The daily gazette., 1877-11-28
The Floods in Virginia.
FROM 100000 TO s5oO.OOO DAMAGE
IN THE CITY OF RICHMOND.

Fioe bridges on the, Atlantic, Mississippi
and Ohio Railroad S,oept Aaody-Itoo
Men Droauned-Ihe Flood Steadily
Subsiding.
RICHMOND, Nov. 20.
kilograms received this morning say
that the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad
bridge at Weldon, N. G. is gone; also
three spans of tho Seabord and Roanoke
Railroad bridge at the same place. The
Roanoke river is very high. The water
has risen three feet since 7 O'Clock this
morning, and it is expected that the last
named bridge will be entirely swept away
Travel South via the Petersburg ana
Weldon, road is interrupted. Communi-
cation with Norfolk via the Seabord and
Roanoke Railraad is still perfect.
The river at this point has fallen five
feet up to this hour CO P. M and is
steadily subsiding,and it is expected that
by tomorrow night the streets will be
clear. The inundated part of the city
presents scene of great devastation.-
The losses to private property cannot be
fully ascertained, but can be safely esti-
mated at from $4,000 to $400, 200, and
other losses will greatly augment this
amount. The damage in Manchester, on
the opposite side of the river, will prob>
ably reach 100000. There is much suf-
fering among the poor people, who have
been washed out. Many had to camp out
last night, and are still shelterless.-
Mayo's bridge across the James river was
the only one that succumbed TO the flood
All the railroad bridges crossing the riv-
er here are intact. Reports from the
James river and Kanawha canal indicate
that serious damagehas been done, though
not so bad as at first supposed. Several
breaks of from fifty to seventy feet are
reported, and the tow path was badly
washed in number of places. W. L.
Allen, keeper of the locks nine miles
from Richmond, was drowned yesterday;
also Andrew OVERLY, a carpenter at the
Danville Railroad shops, who fell into
the river here while working to save
railroad bridge. No other casualties
have been reported from any point.
LYNcHBURa, Nov. 26.-The river
has gone down to within three or four
feet of the ordinary level, contrary to
general to expection. The telegraph
wires are still down east, west, and
south. 1t is impossible to estimate
the damage sustained. The Amherst
bridge, 900 feet in length, erected af-
ter the flood of 1870, was swept away
on Saturday night, and with it two
new iron bridges OF the Atlantic, Mis-
sisslppi and Ohio Railroad below the
city, the latter erected at a cost of
$4,000. Four bridges on the same
road, between Bonsacks aud Big
| Spring, were swept away. The road
| "A mo nod haf Ua fhnaA nnInfQ
but is intact from Bristol to Christian
burg.
Trains are now running from Nor
folk to Concord depot, whence passen-
gers are transported to Lynchburg in
stages. Heavy damage has been done
on the Lynchburg and Danville ex-
tension of the Virginia Midland road.
The Staunton 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. LynchbHrg
is now isolated and it is difficult to Sc
cure intelligence.
WAsH1N aToN, Nov. 26.-At 3 O'Clock
this morning the Southern express
train crossed the bridge over the cas-
tern branch of the Potomac through
eighteen inches of water. AT that
hour most Of the streets between
Pennsylvania avenue and the river
were submerged. The engines CT the
Fire Department are to-day pumping
out Easements overhowed by the re-
cent rains. All along the river front,
Including Georgetown, the loss of
property is very great. The river is
filled with wood barrels, parts of
bridges, shanties from the upper Po-
tomac. A large number of men and
boys were out in skiffs capturing the
floating property. One boy captured
three barrels of whisky, and others
were alike fortunate with flour.