Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-05
RIVER QUITE HIGH.
r,yeNTY-ssVeN FEET ABOVE
O'c0v ccovwoN TIDE AT COLUMBIA.
...,op, DAmago ESpecisd-onr Mer-
10 #, Moving Their Goods-Condi-
ton Of Other~streams.

.,vcr ;s ont Of its banks. In fact.
'',. oo,,e A large portion Of that Sec
cf Mchmond known as Rockets.
- tor was all across Main street near
'...o..hs creek passes under 1t yester-
.rsmoou. and many buildings were
.....v ubmcreed~
81 ..., ~ affairs was occaaoned by
''.-.r, heavy rains here and up the
r.vor Valley. Tho large warehouses
r,l Dominion and the Virginia
boat companies bad to DO cleared OF
c.rfcurs early IN the day, "a oy ,
ti.' ,r tho afternoon the riyer had
,yer the wharves and would have
I.vo the waist Of person standing
.e buildings. From A. Nj. until 4
4. .., water rose rapidly aud steadily,
}. -...-.~.. about inches an hour. Later
t' .-.ntr. tho rise became more gra-
,.t "A, 7.l5 clock 1t was hardly per-
TuE CBETE FILLS Up.
et..t,o crock. INTO which the water is
,..3 up 0u occasions of freshets, was
l.-4hlv swollen, but had not over
a. lanks except at depressed
. ru 10 midnight. MANY persons
b1.ness and residing along the line
..-. .trc.m moved all the material out
.t.- r.llars IN order 10 prevent damage.
.r.rtl place carloads OF heavy goods
..,..la p.lcd on the sidewalk.
WAFER ABOVE RICHMOND.
,.-r,r'aek Yesterday afternoon adviccs
,...,r fte rlver showed that tho water
..r., n,a was 26 feet above regular tide
sis rising. 1t was II feet and 3 ,
..,A.. above snd slowly rising OF Scots
r ig feet and 10 inches ana slowly
,.. IynchhGTg, IS feet and inches
s.Viv rising at Balcony Falls.
,.et aud 10 inches and falling
Chiffon Forge. Two hours and a
t a.ar tho river at Columbia
-.. q. faei and inches and still slowly
" 10 was falling at Scottsvilie and
- r.,r,t4 above there. There was an
.-s....n here last night that the stream
hardly 20 above the 2S-foot mark,
a., would give Richmond about IS feet
..s,e-. The river was feet inches
.,. lch-watcr mark here at o'clock
-....-7av morning, and at 10 O'Clock last
- -e-ist red II feet inches and was
.,'i rising very slowly.
t.lu.r.ock tins morning the water was
.-f.r, al Columbia and on q stand. II
g.. r..us slowly here. The indications
.r.t tie frcshet will not be Of serious
.gp.-uons.
CARS COULDN'T pAss.
Tho roctric-cars could not pass around
.. Frt.n loop on account Of the water
r Nan st.eet. A transfer was made at
Ir..'.-.iehth and Main and the cars
Q--t1 t1Iulton Uid the nearest track.
I.o Richmond and Danvilie railroad
%. .suear the richmond Chemical Works
.-e submerged with water. and ali trains
r. iu that direction gre being trans
Err p. .1 the Chesapeake and ONO tracks.
Tho water reached the lower floors of
..af oC the mills along the river line, and
O.. ui.iers were engaged yesterday IN re-
g, yire their stock higher I'D.
O.eof the pillars under the new addi-
an Q. the paper-mill. IN Manchester, was
washed away. and the water covered a
c..l deal Of the work Just done on the
ul Dominion Cotton-MIii, recently do
5. yod 10y FIRE.
Tteupper end Of Mayo's Island is sub
rar.ed, and about half the base ball park
gl1icr water.
I,is hard toforetell exactly what the re-
...t q the flood Will be. No serious IN
'.-g go either stocks or property has been
Ici'fted.
lae rainfall for the twenty-four hours
,,diug at Z o'clock yesterday morning was
81. inches.