The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-16
CITY is PLUNGED
into OAR K NESS
Rising River at Danville Puts
Electric Plant Out of
Commission.
STORM IN MANY SECTIONS
Reports OF Serious Damage FOL
lowing Heavy Wind and
Rainfall.
STORM IN MANY SECTIONS
Lspeelal 10 The rlmes.plgpateh.


icst ana most Inccssant raintail known
IN this vicinity for many years started
~ o'clock this morning and contin-
ned. practically without abatement, uil-
III the afternoon.
With an almost unprecedented fury.
Efcat streams of water poured down.
and ut times II looked as though II
were q genuine iciouuburst. The strectS
We're deserted all day. and IL naturally
Was an unusually dull one for the city
merchants.
The river IS rising at the rate OF
nearly two feet AN hour and reports
are coming in from al points OF the
city teliin,' OF disasters some of IL
serious nature and others not so Sc
The Dauville street Car Companies
ran its cars into the car barn at rs
o'clock, as tho boilers in the power
station gradually became submerged,
and the fires were drawn and the boil
.i-house prepared In the best possible
manner to weather the flood.
Many Of the city telephones are out
of commission. The north side is ar
Iected more seriously, while the wash
ing away of poles in the country has
caused me country lines TO be 'd'sor-
N bridge over that stream went down
at 1890 o'clock with IL great crash,
me sructure parting in the middle
and ne two pieces fioating like corks
down fhe angry waters.
HoRins Bridge which like tho
l'umpkin Creek bridge is on the YAM
NeNviYe Road. has also been washed
away ana several farmers are unable
10 rTurn 10 their homes on account
o! M broken communication. Local
W. tYc lumber mills are Inundated and
Wort mas been suspended At Fall
Ircpk the store and storage warehouse
nelJnsins to u man named Mcguire
hayf been washed down the river. In
adYtlon to this. one two-story and
"nj slnglo-Story frame dwelling have
"e1n washed down the stream.
River Rises Rapidly.
Hhc river began rising with great
ialfuii% here AT o'clock this morn
ln4 ne stream WAS already swollen
ir9m the recent rains. From . O'Clock
nTfil . this evening it rose sixteen
ieft. where IT still remains. Water is
Whist deep in the city electric light
rant and until the water subsidies and
s.e machines are cleaned the city Will
unable to have electric lights. Wa
Y 'r is also in the gas house. but there
IS sufficient supply in the tanks to
fSlSt the city tntil midnight
The Phoenix lumber yard is "A melee
II floating timber and woodsheds. -Four
Standard Oil Company were swept
away this afternoon. Water invaded
The American Cigarette Factory during
the afternoon and the plant suspend,
ployed getting tobacco to the uppcr
stories. The river at Schoolncld is n
remarkable sight and the approaches
o the large iron bridge on either sid
A
r'' evident that much damage has been
further UP stream
reports say that Il man driving in u
buggy was upon the Pumpkin Creek
bridge when il collapsed and he was
drowned. bu; this is unconnrmed.
Shortly after u O'Clock to-day there
was II landslide on the Southern Rail-
road Just below the big trestlc in
North Danvillc, several large boulders
falling across the track and disor-
saniaing the train service. At the
depot say: Every train is Indefinite
~ late"
The most serious damage here was
caused by the stones which went down
Fan Creek and piled mp against the
nestle, breaking many OF the tIinbers,
ana rendering the outside track unfit
for service. There is still lone track
resting upon solid masonry, which is
intact
= The Southern Halfway track near
EinSgold was submerged ut late
hour this afternoon, and the Rich
iHond trains meeting at this point
transferred their passengers.