The Washington herald., 1908-08-27
Loss IN THOUSANDS
Virginia Farms Suffer from
Record Floods.
TRAFFIC GENERALLY TIED UP
Water in Richmond Is Over the
Wharves, and Public Bridge II
AppOmattOx River Higher Than
for Many Years-Rains Continue.
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SPECIAL 70 The Washington Hs-zld
Richmond. Va. Aug. 2S-The rains seem
10 be general as far South as Florida and
west TO Texas. bridges are down. crops
are inundated. and IN many sections traf-
nc has been delayed
Southern S=aboard Air Line trains for
Richmond and the North are reported
caught between rivers in South Carolina.
unable 10 proceed. Two washouts have
been reported on the Norfolk and West
ern main line near Bedford City
4 hundred feet Of track has been
washed away On the Durham division
Of the Norfolk and Western al South
Boston
In Richmond the water is already over
The wharves. and old river men antici-
pate high water before morning The
stretch Of river has been cleared of
I everything that can get along with its
{ own power. The h0tina Of motor boats
{ and skifs has been hauled Up cut Of
danger
/ Street railway traffic has been inter
rupted in the lower sections Of the city.
I the cars doubling at Eighteenth street
/ Fulton VIII probably be cut OF from in
/ tercourse with the city proper b. morn
/ Ing
/ The free bridge connecting Richmond
[ with Manchester. which IS nov undergo
lng repairs Is said 20 be IN danger
Bridge ProPPed Up.
Many heavy tinbers which had been
utilized 10 support the structure while the
Iron and steel work is being arranged
have been washed away Cars are stu
allowed 20 cross over. but only Two az q
tine. one from each size. and these are
required 70 travel cautiously.
Crops on bottom lands have been great
y injured. ard tobacco On high lands.
ready 20 cut. has been damaged Serious
washouts along public highways are re-
ported. and numbers Of bridges have been
carried away by the foods. App0matt1x
River is tonight higher than IT has been
for years Few crops along IT'S banks
have been spared. Two mules and fou-
head Of cattle were drowned to-day in a
pasture near FarmvilIe- Freshets which
developed yesterday in Eoa-e- Davidson.
Davis. Cabarras. STANLEY. and many other
e. counties n N0rJl Carolina have been in
rers-1ed By the heavy rains Of to-day and
tonight. All streams in this section are
beyond previous high-water mark. L IS
estimated that the damage To- the corn
J. crop in this region VIII reach hundreds o-
thousands Of dollars
4 Many bridges have been swept away bv
the foods, which are Increasing in fury
tonight At Whitney the NzIkil Rive
is over the Big stone dam. making a
depth Of +orry feet
Cotton Gin Washed Away
Al Norwood cotton gin vzzs washed
p away last night and trsfc on the -a.I-
3 WAYS have been seriously crippled Trains
for Charlotte and Atlanta were detourz5
to-day Via AsEevIIle- watchmen have
p been placed on all railway bridges 20 pre-
: vent wrecks
Immense damage has been done IN Tide
water Virginia Corn and tobacco crops
/ have been submerged and practical,
j. ruined The damage IN Halifax county
s viii approximate a quarter # u1l-.--
dollars 4 number OF washou-z on IN.
+ Southern Railway have stopped all train.
3 Of this line. Al MsvO Creek near VII
giIina, the railway tracks are six OF s=v=-
! feet under water Creeks are higher thar
they have been for forty years A z1iss-
e warehouse was washed away last nigh
D. by a branch swollen into a river Hoe
e and Ran Rivers viii not reach their high
. est until tomorrow afternoon The dam
!, age done by them can hardly be IS
D. T -iUa-ed
Dun-fIIe Mills Flooded
,. The mills al Danville are flooded vItl
i water and are idle as a result OF h.z
= water
r The water az Columbia tonight Is az
g proxirrate:y twenty feet and sriu RS
! iue The height OF this tide viii reac
s. Richmond early tomorrow morning
Every arrangement IS being made %
night 70 protect property along the rive
I front Boats are being hauled uQ on
U Of the way Of possible danger Good
in stores and cellars IN the lower sect1o
Of the city are being removed II tE
rains continue throughout tomorrow an
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