The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1870-10-06
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THE FREsHEr AT HOME.

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STAuNroN-We will not attempt to give in de-
tail the damages done-we will mention only the
chief, which. as before sad consisted in the de-
structon of bridges The bridge on Main street,
at Bickle's shop, was destroyed. At this place,
also, the water and gas pipes were broken, which
had the effect of depriving, for short time, those
living East of that place. of water and those liv-
ing West, of gas. The West-enders CROPPED in
darkness, but quafed delicious water-the East
enders would have preferred darkness to light"
not sbecause their deeds were evil" but because.
like Coleridge's 'Ancient Mariner" with ''water,
water, every where" they had mot drop to
drink .g ..r r.s-.e...s
"A portion of the masonry on each side, sup
porting the bridge on Augusta street. near the
American Hotel, yielded to the sapping OF the
stream, and a part of the flooring of the bridge
fell at the same time into the stream. number
were standing upon the bridge at the time,
though fortunately, but one, Mr.. James Teabo,
was precipiated into the raging torrent beneath
1t was like being thrown into the very jaws OF
death, for it barely possible that his life
might be saved But, to the relief of ALL who
"a -Ao $3.50
minent peril his life was saved, and he was res
cued from the stream after being borne upon It's
swift and resistless current for half mile He
fortunately caught hold of plank and held to 1t
till he was hoated into the meadow where he
could reach the ground with his feet. That
plank saved his life. Whilst he was in the stream
going like an arrow sped from the bow, Charley
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spirit which is commendable, but with rashness
bordering upon madness, plunged into the stream
= below the Virginia Hotel. with the view oftrying
to rescue him. Their efforts at that part of the
e stream were of course futile, and the wonder is,
that they were not drowned. He was rescued by
Jno B. Scherer, jr., and others in the lower part
of Kaysers meadow. He was nearly exhausted
/ when rescued He was much hurt and is still
confined to his bed
The bridge near Burke's Livery Stable, as well
rs the bridges the Railroad bridge, were
= swept away. The new bridge leading to the Fair
3 Ground and the new bridge Lewis street,
were not destroyed. Great damage was done to
the lots on the Greek below town.
= The houses IN Irish Alley were partially sub
, merged. An old man, in Mrs. Bolen's stable, a
part of which was washed away, remained there
till the next day Efforts were made to rescue
him, but he was too much afraid of the water to
accept any of the modes of relief proffered him.
He preferred to take his chances in the stable,
and as that portion of the stable was not washed
away, he was saved and came out the next day.
Mr.. John Thurbert rescued by knocking a
plank off the gable end Of his house, by which
means he got upon tree, and by having rope
alta ched to the tree: he was saved.
The Fair Grounds were submerged and suffer
cd considerable damage. They will be repaired
before the time fixed fer the exhibition.
Lewis Greek did great damage to the farms,
fencing, &c. along its course, as did Mill Creek,
Christians Creek and, in fact, every other Creek
in the county.
Such has been the destruction of Mills, and the
more or less serious damage to those not wholly
destroyed that but little, it any, grinding can be
done, at this time, in this county. This freshet
has boen as destructive to Mills as the torches of
Sherdan's army ofincendiaries.
CHRISTIANS CREEK-This stream swept off
bridges mills, fencing and crops. The dwelling
). house at Bushong's Mill, occupied by Mr. George
Myers, with all its contents, was destroyed.
Snitemans Saw Mill was swept away, as was, al
so Wm. Hamiltons Grist mill, with all its con-
tents. In this Grist mill, James Hamilton had
stored his wheat, all of which was lost. Mr..
Preston T. Burkholder lost his pAole crop Of
corn, and others on this stream suffered in sim
liar manner, though not to an equal extent.
-, MIDDLE RivER.-The destruction this river
was very great. We have but partial accounts,
but they serve TO form idea of the damage
suffered. The property of Mr.. Phillip Q. Pol
mer at Valley Mills suffered greatly, though his
new merchant mill was not destroyed. Both
bridges at that point were swept away-the
bridge the Parkershurg Turnpike, and the
bridge leading from that road to Mr.. Polmer's
foundry The pillar of masonry in the middle
Of the stream, supporting the former, was wash
ed away. The Saw mill was destroyed with
fcrebay and foundry trunk, and large rent
made in the dam. -.a -sTas
The West end of the Old Valley Mill was de-
astroyed, and also the West end Of the Foundry
moulding room was burst out to give vent to the
water. Tae damage in the loss of patterns can
not yet be ascertalned. His watergaps were
completely destroyed and his orchards nearly So
Henry Polmer's Mill, at Spring Hill, with 5000
bushels Of wheat, and near q hundred barrels OF
-four, was destroyed; also his Saw Mill. Trim
BILE s. Hogsett's Mill was injured in dam and fore
bay, and about 10000 feet of lumber carried
away.
Samuel Landes's Mill was injured, and fror
80 to 50 barrels of -four lost. His Saw Mill was
much injured, and his dam broken :.
John H. Argentrght lost mis- dwelling house
and furniture
John A. Patterson lost all his fencing along the
river, and large quantity of wheat in his gra-
nary. His farm, like that of many others on
that stream, was seriously damaged by washing.
Bailey Dunlap lost So of corn, and soil
washed off to dep;h of pillow.
G. A. Hundley's Mill was seriously damaged
ha ing foTebay, wheel, part of the dam, and part
of the foundation washed away. Contents unin
jured.
John Shutterley's Saw Mill was destroyed and
his. merchant mill flooded in lower story. His
forebay and part of the dam destroyed.
The dam a. Trinity Point Mills, which was SC
strong that it was thought that no fl eshet could
affect it, was broken.
Keller's iron turning and fitting shop de-