Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1870-10-06


fc ating on the Potomac.
RICHMOND, Oct. l.
Further Details of the Freshet-LOss
of Life.
AT midnight last night the river
was still rising, and spreading still
further. In the lower part of'the
city hundreds Of persons were busy
carrying off furniture from houses
about to be swept away, In front
of the St. Charles Hotel, about the
center of the city is anchored a
schooner.
The Richmond and Petersburg
Railroad has put on their road four
times the usual number of cars, so
as to accommodate Southern travel.
The food on the Savanna river
is the highest known since 1907.
The families of Mr.. Jennings
and Mr.. Miller, whose homes were
near the river, were washed away;
in all five persons perished.
On the Manassas Railroad the
bridges across the Northern and
Southern Shenandoah rivers are
gone No INFORMATION received
from beyond Strasburg. Many
lives are known to have been lost.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
above Harper's Ferry has been
swept away.
LATER.
A despatch from Lynchburg this
morning estimates the loss there
by the food at 100000. The loss
to the Orange and Alexandria
Railroad is 100000, loss to the
canal $250,000 and to South Side
Road : 500,0 900.
On Thursday, while the water !
was rising, Mr.. Bates Ransom,
daughter and servant girl, Robert
Whitelow, wife and three children,
were standing on the abutment of
the canal bridge, waiting for boat
to take them off, the dredging ma
chine broke loose, and drifting
against the abutment, carried it
away with all on it, and all were
drowned.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 3.
Additional Particulars of Freshet'
An Alexandria Gazette otto day
has the following intelligence from
Front Royal: AT Saturday noon
the lreshet was gradually subsid- '
ing, Mr.. Brakeman, his wifeand
three children, and Mr.. Ridgeway,
were at table, breakfasting, when
the flood came, and all were drown
ed. Mr.. Kaufman saved himself Il
by selling the limbs of tree as he /
was carried swiftly down strem
Messrs Ray, Bogely and Ridgeway $
sought refuge in the top Of tree
and remained there all night. The
river rose 25 feet in four hours.
All the mills in the Shenandoah l
valley, for thirty miles, except two, 5
were destroyed The water in the o
Potc mac is subsiding rapidly, and .
the current is nearly exhausted. i
Navigation for sailing vessels is i
resumed, ii
RICHMOND, Oct 3, o
The food has gone down. 1t is $
this morning that $50O,0OO '
will cover the losses in this city, =
but not in the towns above here.
WHEELING, Oct. 3.
The Great Flood. 4
The Intelligencers correspon-
lent at Iarpor's Ferry gives the \
details fthe great flood y
in the Shenandoah: The greatest
Hood that has beed known for T
thirty five yaars is now raging in
the Shenandoah river, The dam
age to property at Harpcrs Ferry e
Is immense, some twenty buildings, n
mostly large stone and brick edif-
ces have been swept away, and
forty six persons in the immediate +
alone have lost their lives, 7
and as many more are in imminent
danger Shenandoah city mile
above the Ferry, is entirely gone, Il
The big -four mill still stands, but
the machine shops have been wash
ed away.
Nearly all the families of the Is
land are still in their houses, and .
no rescue can reach them. Some
of the houses, however, will doubt
less stand and the Islanders. are I
endeavoring to get into the strong y
houses. Last night q family of i
seven were rescued by a rope b
thrown through the window, and a !
few moments thereafter not YES. S
tige Of the house remained. This 3
morning a large colored woman 5,
was observed clinging to a tree in q
the midst of the seething water
where she had been all night, o
Bolivar Heights are crowded with q
spectators, who are compelled to a
witness what they cannot avoid, "
The Winchester Railway trestes a
nre eombletely gone, and the bridg- a
es destroyed As far up as the 1
Valley the B. & o. o