Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-06
10 DE A GREAT uNIvERsrry.
THE JAMES ON THE WANE.
She Passes the Fifteeu-Foot POint-Many
Houses Flooded-Riyer Notes.

Tho James river has done about all the dam
age that It can and It is now slowly but steadily
going down. All day yesterday It Afforded
rendezvous for rats m hundreds Of Richmond
cellars, and in many places It flooded the ground
floors II stores and dwellings In tho lower sections
OF Rockets. The water bacGed up In ShOckOe
creek until II Ailed 81 tse base nents along the
line OF that stream. In tho alley between Main
aud Cary streets aud east of Seventeenth thero
was an immense pond "a deep IA ~ feet, and
II served ~ n resOrr for hundreds Of boys. Tho
urchius took great dshsht in wading through
the water ard having aquatic contests Ot various
kinds In this pool. The water was fully y
inches above the ground hoOr Of the warehouse
OF II. VI. smith & Go.
MOVED OFT At NIGHT.
twas not thought that the damage by reason of
the overflow reached any great amount although
tho water was several feet above Main street m
Rockets, and extended from tho Home Ice COM
pauy's plant, Just below fwenty-cghth street,
nearly 20 the Richmond Cedar-WOrks. The
water backed mp tho rsyine which is spanned by
the Chesapeake aud Oni0 tracks leading out OF
tho tunnel several hundred feet north OF tho
trestle. 1his vicinity was picture OF activity
on Thursday night, as residents were moving
either out of their dwellings or up ON the top
floors. number OF brick and franc stores
were submerged 70 the extent Of several feet,
and their contents had 10 be taken out.
DEPTH or rnE WATER.
Au day Yesterday the wator remained about
the l5-ioot mark. and at o'clock in the after
noon II was II feet and inches above this
point. IL was thought that the water would 20
no higher, as 10 was about AZ n stanistlll then,
H. went up D inches between 10 4. VI. ana > +.
Nj, and AZ I O'Clock It was IA feet high az Mayos
bridge.
At 1870 o'clock 1t had gone down to % feet
and . inches az Columbia, and was falling NJ
points higher up the country. lhe stream
reached lts maximum height at Midnight thurs
day. and t took this water about fourteen or
flfteon hours % roach Richmond.
NOTES IRON TIE OVERFLOW.
Mr.. II. Clay ChamDlin, proprietor Of the Whit
by Stock Farm. stated yesterday that the high
water will DO him great injury and also his
neighbOrs. He said that about sey@ty-nve
acres OF his laai was submerged and that he
would have 20 replant large portion OF his
corn. Much Of his timothy hay Will be ruined
unless a rain comes Immediately after the
water goes back into tho channol and washes
| the mud from tho blades Of grass.
The Ariel arrived here thursday night and
! discharged her passengers and freight at the
| Chesapeake and Ohio wharf from which place
! they were brought into tho city by train. The
steamer LETT yesterday morning on the usual
time.
The factories along the wster-line ia Man
chester are all shut tOwn. Many Of the house
IN tho lower part OF Manchester are partially
submerged.
No damage Of consequence has been re-
ported from up the river. The Chesapeake and
OHIO people say that their rOad-bed IA not hurt,
and that their business was not nteriered with
except that few freight trains over the James
River Division were hold back on Thursday
night ~ a precautionary measure The tracks ~
the YORK River division Of the Richmond and
Danyillo in Rockets were about ten feet under
water yesterday.