The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-31
RIVER DASHING
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terday were gathered host of small
boys, who amused themselves by throwing
sticks in the water and sending dogs
after them.
out in the stream the Fertilizer Works
looked like an island in midocean. From
the stack yesterday the smoke was curl
ing 1lp, but the men had stopped work
long before and it was expected that
by this morning the water would be over
the boilers and engine.
Gillie's Creek was totally lost in the
flood The arch under which It runs al
Lester Street was completely under wa
ter by O'clock yesterday afternoon, and
four and five feet Of water covered Les
ter Street. This extended east for many
blocks. making the Rockets Bottoms
sea of muddy water. The Chesapeake
and Ohio sidetrack, which goes over
bridge spanning Gillie's Creek, was COM
pletely lost in the waters. One of the I'M
promptu ferrymen on the scene yesterday
offered to row a gentleman across to ful-
ton.
etIIow will YOU get across?' he was
asked.
Row over the bridge and down the
railroad track was the response.
ROWING INFO OtFIStS
Tersey. that expressed the general sit
nation in the flooded district. ONCE men
in the various plants could open their
doors and row UP to their desks, out
they didn't do it. In some Of the plants
onlv tho roofs were dry, but west along
the river the general condition was much
better.
Along Lester Street froa few feet TINS
side of Gillie's Creek, east, all the houses
and stores had been abandoned early yes
terday. The little frame house which was
so badly wrecked by the explosion OF
naptha a week ago pretty nearly sa" us
finish Yesterday. The lower story is near
IL altogether under water, and the old
Michael Hogan saloon, which was also
damaged by the naptha explosion. IS IN
undated. The water in this place extends
I'm nearly to the top of the bar
Early Yesterday morning, as the MOOD
began 10 pour in steadily, the residents
began TO move out Between ana )
O'clock when the rise of the water was
more rapid than at any other umc, lhere
was A great deal of excitement IN ROCK
etts but later in the day affairs settled
down to a general air of reslSna lloi. III
some cases the furnishings of the lower
n.rt of the house were moved up to the
TON stories, and then the residents were
c,i,rht inside and several of them. VINO
had TO go out were taken out OF the
windows in small boats, of which swarm
lowered about the docks
SUDDEN RISE Or FLOOD.
IF the water had continued to rise az
day as il did this morning for an hour,
said a gentleman yesterday, 1T "oulu
nv this time have been over the roofs
of those houses there and ne hlulca1ea
the Lestcr-Street houses.
As a matter OF fact, the rise of water
during the hour named was remarkaole
in this district. In many cases 1t was
o question OF sprinting with those VINO
were near the river front. because II
] swept everything ahead of them.
Eevcnd Gillies' Creek. in Lester Street,
the rise of the waters was equally sue
den. The vacant lots there We're specdi-
" covered and the Richmond Passen-
ger and Power Company was not able
all day to put q car through Lester
| street This was partially true OF the
street car line to Fulton. 1t was shut
off early in the day and from that time
forward it was question: of wide de-
| tour or else a trip across the back wa
| ter. The rise of the water yesterday
morning WAS en- high tide. but, later dur'
| ing the day as the tide began 10 so out
| the rise of the waters was not so rapla
! Tonight however, the tide will come II
and this. an approximate rise of three
! feet here, combined with the whrllins
| waters from the flooded districts, vii
| cause another rapid rise
IN THE TRIGG YARDS.
At the rr-isg sl,ry:rds the keel OF the
Revenue Cutter No. s. now in course OF
1 construction there. had her first dip o!
/ water The rise was so high that it en-,
| croached on the yards Of the Trig2 Com!
| 1,any. where the workrcn We're busy
! and firal'rr lapped the bottom of the reve.
! nue. cutter. 'rhe second-class cruiser Gal.
| weston which is in course of construc'
! ton at the extreme end of the Trigs
! wards also felt the rush of the waters
! on the extreme lower end the It'd,
| nearly reached the frame work and til.
twenty foot rise will give her an initia
| bath
All over the Trigg yards the wate
1 era duallv crcpt up all day. On the Dock
! Street side there were at four o'clock onl!
Q few inches between the pavement ant
! the rising waters. Workmen had bee,
driven forward from all over the yard
and the Seventeenth Street Bridge felt th
kiss Of the waves. Save for the washin:
AWAY of timber from the yards, little ma
teria1 damage was done at the Trig!
| yards. One danger IN the river, how
ever, was the hurting through the wa
4 ters of some of tho big timbers whicl
the river had appropriated.
NEAR NEW. DEPOT.
Still further above the Triee yards, TIL
water rose rapidly and YESTERDAY after
noon had crept through the hollow in tn
rear OF the small shops facing the nes
Main-Street depot and were within
few feet of Main Street at this point /
was predicted last night that this waite
2 / would reach the pavement before 1t be
= gan tosrecede. tn the floods NJ 1899 an
!E1Ss6.=the floods were so great that the
swept over Main Street Mt this point.
IN the rapids, the scene was a magnif
cent and vet q painfni one. So dee
was the water over tile RAPIDS that
nervs man could hive sent small boa
through them, but there is 10 telling villa