Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1886-04-03
HIGH WATERS UGLY WORK.

rising waters. The streets of the
town are flooded, and people are
moving from their residences on
Shenandoah street in boats. The
river has not been so high since
1877. At this hour 10:30 p. NJ
they are twenty three feet above
low water mark, and are still rising
at the rate of three inches an hour.
CUMBERLAND, April, 1.-The
heavy rains of the past few days
have caused the South Branch Of
the Potomac river to rise very rap
idly yesterday and last night, aud
today the main stream Oh that river
eighteen miles east of this city,
where the South Branch empties
into the Potomac, reached depth
greater than has been known for
nine years past. The Baltimore and
Ohio telegraph wires, as Well as the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. are
submerged, and communication with
that section is entirely cut off. No
trains have been able to get through
since an early hour this morning,
and it is learned from the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad officials tonight
that it will be impossible to pass
trains before Friday morning. The
damage will be heavy.
RICHMOND, VA, April 1.-The
James river at this point has been
rising steadily all day, and at this
hour 20 P. NJ nearly all that por-
ton of the city known as Rockets
is submerged to depth of eight to
/ ten feet. The water has also invad.
ed the streets. about the old market
between Fifteenth and Eighteenth
streets, cutting Of communications
between the upper and lower part of
the city except by boats or by 60
ing along distance around towards
! the north.
LYNCHBURG, VA, April 1.-The
food at this point measured twenty
eight feet at A. M. Fully one
third of the Richmond and Allie
ghany Railroad from this point to
Buchanan, forty miles, is submerged,
and all the Urestling has been wash
ed away. No estimate of the dam.
age has been obtained. Telegraph
communication along the line aas
been destroyed, and poles washed
out.
STANTON, VA, April 1.-Tbe wa
tiers have been rising steadily all
day. The North river is higher
than ever known, and other large
streams are overfowing their banks.
The destruction of property is great.
CHARLESTON, W. VA, April l.
Heavy rains the past three days
raised the Kanawha and Elk rivers
to thirty eight feet, and they are
still rising. One-half this city is un-
der water, and many dwelling occu-
pied by poor people are submerged.
The Western Union wires are un-
der water from here to Point Pleas
ant, sixty miles.
/ RICHMOND, VA, March 31.-The
rains of the past three days have
caused considerable rise in the wa
tiers of the James river. The
wharves in the lower part of the
city are submerged several feet, and
the merchants in that section along
the water front have removed their
goods to places OF safety. Cellars
on Main street, as high up as Six.
teenth street, are filed with water.
Rain is still falling this evening
steadily, and the indications are
that the freshet will assume the pro-
portions of the great floods of the
past. The water at 6 P. NJ, is up
fourteen feet above low water mark.
Judging from the great quantity
OF water in the Upper James yet to
come down, it is feared that the
flood will invade the business houses
between Fifteenth and Eighteen
streets from the river to Franklin
street, including Main street, as it
did in the great foods of 1870 and
1878. The Roanoke river in South.
west Virginia is very high, and con-
siderable damage is reported. The
Appomattox aud Dan rivers are also
greatly swollen, but nothing is yet
known of the damage done. Reports
from all points in Virginia state that
the rains have been very heavy for
several days, and that all streams
are greatly swollen and much dam
age may be expected.
STANTON, VA, March 3l.-Vi-
olent rains during the past forty
eight hours caused destructive floods
in the mountain districts. In some
localities the waters are unprece-
dentedly high. Much damage has
been done.
LEXINGTON, VA, March 31.-The
North river is eight feet higher than
ever known, and is still rising. Rain
is still falling. A disastrous food is
feared.
LYNCHBURG, VA, March 81
The river at this point is tyenty-one
feet above low water mark, and is
rising at the rate of one foot per
hour.
Heavy falls of snow in Illinois,