Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1870-10-04

the surface oil the water between two J0lstS,
upon which he seated himself, and shortly af-
forwards securing floating window sash, he
placed it upon the joists aud continued his
voyage down the river. A short distance above
Berlin, when almost exhausted and about to
despair, he saw some one upon the Virginia
shore and threw up his hand. a boat was
Immediately launched by heroic boatman,
r. Leopold, aud after chase of mile or more
he was rescued and taken ashore at Berlin,
Md He arrived at the Ferry on Sunday.
An old negro woman was taken ont of a.
cherry tree near the Shenandoah Bridge at
tho Ferry on Sunday, by boat, who had
moved from house to house and finally perched
herself in the tree as last resort for the
safety of her life. A child she had with her
was drowned.
Mr. James Shipes, who lived on Hers
Island, was with his wife cut off from escape,
and as one building would go down he would
swim with her to another, until finally she was
drowned, and he reached the shore on Sum
day morning entirely naked.
A negro woman is reported to have been
caught at Berlin who came down in house
from Page county.
During the night Of Friday and on Satur-
day morning, great many persons were
taken from the falling houses by means of
ropes and baskets, the ropes being thrown to
them and the baskets with their occupants
drawn across with smaller rope by those on
| the shore. In one of the families rescued in
this way, the last member of it had just been
brought out when every vestige of the build
| ing was washed away.
Other remarkable escapes were made which
we have not room to notice.
Tie AGONY AND SUFFERING
of those who were drowned, as we'll as those
who remained in their houses during the flood,
can never be told. During the long hours of
Friday night and Saturday they remained in
their awful prisons, with the pillows surging
around them, no chance of escape, and naught
but death staring them in the face.
THE GOODNESS AND DAnING
of many who risked their lives to save others,
has been highly spoken of, most conspicuous
among whom were Daniel Ames and Mr..
King
AT OTHER POINTS.
From the telegraphic news we make up the
following summary of what traDspired at other
points -
RICHMOND, September 30-A telegram
from Gordonsville says that the Kivana river
is flooding the surrounding country. Horses,
barrels of -four and cattle have been washing
down the stream all morning.
RICHMOND, September 30.-The flood
reached here, at 1890 p. NJ, in wave, five
feet high, and in twenty minutes the river rose
six feet. There is great excitement in the
| lower part of the city, removing goods from
places accessible to water. The Orange Hotel
and Orange and Alexandria Railroad bridges
at Lynchburg were swept away this morning.
GoRDoNsvILLE, September 30.-The ac-
counts that come in from the flood are more
and more disastrous. The Orange and Alex.
andria Railroad bridge over RockGsh river is
reported swept away. The bridges over the
river and Moore's creek, on the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad, also gone. Burleys Il
| Wells two mills are both floating down the
| Rivanna, with 400 barrels of -four floating
around them. a dwelling house, completely
furnished, went by this afternoon.
The Rivanna is filled with debris of furni
ture, barns and agricultural mpements, crops,
| &C. All the crops on the low grounds are
total loss The telegraph lines TO Lynchburg
aud the West are badly damaged
| RICHMOND, September 30.-The water has
risen here ten feet since noon. This il water
from the Rivanna that from the Iynchburg
flood will strike here about midnight. The
water at Lynchburg is twenty five feet higher
than was ever known before.
RICHMOND, September 30.-In the south
i. ~, =. had &c
the north side The Roanoake and Stanton
rivers have risen fifteen feet, doing great
damage A despatch from Concord says that
| Mrs and Miss Ruskin were drowned in the
flood at I.ynchburg last night.
The Chain bridge near Washington has
been swept away, and portions now lie against
the Long bridge, which structure is consider
ably injured.
R1cnMoND, October 1.-The first wave of
the Lynchburg freshet struck here at 5 o'clock
this morning, and the river commenced rising
with much greater rapidity than before, when
it was only swollen by the overflow. In three
hours the lower end of the city, known as
Rockets, under water, and the scene
there bcggars description. Two or three small
stores were swept off with all their contents
The families who had removed in the houses,
hoping the flood would subside, commenced
crying from the upper windows for help
Boats were brought and they were saved, but
the larger portion of their furniture was lost.
Two hundred families in that portion of the
city are housclcss to night. and are camping
out on the neighboring hills.
RICHMOND, October Ito night at mid,
night the river is still rising and invading still
further the lower part of the city. Along tho
edge of the flood may be seen hundreds of
persons carrying lights and running along, the
animals drawing off the furniture of the houses
about to be swept away. In front of the st.
Charles Hotel about the centre of the city.