Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-09-18
The September Cyelsne.

RICHMOND Va, Sept. ia sever,
cyclone prevailed in thi. section last
night. doing considerable damage along
its path. In this vicinity the storm
commenced near Summit Station, o.
the Glover Hill railroad, in Chesterfield
thence through the county to .;hor
Pump, in Hanover.
In Chesterfield, in the neigbborhoo,
of Summit, eight houses were blown
down and completely demolished. Tn
dwelling Of Mr.. Geo. Smith, near thi
point, was blown down and the who'll
family injured. In Henrico county tn
dwelling house of Mr.. E. G.. Higgin.
botham was seriously damaged, and hi:
daughter barely escaped with her life
The barn, stables, and all outhouses oil
Mr.. Higginbotham's farm were destroy
ed. His losses are estimated at 81, 1000
Mrs. Smith Carter, living about eigh
miles from this place, in the same coun
ty, while fleeing from the storm will
her four children, one Of them in he
arms, was blown, and the child which
she had IN her arms-a little girl Of five
fatally injured. The storm ragged fear
fully in this section-trees two feet il
diameter and twenty-five or thirty fee
in height were uprooted and hurled
hundreds of yards from the place where
they had stood. The path Of thu
cyclone for a circuit OF eight miles was
about one hundred yards in width. l
swept trees down along its route as i
they had been 'mown down, leaving
avenues through the forest for miles
utterly bare Of trees or underground
In some inatance heavy timbers o.
demolished houses were blown a mile
from where they had stood. The dam
ages to property from Bosher's Dam, or
the James river, in Henrico, to Short
Pump, IN Hanover county, distance
of about eight miles, are estimated al
$4,000.
DAMAGE TO RAILROADS IN WEST
VIRGINIA.
WHEELING, W. VA, Sept. 3D.
This section Of the State was visited last
night by the heaviest and steadiest sain
ever known here. The rain was con-
tinuous all day yesterday, and last
night 1t fell in torrents. The river rose
twenty feet in the latter party Of the
night, and is still rising, and the rain
continues. All the railroads leading
into the city have been badly damaged.
The Hempficld trains have net yet
come in. The water is eighteen inches
over the track Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad east Of Cambridge. No
trains have been running on the Clevo-
land and Pittsburg or the 2. W. and
Kentucky road since yesterday. A
heavy washout has occurred at the east
end of the Panhandle bridge at Steu-
benyille, besides serious damage at
other points. Heavy damage have &C.
Cured on the line Of the Cleveland and
Pittsburg railroad, including the loss OF
a new bridge at Minge. The P. w.
and Kentucky road is ulso badly washed
No trains are expected on the last two
named roads to-day. The creek op-
posite this city is two and a-half feet
higher than ever known. The turnpike
roads IN the neighborheod are also
badly washed. No loss Of life has as
yet been reported.
DISASTER AND FATALITIES IN PENN
SYLVANIA.
MEANWHILE, Pa, Sept. 13.-The
storm did great damage. The creek
running through the beart OF the city
overhowed its banks, flooding the prin.
cipal streets and damaging property 20
the amount of 100000. Several lives
are reported lost. A freight train on
the Atlantic and Great Western rail-
way went through the bridge a shert
distance west OF Mead,ille. The en-
gineer, fireman and brakeman are
reported lost.
An accident occurred this morning at
Shenango. The train proceeding down
the Erie and Plttsburg railroad, just
below Shenango, ran into a floating
culvert and went down, killing the
engineer and fireman, and injuring the
6rst brakeman so badly that his re-
covery is impossible. The bodies had
not been recovered to 4 z. NJ.
LOSS OF PROPERTY AND LIFE IN on
TARIo.
MARKHAM, ONT, Sept. ia
severe storm Of wind and rain prevails
here, and the greatest floods experien
ced in this section since 1851. Two
large bridges crossing the river Rouge
were carried away. A man namet
Andrew Scull was drowned. The rail
way entertainments on the Toronto anC
Nipissing railroad have been WASHED
out and no trains are running.
AFoUR DAYS RAIN.
TORONTO, ONT, Sept. 13.-H;aln ha'
fallen almost necessarily for the pas
four DAYS, and streams have risen ant
bridges been washed away IN man,
places.
THE FLOOD IN CANADA UNPRECEDEN
TED.
OAKvILLE, ONT. Sept. l3.-Owin!
to the heavy rains. Of the past three
days considerable damage has been
done in this vicinity. The flood is grea
ter than ever known before. Severa
small boats and open yachts haye been
carried away, also steam yacht
bridges and roads are washed away il
all parts. The Great Western railwa,
track is washed out In several places
No trains have passed here to-day.
American Pianos Abroad.