The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-11-27


number Of places
w. 7. Alien, keeper ~ the locks nine miles rom
Richmond. was drowned yesterday also Andrew
OVERLY carpenter at the Danvillc Railroad shops,
ing TO save railroad bridge. No other casualties
have been reported from any point
LIGHTHOUSE GONE.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. 20, 1871
An authentic report down the river that
the lighthouse a. Dutch Gap Canal has boon swept
away.
A despatch from stanton says the damage to
property on the various railroads In that section
REPAIRING RAILRoADs.
Communication between Charlottesville and Lynch
burg is open by rail- -Four hundred hands are at
ONO Railroad and expected that trains will pass
this road by Tomorrow night
DAMAGE TO RAILROADS.
LYxcHBuRG, Nov. 20, 1871
The river has gone down 10 within three four
feet OF tho ordinary level contrary 70 general ex-
pec,at,on No rain fell here last night; the sky,
however is still cloudy and threatening
Tho telegraph wires are still down, cast
west and south No details have yet
been received regarding tho Atlantic, Mississippi and
Ohio Railroad between Bopsacks and Christansburg,
or the Virginia Midland road south II is Impossible
10 estimate the damage sustained The Amherst
Bridge 900 feet In length, erected after
day night and with 1t two new iron bridges
Of The Atlantic Mississippi and Ohio Railroad, below
bridges on same ROAD, between Bonsacks and Big
SPRING were swept away. The road was damagco DO
i BRISTOL 10 chrissnsOarg Trains are now run.
ming from Norfolk to Concord Depot from
whence passengers transported to Lynchburg IN
stages. Heavy damage has been done on the Lynch
burg and Danviile extension Of tho Virginia
Midland road. The Staunton River Drage ana
There is considerable break In The canal above the
city and The west q 4 20 "
isolated aud It Is difficult 10 secure Intelligence.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL SERIOUSLY
BROKEN.
-4 BALrIMoRE, Nov. 20, 1877.
No accounts or reliable information as TO the fult
extent Of damage TO the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
by the food has yet received here, but that Il
has been serions and heavy nearly the entire length
of the canal from Georgetown to Cumberland, is boz
You'd doubt IL not probable that the necessary re-
pairs be made this season
DELAY TO TRAINS.
The officials OF the Balim ore and Ohio Railroad
port the road badly mashed in places between Har-
to pass trains before Thursday. Trans Staunton
Va. via harpcr.s Ferry and the Valley Railroad will
be running tomorrow
ING VESSELS DRIVEN AsHoRE-PRoGREss Oh
OCEAN STEAMERS IMPEDED.
Considerable damage to shipping aud much loss Of
property have been caused by the recent storms As
usual whom storm RACES with much severity coast
ing vessels endangered, and consequently tho
number OF casualties are more numerous than among
ocean steamers. number OF wrecks and mishaps are
reported occurin on the coast, among which tho
following are the most prominent
A foreign bark-Joscph Lang, from Bordeaux-has
boon reported ashore at Herlord, twelve miles north
OF Cape May. Her crew. consisting Of seventeen men,
were all saved, the bark ID total wreck She 10
reported fast breaking to pieces, and all efforts to
save her from fury OF the gale have far proved
unsuccessful The captain, wife and child were
landed safey with great difficulty. He says all
his experience u seafarIng man he never before
witnessed SO severe and continuous . storm.
Tue Royal Ance, nm English uil-rgged iron shiI
Calcutta, ashore OF pier N o. East River ysss
day while her way TO her pier IN Brooklyn. Ths
mishap was occas oncd by pg bank oil The Battery.
The Royal Alice WAS relghtsd with cargo OF tea,
which, however. VIII sustain no injury by the aoc-
OF three propelers The ferry boats At the South
Terry were meantime prevented making thor usual
trps tho passage WAS barred by the stranded ship
Tho coast steamer City OF Vera Cruz, IRON Vera
Cruz, had very rough passage She arrived a. this
port yesterday, and reports tnat her course
siderabiy retarded by variable wipds high
and heavy rains from latitude % deg 30 min north,
nos ~ Ss ~ 9 "a 20 mn West When
sixy-fve miles south OF Hatteras, the oath inst,
an aSse
com the following day she spoke tho bark Guerilla
nineteen days from Buenos Ayres.
In consequence OF the severity OF the storm thu
Jesse Hoyt did not leave her dock al sandy
Hook last Saturday. At sandy HOOK the waves ran
considerable. Recent advices report that vessels
ashore between squan and Sandy Hook.
rHE ALARM ALL KIGHE
Fears entertained or the safety OF the TORPEDO
boat Alarm, which left this port on Thursday Tor Was
ingGon with oil Two officers and twenty nso
men, but these fears have been dspelled, she
rcported yesterday anchored of staten Island
The force OF the gale lett mementos OF ts fury II
came rolling in with uncqualcd velocity, pied
| mountains hign sweeping everything within reaca
and sIrewing the beach with debris The embank-
from the Ocean House up 10 Deal was consider
ABBY damaged In the neghborhood OF the Highlands
| the road of the Southern and Now Jersey Rair0ad
| was submerged by tho surf Part OF tho roofing
the Brighton Hotel was carried away by the storm,
and the beach strcwn with the debris Of ~
Tho ocean steamers have Jared but little better
They too. had 70 bear the brunt OF the storm, rus
ana having aDundance OF ..eoow room,n they wealth
cred the gale without having sustained serious
Juries The steamship Denmark, which LETT LONDON
tlonally severe voyage. She carried abb
log records that the tncy experienced the ioge
OF the beginning OF the gale, which was accompanied
increased in velocity, blowing from Inc southwest.
On the following day the Wind veered 10 the west aud
snuea 10 The i'm, when sas gale cumlusssa
IN tremendous Al Shis juncture
u singular phenomenon Is reported as having taken
place. AT latitude 40 deg. 10 min. and Longitude IL
deg west, during a neavy hail squalb "a fire ball
thunderbolt exploded with a loud report and vivid
flare about two hundred yards from the ships port
quarter" The severity OF the storm continued un-
abacd until the 18th, whom they passed several pieces
OF anu logs Of timber.
The City of Chester, winch left Queenstown tho
| 15th arrived at her dock last evening. She had
ninety passengers anu misbaps. She expert.
enccd heavy weather up 10 Wednesday night but tho
passage hiihor nevertheless lar from being
| gerous unpleasant.
| FOOTBALL.
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Nov. 70, 1877.
At a meeting OF Yale University this morning the