch
from Harper's Ferry states that the num-
Der of lives lost at that place by the flood
is AZ. Immense damage was done in the
Valley of the Shenandoah.
The Winchester Railroad between Har-
pcr's Ferry and Halltown is badly dam
aged. Above Harper's Ferry the rise and
flood are continued to the Shenandoah.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad track is
| injured. The rain commenced at one
| O'Clock this afternoon and continues stead.
| ily at the present hour-l1 P. NJ.
| z-Fr9 sHarrOWing Incidents.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 The Alexandra
Gazette has the following intelligence
from Port Royal: Saturday noon the
freshet gradually subsidized. Mr.. Black
more, his wife and three children, and
Mrs. Ridgeway, were at table, breakfast
ing, when the food came, and all were
drowned. Mr. Kaufman saved himself
by Selling the limbs of tree as he was
carried swiftly down the stream. Messrs
Ray, Bagley and Ridgeway sought refuge
in the top of tree and remained there
all night. The river rose twenty-five feet
in four hours All the mills in the
Shenandoah Valley for thirty miles were
destroyed except two.
The water in the Potomac is subsiding
rapidly, and the canal is nearly exhausted,
Navigation for sailing vessels has re
sumed.
The Flood Subsiding at Richmond
RICHMOND, Oct 8 The flood has gont
down. On the streets this morning it il
thought that half million will cover tn,
losses in this city, but not in the town!
above here.
The Legislature will adjourn from day
to day until quorum is obtained.
Entire Families Drowned - Hog
and Cattle swept Under-Fiftl
Willis DestrOyed-A Mile of Rail
road washed Away-TweIVe Hun
dred LandsIideS.
ALTON, VA, Oct. 3.-AccoInts from
the county of Albermarle represent tn
devastation of property from the flood a
immense. Many lives have been lost
The flood in many instances swept ava.
entire families, fourteen in number in Al
bemarle. The destruction of grain, to
bacco, barns, cattle, hogs, houses an
mills is incredible. About fifty mills an
dams have been destroyed. The freshe
was confined within the radius of the Up
per Valley of Virginia. The flood wa
so great it carried cattle and hogs befor
it. The wash was particularly sever
along the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
At Shadwell a mile of track was washe
away. About twelve landslides OccurTe
between Gotham and MilborO, and tn
bridges were swept away. The road /
damaged 100000.