Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-07-03
MOVING OFT.

MOVING OUT.
The Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany is never caught mapping, and
when the rapidity with which the river
was rising was noticed yesterday morn
ing they at once set to work and ia a
short time had everything out Of their
sheds and safely lodged in more ele-
vated places. This was done none too
soon, for by the afternoon the water
was oil over their wharyes and up to
their brick office, which fronts on Water
street.
OVER MAIN STREET IN ROCKETS.
About 5 o'clock in the afternoon the
water ran into Rockets dover Main
stIeet) whore Gillis's creek flows under
the same. 1t was then rising about six
inches an hour. People 10 that district,
which is subject to inundations, imme-
diately commenced either to vacate en-
tirely or to move from the lower to the
upper stories. Persons in the business
portions Of the city which are most fire.
0uently troubled with the high water
have not as yet been at all incon-
yenienced. Davenport & Morris's
wholesale grocery store, Seventeenth
and Dock streets, is usually the first
house to feel the effects Of high water,
and they can stand several feet more
vet, although Shockoe creek, which
runs very near their store, is very high.
MILL-DAMs WASHED AWAY.
Information was received here yes
teIday morning that tho dams to
Yourg's and Staples's ponds, in Hen
rico county, few miles from Rich.
mond, ard to Cross's pond, near Ash
land. were all broken Thursday night
by the heavy pressure upon them.
This is one Of the most damaging
effects of the ffeshet.
THE RAILROADS AND THE MAILS,
All of the trains on the Chesapeake
and Ohio and Richmond and Petersburg
roads arrived and departed on time
yesterday. No train has come in or
the Richmond and Allegheny since
Thursday night. The 1890 A. NJ
mail train on this road started out yes
terday morning, but went only -four
miles, when it was ordered back, not
having delivered the mail at any point,
The trouble on this line is at the
trestles at Tuckahoe aqueduct and
Beaver Dam, both Of which are swing.
ing. Hands are waiting at both places,
and can repair the damage in an hour
OF two after the water subsidies suffi-
GENTLY TO allow work to begin. There
is no trouble west of Beaver Dam.
No train has come in nor left on the
Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Poto-
mac road since II A. NJ. yesterday. A
special to the Dispatch from Ashland
says:
1.-The track Of the Richmond, Frede-
ricksburg and Potomac railroad is
oyerfowed between Ruther Glen aud
Milford, rendering the passage of trains
imprscticable. A force Of hands is
awaiting subsid % Of the water to
repair the track. Trains are suspended
for the present north ofthe Chesapeake
and Ohio junction. Passengers and
mail are sent by way Of Gordonsvilie. "
The fast mail from the north did
not come in, bat one was made up
here and sent south ria the Petersburg
line.
The trains on the Dsnyillc road did
not come in at all. The trouble here
is the dangerous condition of the trestle
between South Boston and News Ferry.
The 1925 P. NJ. train left on time and
they will all probably run according to
schedule to-day.
There were two small washouts on
the Petersburg road--one near Gods
boro', the other near Whitaker's-but
both were soon repaired, and none Of
the trains were detained more than q
few minutes. An Associated Press tel
sgrsm from Raleigh, N. c., concerning
the latter. seys.