Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1870-10-05

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WAsHINGToN, Oct. 2.-Fhc Potomac
River Canal and adjacent streams are
flooded, and the long bridge is under
water Provision has been made TO avoid
delaying the mails or passengers.
The Chain Bridge has been swe ptawaN.
Th" loss to the Orange and Alexandria
Rail Dad Company is estimated ut halt a
mil ~ dollars.
O. span of the chain Bird is nov
lod.ad against the long bridge. EXpcr'
say 9th will go
Lac only communication between here
and Alexandria is by boat.
RICHMOND, Oct. 1.-The river here rose
twenty-five feet last night, and this morn
ing it is within one foot of the Danville
railroad bridge and Mayo's passenger
bridge. The streets for four or five blocks
in the vicinity of the old market, the
lowest point in the city, are submerged.
Thousands Of persons are on the river
bank waiting for the bridges to go.
The lower part Of Libby prison caught
fire at IL o'clock from quantity of lime
overlooked by the food. The fire was
stopped before doing much damage.
Citizens are volunteering to remove to-
bacco from the warehouses on the river
bank, and the scenes are full of excite
ment. -
Furniture, trunks and barrels of -four
and whisky are floating down the river.
The river ut Lynchburg has fallen eight
feet. Several bridges on the Virginia and
Tennessee Railroad were washed away.
The persons drowned at LynchbuTg were
Mrs Ransom and her daughter, three
children Of Mr.. Written, and a negro
woman.
HARPER's FERRY, Oct. 1.-The lower
part Of the city is flooded. Many substan-
tial buildings are gone or are cruWbling.
! Fifty lives have been lost Many others
are in peril beyond aid.
RICH0ioND, Oct. 1.-The water is still
rising here mt half past one O'Clock, and be-
tween three and four hundred stores are in
seven feet water between 18th and 18th
streets. The street cars piled till noon,
when the water coming in at the windows.
the line was stopped and ferry is now run
ON all the main streets from 18th To 18th.
ju-t at noon the Manchester end of Mayo
Bridge gave way and a halfa lnile OF the
bridge tioated down the stream. All the
Wharves are four feet under wator and the
York River Railroad depot is completely
submerged Several small mnuiucurlug
establishments along the river banks have
hcen swept off.
All day Che river has been dotted over
with small houses and wrecks OF houses,
fencing dead cattle, tlc. drifting down
The gas works iuc submerged
RICHMOND, October 1.-The iiIst-wa
from IlynchhuIg struck here at ) O'Clock
this morning, and the river commenced
rising with much greater Tapidity than be-
fore, when it was only swollen by the over
flow. In three hours the lower end Of the
city, known as Rockets was under the
water, and the scene there beggars descrip-
ton. Two or three small stores We're
swept away with all their contents. \
family who had remained i'm their houses.
ia GOpI
menced crying from the upper windows
for help, when beats We're brought and
they We're saved, Int a large portion of
their furniture wa lost.
Two hundred families In that portion of
the city are houseless, and are camping on
the neighboring hills tonight.
The street cars on Main street which
had been running with water up to the
seats, gave up, and connections between
up town and down town Were made by
| boats. AT this time II portion of Mayo's
! passenger bridge was swept off, and was
| soon followed by the whole structure. The
! bridge was threc-fOurths of Il mile long.
] The water then entered Mayo's tobacco
warehouse, thrty-five feet above low water
mark.
All the teams in the city We're impressed
to save the tobacco, much OF which was
( for the French ank German governments
I With the exception of about $50 hOesAeadS
found that the uI$er portion O, thc city
was in danger from the overflow OF the
canal dam, which Immense body u water
was rushing and spreading above the
banks. The canal was cut two miles above
the city, and the danger abated. In some
portions Of the city the street lamps are
under water The city il in darkness to-
night the gas works being submerged
The loss of the merchants IL greater than
it would have been if the kilograms from
Richmond, announcing the flood had been
needed. 1t is probably 100000 Persons
well acquainted with the Eooded sections
OF the State then, including the railroad
losses, cay the loss in the State il four mil
lions Tonight the bridge on the Rich
mond and Danvillo railroad still stands,
but az the river Is now still @ o'clock ris-
ing, 1t is hardly believed il can stand
much longer. At Morris large sugar re-
iinery the water hulsted up the floors
dropping all of the machinery into the
basement.
All the large cotton, iron and Touring
mills, employing 10000 hands, have been
forced 10 stop operations. The city watc,
1 works have also been Stopped being So
damaged That they cannot he reached in
two weeks. The reservoir only contains
five days supply for the city an the ice
houses in the city are under tlIe river
hank, and are twenty feet under water
The water is seven feet higher than ever
= known before