Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-26
FLOOD UPON FLOOD.
A LARGE SECTION OF SHENANDOAH SUP
FERs SEVERELY.


flooded and the streams out of banks.
Elk Run, or Spring Hollow, which drains
a large section north and west Of this
place and passes across the southern end
of town, soon became raging torrent OF
muddy, foaming water, tearing away
fencing, veIflowing crops, washing out
gardens, foot bridges, &c.
Narrow Passage creek, which drains
seven or eight miles of country between
the North mountain where it heads, and
Willow Grove where it flows into the
river, and which is ordinarily a small
rivulet, swelled into tremendous torrent
that spread out over all the rich lowlands
from bill to hill along Its course, causing
an immense amount of damage by sweep
ing away miles of fencing, acres upon
acres of splendid growing wheat. corr
and grass, saw mills, buildings, dams and
llkinds ofpersonal property. At Willow
Grove the large covered bridge on tho pike
was torn away and the stone abutment'
washed ont, causing great interruption
to the heavy travel over this road as wei
as serious loss TO the turnpike company
A short distance above this point was th'
scene of the heaviest loss. Here Mr.
Alvin Bemis had his fine saw mill, one o
the most complete in this section, chop
ping and hominy mill, large cider making
appar atus, and much other valuable ma
chinery. All was swept away clean anC
clear, scarcely vestage beng left. Mr.
Bemis also suffers heavily in lumber
fencing, wagons, &c, that were carried
off in the rush of water and destroyed
His loss will not fall short of $4,000. Mr.
! Henry Bailey, the well known fruit raiser
who lives along the stream short dis
lance below Mr.. Bemis, is also a heav!
loser. His barn with contents, including
harness, his meat house with lot o
bacon, a wagon, buggy and rockaway
with fencing and other property wa
carried away and destroyed. His los
Will not be less than $500. From all sec
lions along this stream we have th'
same said news of heavy losses.
Pugh's Run, another small stream tina
flows from the North mountain to th
river crossing the pike about two mile
north of town, was also greatly swollen
doing a great deal of damage to fencing
and crops. as well as tearing cut and dc
stroying the covered bridge on the pike
Stoney Creek was also out of banks ant
besides doing considerable damage t.
fences and crops it carried away part o
the dam at the Fnltz mill west of Edin
burg, recently purchased by Mr.. NJ. '
French, of Woodstock. lot of woode
trunks at Lantz's Mill was also carrie
away. Washouts at trestles, culvert
and embaukments along the line of tn
narrow guage road from Edinburs t
Liberty Furnace, will probably amour
to about 5000 damage.
The people along these streams wen
bravely to work to repair damages, bu
had only gotten things partly in orde
when the far heavier rain of Monday agai
brought the destroying floods upon then
About three o'clock on the afternoon {
that day the clouds rapidly thickene
from the west and north and for hours u
rain came down in torrents, causing Ma
row Passage creek and the Spring Hollo
to raise some feet higher than on the Fl
, day before, and, of course, causing wild
spread damage to fencing, crops and lar
along their course. Both these STREAM
we're higher than they have ever bee
known. Along the course of the Sprr
, Hollow through town the property hol
ers suffered very severely, come Of the
leaving their houses as matter o. pr
. canton. Mr.. G. II. p. LindamoOc, {
heaviest loser, bad his fences, ontbuil
. ings, wagon and other property Carl
: away, his large garden swept bare to I
o bed rock beneath, and all the lower pa
e of his house flooded His loss will not
, less than $500. Mr.. RObt. Koontz is a
= sufferer, the foundation being swC
10 from under the greater part of his hot
II and the building go badly twisted a
70 wrecked as to be unfit for use, and
'0 garden and lot was swept bare of eye
70 thing, the very earth being torn aw
down TO the solid rock. Tie end a
mart of the front of a small brick hon
op South Nam street, that stood direc
iuron the bank of the stream, was carr
awac, leaving 1t a complete wreck.
Misses Robinson are heavy losers, til
to house being flooded and garden destroy
10 Mr.. NJ. V. Frenchs large meadows, at
edge of town, were under water and
crop of wheat and grass badly injured
The pike bridge at the south end of to
TO which had withstood the flood of Fri'
l0lgUI, was CdlilCh 90 WIZ INV
Us naming foot bridges that cross
~ stream on different streets. Mr.. j.
Burner, Mrs. Sam'l Teller and 9th
ny suffered in fencing and growing Gre
70 Many of the cellars and Easements
.st the town were flooded, the cutters
sewers being unable to carry OF the flo
ry that poured intc them from all sides
The North fork of she Shenandoah ri
he got way out of banks causing imme
do damage to the promising wheat ard
W. crops in the lich river bottoms. AT
w Jackson the loss was heavy. that OF q
IA. G. S. Meem and Mr.. Alex. Carter rea
Ia ing, it is thought, at least $1,000.
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