The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-10-06
IA Chain Bridge Above Georgetown
.oF ,o,,. Swept Away. - 10 ~.
Ha.pas EAw Partly bundsr Water.

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WnsIIdSg. Wxr Va, Oct. L. De
; srurnoteho fr1m Hwpes Ferry, via Sandy
49, Md. announce a great food in the
rRhenan,lo,h River. The lower Part Of the
town is completely submerged. Many sub
s,antial stone and brick buildings have been
c,rrie1 sv.v ana 1,tu,t number .re rspidlv
e,,unka;ppi Over CAV lives hive been iosa,
~ prcat numbers are in immins~s peril
v;tl.,ut the po<sibilnv Of help reaching
thesn. .s ryii-l = nu- F-'as r-7'--
WassuStyroS. Oct. 1.-Damsre from
me fresayet has ber, heavy in Ge0rcetoWn
The streets bordering On the river are To-
,i.v 6jlr,y Win pyOds. and persons IN tosss
are reDvrYinf them. Two or three wharves
are .rvesA svsv. The debris ofseveral cansl
lc,eks rassssl otiwn, Indicating heavy dam
Ss>s to the G. h q. Canal Al Sandy Hook
the Ssse, = Eve feet over the tow path.
In washington nAscl damage IL done along
the river TIE paankiny Il most Of the
wharves has been lifted. NJ one, to-day, the
hiehest winter point was reached, when the
food began to subsiie. Long Bridge is
damaged; about fifty feet Of ca,iseway ~
swe,,t avsv and both st,ans ueares, the south
dr,v have broken, Fiveor six hundred feet
Of the Washington 4 Alexandria Railroad
track IL DESTROYED, and a large quantity III
the trestlc work uislef the raiiroad bridge is
carried of. The estimated damage Ia rail-
ro;sk, connecting at Alexandria with ether
Southern points, will amount to several
hundred thousand dollars %
Accounts continue to be received Of dam
age along the line of the canal and rivers.
and il IL believed the damage in the aggre-
gate will he several millions.
RICHNoSp, Oct. The fins wave from
the Lynchbury freshet struck here at 5
| u clock this ulOrnipg, and the river COM
menre1 rising with Great rapility. In thrre
honrs the lower end Of the city known Is
Racke,is wa. under water, and the spne beg
CARS description. Two or three small Hiores
are swept off with all their contents. Fam
| lies who had retired in their ha,s~ hoping
| the Aocal wouhi .ulside, commenced crying
| from the upper windows for help. Boats were
| br,urht susi they were saved, hat the laYger
norton oftbe furniture was lost. Two bundled
| families in that part Of the CITY are house.
| less Tonight. camping on the neighhoring
fhills =, ll- Et
Al this time the whole of Mavos lr,s,en-
ger bridge. built Nv the United States mill
tary authorities after the evacuation, WIS
swex of. The bridge was a quarter IT
mile long. Tie winter entered Mavo's tohs,c
60 warehouse, thirty five f~t above low wa
wafer mark. All teams in the city ere i'm
pressed to save the tobacco, much oi which
Is for the French and German governments,
excepting about 800 hh,ls. The tobacco was
saved.
At this time it was found that the upper
portion Of town was in danger from overflow
Of the canal, down which an immense h.-ly
was rushing, spreading over the hanks. The
canal was bat two miles above the city, and
| the danger abatesl In the lower portion of
| the CITY street lamps are under water The
city is in darkness tonight
The los bv merchants will probably reach
500, ono. Persons well acquainted with the
portions Of the State flooded say, including
damage Nc. the aggregate loss will amount
| u Ea,r millior..
Tonight the bridge ofthe Richmond Il Dan
vile Railroad still stands, hut as the river is
| still rising it is hardly believed il can stand
much longer