Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1877-11-30

Terrible Flood, Sweeping Everything Be-
fore IA City In Darkness, the Gas
Works Bpl,O Sub Hsrged-Ths Great
Flood Of 1870 Surpassed.
HARrEn's FERRY, Nov. 8-Both IiyerS
arc twrnll.stX fet above low water
ma (, ihieO feet higher tran in 1870. All
pTuptTly IN shenandoah street IL de-
= roy ed; the wafer ~ said 10 be at q
stand.
,HAIRER BURu, PA, Nov. 26.-There
was n destructive q lOd At this place last
night. the Ctnb'"cheSque creek rising NJ.
cen fert anovC tho ord nary level, ani DO.
ing damage TO tho extent OF thir y thou.
sand d liars. Iurlng the night the bridge
over The Potomac river, near Williams
mort, MI was swept away. Six heavily
laden coal cars were ON tho bridge At the
time, and went down With Il. Loss, thir-
Is thousand dollars
OREAr FsLiS Mn Nov. s6.-RiVer
nineteen feet above low water marx, and
rising
UionGRTowN. D.. Z, Nov. gs.-Riyer
%rising; water about Eve feet above wharf
level
RIcuM ND Nov GA DanVllle dis
patch say Dan river has risen 10 nearly
the highest ever known. Damage In and
about the city Is more than ono hundred
THOUSAND dollars. Everything bordering
IN the Dau river and Big and Little Ban
ly rivers IL swept away. Tho virginia
Midland Railroad sustained much damage
vt this point. The iron bridges over STAN
ton river on that road are gone; three other
| minor bridg.s on tho same road are swept
away the road bed 10 washed In many
places DanVil!e - Tonight in darkness,
no the gas works are submerged. A number
L-a.A L-A. uNHAuN a. aHAA n
des,ructiveness Of this tresheL Is lnoaicu-
liable. River still rising.
CHARLOr1EsVILLB, Nov. B.-All Tho
strea = in this neighhOrhnOd are greatly
swollen, and adjacent farms suffering.
Reunuer liver Ia As high as In 1870, but
now falling. A portion OF the irtn bridge
Ia gone and the balance seriously dam.
aged. Telegraph lines are down. The >:
T.. and D. Railroad Is badly washed and all
traIas sloplol. The damage cannot be es-
limAted, but will DC vefy gieat in this VII
KicmMoND Nov. o. Midnight Excite
menL In TO lower part OF this city ~ most
Intense. PeUplO residing and merchants
doing business hello" The ST. Charles
Hotel, on Main vt, ct, tho point reached By
tho water during the great hod OF 1919,
are moving their goods from the stores aud
other places OF business. The streets are
alive with vehicles Oi every KIND, and poo
nlo engaged in the Work oil rtInuVal.
Waters from The region OF LynchbuTg
/ shO y ing effect on tho river, when Is now
rising al the rate OF from eigh'een Inches
10 twn feet per hour. IIihis continues till
! mo nlng, which Is no probable. tue water
!. will be higher than tue lDOd II 1870. In
the eX!reme lower portion VI The CITY, Inc
v alter reached Seveuteent & rect, and is
in "A Jew ret OF First Market, on Main
: street.. 4 dispatch IT, N Ly nchburg, dated
10 d. m , SAYS: 1.-THE river Ut this pUint Is
as high as in 1870, and stu rising steadily,
! Grid sCs arc all gone, and damage TO all
soIts OF prOterIy immense. Tne IN
river aud karawnbA canal, bet"een
7 %Lyuchburg and Richmond, will prob tblY
sustain must serious damage by overflow
' Of the river and CONSEQUENT breaking oil
lie banks. The 1nUd nl 1870 caused n loss
70 the Canal Company Of several hundred
thOus and dollars, and u suspension oil
G traffic Tor months, and this disaster 10 ike
A " 10 be repeated"
RICHMOND. Nov. 8-The Petersburg
AID Weldon Rail Dad bridge at Weldon
North Carolina, is gone, also tbree spans
OF the SoAbUArd and TO InOke bridge at
The same pIa"e, Tao Il ,an"ke river ts
very high. Water has risen three feet
n since seven O'C Ock this nom ng, and II Ia
expected the last named bridge viii be
entirely swept away. Travel Is inter
d rupted.
WASHINGTON, Nov. M--The Potomac IL
- falling and running ut u rate Of twenty-five
10 miles an hOu, Tearing tro II above Thu
= bridges, thanties, barrels, etc, swep
u away by the floods. The LOSS OF property
along the river front Is very extensive
Bar els OF whisky and iOur were recover
10 ed Ivy mtn and boys In boats. Tugs ant
other vessels parted cables and UTiltet
with the current. Communication be
a. tween Washington and A exAndiia, b.
a. rail, road aud bot Is suspended and II
reported that south oil Alexandria Their
are being heavy washes on thu railroads
~ The draw OF the 10 ( bridge is out OF OF
n der. The causeway from the 3 nth end
Id almost to Fort RungOn. Is submerged. To
10 Hl ing In uf the railway washed nut, thl
he turnpike covered with water 10 the dept
" Of seVerR ieet.
HI zABETH, N. j., Nov :B-The cor
es strdcIIum tain on HE Long BIancn road
IL looking for wash"uts sunday, lOuhd on
ra near south AmbOy, was thrown trUm u
~ track, killing three men and injuTiBg fOuI