The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-05

Port Republic suffered greatly. 1t is OH
the Shenandoah river. Some ten to twenty
houses were washed away.
Bridgewater, the most beautiful village in
the Valley, is greatly damaged. Some eight
or ten houses are gone.
Senator Lewis's large Touring mill, On the
Shenandoah, near Port Republic, was
swept off by the food. S.
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John X. Koiner's saw-mill, seven miles
below Waynesboro', was carried away. = he
| Globe Mills, seven miles above Waynesho-
ro', were badly damaged. Mr.. VIM. Pat
~terSon, eight miles below Waynesboro',
went out into his yard to remove a log
which had washed against his dwelling. and
| was thrown into the main channel and
swan $50 yards across the river and saved
| his life. Scottsford Mill is gone, with 4
large quantity of wheat and flour. DAM
| age, $1,000 for the mill alone.
John Beam, near Mount Meridian, lost
| his dwelling and everything in it.
Hon. John F. Lewis's mill is not gone, as
reported, but his dwelling was surrounded
by water two days, and he had to save his
horses by putting them in his private
| houses. His cattle and hogs were swept off.
Charles Weaver lost his c~hopping-mill,
| saw-mill, dwelling, and everything on his
| premises.
A negro now in the employment of Mr..
James 4. Patterson attempted to rescue his
wife and child from the cabin in which they
were by riding to them on horseback, and
after succeeding in getting them on the
horse he started out, when his wife and
child fell off the horse and were drowned.
The horse carried the man out safe.
Mr.. Geo. D. Patterson lost everything
spring-house, meat-housc, and farming im-
plements.
The stage from the lower Valley has just
arrived, and represents the destruction on
the Shenandoah as fearful. Not a bridge is
left on the road. Only two mills were left
standing, so far as heard from.
Thomas Brakeman. near Front Royal,
had all of his family, six or eight persons,
drowned, except two little boys, ten and
twelve years old, who saved their lives by
swimming to the shore. Mr. Brakeman
saved his life by clinging to 4 tree.
The mill and residence of Mr.. Noah Kite,
Of Page county, were swept of, and him.
self and all of his family drowned.
~Bridgewater, the large new bridge at this
point, was partly swept away.
On Hopewelrs island the water was
higher than ever before known, covering
the island to the depth Of some fifteen feet,
washing away everything except the
dwelling of Mr.. Hopcwell, which was con-
siderably injured. His family were in the
house during the continuance of the flood,
but fortunately no lives were lost.
The slaughter-house and stable of Saml.
Gwats were washed away, and his work
shop and house inundated and injured.
Major Shumake's house was injured by
the foundation being washed ont, and his
sm~oke-housc and shop turned over.
The Masonic Temple was undermined,
which caused it TO settle aud crack consid-
erably, injuring it.
Dry Ivor overflowed its banks and came
in ut the lower end of the town, washing
away the plank walks in front OF the church.
The road at this point is impossible. At
Berlingtown the fencing and o%uthouses
were carried away.
Mount Crawford, on the line of the river
between Bridgewater and Mount Crawford,
the fencing, corn in the field, &C., were
swept down with the current. The bridge
at Mount Crawford gave in 10 the fury OF
the flood and floated down against the Val
ley Turnpike bridge beyond Mount Craw-
ford, causing it to crumble, and both went
down together.
The house Of George Sherman, with ali
its contents, was carried away, and the
mills considerably damaged.
The loss to the Valley Turnpike Company
is estimated at $4,000.
After the flood had somewhat abated,
negro named Ben. Green, while rowing MIR.
Hawkins and family across the river, fell
from the boat and was drowned. His body
has not yet been recovered. MIR. Hawkins
rowed safely across the stream from Mount
Crawford to Port Republic.
All the fencing, corn in the field, &C.,
along the stream, were destroyed and car
ried away.
The large mill Of Barker & Co., the house
of Moore g. Ayres, with all its contents,
and the factories, &C., as we'll as the large
bridge at that point, were swept away.
The bridge near Conrad's store is also
gone. All the flats along the river to the
Shenandoah iron-works have been swept
away-pretty clear of everything.
Henry Harnsberger, above Conrad:
store, lost all his corn, as well as a tenant
house and contents, occupied by u mar
named wager.
The Shenandoah Iron Werks' loss wa:
fearful. The forge and all the building
connected Herewith were destroyed. The
safe, weighing three tons, containing al
the valuable books and papers Of tbs
Works, was washed down the river ant
landed at New Port, some ten miles below
The Masonic Hall, the residences of Rev
o. B. Bonde, Mr. Deacon, and w. A. Aa
son, with their contents, were swept away
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