The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1877-11-29

place at IUO'clOck MONDAY nlSnt. TOT CHre'
DAYS we we're without mails. Considerable
loss also occurred near Shadwell, where {
good part OF the track was washed. Al
Christians Creek, in this county, seyera
bents of the bridge went and the track was
slightly damaged. Between Staunton and
Hinton there were four or five breaks, one
at Panther Gap, one at Cady's Tunnel neal
Millboro, one at Williamson's, and one west
OF Allegheny Station not far from White
Sulphur Springs. At Cady's Tunnel the
water was SO high on Friday night that the
express train could not pass and remained
at the White.
The following dispatches Of Monday and
Tuesday, describe the situation at various
points in the State.
DANVILLE.
A dispatch from Danvllc. dated the 25th,
says:
The Dan river has risen to nearly the
highest point ever known here. The dam
age in and about the city is more than 500,
600. Everything bordering on the Dan
river and the Big and Little Sandy rivers
has been swept away. The Virginia Mid
land railroad has sustained much damage at
this point. The iron bridge over the STAN
ton river on that road is gone. Three other
minor bridges on the same road have been
swept away, and the roadbed has been
washed In many places. Danville tonight
is in darkness as the gas works are sub
merged. A number OF houses have been
swept away, and the destructivcness of the
freshet is incalculable. The river is still
rising.
CHARLOTTESVILLE
A dispatch from Charlottesville says all
the streams in that neighborhood are great
ly swollen and the adjacent farms are suffer-
ing. The Rivanna river is as high as in
1870, but is now falling. A portion Of the
iron bridge there is gone and the balance is
seriously damaged. The telegraph lines are
down. The C. & o. r. R. is badly washed
and all trains are stopped. The damage can
not be estimated. but will be very great in
that vicinity. The University boats and
boat houses were swept away.
LYNCHBURG.
I.YNCHBURG, Nov. 26.-The river has
fallen to within three or four feet of the or
binary level. No rain fell here last night.
The sky, however, is still cloudy and threat
ening. The telegraph wires are still down
east, west and south. No details have vet
been received regarding the A., NJ. 6 o. r.
r. between Bonsacks and Christiansburg, or
the Virginia Midland road south. 1t is i'm
possible to estimate the damage sustained.
The Amherst bridge. 900 feet long, was
swept away on Saturday night, and with it
two new iron bridges of the A., M. & O. r.
R., below the city, the latter erected at
cost of $4,000. Four bridges on the same
road between Bonsacks and Big Spring were
washed away. The road was damaged be-
tween those points, but is intact from Bris-
toll to Christiansburg. Trains are now run.
ming from Norfolk to Concord depot, from
whence passengers are transported to Lynch
burg in stages.
Heavy damage has been done on the
Lynchburg and Danville extension of the
Virginia Midland road. The Stanton river
bridge and trestle at Galveston is seriously
damaged. There is considerable break in
the canal above the city, and the damage
west of here is reported to- be more serious
than that Of 1870. Lynchburg is now sola-
ted and it is difficult to secure intelligence.
RICHMOND.
RICHMOND, Nov. ga heavy rain storm
prevailed here this morning bet Heen and
6 o'clock, but it is believed to have been To-
cal. The waters of the flood at this point
have fallen five feet up to this bout, (6 P. NJ
and are steadily subsding, and it is expect
ed that by to- morrow night the streets will
be clear. The inundated portion of the city
presents scene of great devastation. The
losses to private property cannot be fully
ascertained, but can be safely claimed at
from $500, 900 to 100000. Other losses will
greatly augment this amount. The damage
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river, will probably reach 100000.
There is considerable suffering among the
poor people who have been washed out.
Many had to camp out last night and are
still shelterless. Mayo bridge across the
James River was the only one that succumb-
ed to the flood. All the railroad bridges
crossing the river here are intact.
Reports from along the James River and
Kanawha Canal indicate that serious dam
age has been done, though not so bad as first
Several breaks of from fifty to
seventy feet are reported, and the towpath
was badly. washed in a number of places. w
L. Allen, keeper of the locks nine miles
from Richmond, was drowned yesterday;
also Andrew OVERLY, a carpenter, who was
working to save railroad bridge. No other
casualties have been reported from any point.
BUCHANAN.
A despatch from Buchanan, Botetourt
county, Va, describes the damage by the
flood as truly dreadful in that vicinity. The
river rose six feet higher than duridg the
great freshet of 1912. Twenty colored peo-
pie were drowned. The bridge and thirty
dwellings were swept away, leaving many
poor families destitute of home, food and
clothing.
LEXINGTON.
The bridge at Lexington was saved,-its
southern approach being washed out, thus
allowing the volume of water to escape. The
water swept every thing before it.
AT HARPER's FERRY
The river washed the floor of the Virginia
end Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
splendid iron bridge, and was
within foot OF it on the Maryland side. At
about II o'clock Monday a canal boat,
loaded with $50 tons of coal, drifted down
The Potomac threatening this bridge with
but fortunately the boat being
loaded went under the bridge, having the
cabin, &C., torn off of 1t. Nearly one-half
Of the third span of the bridge from the
Maryland end was, however, broken out
md large hole made in the bridge. Great
quantities of drift, logs, trees, timbers,
wrecks Of dismantled bridges, small houses,
&C., were constantly passing down the
liver. The bridge was saved