The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-08-01
HEAVY RAINS
PLAYING HAVOC WITH THE CROPS AND
RAILROADS.
DanNiiie rarity Submerged, aud that In
tire section Greatly Dalnaged-Numcr-
Gus Wash"ut~ on the Railroads he
portcd-Il Iloods aud ire-hct. Feared.
Especial 10 the Times.

1872 is the result of recent heavy rains.
From A. VI. to I. VI. the river rose
at the rate Of a foot per hour. and has .
since been rising slowly. The waters .
are out Of the banks. and cotton fac
tories, fOundries. ice factories, electric .
light house. and other machine shops .
are at stand still, with lower floors
submerged. and bottom lands in lower
part Of city under water.
The Atlantic and Danvillc railroad .
track for a distance Of six miles from
the city is under water There are .
seven washOuts on the Virginia Mid .
land road between here and Lynchburg. .
No trains left on that line to-day. and .
will not for two days to come. The (
Washington train went from he% by I
Richmond and Coast Line.
The Danville and New River road .
suffered greatly, there being several .
washOuts and no trains running. The F
Cascade bridge was washed away and T.
Telegraph lines destroyed. IL is ru- .
mOred here that the bridge across the
Dan river at Leaksvillc is gone, but
wires being down facts cannot be as-
certained.
The country bridges over The Sandy
river and Sandy creek. near Danville. .
are swept away. Fall Creek bridge, in
North DanVille. is in danger. the food
in that creek being higher than known
IN years. All the streams around Dan
Vile are so greatly swollen that travel
Is entirely suspended.
The reports are that the bfidees over
Moon and Hogan's creeks in ta5weli
county. y. c., are gone. also bridges
over Wolf Island and other creeks in
Rockingham county.
Reports from Pittsylyania county are
to the effect that bridges, tenc'1g and
crops are swept away on every stream
Of any size, and similar repor come
from Henry and Halifax counties.
The Atlantic and Danyille Railroad
track between here and Milton. n. G..
is greatly damaged and thousands of
cross ties, awaiting the laying of rails.
have been swept away.
The indications are that the rains ln
the mountains west of here were
heavier than here, and the damage o.
crops must be immense.
The United States District Court all
jOurned this afternoon. Figure 40 tine
revenue offices show that Dauvile
shipped during the first seven months
Of this year. four million one hundred
and hfty-sIX thousand nine hundred
and hity-twO pounds OF manufactured
tobacco: beng AN Increase Of one mil
lion two hundred ana siAiy-twO
thousand seven hundred and fourteen
pounds over the same period ast year.
Shipments IN July were. siX hundred
and nincty-cigni thousand orc hundred
and twenty eight pounds.
Fines TO the amount Of seven nun
dred and eighty-ihree dollars fer ihc
State and city. were imposed in tine io-
lice Court in July.
EXCITING APPRfHENsloN Us TEE TIP
COUNTRY.
Special 20 tine mes.
LYNcHBURG. VA. July 3l-llea,y
rains continue TO fail in all this section
of the State. Last night aud 10 day
they have been unusaliy constant and
severe. delaying all railroad trains and
threatening serious damage To farmers
aud general Interests. James river ls
ten feet above water mark aud Tears
entertained Of another freshet.
4 washout is reported at Indian Rock
and a slide at Buchanan which delayed
the train due last night from - O clock
10 O. o'clock to-day. Several damages
and DELAYS on the Norfolk and Western
and Virginia Midland are reported. but
nothing serious yet as TO damages All
business enterprises on The uyer front
have shut down and are preparing for
threatened water dangers ifom above.
North river is reported TO be- unusually
high.
ANXIETY AT FABMNlILE.
PETERSBURG. VA. July Another
freshet is threatened a dispatch from
FarmvIlle says that the river there is
now three feet higher than d. was due
ring the frcshet in June. Merchants
here have been warned t0iemcye goods
belonging TO them from the railroad
freight warehouse. and altogether tine
greatest anxiety prevails. n has been
raining heavily for the past three day ys'
and farmers are i'm distress over the
rum of their crops.
CONSERVATION IS FREDEK SsBrRG.
special 20 the Times.
FREDERICKSBURG. Va. July 31.-Ihe
people Of this city have been i'm % high
state of CONSERVATION to-day over the
delueing waters Of the Rappahanuock ck
/ TO give them n repetition ol the scenes
of the 3ist Of May last. For sever
/ DAYS the rain has fallen here I'm h-k 4
showers. On Saturday last the rive ]
rose to the capacity of IT'S banks
/ but did not overflow. Much
Of the repairs on the dam
were swept away. but 10 Other
material injury was sustained. Yes
terday 1t rained during the entire d9y
with a few intervals, but late IN the
afternoon hopes were entertained iol
fairer weather. About sunset tl'
clouds gathered with renewed yisol
and torrents set i'm with fury as d
thev were bent on total destruction
of the city. With unabatng fury dur
ing the entire night the angry storm
continued. and long before day ih'
people were ON the streets with pale'
breaths fearing that a repetition u th'
3tst Of May last must follow Day
light displayed the river greatly over
flowing It's banks and rising az rate o
eighteen inches to the hour. The ran
falling as mercilessly Is ever. ~ TN
hour the rise III the river
not 30 rapid, but at the rate from si'
10 ten inches per hour. The streets j.
the lower portion Of the city are food
ed The citizens there have moved on
of their houses. carrying with ihei
their furniture, &c. The repairs o
the dam here done by Mr. Clark o
Baltimore city. owner Of the water
power works here. have all been swel
off. at a loss of thousands Of dollars.
The Injury to the canal Is also greal
and cannot n yet be estimated.
DISPATCHES FROM ORANGE
say that the Rapidan river is surgiu
and sweeping all property along II
banks. Smilir information came her
| from the upper counties that the iioo
will be destructive indeed. The peopl
generally of this city have taken 20
vantage OF the telegrams aud have pre-
4 pared for the pending dangers.
/ The trains on the Richmond. Fredel
icksburg and Potomac railroad wei