Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1870-10-18


F'tme morning came boat had been made, m,
Gboatswain piped ali hands aboard and ',Adn
#ral' Fiannery stepped aboard, pulled his haw-
ser and made for the DRIFT. He made good
@his landiag, fastened his boat securely until he
sgot all aboard, then fixed all right, cast off and
81 n good time landed all safely, amid the tears
ssaashouts and loud huzzas of all present
q We have not seen Mr. Petty or any of the
Eparty, but learn. though their SITUATION wa
lawful and perious. that they bore it with res
q gnatlon, and the little ones bore all very well
aaand cheerfully Indeed Too many thanks can
anot be bestowed upon 'Admiral' Fannery by
81 he whole community in which he lives H.
conduct was above all praise, and his efforts dis
9 ayed the highest type of heroism, and
ss5show qualities OF heart which are an honor to
Nhls name and encomiums upon Irish character
g But we must hurry on the deep and tragic
sai;haracter of our subject has absorbed and car
aried us away M aa--
8 Now we reach another heart-rending scene
ss5he loss of our excellent and enterprislng fel-
llow-citize Noah Kite, and large number of
ahis family, including his excellent wife. two
zsadaughters, one married (Mrs Nauman) and
8 me single young lady about 16 or II year.
q If age and two little boys His house, which
swas large and c,mmpdlnus frame one, siua
3 ed near the columbia mills, was swept ava,
zaaalmost IN menent "a il we're Al the time it
lwent off there We're six of his family in 1t in-
scuding himself, Mr., West, so1urner FROM
i aaRlchtnond, who was going through this coun
y ry buying up the Stare bank money of the
sSouth, left here by the army during the war.
II vas also there Or the seven in the house
Z when it foated off, one of his sons, Mr. Eras-
! aus Kite, was saved by jumping from the root
It the house as it passed into iree, where be
agas found on the land of Mr.. Philip Lon !, Oh
s saturday, several miles below. AT this point
! he roof parted and that portion on which he
q eas hoated to the friendly tree, and thus he
! WAS saved The body of his single sister float
aed asno e and was found, on the subsiding OF
] he water, on the farm OF Mr.. Russell, few
anlles below Luray, aud her corpse was taken
through this place on Monday last to her for
] liner home to be buried The bodies of no 9th
! Frs of the family have been found, so far as We
aean get any perfectly reliable information
q When we had gotten thus far with our mar
drative, we met our friend Isaac Long, E~a i
Who informed US that he had seen Mr.. Eras
anus Kite and conversed with him, and that bel
vas certain his falh her and TWO sisters were kill
! d almost immediately upon the house floating
tt as the roof fell in upon them and caught
sfhem He was not certain of the moment wheI
abls aged mother and two little brothers and
Mr. West persisted. When he sprang from
J he roof he swan nearly three-quarters of a
gmile, by the aid of drift-wood, &c, and 6oally
Preached a straw-rick which had lodged, bel
Climbed upon it aud being almost naked and
S;4ld, he pulled at it till be got to dry straw,
apurrowcd into 1t, fell asleep, and slept Till late
snext day, when be come cut and made hl,nso!f
Sheard, and was rescued on Saturday He de-
s,cribes the rise of the water at his fathers as
afearfnlly rapid The body of his sister Wa
sfound some sixteen miles beioR-t taking the;
zriver route
4 The destruction Of his property was very
great, and Page county dil not contain morp
hriIry man than Mr. Kue Just one week
sbefore his death the writer was at his house
Sand all Looked prosperous and happy there al
sthat time. and The old gentleman was full oil
aiife and hope, and talked to him with UNUSUAL
a3cheerfulness of his prospecrs
Then We come to the ~ bite House." the
5point where the large new bridge of the New
Market u Sperryviile turnpike Co spanned the
9rlver This bridge which was quite massive
stood abnut eighteen feet above the ordinary
sbed OF the river, and the water run at least II
Sieet over II, making of at least thirty feet
alt was foated off and so far as we have heard
sno traces of it have been found when and
I where 1t went to pieces will probably never be
sknown The destruction Of properly In aud
sabout this locality Was very great.
: Our excellent townsu,an, ,!r A S. Mode
] d>ltt, had a store there, the house was totaly
! siestroyed with his stock of goods, &c and his
sloSS is IN all probability at low figure some
zS2 900 The toll gate house, in which THE
] snoble old Roman" our most excellent good
Sfrle ID, Juel Price lived was swept away, and
with 1t our old friend All thought he was lost
sand gave HIM up, but about noon on Friday ;,
!, re Was found about 100 yards below his house
] 5>aiely anchored in a noble old Elm tree and res-
5cued amidst the joyous acciamation of the hun
4ireds of persons c,llec ed at that place The
clay of his rescue, Friday the 10th Septem-
zner, was his list birthday. May he live a
Ethousand years and his shadow never grow less.
aHere, friend joel is our hand OF cOngratuation
! Oar friend, John Mauck who had charge OF
I hr. hlodesitt's store, lost his ALL He, at grea
speril to himself, saved the lives of Two or three
ahulnan beings, and his whole conduct then aud
! ,lnce IS worthy of the noble man he is.
q Mr. Robert Mauck S mill with quite a large
squan'lty OF -four and wheat, was destroyed.-
! 4 most worthy man, and much sympathy l.
stelt tor hun ali the buildings on the farm are
7gone
Stovers mill is gone; so is Peter B,xler 5
ahou>e, Peter keyser's grist and saw-mill, Jas.
aW Good gri,t and saw mill, with consider
atble amount of fanr and wheat; n Atwood :
aRouse and barn, William Gray -or's grist and
a>aw-mil Jo~eph w. Almond loses large
sqnanti'y of wheat and corn, Garland Menefee
Uses his barn, three horses. and cooper shop !;
3 Mr. Thomas Brumback his house and barn
q Benjamin Wood his barn and grain; Philip
& 5Roberts his barn and grain and Paul Henkle
anis house.
] We have heard of the losses of many other
3Dersons, but as we have no particulars it were
siseless TO name them 1t is enough to know
! hat one terrible, almost universal calamity has
fallen upon our people living Immediately up
n the river from Shenandoah Iron Works to
Milford.
4 Loss OF LIFE BY THE FLOOD The follow
sng incidents of the late flood were furnished
soy gentleman from Buckingham
The house of William Jones, on the farm OF
4 Mr. L Nj Caheli, on Tye River, was swep
3 AWAY by the food and f)a;ed down the river
aunti it came to Tye River d IN. where it Wa,
sbroken to pieces and Mr. and Mrs Jones were
q sirowGed Miss Wright who was visitor a
i he of Mr. jones. ana two of the latter i
szschldren, held on to the flor of the house, and
.:wcre carried down the river to Willow Bauk, a
d distance of twelve miles where they were res
A;ued from their I'erlious situation by the lock !
Keeper, Mr. Wright, who procured boat and
5went To their assistance