Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-10-15
THE FLOOD.

loving extracts
"sbosasto.h Valley IiOn Works,
hoo.es. bsfD,. sI,hlss, store With $l5.-
600 sor,h Of goods. forge z LIS aId CON
rsuy'. Office. u lsel every Ibins bsi ihe
hire. I.rse residences on an upper pa,
teag ib.i were occupied BY The oxnss Of
us ion zoIki-E,Ihed CT.
"NtlPeyi nd. 10000 ie.t OF lsuttr,
and large snoan, OF foar snj srsia-
gone.
"Slzbicwu,s village Of 10 CT IS bou.e.,
gone. ne occupants Assing lor ib.r II's'
LEAVING s'ey'Lmf. MI
"Hen.y,iIi., DOgOsor and Ala,,
nearly al Destroyed. #
"Ar. Noah hIGsf bou,s, Md, bsFs'
az! five houses, carried of. AF. hII'i'
BIZ. vie, Eve eb!ItIen AID pne i;.;nlsl
uets il its hocn., ihey 's~ he vs'e
coming t9. bsfors hey gould ger out he
house. il sss carried CT al = fsaIlSl,Psec
snd sots 10 pieces. tie whole family Was
drowned Mr. Kites vas genHeDsn
whom ersp body es,eensd tishly fof ez-
eel.eHi asliiie. =, 4 citizen and IeIgoboI.
E!s .o.. !. deeply rssje~ed. Nee per-
soup, men women and children, look Stel
Ter 10 he nil. tol 6adiug tbH Ii-s;s eiV-
irg away, 20! n.o boa; loaded with
fyur, threw LIE -four overheard and cot
tie boat loose ius, in time 10 erc'pe oeiug
tUriet By he fsl!Ing linbsr'. The boat
wss carried down tie riTer sbout mile,
ahsn !, struck drift and wen, 20 pieces,
tao ueu were washed of /; one ass res
cue3, the o.ter dros led; lie reel fsnsi IN
cd on Tie chill; tBo unsuccessful sreDpu
we're nsce 20 fescee them Two uen
finding lhs: The bosi could net reach them
slIeap pied 10 ssiD ashore, one OF Ihen
vas .svsj, the other went down when
within ten fee, Of the boat. ihe resi- OF tie
party remained al nigh, or the cIilI add
We. rescued next norLiae.
The Mike DouIe brIIs. Cd The Ia.
rsy and New M.rset Turnpike, ws.hed
Of. The Wife House sore With lsTse
STOCK OF goods and several otis, houses
Carried OF. Nothing saved.
Al Nsapori mills everything, mill.
houses, s:s5!e', grain, fur AMI sock
washed Of.
Every mrl between the ShsLsndosh
Valley, Msnss.es aud Front Royal i.
supposed 10 Rave been washed Of except
two. IL. Hazard and Western mills.
Over 10 AZ fif'hs Of TIE entIte corn crop
OF Page county wa.bed OF.
Il i. also reported that The iosn Of POrl
Republic vas nearly de.uoy.d. The
POl, Republic badge ahich .ss Eve feet
higher than any part uf'he !Own, passed
Front Royal. %
II. positively known TIA, fifteen per
cons we're drowned IN Psg. county.
NJ. ThoClss A. BhkenoIe, tbs vile
and lhree children were certainly drown
ed. H!' $40 sous e,csped by swim
ming.
lie body OF Mr,. RiJs~sy ws' foSad
near vhs'e she vas drowned snd buried
in The sand. Mrs. Biskemore's body vs'
forn. b.Ios RIveron, and the body Of
lille sirI,supposed 10 be one Of The Bl'cs E
more cbl.dlea. was found fifteen miles BE-
low R'vprton.
Mr. Walton lawyer in attempting 10
cross the rissr yesterday. vas upset, and
vas, With erss, difficulty saved from
dtosning. hi. papers acre iost-'a'd
TO BE- 'ey valuable.
Thcugh snineniy ssriou. 10 10 char.
sclef, there are some snoring drollefiss
upon he rise connected with his yourf
food, ,hstl 10 spite OF our gr,T.r Impulse.
will provoke grin. There Vas nsn,
al, an IolI, who kep, store al bsry'.
Ferry. When the wafer began 10 rsse,
his friend. euuesied him TO abandon his
s.oreIIouse and seek SAFER place.
but the old Dulebms0, fearing nothing,
p0si,Ivsly declined 10 a few moments
II gss 100 late. Another wa'e sepsra.
ted NJ. porch from the main bullcing and
embracing The opportunity. he passed up
tie opening and took hls roo:I on ibs
comb OF he roof. Another iids Ilited be
s,orehouse Of the foUDdstio snd down
The river she went, On bis passage down,
some one called 10 hin from neIsLbor-
ing hlH, as he ssi smoking bis pipe with
HI. lille terris' cog tolJsd in ~. arms
in respone TO WHOM be tjaculsird Me
ui.a YOU would lei ne be. Ne must
d,osn; bot me sinoss leave goio h-ii
as lor ne s'ore TO co."
Weyer's Care, tie dazzling Of MIS-.
sNcCsLly. with an sged w"n so-Mfs'
Ham-in i. uas SWEPT away. Her cries
could BE heard .s the house passed points
lower down lhe river. The Other occu.
pants OF the house, cine IN num6er, Mrs.
N,Csuley, Two daughters with two ba.
lies, rwo sons and Two nssio men. were
saved BY getting on trees, on WITCH they
remained III The mex, day. Daring this
lime, Wills! they were cliBging ior !ife 10
The uees which were ssayed and shaken
By The inpetUous ,orrenI bene III. they
the innocen; tables ocIuded--wsrs spb-
jecieI through The ta.knes, Of The night
10 TIE "pelt!Ges Of he Ianless storm OF
rsin which cabled Ihem 10 Tie Zone.
INSANITY CT sR. RAssos.
The Lyhchburg VIgini0n OF The sec
ond Gays. The eondilion .of. Nix. Ran
som. whose wife and Gaugtter were
WISHED away frem bic arms and dtovned.
Thurtdsy night. has been mo., piti.5e.
aud his grief and agvny were SO intense
as 10 tep,i'e him Of reason. Saturday
The beresred man appeared on the s'rss's
10 such dl,uessed stale fIai a crowd
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