Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-03
4 FER0CI0US FLOOD.
., D-mARKET SECTION INUNDATED eY
TnE RISING or SHOckOE CREEK.
,,..,,ber a. Small Bridges Washed Away
and One Sian DroWncd-Considera-
bio Loss OF Property.

oa Che C-,yo road, rounds the Fair
Cr.iuIs. winds its way across Brook ave-
fnr. md ar.ng the hJl m rear Of the
a,...aou.e. s-r scs the line of Seventeenth
sr.t arI thence, flowing bv the Loco
r,.n,e-Wuls. the Chesapeake and Ohio
.t,,+. an1 under Main. Franklin. and Cary
..-,,f- runiits ieelf into the James q
sl.-t Ri .auco below Mayo's bridge.
once a beautiful stream meandcring
N-...i arassy lo~-grouuds. DO has of late
r... become The central vehicle for our
f.I.r system. aud has had % very
u.,.'.s vtt peaceful name. Never until
'Orliv Was 10 ever known 90 become
l.. OrnualV Inruhoriiuatc. One hour 10
".H auriaunur ou lts course 20 thoJames;
f.. urHt 10 WAS iu "a fierce uproar, and bad
0esu oJt oi ite bed and was an uuweicome
stranger on Che premises ut huudreds ot
pr.pt.. After fashion ~ was an iiustrn-
fol II how thc John.toWu folks were
cluehl and hov destruction follows IA the
pathway oi uaruiy waters.
EAiSs tyD RAINS
~ has beCu summer Of rains and the
clouds natc mot coutcntcd themselves
rIIh cUut}rug lu moderate showers, but
,i.nr.r hayc discharged lu volumes that
might ho called water-spouts. Such we
l.J ttftty afternoon between 4 and D
O'Clock.
People generally only noticed that nm
Hr.iIs Wcrc uo sort of protection at all,
aui chat l.r 'ne d1zcuth time ln week or
fsY rll -tTa... were ecpurod SO nicely that
no sfret.Nacpy ou earth could make
tLrU CLEANER.
Nobody claims t1 have forctoldwhot was
r.Inr tl happen. and fhIs ls "a remarkable
fIct. ore unurccel .utcd i'm The like history
D. ll lmoud.
So attor tlo rain was ovcr-when the
I D. e Oh Trr1.r
tk. Wn- Il. .rIIT UNlWlnr upon us-SaF, D
o'.l,. i. ther. clue au InuudatI0u which
fairly .-tIUu ied the residents of the Old
Market rtfrhNOrnoDd. and drew 90 that
locality pr.p.. frou aIl parts Of The city,
.Ii .I whom wfrH dcslrIus OF seeing that
oI1.fr-l great food NOT charccahle TO the
Ja.r.- lur while tho rains had been tre-
e...I enough 90 excite the expectation
fIat ihc rtDr would rise, nothing like
having na.cr across Ai0in street was
dreamed vi.
LOCOMOTIVE WORKS.
This c-taht hncnt is situated at the
north end Of Seventeenth street and occu-
pics about sixteen acres Of ground lying
between Sh0ck0e creek and "a little spring
ranch chat tlcilrs down the side OF the
Chesapeake Tui ONO railway from Dills
farm Aul finds lfs confluence with ShOckOe
Orr.E ur,I tho bridge on Hospital street
Ordinarily this branch IS Is quiet and
modest stream. but 10 has been known 10
swell o. considerable proportions after
heavy PAINS. and hence y Is carried through
tle front yard OF the LOcUmotlYe-W orkS
uudo u very largo arch.
Ample as was Thought To DE this proyi-
ri1h fur thc transit of the waters II proved
ou Yesterday wholly Inadequate.
Tho stream burst the arch at It's point of
rD,t. coilapsr- the railroad track to The
works built upon DO, and backing up into
the Tou building % the derth OF foot
Ilogt-pQes. .srWcr-{Hpee. ndtelephOne-
,lre reaching tho works were all depen-
dent upon thIs arch for support and all
came down together with crash
Whom the water invaded the shops the
Jitu were quitting work. and hence the ln-
touuptou o. their luburs was but shght,
and In The course OF an hour the stream
had gotten within its banks. though still
maintaining. gigantic proportions.
uuDGFs.
The stree. which winds mp the hin from
fine ChcmIsr.ke and OHIO railway shops 10
the almshouas is called Hospital street, and
10 Is carried over Nh0ckOe creek upon
bridge n' l.l le Trlitc abutments.
Ihe people OF tLcnelCh hborh0od sand yes
terl4v evening that one of these abut-
Inouts h4d Dccn undermined aud that the
structure was thereby rendered unsafe.
Tho urNt bridge below tins was foot
- -.....,, 90 ;,s ,,...rl-
l1it -.l 'i' s;l.. " tbo
i-' "A,, DI ..', .-3 H.. d. ',~,,',''r, 80
nj ,rarfI,S-,,,e ''-.I me
".i '"nl' "I-' - 49, -, ti,
'"ld near ~ on" SON" ,l'i'a5o 10 'Ho
chesapeake ana Oi"" properly
ASorUE nGEN or TIE WATERS.
r.....,.,.. ,;,,,, n ID, .,,et.r r7,sbioo down
from OBJ. lll cast oi the shops inundated
& '.i'-'. .-. ,, ' or. t' n1f an ''T end TO to
l....-......,.- f''r A.. Finn.
Ittl. lower down the stream. nearly |
,,,{ or, .,l,..,,
.a,.r ,.,.'a l,r..i ID. f,r Vehicles and DC
.-,.'' ,.',.,.i.'ri,' i,,o,,, ,-tbe Flcvator
.,.. L..-. fr,-r ahov. f,rcad AGAINST
'..l.,...,,.l ,t t'. Grain n Ma. i,,c.l,,-
t.. ..,.,.,,,i-,, .-.1 ir "a .Lort time II
..-.-.. l.,,,...,t. ,',,1 or4t.d M
.... -.- ,..... I'..-r, ,.,rr,rl bafore n a /
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Iru'LE ISOLATED.
Who're ShocAoe creek approaches l'if- |