New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-02
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trunks and barrels OF Hour and whisky are
The FLYER ut Lynchburg has fallen eight
Several bridges on the Virginia and Ten
ressee railroad were washed away.
The persons who were drowned at Lynch
burg were Mrs. Ransom and her daughter,
three children Of Mr.. Whitlow and col
cred woman.
WHEELING, October l.-Advices from
Earper's Ferry, to-day, represent y great
food in the Shenandoah River and Valley.
The lower part Of the city is flooded, and
many substantial buildings are gone, and
Others are crumbling away. Fifty lives
have been lost and many other persons are
in peril entirely beyond aid
RICHMOND, October 1.-The water is still
rising Between three and four hundred
stores are in seven feet Of water bctweelt
Fifteenth and Eighteenth streets The
street cars piled till noon, when the water
coming in at the windows, the line stopped,
and a ferry is now run on all the main
streets from Fifteenth to Eighteenth streets.
just at noon the Manchester end Of Mayo's
bridge gave way, and half a mile of the
bridge toated down the stream. All the
wharves are far under the water, and the
York River railroad depot is completely
submerged. Several small manufacturing
establishments along the river bank were
swept of. All day the river has been dotted
over with small houses, wrecks of houses,
fencing dead cattle, etc, floating down.
The gas works are submerged.
The first wave from the Lynchburg freshet
etru X here at i've 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, was under water, and the scene
there beSgars description. Two or three
small stores were swept Off with all their
contents.
A family who had remained in their
house, 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 the
furniture was lost. Two hundred families
in that portion OF the city are houseless to-
night, camping out on the neighbOrng hills.
About noon the street cars on Main street,
which had been running through the flood,
with the water I'D to the seats, gave 1t up,
and connection between up town and down
town was made by ferries. By this time
portion of MayOs passenger bridge, built
by the United States military authorities al
ter the evacuation, was swept OFT, and was
soon followed by the whole structure.
The bridge was thrce-quarters OF mile
long. The water then entered NayO's to-
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water mark. Teams were impressed to save
the tobacco much OF which was for the
French and German governments, with the
exception Of $50 hogshcads. The tobacco
was saved. Just here it was found the
upper portion of the city was in danger
from overflow of the canal, down which an
immense body of water was rushing and
spreading above the banks. The canal was
cut two miles above the city, and the danger
abated. In the lower portion Of the city
the street lamps arc under water. The city
is in darkness tonight, the gasworks being
submerged.
The loss by merchants, though the loss is
great, greater than it would have been if
the kilograms from Lynchburg announcing
the food had been needed, is probably
100000.
From persons we'll acquainted with the
sections of the State flooded, including rail
road losses, the loss in the State will reach
$4,000, 900.
Tonight the bridge on the Richmond and
Danville railroad still stands, but it is
hardly believed it can stand much longer.
All the large cotton, iron and -four mills
employing 1000 hands have been forced by
the floods to stop operations. The city
waterworks have also been stopped, being
80 damaged that they can not be repaired in
two weeks. The reservoir only contains
five days supply for the city. All the ice
houses in the city are Oh the river bank and
are twenty feet under water. The water is
seven feet higher than ever known before
A dispatch from Lynchburg says the
river there is rising again.