South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-10-07


have been lost One family was at b:eak- nj
fast, aud while thus engaged tue house was III
sw,pt away, and al! but the head OF the in
family drowned. There has been 10 train tc
from Lynchlurs since "Wednesday night ;:
last, Trains run regularly TO Front Roy \
al and Gordnusyillc. The Chesapeake and p
Ohio canal is thought to have sustained I
serious damage, a. breaks at Hancock anu
knoxvillc arc already reported.
.iccounts oj'Mc Storm from Richmond. i.
EIcuMcxp, VA October 1.-The river ,
hcr, rose twcnty-iiv feet last night, ana
! this morning is within foot Of the Danv'''c
,aiiro,d bridge and Mayo's passenger bridge.
The streets for four or five blocks IN the
v;r;nity of the old markct-the lowest pom,
in the ci,y-arc submerged in four feet OF
water. Thousands of persons are on the
river banks, waiting for the bridge to e..
The lower portion OF the Libby prison
to X fire a, l ! o'clcck from quantity "l
lime being ovcrilowcd by the flood. The hre
was stopped before much damage was done
S,ycr.! small manufacturing establish
:. mcn!s along the river bark were SWEEP away.
All day the river has been dotted over
t with SINAI. houses and wrscEs oil honSes'
!, fleeing, dead catt.c, &c., drilting u""h'
:: In the lower portion CT the city the street
4 larnrs are under water. The city Is III u''S-
5, ness tonight, Tic gas works beng "uo'
= merged.
" The loss by the merchants, though ne'
,c great is greater than 1t would nave ''eti u
to the telcgrams from l.ynchburs announcing
the food had been needed. It's proba''y
ID 100000.
Of Persons we'll acquainted with the section
~, limo
a road losses and the loss III the o'a'e' es''
d. mate it at 81 600, 900.
re To.ni.h. the bridge Of the Richmond AM
&C: Danvillc railroad still stands, but 10 u"
re river is now % o'ciock) still rising, 1t
lie hardly believed i; can stand much longer.
an At Norris large sugar refinery the wa
of ter burst up the floors, dropping all III
I'D machinery into the basement. 80,
rod All the larrc cotton, iron and -four mill
,cd rmnloyins 1000 hands, have been force
the By the food TO stop opcra'h'nS. Inv vs.
water works have also stopped being 50 dan
. in aucd thu, they cannot tc repaired Ill ~
Nth W, cks The reservoir only contains II
,ar. lavs' suppl for the city. Al the ice hou
ID 4 es in the city are Oh the FNcf o'"N' 81
and arc under water.
kcI The Uatcr is seven feet higher than ev
,ock RIcuNsSp. Oct. Ito ght at mi
With night the river Is still rising anu l"'.u
to still further the lower part OF the CITY.
Along the edge of the flood may be sc
hing hundreds Of persons carrying lights a
move running along, the animals drawing OH
save furniture of the houses about to DC sw
rsity away. In front oil the ~, s,nro
uas about the center Of the city, Is anchore
o. A.,l,.o,cr--~;,h ha- rod l'rht0a2 it, Gli
on IN boats as regularly as if at sea.
'o'nc tne hills around the city the camp fires
'n DC Tue houscleSS light the horizon. The u,
10y darkness that reig"s is only relieved by
:: VI occasional CLEAN Of roliccmau's shield
LOSSES IN FLuvANNA AND AUGUSTA
, :. Mr.: George y. lIundlcy of this city, On y
80 terday morning received a telegram bril-
WIZ !'1 ing the intelligence of his milling PROBE
i'aS IN augusta being damaged by the aood
heh' the amount Of $1,000.
1t was reported on Saturday NIGHT that
lar Columbia, FIuvanna county, twelve Or
'c'e teen persons had been drowned and TIVE,
anu houses washed away.-Rich Dis, Oct. :
'ne1 The damage throughout Albcmarlc is
""" no1mous. All tho saw and merchant mi
n'"e along the Rivanna are gone away. I'll
r.. river was ten feet higher than in $50
. NJ. which was the greatest frcshet within [
even memory OF the oldest inhabitants
iood The rivers il: Augusta county were r.,
Pro- SIX to ten feet h cher than has ever b,
q a. known since the settlement nf the vale
and Nealiy all the mills Oh the river, =,
MY, creeks III the county lave been either i
rcd, str"ycd or seriously injured The logs
be this county alone will cxcceJ, il is SAT-
million Of dyl,ars
OF LYNCIIErEG, October =.
'out 1t is Impossible to calculate the dana,
few done, because Of the imperfect reports, COZ
was iiic'ing rumors, e..
''er 10 rrpri: the Orange and Ai.xandr
n kaIiroad bridge. near TIC city, will rcaa;,
he atlcast three months the Soutiis ;c raiIro,
few bridges 10 the island the same time. 4,
tor. engagements for transportation by the can;
uld will be made in a few days The bril.,
at R'1inson's farm, six miles below.
use swung around it can be repaired in niue
the less time. The damage to the canal ca
GU. scarcely be repaired this ycnr
OF ]iH distress occasioncl By the d,pl i
Of hcarircndiug. Collections will b, take
m up in the churches to day for the relief O
M The sufferers. There are no REPORTS from
A. more than fifteen miles above.
&C. The following persons are heard Of
be having persisted in the flood james +. Ran
ag som, his daughter, and a servant Girl
Robert Whitley, his wife, and three Chill
'cu d!cD; and n colorcd women and her tbrr,
I'd children They had all grouped on an u
~ tutmeut Of the canal bridge below Dean,
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