The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1870-10-07

mond and Lynchburg Submerged.
WHEELING, October 1.-narper'E
Ferry adviccs Of tho great food il
the Shenandoah River says that the
lower part of the city is noodedj ma
ny substantial buildings have fallen
and others are crumbing; fifty lives
have been lost, and many are in peril
beyond aid.
RICHMOND, October 1.-The water
here is still rising at $50 o'clock, and
nearly four hundred stores are in sew
eli feet Of water between Fifteenth
and Eighteenth streets. Tho street
cars piled till noon, when, the water
coming in at the windows, the line
was stopped, and ferry is no.w run
on all tie main streets from Fifteenth
to EigEtccnth. Just at noon the Man
chester end of Mayo's Bridge gave
way and half of the bridge foated
down the stream. All the wharves
arc far under water, and the York
River Railroad depot is completely
submerged.
Several small manufacturing cstab-
lishmcnts along the river bank arc
swept off. All day tho river has been
dotted over with snail houses and
wrecks Of houses, fencing, dead cattle,
&C., drifting down. The gas works
arc submerged.
The first waves from the Lynch
burg frcshct struck here at o'clock
this morning, and the river commence
ed rising with much greater rapidity
than before, when.it was only swollen
by the overflow. In three hours the
lever cud OF the city, known as Rock
cts, was under water, aud the scene
there bcggars description; two or
three small stores were swept of,
with all their contents.
Families who had remained in their
houses, hoping that tho food would
subside, commenced crying from the
upper windows for help, when boats
were brought and they were saved
but the larger portion of the fnrni-
ta7o WAS lost. Two hundred families
III that portion Of the city are house
less tonight, and are camping out on
the ncighaor:ng hills. About noon,
the street cars on Main street, which
had been running through the food
with water up to the seats, gave it 'p:
and connection between uptown and
downtown vas kept up by ferries.
st this time u portion Of Mayo's
nassen@cr bridge, hai.t by the United
States military after the evacuation,
was swept Ok, and was sooa followed
by the whole structure. The bridge
vas ti:"ee-q"alters CT mile long.
The water t!.cn entered Mayc's tobac-
co warehouse, thi-ty-fvc feet above
low water mark. All teams in the
city we:e Impressed to save tie to-
hz":o, much CT which is for the
French ard German Governments.
With tbs exception Of about one hnn-
arca end eighty hoyhshe@ds, tho TO-
nacco ,r%s saved.
just here it was f,Nnd that all Of
tie u;1n"r portion Of tho city w:s i'll
danger from the overflow OF the ca
na.. down which aH immense body Of
w&;er was rushing and spreading
above the banks. The canal was cut
two miles above the city, aud the
danger ab ted. In tie lower portion
Of the city the street lamps are under
water, and the streets are in dar kness
tonight. The gasworks are being
submerged. The loss by merchants
is greater than it would have been if
the telegrams from Lynchburs an
nounciny the food had been heeded.
1t is probably 100000.
Peleons well acquainted with the
section Of the State flooded say thai,
including railroad losses, tho loss in
The State is four millions Of dollars,
Tonight the bridge Of the Richmond
and Danville Railroad still stands, bat
rs the river is now (nine o'clock) Still
rising, it is hardly believed it can
stand much longer. At Morris's large
sugar refinery the water burst up the
floors. dropping all the machinery into
the basement.
All the large cotton, iron and -four
mills. employing two thousand hands,
have been forced by the food to stop
operations. The city watcrworks
have also been stopped being so dam
aged that they caunot bc repaired in
two weeks. The reservoir only j con-
tains five days supply for !he city.
All the ice houses in the city arc on
the river bank and arc twenty feet
under water. The water is seven feet
higher than ever known before. -.
a dispatch from Lynchburg says
that the river there is rising again.
GREEHwooD, VA, October st
rained very heavy again all day yes
lerday and last night. Owing to the
destruction of mills and the Interrupt
ton of railroads and transportation,
there is much suffering. among the
poor of the destroyed district. 1t is
reported that breadstufs have advan-
ced. Suc!i Of the passengers here OF
the cutoff train as desire it, will be
transported to Charlottesville to-mor-
TOW, ard then fcrricd across More's
Creek and Rivara River to connect
with the train on the opposite side.