The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-11
ETmuE RISING .OF,TmE, RARERy.


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MISREPRESENTATION swoLEEE-ReUKEfrs
INUNbkTEbH Mns9NG lPXNOEAsiAAKEI
PORTEf, IcE.GoRGE-ARR1vAL or THE
wYANaKE sGa9coyERs sUSK-FIELDsIcF
FtFLOAFINGI Z IGE,-As GRAND sPECTACIEs
r&enag smEs Dbl za!Loxaf gsbraseqt 81
Hfgh Wafer I'll III James FfiE fiVEsr has hs', bccona y
s6f frequent OF late Years as TO Be hot tlis
exception, bus4fis general Frulsitseif.i Hence
our Dity,was not oteoHeeaurpFised on
awaking yesterday morning to, find the
waters OF the river swollen to q considerable
extent aud eoverpd WITT fragments of ice
Of various Shapes and sizes boiling and
seethfng I'm its mad passage towards tidss
5yatar.6 soiEi> iyaifst adj fli il@IFFEff ~,
y The waters comfneneed to rise about 1Ol
O'clock! About That Hour tie water and
broken ice from above reached the city,
The rain and comparatively moderate
weather Of Thursday had the effect Of caus-;
ing very general breaking up OF the ice
formed In the James above Richmond.
From the time the rising commented Until
this morning ,the,irise WAS rapid. and nc .5
O'Clock r. NJ yesterday 1t was thirteenieer
above the ordinary level at the dockf-gates
and stiff rising. ~ '2,'.''"' - '''4.o -. ii
- THE FLOOD IN ROCKETS. =: i
. ~ Rockets at the above hour the water
had reached No. 3124 Main street. From that
point for about four squares eastward. was
entirely suhmeygedi NaluabIes had been.
either moved, entirely away or bud been
stored fn. the upper stories. ,As lar as
learned, there was no accident or casualty-
lAH parties sivingiinl the districts heretofore
foodedlwere. proftingiby theiyrpast expert
'rrUc,yjpI cpurriIy niisrursS ouf 7t,.st, n
proach Of the waters, and many had already
removed. /.
At the City Gas-Works the woter had
reached the lime-kilns. and the usual pre-
cautions were being taken for the: preserya-
tion Of city property. .@Hs. ,u 9o&T " p
saf,@n ! FROM LYECHBURG. @zi a
IA dispatch received bv Colonel Munford,
secretary of the James River and Kanawha
canal, at 81 O'Clock, stated that the water
was about tive feet rise and, like lser, fall
ing rapidly. :-1+ "a. 81 >..' n
2 The water that had reached the city UP to
this writing was not from Lynchburg, but
was from the Rivanna and its tributaries.
All parties with whom the reporter con-
yersed on his tour Of observation were OF
the opinion that the freshet was not caused
by the water received as above, but was
caused by an ice-gorge at some point below
tho city, either at Dutch Gap or Graveyard
Reach. The wreck OF the schooner Oakes
.imes, mentioned below, was partially sup.
posed to be the cause Of the gorge.
THE NOGLE wYANoKE.
Persons were crossing the river at Rock
etts OIL the ice up to 10 O'Clock last night
anI ba mi in lyc
reached her wharf shortly after that hour.
The Wyanoke lett Norfolk Wednesday AT
1l:30 P. NJ. and was compelled to cut hei
way through thick Ice. The energy and
enterprise OF the officers OF the company il
battling to a successful issue against such {;
sea OF troubles cannot be too highly com
mcndcd. or course the condition Of rh
river prevents a discharge Of her cargo. ant
it will be several days before she will b
able to do so. t.. ~.
AS the Wyanoke approached her wharf
the commotion.in the ice caused the sink
ing OF one of the barges belonging to tn
Old Dominion Company. Application wa
made, one OF the city steamers was sell
down, the barge pumped out, and its sink
ins prevented. .y.!. Z 7..r......-....
! -, THE CHESAPEAKE WHARyEs. 80!
At the Chesapeake and Ohio wharves th
water commenced rising about IL o'clocl
P. NJ, and continued to rise at the rate Q
ten inches per hour UP to. z O'Clock A: M.
after which the rise varied from tive t
six inches per hour. at Hast accounts tb
water was abont six feet over the lowe
dock. i w ork of removing freight TO place
kof safety commenced about23 clock Al. ID
yesterday, and was! continued until every
| had
On the basin and dock thick ice agai
formed, and the upper dock and basin wer
tbronged with delighted iskaters all day
Ice from three to four inches in, hicknes
was cut from the dock between Seventeenth
and Eighteenth streets. The hands onjtb
| ice- bound vessels in the dock we're engage
during the day in breaking the fee aroun
them, and in otherwise providing for thel
4 safety. 'ss a8 i'i'"r '+'.t&.r'h",5
At G O'Clock last night the water had rise
three inches over the upper dock 1t thes
wharycs quickestrise since the wharYe
were established. f'a,rTH ~" pua,.
@-H THE OLD DOMINION wHARvEs. ~
The wharres Of the Old Dominion Steam
Ship. Company were entirely oyerflow!et
and the water nearly reached into the ofic
at 8 O'Clock. At the same hour the wate
was nearly even with the dock.gates and 0
the Opposite side OF the river with the worl
shops Of the Westhatn' Granite Corbpany
I The baiiks OF the river on the ChesterfIel
side and, Libby Hill were crowded durin
! the day with spectators, eni ioyipg the gran
'EpanoraHa Of moving, ice q and the slrging
Tine, waters, 49,, - 81 ,hno, - fnr ao,l,u,i +
l '',Gn 1i n,.bI MARINE nIsAsTERsC IigyrfJ
AL Thursday night the lighter Capacity, En-
4 mis- master, waso strnkJp The Capacity wa
living at the Danviae wharf, ,eon the Chester
i field side of the river :, She was laden witt
400 barrels,of four shipped by the GALLEY
Mills Company, and $4,000 shipped by:Wt
1 hi m Ell. Parrish for Balm e. Co., Norfolk
/ The Captain and crew had barely time: {
make their escape, and lost q portion Q
their clothing and some money. 1'hefc
piled above the vessel was broken by tn
4 fresbet,. and, running against il. loOseped
/ from ITS moorings. ~ 1t driited down" th
4 river without injury, but coon run on
lrock and was sunk. @H'tIi yiti r26"ta /
The Capacity was aschooner.rigged hars
4 plying between ihis city and Norfolk, an
twas owned by Captain Ennis, whose loss l
about $1,000, i!Ec. .5ia "di 9@4n r - !
At Graveyard Reach the schooner Oakt
i Ames, Edwards master, was also sunk. tn
Il tAmes was from New York, loaded wit ha
for this city. i..tEd Gi1=i IT, y = ,7 .fhS /.
AS above stated, it is the opinion OF SON
partiesithat the supposed ice-gorge WI
/. caused by this wreck There are sewers
other ice. bound vessels below sbe city frol
which no report had been received whe
this was .wTiitenf agADi, sG.2 I'@3"Ei