The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-11-27
The James, Shenandoah and Potomac
Rivers Higher Than In iS7O-The
Latter Running twenty-five
Niles an Hour.
Lower Portion Of Richmond and Alexan-
drla Submerged Banks Of the Kan
awaha Canal Destroyed and Rail-
road Beds Wahed Out,
Great DNmHGc Done nj Eaarper's ferry,
Chamber burg, charlottesville, ban
VIilo and L.ynohburg.
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GEORGETOWN, d. c., November 20,
The river is rising with the water
about five feet above the wharf levee.
GREAT FALLS, Mo-, November 26.--
The river is nineteen feet above low
mark and rising.
HARrERs FERRY, November &c.
Both rivers are twenty-six feet above
low water mark feet higher than
III 1870, All property on Shenandoah
street is destroyed. The water Ia said
to be ut stand.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, November
26..-All streams In the neighborhood
are greatly swollen, and adjacent farms
are suffering, The Rivanna river is AS
high as in 1870, but Ia now falling. A
portion of the iron bridge ia gone, and
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 estimated, but will
be very great in this vicinity.
CHAAiBERsBURa, Pa, November 20.
There was destructive flood at this
place last night, the Canocheagno
creek rising fifteen feet above ordi-
nary level, and doing damage to the
extent OF 100000.
During the night the bridge over the
Potomac river, near Williamsp0rt,
Maryland, was swept away. Six heav-
| lily loaded coal cars were on the bridge
at the time, and Went down with it.,
Loss $4,000.
WASHINGTON, November 26.-The
Potomac Is falling and running ut the
of twenty-five miles an hour, bearing
from above, bridge, shanties, barrels,
etc, swept by the floods.
The loss OF property along the river
front is very extensive. Barrels OF
whisky and -four were recovered by
men and boys in boats. Tugs and
other vessels parted their cables and
drifted with the current.
Communication between Washing
ton and Alexandria by railroad and
boat ia suspended, ana it is reported
| that In south Alexandria there are
heavy washes on the railroad. The
draw OF the Long Bridge IL out of
order. The causeway from south end,
almost to Fort Runyan, is submerged,
filling in of railway washed out.
The turnpike is covered to the depth
of several feet of water.
DANvILLE, Va, November 20. THE
| Danville river has risen to nearly the
highest point ever known here, The
damage in and about the city IL more
than 100000 Everything bordering
on the Danville and Big and Little
Sandy rivers is swept away.
The Virginia Midland railroad sus-
tanned much damage AT this point
The iron bridge over the Stanton
river on that road has gone and three
other minor bridges on the same are
swept away. The road bed is washed
in many places.
Danville tonight is In darkness, IA
the gas work are submerged. A mum.
Der of houses were swept away. The
destruCtiveness of the freshet Ii incal'
culable. The river Is still rising.
All bridges on Wall creek washed
away. Damage to railways is enor-
nous. Trains of cars loaded with to-
bacco from Danville to Richmond
were swept away.
RICHMOND, Va, November 20. The
Petersburg and Weldon railroad bridge
Mt Weldon, North Carolina, Is gone,
and also three spans OF the seaboard
and Roanoke railroad bridge at the
same place. Roanoke river Is very
high.
The water has risen three feet since
seven this morning, and 1t is expected
the last named bridge will be entirely
swept away. Travel is interrupted.
RICHMOND, Va, November 8.-
The excitement in the lower part o.
this city IL most intense. The people
residing and merchants doing business
below the st. Charles hotel, on Mair
street, 1.-THE point reached by the wa
ter during the great flood of lS7O,) arr
moving goods fIom stores and othel
places.
The business streets are alive will
articles of every kind and people en-
gagged in the work Of removal. Th'
waters from the region Of Lyuchburl
are showing their effect on the river
which Is now raising at the rate o
from eighteen inches to two feet pc
hour.
II this continues till morning, whicl
Is now probable, the water will b
higher than the flood OF 1870. Tn
water In the extreme lower portion o