Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-04-02
had to be stopped and the belts taken

ING ietorts as fast as IL Is genersseo
and sends it to the receivers.
When this exhauster Is running the
gas does not leak from the retorts, but
now it wastes about 40 per cent, there
by making the quantity manufactured
that much less. The lime-kiln fires are
entirely out, the purifying-cellars sub
merged. and the tar-well lat which the
tar generated at the works is distilled
into pitch is several feet under water.
CART.DRIvER DROWNED.
Williamsburg avenue for consider
able distance each side Of where Gil
lies creek passes under it is cover
ed with water, and az the bridge
over the creek the water is several feet
deep.
Between 10 and ii o'clock yesterday
morning Cyrus Page, acolored man who
drives cart for Mr.. Robert Harrison.
in ienrico county, was returning from
the city with load Of manure. A cul-
vert had recently been laid on the
southern side Of the avenue to convey
the waste matter from Millhiser's bag
factory, the new engine-house, and
other places on the eastern side of the
creek, ar the filing over it is miry.
To avoid this mud Page drove on the
northern side Of the avenue, which
is a, made road filled in to the
height o. ten feet or more. When
near the bridge over the creek the mule
which Page was driving took fright at
the shadow of pole reflected in the
water and SHE'D off to the drivers left,
pitching the cart. driver, and mule over
the embankment. Persons who were
near by and saw the occurrence secured
boats and fastened to the mans rescue.
but he had washed Off from the cart and
drowned before assistance could reach
him. The harness was cut off the mule
and the animal gotten out uninjured,
only little shaken up and damp.
Persons commenced to fish for the
body with grapple-hooks at once, and
about AS o'clock it was iished out
few feet from the cart. DR.. Crane was
present when the body was recovered,
and tried pumping and other methods
but life was extinct. The city ambu-
lance was summoned, but only went as
far as the upper side Of the water.
Coroner Taylor was summoned. viewed
the body, and turned it over to friends
without holding an inquest.
Page is said to have been twenty-six
years old, and has a wife and father,
both Of whom are in Charles City coun-
ty. lie has an uncle who lives on Will
liamsburg avenue, to whom his body
was taken.
TREDEGAR WORKS.
AT about 1890 O'Clock last nigh:
the water had risen within two feet and
eight inches Of the Tredegsr bridge.
In the blacksmith and machine-shop
the water had risen eight inches and
was still rising slowly. This only pre-
vents work in the shops and does no
damsge.
The rolling-mlls were at work.
The street-cars continued to run last
night until the water in Main street
rose 10 a sufficient depth to run into
the bottom Of them, when they were
taken of. This, however, was not
until nearly time for them to be taken
off anyhow.
The City Railway Company have six
double.platform cars which they will
run to-day, and they will do the best
they caA 10 accommodate the public.
The Railroads.
No trains were run on the Richmond
ard Allegheny road at all.
The mail due here on the Fredericks-
burg at 9:30 last night did not arrive,
and the one which, according to sched- !
ule. should have left at 6:20 p. VI. did |
not 60 at all. A mail train may go out /
over this road at 6 A. NJ. to-day, and |
one is expected to arrive at 1925 A. NJ. /
No train came in or left on the Dan /
vile road yesterday afternoon or last /
night. bat the passengers and mail on .
the train due here at 4:07 p. NJ. came
ria the Petersburg road, arriving here /
at 10 o'clock. The trouble is caused /
about three miles from Richmond, |
where the water covers the track to a
depth Of about three feet. No train
will leave on this road this morning /
The mail over the Chesapeake and Ohio
due here at :5j p. NJ. arrived little
more than an hour late.
Al Midnight.
At II O'Clock last night the river
was within , feet 10 inches Of Mayo's
bridge. One span was almost lost by alog
running against it; but at last the tim
bers were cut away and the log floated
down.
This bridge was swept away in 1870,
and having been Immediately rebuilt.
in 1877 lost several spans by the flood
Of that year.
On Main street the water had gotten
within two doors Of the st. Charles
Hotel. In 1877 the water was beyond
the west line Of Fifteenth street.
On Main street alone last night about
thirty-fye stores were more or less i'm
mersed As well as could be Judged
bv the eye-the monument marking the
great food Of 1870 having been re-
moved by the order of the Council
the food was about three feet below
the level of the freshet Of 1870, and
about four feet below that Of 1877.
Planters Warehouse was clear Of to.
bacco, and the water had entered it at
the south end. The alleys and open
spaces west Of the warehouse were
crowded with hOgsheads of tobacco
rolled out when the imminency of the
danger was thoroughly appreciated.
AfIA.M.
The water had risen several inches
on Main street and was still encroaching.
A gang of hands were employed in
rolling out the hogsheads OF tobacco
from Planters Warehouse, No. >, which
is situated on the southwestern corner
Of Fifteenth and Cary streets, to place
of security.
At . A. VI.
The river at this hour had reached q
point on Main street about fifteen feet
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