Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1877-11-30
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TO FARMING INTEREsTs-A UNITED STATES
STEAMSHIP WRECKED ON THE NORTH cARoLrNA
COAST.
The storm which reached this vicinity on
Sunday in the shape of heavy and pouring
rain, prevailed with great fury and destruc-
tivoness on Friday and Saturday in Virginia
and Maryland and on the North Carolina coast.
1t was also very severe in portions Of New
York and Pennsylvania. At Richmond, Va,
the food was the scverest ever known, eclips-
ing even the noted one Of 1870, and the est-
mated loss of property already reaches be-
tween one and two millions Of dollars. Dur
ing Saturday night the excitement in the lower
part Of the city was intense People living and
merchants doing business below the st.
Charles hotel ON Main street, the point
reached by the water during the great flood
of 1870, began moving goods from their stores
and other places Of business and the streets
were alive with vehicles of every kind. Be
tween I and o'clock Sunday afternoon $50
feet of the bridge spanning the river between
Richmond and Manduxter was swept away. At
& o'clock Sunday evening the water reached
its highest point, % feet above ordinary high
tide, remained stationary three hours, and
then began to rccede.
The destruction of properly in other parts
of the State was very great In and about
Danvilc the loss is more than 500, 600 and
nearly everything bordering on the Dan river
and the Big and Little Sandy rivers has been
swept away. The Virginia Midland road has
sustained much damage. The iron bridge
,st,-a hot
also three other minor bridges on the same
road, and the road-bed is washed in many
places. Danyille was in darkness Sunday
night rs the gas-wOrks We're submerged
number of houses were swept away.
The damage Mt Lynchburg to private prop
erty alone is over 500. 600. Owing to many
bridges on the county roads being gone. re-
ports of damages TO the farming interests can
not be arrived at. At =. NJ Saturday, the
toll bridge spanning the river from the foot of
9th street, Lynchburg was swept away.
Soon afterward the upper bridge of the At
lantic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad. partially
iron went away, and the six miles of rail
road bridges lower down the river were be-
lieved also TO be gone. The damage to the
Virginia Midland and Richmond and Danville
roads is enormous. The Staunton river bridge
on the Danville road was washed away Satur-
day night with train of cars loaded with to-
bacco en- route from Danville for Richmond.
The Milton and Sutherland narrow gauge
road was greatly damaged. Reports from
Caswell county. North Carolina. on the Vir-
ginia line indicate heavy losses in that coun-
ty to public and private property All travel
on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad was sus-
pended. All the streams in Pittsylyania and
Henry counties, Va, and Caswen and Rock
ingham counties n. c., are overlooking, and
an immense loss sustained in bridges fences
and farm houses.
The Charlotte and Augusta train going
north. which left Augusta Ga. at : o'clock
Friday morning. fell through n trestle within
four miles of Rock Hill, S. c.. in the after
noon, and one passenger, Mr.. Mclaughlin of
Charlotte, y. c., was killed and several 9TH
ers were wounded, but not fatally. The acct
dent was caused by the food The cars were
completely submerged. and many people had
to crawl out through the windows and cling
to trees etc, till help arrived. The track and
trestle all appeared perfect IA few minutes be-
fore the train ran upon them.
At 10 o'clock Saturday night the officials of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad reported the
water in the Potomac at Harpers Ferry on a level
with the railroad bridge, and the Shenandoah
equally high between Harpers Ferry and
Cumberland. At some places the road-bed
was 10 feet under water. The storm was ter
Iiuly severe III chesapeake Day, Dut no uihlS-
tiers are yet reported. There was a destruc-
tive flood at Chambersburg Pa. Saturday
night. At I o'clock Sunday afternoon five
spans of the Cumberland Valley railroad
bridge over the Potomac river near Williams
port were swept away. Six heavily laden coal
cars We're on the bridge and went down with
IT. The damage by flood at Baltimore was
comparatively small, being confined to the
flooding of cellars and Easements on the line
of Jones Falls.
There was a heavy storm of wind and rain
at New York, but no damage is reported The
storm was heavy at Newport r. L. on Sun
day. In Providence there was rain but no
gale.
The weather on the Atlantic has been
rough these many days back, and shipping ON
the British coast has suffered severely A
fearful gale ragged around the British isles
Saturday night, and 30 vessels are ashore be-
tween Ramsgate and Deal, and many lives are
reported lost.
TOTAL Loss OF A UNITED STATES STEAMSHIP.
The United States steamer Huron. which
left Hampton Roads on Friday morning. was
totally wrecked on the coast of North Carroll
ma Saturday morning, about o'clock during
a terrific gale. The location of the disaster
was just north of Cape Hatteras. near the Or
u,
the crew from the shore life-saving station not
having been manned. The Huron had been
out from Fortress Monroe only twelve hours
when the dieaster occurred. OF about l45
persons ON board only about 30 are known
to have been rescued. A number of persons
were drowned while trying TO reach the wreck
iii life-boat Sunday. The Huron was n COM
paratively new iron vessel having been built
III 1873.
Ldter.-The waters of the streams in Ma
ryland, Virginia and the other States affected
by the recent storm are subsiding, and no
further damage is expected from them. but the
magnitude of the disaster is quite as gr at as
at first reported.
Later news from the wreck of the Huron
shows that the vessel was not lost through
any fault of her builder or her engineer, as
was at first surmised. 1t is nearly certain
that the cause of the disaster was the varia-
ton of the ships compass and the strong cur
rent setting in shore, which made the vessel
further to the south than her compass indi-
Gated. Soon after midnight ON Saturday
morning, when nobody felt any apprehension
of danger, the vessel struck. three hundred
yards from shore, and the tremendous surf
immediately began pounding her in pieces
with force which nothing could withstand
One hundred and five lives were lost, includ-
ing the commander, Capt. Ryan, and all but
four of the other officers.
The BORDER RAILROAD WAR.-A new phase
of the war between the Southeastern and Pas
sumpsic railroads opened Saturday night with