Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-02

feet usder water. The rise Of wsssr during the
night was 90 rapid that o~nersof property wors
tsked Dy surprise and had no time 70 maze
preparations for protection.
rIRB.
About7 O'Clock this morning he water reached
the limo IN the largo doubie-brick warehouse OF
Marks a Friend. setting IRE 70 tho building and
causing It's total destruction With all tho contents
The Fro Department was called out. but could
NOS reach tho vicinity OF tho building. Loss on
stock and fixtures 5000: insurance about 1900
Tho building was partially insured. kessrs.
Marks n Friend also lest znout 30. 900 feet OF Inn
Der which hsd Jus. been hauled 10 TIE wharf for
shipment and which was ioatod away. largo
quantity OF ralro1d-tios was also swept down
the stream. and great damage was done In the
All the railroad tracks near tho river have been
seriously damaged tho extent OF which cannot
DO sscertained until the wator subsidies
DARKNESS.
The electric-light plant IL snbmerxe and the
city will be In darkness for several nights.
Tho Norfolk and Western railroad track is
under water for some distance west OF tho city.
10 IL reported that serious damage has been
caused along the Atlantic Coast Line south OF the
city by freshcts in the rivers that the bridge
over Nottoway river has been washed away. Tith
q considerable stretch Of track, and that the
bridge at Stony creek Is III great danger and Will
probably 90.
This afternoon the water Il still rapidly rising.
Mvef street is a rushing torropI aud the stores
along Old street are threatened with overflow.
woasE THAN WAS EXPECTED.
Tho food 10 worse than was expected. To
night Campbolls bridge was swept away, and, Ia
addition, section OF Fooles mill, which was sx-
pecsed 10 stand. so far as the Chesterfield PEG
pie are concerned, however. this Is the greatest
calamity which could have occurred inasmueh
es by the destruction Of this structure one OF the
mos; important avenues cf trade between the
atf fIAr
moved The most heroic efforts bad been made
q rave not only Csmpbsi's bridge hut Stsarns
& Co.'S iron bridge, aud righ' here an
instance OF her0ism which does rot occur
often should be made putlic. Despite the dam
ger. and in the face Of the waves and accumu..
laung Debris. two men-Samuel Town nnd
Charles Mosety, New York NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
teered their services. They worked Ike Tro-
JAMS and with death confronting them square IN
the face they never left their places untl they
we're called away. Campeelrs bridge went away
with a roar. The noise WIS something uomen-
d0us, and all the people IN the neighoorhood
were alarmed. Two hours before this tHne the
reside nis on Fleet street had been spprised OF
tho rising OF the waters and male strenuous
efforts to remove their propsriy.
IL was only by the use Of wagons and hoSts
that they were enabled 20 escape even then 81
the sacrifice in some instances, Of their persona
property and furniture. Az ihis writing % p w.
the Water is rising and IL within . few inches OF
the iron suspension bridge OF the NortolK anu
Western railroad. Should the treshet continue
the extent OF tho damage cannot Do told. The
eaddest feature about The vaole business Is that
those who Loss we're not insured for loss by water
~ CHEsTERFiELD.
The rcports that come I'm to-night from the
outlying sections arc discouraging. Brander
bridge, 10 Chesterfield county. five miles from
the city, 800 feet long. is = total wreck This IA
greatly ~ BIO regretted, IS 10 will work hard
ships 70 many worthy farmers in that vicinity
other news IL that the Turnpike bridge, on
Swift creek, hos also yeen wrecked and 10 I'M
passabio. II this he tho case-end tho news
comes on good authority-<Ren the damage &C
the city's local commerce Gan hardly 10 ap-
proximated. The Turnpike bridge Is 200 feel
long and It will DO seen az once ihAt IL y YER!
important gap 70 b. nllsd before the'demsnd'
for local commerce. can be filled. and Petersburg
Il very dependent upon the trade which Il re-
ceiYes from It's tributary counties.
Later news received hero tonight Is 70 tho ef
feet that tho froshet has been very disastrous on
the Atlantic Coast Line south Of the city. Inc
information hore at 10 O'Clock, az which time
this telegram u concluded, is that three miles Of
railroad track have been swept away on the Re
tersburg aud Weldon road. Trains are delayed
nt all points. and Just now no one eau tell VIVA
the end may be.
In attempting % cross he Pocahontas bridge
this evening Mr.. J. ID. Whitehead, milkmat
and citizen Of Chesterfield county, had marrow
escape from drowning.