Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-28

the damage has not been so great as was
at first apprehended. West of here the
greatest injury was at Millboro' Tunnel,
where the stream which runs through
the tunnel washed away the track from
under the rails and cross ties. This
Was repaired and freight trains from as
far west as Willlamson's arrived here
on Sunday evening. At the Rivanna
bridge below Charlottesville the sup
ports of the trestles on the approach to
the bridge were injured and a consid-
cradle portion of the road bed below
the bridge was washed away. A large
force was at once put to work and it is
thought that the train which left here
yesterday (Monday) morning will be
able to get through to Richmond.
LYNCHBURG.
We learn from kilograms that all the
railroad bridges at Lynchburg have been
swept away.
RICHMOND.
At Richmond, a telegram received
yesterday morning, says that the water
is 20 inches higher than in the flood Of
1870. The water at seven O'Clock Mon
day morning was around the st. Charles
Hotel on Main street and was still rails
ing. The large boats belonging to
schooners haye been boating on Frank
lin, Cary and Main streets and around
the Old Market. The damage to prop
erty must be very great.
VALLEY RAILROAD.
On the Valley Railroad the embank
ment at the bridge at Mt. Crawford was
so much injured that trains could not
pass. The train is said to have been
run from Staunton to the bridge where
the transfer of passengers has been
made.
B. & o. RAILROAD.
The B. & o. Railroad has sustained
serious losses in the vicinity OF Harper's
Ferry. Four bridges have been washed
away and about two miles Of the track.
A telegram received here Sunday even
ing from Superintendent Averill said
that the water, at eleven O'Clock Sum
day morning, was runiEg over the big
bridge at Harper's Ferry, and that he
thought it would take 4 weeks to fully
repair the damage which had been
done. 1t was rumored that the Big
bridge at Harper's Ferry had also been
swept away, but this lacks confirmation.
The damage to the town Of Harper's
Ferry must be very great.
AUGUSTA COUNTY,
There has been a great destruction Of
property in this county. Middle river
was nearly as high as in 1870, and South
river was higher. Mills were injured,
fences swept away and large tracts Of
land greatly injured if not utterly ruin
ed. There was little or no damage
done in the city of Staunton. Lewis
creek though very high on Friday night
did not get out of bounds, and was not
so high as heavy summer thunder
storm has sometimes made it.
MIDDLE RIVER.
Middle river though not so high as in
1870 did considerable damage to the far
mers and millers along its banks. Every
one of them losing more or less fencing.
The dam at Dudley's Grist mill was
washed away.
Hundley's bridge was swept away as
was also the whole of his -four mill and
a portion Of the foundation of the mill.
The bridge cost seven hundred dollars.
Col Anderson lost a considerable
quantity of corn and fencing.
At Cline's mill, now owned by Mr..
Andrew Boiling the water was eighteen
inches in the second story, within ten
inches Of the high water mark in 1870.
Mr.. Boiling saved all his offal by re-
moving it to the third story. There
were about seventy-fve barrels of flour
on the second floor belonging to Mr..
Boiling and customers which were
doubtless injured by the water.
About twenty or twenty five yards OF
the Valley pike adjoining the north
end of Middle River bridge was washed
away, rendering approach to the bridge
impossible. The bridge itself was not
injured.
Further down Middle River, near
where Lewis Creek empties, Mr.. S. H.
McCue lost all but seven shocks Of the
fodder from WHICH he had shucked
twenty-five hundred bushels of corn.
He also had 80 acres of wheat com.
pletely covered with sand. He als 0 lost
large quantity of fencing. Mr.. N. E.
Lyman and Edward Fur of the same
nelghborhood lost largely in fodder and
fencing. They were fortunate in hay
ing secured their corn before the food
came.
Mr.. M. A. Wilder, living on the
Harper" farm lost all his corn and a
large quantity Of fencing.
BUFFALO GAP.
At Buffalo Gap the rain was almost
a deluge. The branches coming out oil
the mountains were higher than in 1870
The Elliot's Knob branch swept every.
thing before it. The stables of the
Buffalo Gap Iron and Steel Company
which have been standing for twenty
years, and were not touched in 1870,
were swept off, with quantity Of hay
oats, harness. sc. But for the courage
and daring Of VIM. M. Rowron, the
consulting engineer of the company, al
would have been lost. About IL O'Clock
at night he noticed that the water was
around the stables and went to get on
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