The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-31
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RIVER I | |. D.A ], SHIN|(|1|
THR0 RI { HlI0lD n D.
Many | Squares Of City
Under Mplrk Water.
.HEA Wy LOSSES HERE.
Big Plants are Tied5U and Destruc-
tion Threatens.
COMPARED WITT. o:THER. ! Il: floods.
This Will Equal That OF 1899, buiasYill Not
Approach the Great Freshctsoi 1877.
Vessels Break Loose Offices
Are Reached BY
Boats Interesting
COMPARED WITT. .0THEH Err e GOODS

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In a swirling and eddying flood the
concenerated waters OF the James River
watershed are dashing through Rich.
mond, bearing on their Eosom live stock,
the wrecks of homes. timbers, trees and
the refuse Of the valley. AS yet the
waters have not reached their greatest
height. This, an estimated twenty feet
and probably more, will come sometime
between one o'clock and eight o'clocl7
this morning Since early yesterday.
however, all street car connections with
Fulton have been cut off sthe. Rockets
have paen many feet underwater, store
houses alc,.G the river and canal sub
merged. and the improNisedS ferryman n
doing. whirl of business.
Figurlrg OF, dollar and cent basis
the loss in ll,ie cityIhas been Very heavy.
Many big plants have Sbeen4tied up. and
if the predictions sofs r F'oreoast ter Evans.
come to pass it will be several days yet
l.afore these plants VIII beanie to re-
sume operation. IIessays tire tide will
rise to twenty possibly mora feet, and
that it will stand Very highIsfor many
hours. This is "a conservativa estimate.
he says Already the trriEe yards ara
partially flooded md ss$ith Two or three
more feet of water he ~ will tumble
over the walls iEto Iaa Street. IS and
that t4wilE rnean "a va s. IS :ste1 y less to
the store-houses along thereLsthan has
ever been thought Of
VESSELS BROKE LOOSE.
Along the river front several craft
broke loose from their moorings and
were waited along on zthe surging tide
to be captured later and again anchored
The steamer Pocallontas was one OF
these. Early yesterday morning she
broke loose and moved some distance
before she was again hooked UP. The
CeGss Works barge was another that
broke lccSo.f She fioated over nearly to
the falls tefcrc she was captured.
Ye;ierda. afternoon James River and
the canal formed one raging flood from
the S. H. Halves and Company coal ele-s
vator down the river and over into Full
ton On the lower edge Of the sHaWes
elevator the water had risen SO that it
flooded one side OF the yard. and last
night it was creeping up gradually, but
surely Owing to this encroachment OF
the waters there was a suspension of
work there in the afternoon. Further
down the Richmond Ice Works were In
swimming Everybody deserted the Ice
factory early, and when they started
back they had to. go in bateaux. Plant,
Office and everything were under water.
At, the Old Dominion docks, where the
steamer Saginaw is moored the decks
of the vessel We're above the roof Of the
dock buildings. Through the doors and
windows of the dock sheds lateaux were
placidly padded back and forth, the
rowers being able if SO wiiled, to climb
from their tiny craft onto the roof prop
er. Under a flood of twenty feet the
roofs will probably be submerged.
VALUABLE GOODS AFIOAT.
At the Clyde Line docks, which are
further down, the situation is even worse
In the storehouses there are valuable
goods. and they are now floating in two
or three feet Of water, with all promises
of humping the roof before the water
subsidies Around these storehouses yes