The Rugby gazette and east Tennessee news. (Rugby, Morgan Co., Tenn.) 1884-188?, 1885-11-07
DISASTROUS FLOODS.
Greatest Overflow in Virginia in
Many Years.
Considerable Property Destroyed and Sew.
eral Lives Lost.

RICHMOND. VA, October 30.-A heavy
rain during the past twenty four hours has
caused the greatest flood known in the past
five years on the western end and Lexing-
ton branch of the Richmond and Allegheny
Railroad. A trestle at South River was
Allegheny Road was wrecked. Engineer
Williams and fireman are miss
ing, and believed to be killed.
All passengers are safe. The Shenan-
doah Valley train is in trouble at about
the same point. The high waters from
above have reached Richmond tonight,
and the wharves in the lower part of the
city are submerged. No serious damage
is anticipated, however, as reports from
points above Columbia show that the water
is falling. Everything along the river
front has been removed beyond the dam
ger line. The RappaEannock River is also
reported greatly swollen, and $4,000 dam
age done at Fredericksburg. Some damage
is also reported to the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad.
HARRIsoNBURG, VA, October 30.-The
most terrific rain-storm known in the val
ley for years began here yesterday and
continued until past midnight. More
water fell in eighteen hours than has fallen
altogether in the two years previous. High
water pre- evails everywhere, and washouts
in the valley branch of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railway have delayed all trains The
mountains west of this place were covered
with snow this morning.
LYNcHBURG, VA, October 3O.-News
reached here early this morning Of the
terrible work of the storm which prevailed
throughout this section yesterday. The
engine of No. 90 passenger train, on the
Lexington Branch of the Richmond and
Allegheny Railroad went down with the
bridge at South River, late Thursday even
ing, taking with it the engineer and fire.
man, who disappeared under the high
and raging waters of the stream.
The engineer was John Williams,
of Lexington, and the fireman Richard
Tyree, of this city. Williams stood high
in the estimation of officials, and was re-
garded as the most careful engineer on
the road. Tyree was the main support of a
widowed mother. Near Natural Bridge
Station, the Shenandoah Valley Railroad
the high water washed the track for some
distance. Robert Lucado, the track watch.
man, seeing the break was unsafe, tagged
down a material train and got on the en-
gine. The engineer ran the engine slowly,
and endeavored to get over the dangerous
place. but before he had gone far the track
gave way, and the en- zine was carried
into the river. Lucado was standing
between the engine aud tender when
it was thrown into the river He
was not injured, and could have
escaped had his clothing not been caught
in some way. He was drowned. William
Brown (colored,) the engine watchman,
was killed, and Engineer Wolkiell was Sc
verelv injured. The cars were overturned,
and fire broke out in several places. 1t is
| reported that six of the negro workmen
who were in the cars were badly burned,
and that several cars were destroyed. The
| Shenandoah Railroad is badly damaged in
| several places. There We're no trains over
| the Midland road to-day. Three spans of
the bridge over the Tye River were washed
| out.