The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-10-04

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LYHCHBURG, Oct. 3.-The road .sto Coz
louisville is perfect to near shadweH., ''sif
The bridge near Shadwell, 6n'the 'Cpesa.
peake and Ohio railroad, is shaky.
One, spam oftthe bridge d5 RockHsh;is
gone, and two others. are expected *, 80.
ALEXANDRIA, Oct! ga gentleman from
Front Royal Warren county, ION Saturday
noon, informs us that the freshet in Shenali-
doah liver Il gradually subsidfns.' He'' con:
firms all previous reports of. the destruction
in the Shenandoah Valley. He WAS in the
neighborhUol of Front Royal Tuesday. No
rain whatever in that neighborhood to
cause apprehension Of d freshet. S,idaehs
that night the river began to rise. BY
s'o'clock next morning the flood was at its
height. Houses, barns, -lnills;v and stables,
were swept off. Mr.. Blacke1nore' IS family
were at breakfast, when the wafer sur
rounded their dwelling and carried off AlrJ
Blackemore, his wife, tand five childre n.
q. Three guests were in the house. Mr.. and
Mrs. Blackemore; three children, and Mrs.
R: Ridgway, were drewusI; Nh al, 2 y A. A.
lsg i1 rsiroad s and D S Roy anhed boat,
and, after great, eXertiol.. rescued Mir.
Kaufman, who had saved Z himself by
Selling a tree ash he twasi being hur-
ried away aud, , climbing it. Again
a boat was MANNED, and Dr.. Roy and
Mr.. Richard d. BaSbyr rescued Mr..
Ridgway, but We're unable to reach shore,
and all three ihad to seek refuge in tree
which overhung the foaming waters, where
they remained alEnight. : They were finally
taken Off bya Mr. Beekwith,' agent of the
Company Mfr. Il. O. Wilson, and Charles
p,vfois - TNba barain, .pop111pt of NpcSrS
Wilson, Beckwith, Roy, Bagby, and BaN-
ter is highly spoken of: ii1i,i:'ii
The railroad bridge at River Station, on
the Manassas Sap railroad, WAS carried
away, :, 80 a., s.si 4 noe
WAsHINGroN; Oct. :S.-Sueh of the pas
sengers here of the cutoff trains as desire
it will be transferred to- Charlottesville to-
morrow, and there ferried across Moore's
creek and Riyanna fiFeft6l connect with the
train on the; opposite side ?; THE road be-
tween the White Sulphur SprihSs and Mill.
boro' is open, but between Milboro' and
Keswick, q distance Of eighty Five miles, the
road is impossible and 50 injured by the
flood that travail cannot bG resumed on it
for two weeks, although General Wlckham
has all the available force AT: his conlmand
lat work UPON itiH "tiii"4JithH
Five houses around Weayer's mill were
washed away. ALI the bottom land and the
VALLEYS, wt1efe corn was standing. were CO.
vered with watertWenty one feet deept and
there will beifnlnense loss on thattatcollnt.
Quantities of furniture; such; ,as,' tables,
chairs, pianos, &G., passedi down, andit is
feared the destruction has been great. IN
and around Port Republics from the rush
and roar of the. water; and tho immense
height to whichit attained, there must have
been destrqoton q s e al dnnsA
mr. Pangier,, one Of the Oldest Citizens
marked the high water of. the :freshet In
1918, ntheHhighest reeolleeted up, tonthsa;
time. This one is, Is to 20 feet. higher
ter was entirely over the piers OF the FORMER
turnpike bridge On the Winchester and
Front Royal road.
It rained very heavy all day again yester-
bay and last night ,S;hid are augmentation of
the food below may be looked Tor.
Owing TO the destruction OF mills and ill.,
corruption Of railroad transportation, much
suffering among the, posr Ut the >aefugFf
districts is reported. W
There were forty-seven lives lost at liar
The Baltimore and Ohip, railroad, was
much injured by the h9eG1d<l::'iH
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