Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-29
VIRGINIA t1EEI1sEL~
a Parallel.

Editors OF the HtchnlOnG DtSP0tcH
t. ruakiog reference to Dadsiey's Annual
Ragis:pr !or I'LL Tor some account OF the hood
at nlay, in that gear, which devastated The
Coioay Of Vngipi,, have been led ty The man
ifoIA and remarkable caIamItas which tod re-
cori.!! "a marking taat TIT m>T.hl; year to make
a hIict not: ii ao.,c OF hrIn !"r The beueht OF
your readers, who arc dUubttss startled by the
present wrath Of waters upon US lnto s1me 10
lercst for occurrences Of Ike nature of the past.
The only mention of The Great Virginia
Frcstct of May, Ill" is as follows -
"L2ttCrs from Virginia give dreadful &C
count of the overflowirg OF the Rappahanuock
river. in that proviacc, owiug to the great and
iucessaut rals which begun on the 9th OF
Nav last, aud continued without iotcrmSsoo
TIL the Sth cr June. Tic water poured down
il such torreuts frGm the mountains as to carry
all before it, which caused the river to swell
lwca.y five tcct higher then ever was known by
The oldest ;DaD living. All the warehouses %
both sides the Rappahannrck were cntlrely full
oi wafer, anl 1T the different warehouses in Var
mouth aud Norfolk towns, 10 Firgiola, upwards
OF 600 hoeshcsdi OF tobacco were carried away
by tic r5pjty Of Tie ,srtam aud entirely Lost. y
Page Us
fad, however, that beth continents were
throughout tho year, witnessed Ivy the follow
log -
The heavy raj and the nc;ing Of the snow
! ii l:lc mountains OF Bohemia "cluscd the river
EI1c 10 swell 10 i greater hcighth than has been
knUw;, in the memory oi mar. The dcvasta
:ou 70 crJrs YVES so great that throughout Ger
| rG3oy tG2ai and provisions w"re SO scarce as to
a.uytiilt ;iII. est 10 a laEl!nr.
"BERGIE. July The heavy acd locaasaot
i. rs which have aeD in this county tor these
| ;cut weeks past have donc ycrS great damage.
Tic rnst archaeology scoauutS are received
ifr,. Wis3io, 10 the Cd Max, 10 less than
ii:!y villages All thirty four gentlemen ) coun.
r; :.2t. !;qviog rccD laiI u1der water by the
il ;jc ovyh J@"g ~ baGkS and its way through
"a: y! 5. which are broke by the lnuudalloD
!t!a; :..j.;@acG. This is the fourth time within
t?:.a,: ii7o m2HIl.s that thlS part 81 DID Marx
iias i,>en I'll cttL with this dreadful calamity,
which has .,duc>l The Unhappy sufferers TO the
us2.. a'u"kicg :,l;.lc # MISERY end distress. -
Page 50.
N.yc,4!,c1 lS;E fooi dciuscd the uorlh Ct
E1silu !, carryi0g away halt the bridges on the
North sui S9u;a Tyne rivers, destroying prop
,rty i.v1s. Sc, aud causing very great distress
t.: food, 81.
The gteat Ere at St. Petersburg, Russia, CO.
cure; opthc 23l tf May. ty which nearly 100
buildings, principally Of wood. wcro destroyed.
y riot occurred 10 Prague on June 2O:h on
account CT the dcarncss OF provisions. pp.
l23 t.
Letters from Naples advise that on Thurs
day the Il (Apl.) .aiou1L Vesuvius began TO
st:l,i out columns Of b.acl; SMOKE with loud ex.
p.oi)n: SJon .f!er lava ourst forth over the
ssiuo spo. where lhe great oruptoa Was IN the
yer l7O7 II cir SiciIian Majesties arr? prepar.
I'd to leave PGrtce at moment : warning but
ss the lsvs has taken it; course towards kesins,
(the spot under which the anciont city Ct Her
Gu aneum is buried, and does not menace POr-
ticc it Is thought the court will not ,renove
The lava is about li9e miles in length, has de'-
t,oyed some vineyards, and il stopped within
:. mile Of Keiins'
Ihs lava in one instance, taking its course
in deep trench, formed a most astonishing cas-
cndo of ire the fall Of which was pcrpcndcu-
lar and not less than sixty foot"
Volcanic cruptons sre also nsrrsted TO have
occur in the Molucca Islands, commencing
with tho 18Th Of July. accompanied with sn
car. hqusko, from which sixty violent shocks
were :oll in twenty fur hours Up. l23-4
H!ch, Va, Nov ~, 1877. Il. a. Is.