The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1870-10-04
LATEST FROM THE FLOOD.
THE WATER sUBsIDIN0 Nv THE sHE-
NINDOAH VALLEY
The Extentt the Cnlnm Riparian Dwrii-
inea Warehouses, and Manufa ctories
swept Awav-A Serious Blow ut Virginia
IndnairH-Hn rroNxInn Gnscia cIsa

tnoustry-hnrrowtng Spoctacles.
RICHMOND, Oct. 8.-The GOOD has gone down,
and the merchants are calculating their losses. 1t
is thought this morning that half . million OF dol
lars will cover the losses in this city but not In the
towns above hore.
The Legislature will adjourn from day to day until
quorum Is obtained.
The accounts from Albemarie county represent
the destruction Of property from the food as i'm.
mense. Fourteen lives are known to have been Lost.
The 1ood in some instances
SWEPT AWAY BSrIRs yAxILIss.
The amount Of destruction Of grain, tobscco,
barns, cattle, hogs, houses and mills is incalcua.
ble The number OF mills and dams destroyed Is
about ifty.
The freshet WAS confined within the radiu. OF the
upper valley OF Virginia. The food was 80 great
that carried cattle and hogs before 1t like many
chips Of wood II was particularly severe along the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. At sbsdwell, about
mile OF track was washed away. About
pozES LAND sLiDKs
occurred between Cobham and Nilboro and eight
or ten bridges were swept away. Tho road Ia darn.
aged to the extent OF tiCnOO0 At the Mountaln-Top
House, n the summit of the Buc Ridge Mountains,
the Kcbcu was flooded with water.
THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY
the force OF the food was tremendous. The lower
wa. S af% % an%nr. aTSss g pTon.I,
at Harpors Ferry II immense. Twenty buildings,
nearly all large brick stores. were swept away.
island, where the Good almost equsiied thS, Of
1859 In it, destruction Of property, and will proba-
bly, exceed II in loss OF life.
viRGISIrs ISLAND
is in the Shenandoah river, opposite Loudon
Heights. In seasons Of food the inhabitants are
slways kept in a ieverish state OF mind account
large Touring mill belonging to Mossrs. Cbids. Nc.
Creght Co, and twenty to thrty dwelling houses,
principally occupied by the laborers.
For two dn,s the rains along the banks OF the
Shenandoah river had been heavy and at noon on
Friday the waters began to rise. For time
preached, tie current OF the stream continued 10
rise steadily and rapidly and alter dark the torrent
which had increased 10 still more fear ul extent,
bearing down on its bosom timber. trunks OF trees
and Other debris poured In between the island and
the heishts, making escape impossible TO many.
The current had attained sucn foaru velocity that
crossing could not be effected In boats. In short
time
THE ILoon SWEET OVER rHE ISLAND,
submerging igtoa depth OF several feet. A number
OF persons were res ued while the trcsile work OF
the Winchester and Potomac Railroad. on the west.
crn eide, whstood the fury Of the maddeneI waters
but st ABOUT midnight 40 yards OF the treste work
longer visible irom the main land, though the lights
In the mill and some OF the houses could still Doe
seen. 50 nc,rlv deafeuing was the rush OF the
waters that t' ercs OF those wnose house,, one by
| one. "iil their occupants were swept down tie
stream and dashed against each other, could not be
heard. On the next morning Saturday
Al AWFUL SPECTACLE
met the eye Only few OF the most substanti,l
houses together With tie arg brick nourng mil,
| inmates bad gone down the stream. In number OF
| the dwelling, remain'us there were seen men,
women. and children Pleading for assistance, :hat
| could not st that time be given them After day.
break few Of the houses that had stood the fury
OF the storm we're seen to Weld to the violence OF
with them Tie total nmber OF the lost is various.
j. estimated at from twenty to hlty.
DESTRUCTION or RAILROAD PROPERTY.
lYtN. AL .N h.
Harpers Ferry Tor several miles beyond the island
on tho Win hostrr road, are ssid 10 have been
ami ,hc mail, ~ere tran. .crrei from lIarpers Ferry
to Hai.town b. stage. From the latter point the
OF railroad property confined to the Wincncste
| and Potomac nrsuch. In addition TO the treste
work N Harper Ferry several small tre,tles over
| the race on Nirgnius Island were washed away.
| II Will probably take some weeks to permanently
| repair tue damage to the Winchester Brancn Rail
| road,
The water rose to within few feet of the large
| IRON lrdse connecting Maryland and virginia over
| the Potomac M llnrrers Ferry, inuudatn. the
lower hyor' Of tue hotvl and Adams EHpress Build.
| AZ Front Royal, on the Manassas Cap Railroad, on
| Friday.
| The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has Sustained no
damage to bridges or tho track on the main line an
the passenger and freight trains are Tunning regu.
| arly and on time to Wheeling, P.rsorsbur ana tic
West. and also to Washington city The only
damage was on the winchester branch, and the pas
sengcr rac on that road is carried by stage from
| The Orange and Alexandria Railroad 4. periec,
| The track IS damaged on the Chesapeake and ONO
| road at thIdwel, aud the bridges over hoore's
gone, Que span OF the bridge at Roc fish, and two
| scans OF the bridge over the Tye River, on the
| LyHchburs extension, have been washed away,
| now a RAILWAY BRIDGE WAS SAVED.
| private despatch received Yesterday By Mr. c
| Tinglng, Of S1 Brosdwa,, agent OF the Richmond
and Dinville Railroad, says that no dam Sc was
| crosses the James River at Richmond. The super
nendeni OF the road at the hrst appearance Of the
| to terrible strain BY the debris ofhouses, mills,
| and bridges trom above being hurled against
it, and took me"nIes to secure the structure.
| This was done by hling the bridge with freight
loaded with railroad IRON. The timely action OF
| the suvorinirndcnt saved this new and splendid
structure built o. stone at cost OF 100000, and
| secured to the people OF Richmond the Onl, avenue
travel 10 the South, all the otner les having been
closed oy tue Hood The Danyille road is now oion
| and all trains are running schedule time. Dur.
| ing the height OF the hood some passengers from.
Richmond ND % 90 around py way OF Cincinnati 70
| get to Alta Ia.
| TUE RIVER RosE TWENTT-FGyB FEET IN ToUR HOURS
but on Saturday tue fre-het gradually subsiding
| Mr. Bakrmare, his vie and three children, Hnd
| Mrs. RdgeWuy were At the table break tasting when
| man saved himself by seizug limb OF a tree Hs he
wa swepl dow the stream. Me--rs. Ray, B.sey.
and RdgewaY sought refuge IN the top oi tree ani
All lie nhs in Tie Shenandoah valley for d.
| Tue ralroli bridge vt Riyerton, on the Mara,> .s
branch Of tie Orange snd AleSsndria roAl y %
swept away,
IN THE POTOMAC.
| At Berlin Md, tho trt-het wAs the greatest siLce
the memorable inundauOn Of ls'2 II wa- not
dreamed Of on Friday morning, when the river " Nls
lurled: but at O'Clock saturday morning II " b.
| impossible. Tue rise vas from the ShcnandOA I
| aud not the Upper Potomac. The people VCrC
boating through the streets and fats Of the villa !c
on saturday mOtna +, and hundre came in from
| ,he country TO see tLc rushing Of the overwhelming
torrent ,hat but the day before was quiet pllci
| stream.
| The river foil four feet al Washington on Sunday
A moderate rain lei during the day, but 1t hId no
| effect on the river, Yesterday the current waa
nearly Ell austcd and navigation for SAL NJ vesrcl4
was resumed. The damage done to proDert, IN the
city is considerable, The aggregate Of which Il /, df
| flult to estimate. The range OF stores from Ninth
to TCnin street, on the south side Of PennsySan
avenue, were all hoOled in the cellars, and u,uci
va liable goo Is damaged. Messrs. Shepherd q Bros.
alone vi lose several thousand dollars. The 81.
james Hotel was flooded again on Sunday Ia tie
| basement, by the burstag OF scNcr.
| LARGE QUANTITIES OF iruGER,
drftwOOd, and hOusel OLD furniture II ate down the
river on SUNDAY, and tempted many ont 10 secure IL
A piano was landed on the bank near Long Bridge
and several bureaus Bnd other articles " furniture
were nau cd 10 at this point by men in boats, At
the Seventh street wIarf some Of those adventurous
boatmen found good prizes Each OF these boats