The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-04-13

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Hon Dollars I'm Property Destroyed
Loss OF Life I'm Louisville.
The Cincinnati Enquirer Of "Wednesday
fayes the following account of the destruc.
ton cInsed In that city by the recent storm
It says:
At2 N. on Monday the great storm he:
gan. IL WIS fnerciless, and even pitiIcsS
throughout the day. Its fury seemed to cuI.
inmate ut O'Clock in the morning of yester.
day, when the powers of evil and water
seemed to have been let loose.
! At O'Clock Monday evening the river was
rising only at moderate rate, and but few
anticipated or were prepared for the food
that was soon upon Us. The river rose tif
teen feet in the next twelve hours following.
and the damage done was more severe than
by the entire Ice blockade.
All the boats coming down yesterday were
compelled to lower their chimneys In order
| to pass the bridges. As we announced yes
| terdav, The Bostona lost her chmneys at .
O'Clock in the morning. She lowered her
chmneys in order to pass through the
| bridge, but did not get them low enough,
| were knocked down. The roof of the pilot
house was crushed ftp, bit the pilot foftu.
nately escaped injury, and as the hour was
on watch were asleep, no one at all was in
current was so swift that to stop her was an
utter impossibilty.
The wharf-boat of the Madison packet c.
r. Dumont, lying at the foot Of Race street,
and the big wharflboat of the United States
Mail Line Company, ut the foot of Fifth
street, have both been released from their
positions on the bank, where they were left
during the winter by the sudden fall of the
water, caused by the breaking of the ice
gorges below.
Several of the wrecks Of the steamers
burned at the city wharf have been carried
off. The Altoona floatcd away, and was seen
passing the foot of Fifth street. The wreck
of the Champion tloated about one hundred
yards, and sunk outside the Pomcroy wharf
boat.
An old STEAMBOAT boiler hoated off from
the wharf; and wns followed down the river
by several parties in skitis, trying to land it
at a point opposite the Fertiizin5 Com
pany's landing, where It sank.
The Fiith-Strect ferry-boat Fanny Webster
caught q snag In her wheel and became I'M
manageable. She was carried below Sedams-
vile before she could release herself from
the drift, and il was two or three hours be-
fore she could get back. While drifting
down the current she was carried in against
coal barge below Milcrcek, slowing in the
forward bukhead of the barge. The barge
was saved from sinking by shovclling out the
coal and stobping the leak.
A model barge, loaded with railroad iron.
and owned by Means, Kyle d Co., was car-
ried away from Licking.
4 gentleman named Friedman, doing bust
ness at Boot Store Run, had bis stock and
property damaged about $4,000 by the over
flow of the creek.
The Ben Franklin, coming up from Louis
vile, ran into one barge and sank it few
miles below the city.
Six bargeS laden with coal, belonging to
Hines, broke loose from Madison. Consider
able damage was done to fctces and PROPERTY
in that vicinity.
The heaviest loss was on the Kentucky
side and at and below the mouth of Licking
river.
In Licking river the Champion Coal Com
pany had their landing, and lost all they had.
Their stock was fortunately very light.
They lost three loaded and one partially
loaded barscs. and some twelve empty coal
illts. used in delivering coal to steamboats,,
and all their flats at the landing. Their loss
is estimated at $4,000.
The entire number of hargcs lost at all
points on the river will not fall far short OF
two hundred. one hundred being loaded.
Estimating the coal in each barge to be worth
81 900. and the bargcs atan average of 81 900.
the loss will foot up S4no,000 to the coal in
terest alone. Allowing 100000 for damage
to the lumber and other interests. the total
damage by Hood here yesterday is 500, 900:
Besides considerable damage to property
| by the same storm III Louisville. the Courier
| Journal reports L loss OF life is follows:
The fatal casualties attending the storm
were few, as far as heard from ut this time
| though the accidents and incidents Of less
serious importance were many. The light
ming did some damage to property and i'll one
case WAS fatal to life. Three negro boys
each about twelve years old. named Willie
Brown. Ben kemrer. and Edward Brooks
ran OIL from home yesterday morning anC
went fishing in BcargI7,ss creek, about ioul
miles south of Broadway. They spent tn,
morning enjoying the sport, and started
home Just before y o'clock, in the midst 0
| the storm.
They had proceeded but short distance
when they were suddenly struck by light
ming, and Ben kemper and Edward Brook
instantly killed. Willie Brown says that III
was severely shocked, and that the sole wa
torn from bis left shoe. lie looked around
and seeing that his companions had beer
killed he was overcome by fear, ran to TIT
house Of Il neiglbor close by and gave TIN
alarm, and then came on TO town and in
formed the family of the dead boys, who liy
on Green near Hancock streets, of the ;icci
dent. The hats Of the boys that were killc,
were torn in shrcdS. The little boy VIII
escaped says, with awe and fear. that tn
three had just commenced to curse and Swea
at the time that they were killed. The bodic
of the dead had not been brought into tow
at late hour last night.
The DISASTER on THE MlssIssIrpI-FEAR
Full STEAMBOAT EXPL0sIoN--BuRSING OF TIL
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