The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-06-02
THE WORST Is OVER AT LYNCH
Burg.
TELEGRAPH WIRES DOWN AND
TRAINS STOPPED.
LYSCHBUR6's WATER WORKS IN A
BAD WAY
Miss Bertha Nay. cf Lynchrurg, Dies
Prom ma Overdose OF Laudanum
paken at Danviiie- Death OF an
Bx-Nember OF the House.
-eneclnl 10 tic Tlmes.l

LYNcHBURG. VA. June 1.-The food
is still sub-idlug, and b. tomorrow
the river will be within the banks. The
The damage done all along the river has
been very great. Telegraph wires are
all down and trains are all stopped.
Miles Of the track OF the Richmond and
Allegheny Railroad are under water.
Several bid washouts are reported, and
it iseerlain that a number OF trestles
East and West have been washed away.
1t is the opinion Of railroad men that
the trains will not be running over the
line for two weeks, and possibly a long
er period. Tie result is that all
railroad men are idle, and nothing
is being done at the United States
express office. The city water works
are in bad way. The river has broken
through the canal, which furnishes the
power for running the pumps, and 1t is
feared that the damage is very great
Superintendent Page hopes to keep tire
people partially supplied with water
until the break is repaired by running
the Wood pump by steam. The pump
is under water. but it will probably be
in a condition 10 operate Monday. Do
the upper basin a small bridge across
the canal has been washed away, and
Messrs. Adams and Woodson and j.
p. Petty john loose a large lot of lumber.
These works. as well as those on the
lower basin will be shut down for sew
eral days. On the lower basin the
United Oil Company works are under
water, and nearly thousand empty
barrels have been washed away; work
has been stopped at the blast furnace,
tie bark mill, the staye mill, and other
manufacturing enterprises all loose
small amounts, but the greatest damage
is from the loss Of time. The Midland
Railroad has also suffered from high
water north Of Charlottesville aRl lost
several small bridges. while other d. m
age is reported south Of here. Trains
only 90 to Manassas, but expect that
all trorble will be remodied by to-mor-
row.
The Norfolk and Western is all right
west Of here, but the wires are down
between the island yard and Crewe.
and probably the trains from the East
VIII be delayed,
When the river commenced to fall
this morning it WAS twenty FIVE feet
a5oye high water mark. and within
four feet Of the height of the food Of
1870. At that time q lumber of
bridges were washed away. but the
structures etected since are of a more
substantial character and higher.
As above stated, the extent of the
damage on the Richmond and Ale
ghany cannot be learned, bot it is
prcblhle that the CT ps along the river
on the bottom lands have suffered Sc
yerely. and the loss to farmers and the
railroad company Is very heavy. No
loss Of life reported, hut several Lynch
burgers who vontured out in boats had
narrow esoapes from drowning.
Parties from Bedford report consid-
cradle damage to crops from the heavy
rains and ri.e Of the creeks. No mails
have been ia to day from Washington.
Richmond or any other direction, aud
are no. expected til tomorrow.
Capt. Charles w. Ssatham was
buried to-day with due honors, the
services being conducted by Rev. John
L. Edwards,