The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-01-07
LOCAL MATTERS.

HEAVY Observation-Disclosures IN TnE CRY
AND AT OTHER Pois1s-TnE TUNNEL FLOODED
TRAM DELAYsp--RIvER NEWs.-Onc of the
heaviest falls of rain with which this city
has been visited commenced about 2
O'Clock Sunday morning, and from that
Time until halEpast 8 O'Clock A. NJ. it
poured almost uninterruptcdly in torrents.
The amount of rainfall during that time was
TWO and quarter inchcs-a larger quantity
than fell in either of the months of JGnll-
ary, April, May, June, July, or November
OF last year. s.
We hear, however, of no great damage
being done. The water oyertlowed the
wllarvcs mt Rockets. but owing TO the fact
that The ice in the river had prevented the
arrival Of vessels, there was but little mer-
chandise on them, and what was there was
easily removed before the water reached
them. a-.a.r
Exaggerated reports were circulated yes
tcrday that the river was very high at Lynch
burg, and that it would probably rival If not
excel the great flood of 1870. In order to
quiet the apprehenSons of those whose
property was endangered we tclegraphed to
that point to learn how far these rumors
were true, and received the following reply,
dated 10 o'clock A. NJ:
1.-The river yesterday was only six feet
above the level usual at this sea-on. 1t is
only four and half feet above the ordinary
level this morning, and falling rapidly. The
weather now is clear and pleasant. No fear
Of a destructive freshet is entertained"
The greatest damage sustained here, be.
sides the large amount OF sand and dirt
syhich washed into the river through Shockoc
pr hn ion nf
Chesapeake md Ohio Railroad tunnel in the
ravinc north of Bellevue school-house. The
excavations had all been made here, and the
arch nearly completed. Most of it had been
covered over with earth, and Il ditch made
through it TO convey tue water which flowed
down the ravinc. This gave way 10 the
great volume OF water, and, flowing into the
tunnel, carried so much of the loose earth
with it rs nearly to till the entire space
Most of the water found its way out through
the cutting under Doings Hill" back o.
Trinity church. The remainder was pumped
out through Shaft No. /. .-..- ~ !
The volume OF water passing down Shockot
creek was too great for the culVert on Mar
shall street, and it was damned up unit
finally the houses along the line of the creel
below the level of the street were all sub
merged. A few out.houSes were removed
but no great amount of damage was sus
tanned beyond that occasioned 10 building:
and furniture by contact with the mudd!
water. The amount of water passing through
our cutters was at times unprecedented
The volume Of water flowing down Twenty
fifth street from Church Hill was much NOR,
than could find vent through the entrance:
to the cuivcrt, and pushing across Main stree
it washed the unpavcd thoroughlarc badly
between Maiu and Cary streets.
The northern mail train was detained to
day by damage to the track, caused by heav,
rains, between Baltimore and Washington
The extent of the damage was not ascer
tanned.
The steamship Wyanoke left the city o,
Sunday morning, but was detained unit
yesterday at Drcwry's Bluff by the accumu
lation of ice in the bend of the river at OF
near that point.
Two schooners and a barge which were
made fast at their wharycS 1T Rockets broke
loose, and were carried down the river some
distance, but they were finally captured ant
brought back by tug.