The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1877-12-01
Millions Of Property In the Old
Dominion Swept Away by
the Flood.
The James, shehandeah and Potomac
Rivers Higher Than In iss0-ihe
Latter guanIng fsenty-TIye
Miles an Heur.
Lower Portion Of Richnssd and Aiexan.
dria Submerged ed--Basks Of the Kaa-
awaba Canal Destroyed and Rail-
road Beds Wahed Out.

ChsRbersSarg Tn Assossessffi-. Dau-
vsiae sod AyaeoSurg.
GEoRoETuwS, ID. c.. November d.
The river Is rising with the water
about i've feet above the wharf lsvee.
GREAT FALLS, no., November as.-
The river is nineteen feet above Iov
mark and rising.
HARPEk's FERRY, November d.
Both rivers are twenty-s'x feet above
low water uark-six feet higher than
in 1870. All property on Shenandoah
street Is destroyed. The water 10 saio
to be at . stand.
CHAkLorrEsvrLLE, Va, Novembes
u. B.--All streams Ia the neigh borhood
are greatly swollen, and adjacent farms
are suffering. The Rivanna river is a.
high ~ In 1870, bat is bow falling. A
portion Of the iron bridge is gone, aud
the balance is seriously damaged
Telegraph lines are down, and the
Charleston and Ohio railroad badly
washed. All trains are stopped. The
damage can not be estimaled. but Will
be very great In this vicinity.
CHAhBERsBURG, Pa, November as.
There was d destructive Hood At this
place last night, the Canochesgne
creek rising fifteen feet above or,ii-
nary level, and doing damage to the
extent OF $500, ,000.
During the night the bridge over The
Potomac river, near Wiliismspori,
Mary land, was swept away. Six heay-
lily loaded coal cars were on the bridge
at the time, aud went down with it,
Loss $4,000.
WAsHINGToN, November 26.-The
Potomac is falling and running at the
of twenty-five miles al hour, bearing
from above, bridge, shznties, barrels,
etc, swept by the floods.
The loss of property along the river
front Ia very extensive. Barrels of
whisky and -four we're recovered by
men aud boys in boats. Tugs and
other vessels parted their cables and
drifted with the current.
Communication bst~eea Washing.
ton and Alexandria by railroad and
boat is suspended. ana 1t is reported
that in south AIexandriu there are
heavy washes on the railroad. The
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