The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-03

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Saloon; Harper's barber-shop-th water
finding its level at Pearce's ,jeweIry store.
a ferry from Hamilton's hat store conveyed
passengers to MePhaifs drug store as late
as o'cIock p. M. on yesterday.
ON CARY STREET
the highest point west, on the north side,
reached by the flood was the vacant lots adj
Joining the machine shop of Sloat q Ad.
dington, just above 10th street.. Messrs.
Sfoat & Addington barely escaping. Below
this, Wooley & Co., wholesale liquor deal
ers the Grand Junction salo9n,a number
of Jlneccupied buildings, Ross saloon. and
the entire block from ITth to 18th beyond
Squire Aliens restaurant, was entirely SUBJ
merged. the water reaching its highest
point east just beyond 18th street. M
On the south side of Cary the cellars OF
Eddins's moulding shop. Andruss, PATTERN
maker, and S. G.. Flournoy, builder, were
oyerflowed. These are just below 14th
street. "A. 7. Stokes e CO., 18th and Cary.
employed large force, and removed most
of their goods; but their floors were flooded. ;.
and their loss Is considerable. The toEn-.
mond, and Talbot & Sons, were sub
mergeds i
Smith & Potter, junk dealers, and Cur
rie g. Co., ship chambers, on this street be-
| low 18th, were the heaviest sufferers. All
of the coal-yards in this vicinity were under
water. ''~a
ON FRANKLIN STREET.
The highest point reached west was in
front of Kelly's blacksmith shop, at the
corner of 10th or Union street. On the
north side, s. Maccubbin, grocer and feed
| store; B. G. Galloway, locksmith Il. l..
Chandler, John NJ. Higgins, grocers !; Rose
d Day, timers; JAS. L. Porter, hardware
j. Augustine, confccti0ner Adams Il Co.,
j. A. Lacy, grocers, were the heaviest suf-
ferers. The water reached the store of
John w. Wilks, on this side, and it reached
| its greatest elevation in front of Porter's
hardware store, being about six feet.
On the south side, B. G. Blythe and j. Z.
I. Masurier, groeers; Scotts drug Store; ;
Gresham & Co, w. I'll. Cox, grocers; Lich-
enstein, dry goods; and Schweitzer's shoe
| store, were the flooded. The water stopped
in front of the grocery and liquor store Of
! nj. LoterZo, No. Ills.
FOURTEENTH STREET.
The water did not reach 14th street ex-
cept across the canal bridge on the dock,
| and near Mayo's warehouse.
FIFTEENTH STREET.
On the east side, the cellars of Abbott e
Lehman, g. T. Wortham 81 Co., and G. /.
Herring were flooded. No great damage to
property, as everything perishable was re-
moved. The first floor OF II. & s. Wortham
Il Co., grocers and metal merchants, was
| flooded. The vacant lots used for storing
lumber by S. G. Flournoy were overfloWed.
| On the opposite side, in the Office, OF the
Old Dominion Nail Works the water was
about two feet deep their loss cOnsldera-
BILE. Ragland Il Co., lumber dealers, loss
small. ...-..... ....... .@s.f
SEVENTEENTH sTREET-NoRTH.
| The water came up above Crews soap
factory, and about the old Swiss saloon,
flooding the fish and vegetable markets and
all of the stores OIL the east and west SIDES
thereon. The excitement OH the former
side New Jerusalem) is said to have been
intense. #
EIGHTEENTH STREET.
The water did not reach above Squire al;
| len's-here at its greatest fury it reached
] four feet above his first floor. .....
| MetZger's cooper-shOp, OH the dock, was
overhowed, but owing to wise precautlor
his loss is slight.
ALONG THE DOCK.
The dock presented the appearance of {
miniature sea-, being one Vast eNpanse
water. ~.
| D. w. Moore Il Co.'s corn, wheat, ant
plaster mill, worked until driven ont at Il
o'clock A. M. Saturday ; at 6 O'clock +. NJ
| the water was eight feet on first floor.
Babcock d Co., Smyth IL Co. ice-dealers
s. Z. Lathrop, coal and lumber; Rahm \
fCo., bedstead factory, all suffer more o.
less.
MANCHESTER
On the Manchester side of the James th'
ravages of the flood have been proportion
atelv disastrous. Early Saturday morning
it became evident that 4 most serious fresl
was to be apprehended, and preparations
were made at all of the manufacturing
establishments to remove all that was pc
rishable or movable. Crowds gathered
around Mayo'S and the Danyille bridge
aud lined the banks, watching the fel
DESTROYER. About 10H A. Nj. a portion o
the southern division of Mayo's bridge wa
carried away, and about an hour after, gal
lantly breasting the storm, the remalnde
was forced to succumb. Everything Oh
Sharp's and Talbott's islands were ssWep
away, and Belcher's narrowly escaped.
TIMELY PRECAUTIONS.
The Danville company commenced laying
\ granite blocks to strengthen the emhank h
ment between the canal and river, Whtci
! was in Imminent danger OF being destroyed
BADLY HURT.
| While engaged in this colored man
| named Henry Davis, an employs on the ma
terial train, was run over and seriously III
ljured.
HOUSES UNDER WATER.
| Later in the day the water continued R
rising rapidly, and soon that part OF tlt
town known as the Lower bowery nul
that portion north of Third ana east OF II vi u
tstreets-was delugcd, in some places up &c
the second stories of the dwellings,. Ine
Inhabitants, as well as those in Marx
Field, around the neighborhood OF Ins
i Cool Spring, were making preclpltate nlghs
after moving what furniture they could e
the upper portions Of the houses. Ihs
cottages were secured as we'll as p0ssipie
and left to the mercy of the deVourlng eie
i ment. A wagon engaged in moving Mr.
| Purvear was caught in the flood, ana TIT
| horses only saved by cutting them loose ant
leaving the wagon and goods a Terry
with headquarters at Third and Hull streeIs
conveyed the people and some few neces
sary articles to places OF safety.
LOSSES OF THE FACTORIES.
At the bucket factory of Allen & Co. TIN
destruction was feartul-a large quantity .
stock, buckets, &c., being swept away. !
new frame building, erected To accommo
| date their increasing trade, was turned owe
and completely wrecked. Ihelr oiiias'
cannot be estimated. ar,
The foundry of Baird's heirs, at the othe
end of the Manchester canal, was also 'eoi
| siderably damaged. They were probaDi
II tho no>-f baayieSt sufferers, losing pattern