The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-12-18
ALEXANDRIA.
Virginia Midland and w. and o. Rail-
roads-Furious storm-Personals,

roads-Furious storm-Personals,
ALEXANDRIA, VA, Dec. 17.-[Special. =
The annual meeting Of the stockholders Cf
the Virginia Midland railroad and the
Washington and Ohio railroad was held to-
day. The old officers and directors of both
roads were reelected. In thu meeting Of
the Virginia Midland stockholders a reso-
ution was adopted looking TO the cOnsum-
nation OF an agreement between the Ches-
apeake and Ohio and the Richmond and
Danyille, by which the Chesapeake
and Ohio acquires the use OF the Virginia
Midland tracks between GOrdOnsyille and
Alexandria. Mr. John W. Burke acted as
chairman OF the meetings, and Mr.. w. A.
Marbury as secretary. General Payne,
Senator Barbour, and others were present
at the former meetings.
Mrs. Catherine English, wife of Captain
Charles English, OF Leesburg, died last
night. She was most estimable lady.
daughter Of the late Benjamin COckrell, Of
South Carolina.
Tonight il is raining again and cold.
The tides are very high, and considerable
anxiety Is felt about the lower river crafts,
for the storm on the river was one Of the
worst ever known. The ferry-bOats dis
continued the trips all the morning, and the
river ran like an ocean. Trains came In
regularly, however. Those on the Manas-
sas road were covered ith snow, and train
men say they had 10 shovel of drifts sew
eral feet deep.
The wind caught up a small boy on Wash
ngtOn street to-day, carrying him several
hundred yards. He was merely bruised
and scared.
An iron shutter blew from the custom
house building, grazing Letter-carrier Lu-
IS 10 hst1 no
from instant death.
The country places report high waters,
but no serious casualties.
Accoquan, in Prince William, is at the
head of tide water Of the stream known by
the same name, but above as Bull Run. 1t
is in the centre OF pretty and large area OF
fertile country and woodlands living be-
tween the Virginia Midland and Washing
ton Southern roads, and considerable pOr-
ton Of the products and wants OF this sec
ton comes or is sent around by the river,
there being two good sized freight packets
owned and run by people OF the village, and
these have stopped, and now at the busiest
5 ason Of the year-Christmas.
Monday night the steamer OccOquan in,
leaving her wharf there laden with flour
and lum Der and market truck for this city,
ran upon a snag and before the water could
be stopped down she went-like McGinty-
into the bottom of the river, sliding under a
rock in the deepest part of the stream, and
there she lays. The -four and lumber above
deck has been lOosened and ferried, but the
OccOquan shippers don't seem TO know how
to reach the rest.
The Alton, another Oecuquan steamer,
coming up about that time, got cut through
by the ice, which was about two inches
thick. She had TO be beached, and they are
taking out her cargo of Christmas proyender
and trappings principally, but her hull and
engine-rOom is beneath the surface, and il
will be New Years day before she is ready
to start back.
Last nights. storm here was the worst in
many years. Houses were unroOfed, the
tin blown off as tinfOil, and the rain was
fine and penetrating, blown like the spray
from a syringe.
The long boat j. IL. ID. SmOOt was smash
ed by being jammed against her wharf, and
two other schOOners were sunk. The steamer
Thompson could make no landings and
came back. The storm continued till II
o'clock to-day.