Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-04
FREAKS0F THE FLOOD
Details Of the Damage Done in Vir-
ginia.
RICHMOND RELIEVED.
Ths water Out Of All Her Streets and Busi.
ness Being Rapidly Re-
sumed.
Tho river bea, ro,rea, Sunday night

cendei Main street from Seventeenth 70 Fiji
tccnth.
Al tho water had not then left the roadway
AsG cutters. bat it vas fast going and by 10 IL had
drawn IN ia line and was retiring towards Cary.
Following close upon the recedlng stream came
the hands OF the board OF Health, who with hose
attached 70 The nre-hydrants and with brooms
and shovels 10 hand nicely cleaned our great
thoroughiare
50 Z o'clock ?. " Msin street between tho St
Charles Hstei and Ola market looked as II it
hsi been freshly secured and was drying Oh
rapidly.
ln his case promptness saved much labor.
Had orr officials waited until today they would
have hal % contend with dry, hard. tenacious
mud; while yesterday they found 1t soft and
easy 20 move.
Ia no market. up and down Seventeenth
rirce;, an1 On Franklin street the hands did Of
fecuvcs service, aod 10 wonderfully brief period
had opened the highways Of travel for easy and
comfortable use of vehicles and pedestrians
Like work viii 10 done in Rockets, on Dock
street srd wherever else needed aud In such
places ss a ltc-oncino can be effectively en-
pi0yed 10 Will hc usOl
For several days the water will DO standing in
some cf the cellars in The lowest portion q The
cry. b.t wherever possible its exit will be expe-
dIfcI uy tie city authorities. Ts De rid o. IL Is
rot only matter q relief 20 the aesthetic senses
flt is important in n sanitary pont Its presence
lrsy or nsy not msko the people close toi sick,
tlt TIE city cannot and viii no; take any risS.
40 this season Of the yoar-one at which freshets
afo Gnusual-it WoIli De worse than stupidity
30 would te almost crime-to enianger
OBJ" puoiir health iJr no sA4o Of few palry
collars.
LOSES
There are people in Richmond who have Lost,
parn ihlusuuls OF dollars by the freshct-
Generally speaking. however. they are men OF
means and pluck VINO viii not. .groan nnd groTl
about iL in most INSTANCES tbey are not weep
iur. bat on To- cootrnry are rejoicing that thcy
afe NOS greater suiicrcrs. 10 is one oi the draw
bacs- hey OCCASIONALLY have IN doing business
iu e. -er luu which has cXtraordinAry facilities
for shipping. and which niuCiy-nino days out OF
% hlui-rI mas great advantages over other sec
-..r- bli being near tho wharycs n subject 10
the .nuniauoas thai noS and then occur
THE REASON.
Frcshe,s at Richmond are not as disastrous
nov ~ formerly.
While ihst Of lS77 overlcared hat Of ls70 by
about eighteen inches 10 didn't do anything Ike
fo much damage.
since ls7 We have been getting along vcrv
vel indeed. Dur worst experiences since tLRt
year were pu saturday ana Sun1ey last ava
while individual losses are not 10 10 sneeled a.
fho ciry a. sustained no great loss. W lta here
ana o. ere au 10 ptOu We D rise up sorenely this
Say DO uoi pc that he James-hiver Improve
meat woIk helps us 70 get the Waior out oi the
uver:
me deepening Of the channel has now been
steat!ly gong on nineteen or twenty yoars, and
fn that long Tine much has been done 10 open
uaYiEauou-that IA, % remove oi-iru'D|n IfH',
tl- geltie- NAY uc looked upon as impcdimrn's,
t4t when frtsLei c ms the wafer soon begins
torot over the.u. and tueir presence Is only real
ilei tv riqplr- in tuH stream over them.
The great pr.iariily is ttlt mo Improvement
rol ll,o- 1ur Sanger from frcshcis, aud 10 may he
worth vlllo ts ircui-o whe.n'r some special
work oHuuOt D. luc which wll help the rive. TO
oisRorFc quicker han now.
1lc ircnclad fleet anchored few miles below
TIE CITY some months ago With-i0od great gale
without tac icRf trouble, ana nov lty lave en-
c.untrro5 q groat freehct ana have hidden 10
friumphsnNy. one Gue1 pccted rasult ~ the
high wafer ri.- 90 throw The monitors M sight Of
people standing ON Cllmbora1O HuL Usually
sue trees shat of tie YicW. Out on sunday the
risen stream had lifted ine vessels 10 height
which permitted tLem % be seon With the naked
eye from The ,l'y.
DEAD BODY RECOVERED.
The bOly q Daniel Johnston, who Was drown
ed eu sunday, was recovered yca er.ay morning
D. another co.orc9 man. who spent several
hours eraupliug tnr t.
me dnier tied me corpse 20 tie old sail-house
east of Gulir's creek AMI there left il In the
water until the coroner could Too summoned
coroner IsyiOe c-me down about 10 o'clock,
6n1 with the finder r't IN boat padded by
fnall boy and proceeded toNards tue body.
The Under. hosever. insisted that Dc must DO
rad for recovering thc body, or else he would
t4rn it atrlfJ acaiu. lno Coroner Tod hun that
he was NOS authorized o. pay him al! hing; That
there were no fluids iu his hands for any such
tlrpo-o, aDd ttat Dee would not permit the body
o.. be cIt alrif- nter the tcfouers persuasive
efnguence She finder Welded. AMI thereafter rem
lored the Doctog valuable service.
DO required the Gld Of several boats and men
o. b-iug tho BODY ashore. Out this was hrally
done. and % was th"n placed 10 the hands oi cily
oTo.z ais 90 be tur'sd az Tho public exp"n5e
Dcr res--ei ws> about hity years Of ace. and lost
h.. life D. falling from boat I'm attempting to
r"-ure = tsr-Darrol which passed aerIit neEr
lim.
Tho Ulsre where IL was hooked and brought 20
tic sur;a.e was uut a. short distance from where
deceased fel overheard, ana was near me inter
section Of Hague aud Lester streets Rockets
THE RETIRING WATERS
on TIE narrow strip o. land below Seventeenth
street between the docS aud tho uyor were nu-
m.ruus plies % railroad ties awaiting shipment
Twenty-Five cer-loals az these wore hauled away
before ihr HBtcr reached thrih The others were
.i;. end stood the mighty GOOD very we'll Not
Iualy o. them were lost.
Tie great aggregation ~ sand dredged IRON
th- river and iaude1 on the riger's beuk below
Seventeenth street was also expected 70 DO
utterly swept away. hut really only small pOr-
tiou Of it wa i..t This shows better than any
fi'nr .l-e that shore could have been very little
current in n.st particular locality.
Ine ssul wgs the property OF Ar. creed DAVIS,
Gnc a total loss would have meant damage 10
tne amount of a great many dollar.
NAHsHNLsrREET LINE.
Tho Nerfhali-S street horse-cRr lno did a fue
business on sunday aud carried people Just
where they wishei 90 go-tO tho Richmond en1
Itiai ,he honor OF being the only street-chr
lne which had % mako no transfer OF paSsen-
TIE wATEE-woBgs.
sfr. CHARLES r. Boiling. suporinten dent Of the
Naftr-Norks yesterday speni most of tho day
up thc river looking into the damage to his de-
partneIt
A before mentioned there Il only one break
between the three and iye-mue locks Work
men we're busy yesterday repslrug This break
iu order to get she trains across and u Is prOoa-
hlo ma; ne worG viii be Hufhcienuy complete
ry y O'Clock TO-DAY fof this purpose hancs will
tieu O. lut 60 Work % repair the wster-pOwer
property. whirh cau be done with little outlay
Between the nye- aud niu0-lnile locks tnero
ere two sEaii breaks.
Tl.r@ u.o two lone. shallow breaks in the !
gl-ri-nLuk leading from the niue nile-iocG |
hrlu-Teu aud hofdorug on the ieeder 70 Bo- |
ftrrs dam These. however, DO not interfere !
WIN tne water over.
Ihe new vGier-power pumps will probably /
resume WORK ~ atout six days
SIR. Boiling nay- The damage 10 tho depart /
r1eut amUluts 20 about one Hfth of what II DID /
iu l.a' ana al OF The repairs can be done at !
. small cost and in yery short time.
he steam puWp aus The Old HAteT-WorAs Will (
keep ul tho city supply very well indeed.
TsE CTY's HEALTH.
Yesterday Mr. l. f.. Christian. chairman 81 |
fhe Nlfy Council Committee On Health; DR.. W. |
D. Oppeubimer. president OF the Board Of /
loeifh Jc hu =. King. ks4. acting president OF |
tnc Board O. Commissioners Of the FIRE Depart |
meut and Chief- Engineer Pulier. OF the tire |
Ds partusnL hsd an iniergiew with the Mayor IN /
reference W cleaning up the city.
ghlrf Puiler was authorized aud directed 70 /
gso the Icalth Oificers all the aid In his power.
SUNDAY FAvORITE.
IN the greAt hoods since the war-those Of 1870,
~, ana lss5-haye taken place on sunday.
s0UHSIDg NOTES.
Mr Thea Phsup. who lives AZ the farm OF Dr.
sale, near HaiisbOro'. IN Chesterfield. lost two
valuable bOrses Friday. He wBs attempting 70
cross Sklnquarter creek near Sklnquar'er
churca when tho current swept the team on
down. The horses were drowned and MI. Phaap
tlso came near losing his life 10 trying 70 save
TIE animals
The dam al The FISH pond OF the Manchester
Association 80 Chesterfield. two miles beyond
tie Belle Isie ssS-mill. broke Saturday. The as
Oelatlon has spent several thousand dollars on
tins property and 10 stocking the pond with nsh,
Guc b. a great loss 10 them. Tho dam a. 1fok-