The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-11-26

the Roanoke river. The South Side and
Atlantic and Mississippi and Ohio rail
roads are badly washed The Dan river
at DanvIlle is very high, and houses sloug
the banks are being washed out
James river st this point st P. NJ. va:
eight eet above high water marx, sud
still rising at the rate OF foot per hour
The whsrves in the lower part Of the
city are submerged, and arriving steam.
ers are unable to discharge their Cargoes
Merchants along the river are moving
their merchandise to nigh points. in an,
ucipstion Of u great increase Of the flood
/ when the waters from above LynChburg
reach Richmond, which will be to-mor.
| row morning.
\ tug-b7st was sunk by being dashed
/ sgains; a pier head One hundred and
/ fifty cars and extra locomotives are busy
at the whsryes OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad removing freight.
BALTIMORE, November 25.-The west.
ern trains on the Baltimore and Ono
road, due here last night and this morn
| ing, are detained at Cumberleld on &c
count OF high water in the Potomac, the
track at Sir Johns run being submerged
A dispatch from Cumberland At one
o'clock said the water was falling and
that trains would leave in an hour or two,
HARPER's FERRY, w VA, November
2j.-BOth rivers are twenty-siX ieet above
low water mark-three feet higher than
in 1870. AL the property on ShenaLdosh
street Is destroyed. The water is said to
be on a stand
CHAMBERsBURG PA, November %
There was destructive food n. this
place last night, the C4nacacheouue rlv.
or rIsIug fifteen feet above the ordinary
level, and doing damage TO the exteLt OF
thirty thousand dollars during the night.
This evening five spans OF tns Cumo'--
land Valley Railroad bridge over the PO-
tomac river near WIlhamsport, N try-
land were swept away Six heayI.y IN.
den coal cars were on the bridge a. the
time, and went down with II. Loss
$4,000.
GREAT FALLS, MD. November 2j-
River nineteen feet isbJve low water
mark and rising.
RICHMOND, November 25.-A Dt n
vile dispatcn SAYS Tnc Dan river has
risen to nearly the highest ever known
here. The damage in aid about the city
Is more than 100000. Everything Dor.
derlng on the Dan river and Big and
Little Sandy rivers is swept away.
The Virginia and Midland road sus.
U,
iron bridge over the Staunton river on
that road is gone Three minor bridges
on the same road have: been swept away.
Tne road bed WAS neld in many places
DanviIle tonight is IN darkness, rs the
gas works are submerged. A number OF
houses have been swept away. The des-
truction Of property By the treshe! Is IN
calcuAUle. The river Is still rising.
CHARLoTTEsvILLE November 70 -
All the streams in the neIghborhood
are greatly swollen, ALd the adjacent
farms are suffering.
SAVANNAH, Novem Der 25.-The river
is AS high Us in 1870, bat is now falling.
A portion of the iron bridge is gone and
the balance is seriously damaged. The
telegraph lines are down. The Chess-
peske and Ohio railroad is badly washed
and all trains are stopped. The damage
cannot be estimated, but will be very
great in this vicinity.
RICHMOND, November 24-MidnigEt
The excitement in The lower part OF
this city is most intense. People resid.
ing and merchants doing business be-
low the St. Charles Hotel on Main
street, the point reached by the water
during the great food Of 1870, are
NOV NJ their goods. The streets are
alive with vehicles of every kind, and
the people are engaged in the work
o! removal The water from the re-
gion of Lynchburg shows an feet on
the river here, which is now rising ut
the rate OF from Is 10 - inches an
nour II this continues till morning
which is now probable, the river viii
be higher than during the food OF 1870
The extreme lower portion OF the city
is already submerged, and the water Is
now running into the dock along the
south side of the city. 1t is also within
few feet of the market, on Main
street.
At Lynchburg the river is still rising
steadily and all the bridges are gone and
the damage 10 all kinds OF property is
immense The James river AMI
Ksnswha cana between Lynchburg
Al d Richmond will probably sustain the
most serious damage by the overflow
of the consequent breaking Of Its banks.
The flood Of 1870 caused loss ~ the
canal company OF several hundred
thousand dollars and the suspension Of
traffic for months and this disaster Is
likely to be repeated.
The situation at Richmond.
RICHMOND, November 25.-As sntici-
pated last night the water continued 70
rise steadily during the remainder o! the
night and oil OF to-day, and before noon
mad reached the high water mark Of the
memorable food Of 1870. At this hour
I6P. NJ the water is Is inches above
that mark and still rising slowly. Dur
ing the night and the early hours Of to-
dav the work of removing the meT-
chandise from dangerous points pro
gEts-El 5LSh4llNr hAA " EA4s siAA''E a..
tiyn many merchants succeeded IN saving
An immense quantity of goods. Crest
excitement prevails. The bridge span.
ming the river between THIS city
and Manchester was swept away
about z O'Clock. This bridge Wa carried
of By the food o, 1870, and rebuilt in
1871. o. the three railroad bridges and
one foot bridge above, none have 81 yet
succumbed, bu, 1t j. impossible o. ssy
how soon the rising current may sweep
them oil. Every precau.ion has been
taken 10 save those mostly threatened,
at the loves. part o. the city. In tie
localities known IS the Rockets, the
destruction Of property is the grea.es..
The river havir z risen above the whsrv, Z
md spread over whole blocks, and so
liza OF the height reached By the freshc.
nav be mad from the Statement,
that the steamers sheds we're almost
entirely covered. The people who
remained in the dwellings, we're driven
from d0or 70 floor, and II many instances
were finally compelled 70 BE- taken away