Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-08-29
groops VIRGINIA.


Springs, a popular summer resort, ST,
miles portbeast of Winchester. was visit
ed by aood Monsay night. The dam
age will reach hundreds OF dollars.
All the fences surrour flag TIE s3-iug'
were washed AMY, half 1 th bathhousei
and the bsthtubs were carried off by thu
water and pavements were tori up The
bridge across. The cree in front of the
spr ngs was submerged and wster wen
into the love- rooms Of The hotels.
AT Berryville, in Clarke county, the
streets weIe flooded and horses swan oul
OF the stables to save Themselves.
The Appomat, river has overlooked
its banks, the water is still rising and
Petersburg Is ,Lreaten-i with he mosi
serious fre.het in years, caused by The
heavy rains of Monday night. The
freshet was sudden sn1 uDexps ;tsd, nd
mrch lumber along he wharf was lost
in consequence
The first floors of several big ware
houses are flooded snd The Viz nia-Caro-
lima Chemical Comps ny's l,ss is about
81 900 on stock. The A'l'1tic Cos t
Line Railroad Company ~. force OF
bsp1s on its bridge to ward off floating
timbers, and the Seab ,.rd Air l. mes
bridge over Sw creek is SD to :, in
denger
The silk dye works plsn's of Werres
q Hinton, IN Dinwiddie cOUn ,, mar
r,wly ESCAPED destruction by tbs swol-
len waters and - or boarding had to
he torn off TO low the wa-el to psss
through tne bi'le'ng.
News comes from Farmyills, rs miles
above Petersburg, on 80 app ,maitox
river. thst tie water thea ~ higher han
it has been in 10 years, aud is srill
Using.
The section adjacent to New port News
h's suffered enormous dsmage rom the
uuususl r'ips of the PIT mont.
VIII one or two excep ions, there have
b n heavy Rms ever day of month.
The crops, esp. cis ly cara, PEANUTS, ard
late truck have suffered o dansge
amounting to probably $500, geo on the
peninsuls from Newport News to Will
lismsburg.
While it is impossible to express ae-
,uIa'sly the dsDsge done by exc We
rain 10 Norfolk and vicinity 'ls mon b
it is Ger n Rat it viii! ; mount to up
ward Of 500, 600 Roads f.vs + N
I -ndered SIN. I imp. sable Po' to-
I, the ex' mt Of 'Iou I'd ors3.s. lave
iot' ! in lie erourd. snd grow lg cora
many fields J. I leo doNn. Toca.
o's hive N u but .4'n Fields
{ ,nno. he worried snd p >atir d |
ia ,. s'ing have tasi iela,
Rain hss 20 grs atty injul he brsi.
o. Of nearby suF. er sc.'s Th.
rife rainsio o's rlat teve pssse over
Daa' lie sad r'ly d. X ie p
Thirty 6ys have done h,a Dr. - TO |
he 'ltacco and o er gov 'ug crops
The recent seve's 7. - We 'n1ic'
10 isands e doll wof Il Ia e |
- tcbicco asa os.t Of wrog sc
plants end ca sing nj
l'spatct f'om K chm,rd ss7 that
wide dist! 20 is ing srs n Virginia
by n ms ttat ave { In so out of 60
lays aud - -se part OF ~ time m.
asa - ,1- = ops Ne bid
len by TX !. ow'a OF W. ., whica
be most indust; Gus We had } oppor-
unity TO attack The VIII crop to
arge extent is III 10 $ 10 10 ne fed
lnd hay spsop y. 4 ke. fields
rave h- a upwork 4 for two months
nd ar struggling for skis nee with a
anker growth, wh'ls root pans are
citing in the soil Tn, obacc1 crop,
where it his not b n wall awsy, as
3 the e'se in narrow vsey, i' fje,
ut eoarse in quality. TIE cora ia msk.
iacent and defies III w,s sod neglect
n royal growth. The roads in the
cunt ! are ponds for long str, hes and
re past travelling. The loss Las b en-
iany hundr Is of thousands of dOlIaif. {
Vith another we k OF continuous rain, i, {
nil be measurp1 BY milo Is.
Fears are entertained ia LynchbuIg I
f'eshet in the James river or
OF tie heavy rain that is falling. I
he gauge at 8 O'Clock last night oSed {
f' t, with u 10y ria, $