The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-29


The sight OF large tank OF the
standard OIL Company floating in nve
or SIX feet OF water was tho object OF
ed. but will have to be replaced upon
ts foundations after the flood sub
Not n word could he gotta, mi.
AFTERNOON from the plant OF the Vir-
gina Carolina Chemical Company.
,hn M IS located several miles below
tnc CITY on the Amherst side OF the
river, The location OF this plant seems
10 inuicate that some damage has been
In the Sandy. Hook yard OF the Ches
apeake and Ohio hundreds Of freight
cars were TO be seen with the water
running over the top Of the trucks
s Great Damage ut buchanan.
Ro 5sbofis' to Tn The Times Dispatch;l
reached here tonight to the - effeos
mat In the baseball game scheduled to
b be, played here tomorrow afternoon
foiyt+chniG Institute and Washington
ana Lee University has been Cancelled.
OWING ,hg 10 the inability of the Lexing-
w v0nibns 10 reach here. because Of
ana Norfolk and western roads '" ""'o
Sot since the food of 1877 has the
lanes ihin ,nd River been .as high a. il was
SWEPT away the highway bridge there
Tpu ,,,hs on communication with North
st aiha ha and nw S,a residences. livery
washed partially away or watae
street. and all along this street the
depth. but began receding nj : o'clocit
ana then after noon was falling
Earl; yesterday the river began IN
rise, ana merchants and citizens pre-
pared, moving everything possible from
s Wes 5r ana houses and thus great loss
has BEEN renar,s 30 far no loss of life
This morning at o'clock the James
e Nierr Was Il seething torrent. carrying
point within eighteen inches OF the hlsh
water mark OF the flood OF 1877 II
was shortly after o'clock that the
norm end OF the highway bridge was
ton with the northern shore This
bridge was built about sixteen years
ago, replacing the OLD one, which was
torn away. When the new iron struc
lure was erected IL was made several
rect higher than the old one as a pre-
49, washed away n former bridge
CITIZENS Of Buchanan were up all
night and crowded the river bank
N i's wake All residences on Water
erect We're submerged. including the
f nT-nr Gt o ~ ID a B9ose, which vas
Hary Johnston. the authoress A por-
uon OF the home OF Mra. o. n. Stin
httt was carried away.
Nanson's and Mundyaa livery stables
were badly damaged. the water com
plclsIs covering them.
Circuit damage resulted m v.bic,os
ana feed. All OF the horses were re.
moved TO places OF safety.
The wreckins OF the bridge will oc-
liens OF North Buchanan. and ALREADY
me virginia Bridge and Iron COMPANY
o. Urls city. has been ordered 10 send
a iorce to replace the loss. The bridge
n f.', me water mains and telephone
wires wires 10 North Buchanan, and both
49," 49, washed away, thus cutting on
tn,
south buchanan.
Wnter supply Gu, on.
towns w uaieneS wo, Vas caused at the
water supply is cut on IL viii be e" sew.
erai days before the repairs are made.
To depend on wells for their water s,,ns
ply. The entire first floor OF Hotel
e f'ppseaomrt was submerged. and the
morthside. was almost completely sub
merged Onlookers who saw the
IN HlsH Se,, swept away saw 81 small dwell
as FAR as could be learned it was mn.
occupied, II is not known how far
up tha river the builds,g was located.
oSan.s NE damage to the stocks. most
af 1S,1i TO more than $1,000.
c Wed on Dy the rushing waters on
Water street. 1t is impossiblc To- de-
ter,m'ne The amount of damage as re-
y T.
lo"ldnds were badly washed and TIC
farmers loss in this vicinity will reach
'h1 ,sii,h and thousands OF dollars.
fiRht cars standing on the Chesa-
peake and ohio tracks, on the north
bank or the river. were almost com
PRi;H Her SSy ;c, by water. The James
the James River division of the Chesa
peakc and Ohio. has played havoc
%SaSnsng dw ',aS, PraetieaIly every bridge
uoarlnS up miles and miles of tracks
Inc IN; tracks arc submerged all over the
DIVISION and twelve miles of track have
anan and Clifton Forge. The i iarre
wooden bridge at Eagle Rock, west Of
ni..h, H. was carried away at mid :.
hiGht. Ihe iron bridge at Glen viii
sion also was swept away renort
received here says that the only bridge
avi1 s,andinS between Clifton Forge
ana i;ynchburg on the Chesapeake and
Ohio is ut Springwood. a'''i
m d Rgp0rts ri from ON IPortsmouth, @. this
OHIO River is sixty-four feet at thai
h Tnn N and rising eight inches an hour.
submerged there and it Is exnecaed
mat similar conditions exist at Iron
ION, east OF Portsmouth, making il
n tn dIscg ior the Norfolk and Western
ga 20 discontinue service to Portsmouth
,hercst point west that trains are be-
apeakc and Ohio trains from wash
ington. which passed through Roam
oke THIS morning with Secretary of
war Garrison and General Leonard
Wood, who are In charge of Supplies
!1r nood sufferers, from going further
than Williamson, because the NorfoiL
and western line is out OF commission
west Of Williamson. 1T is expected
mat the train VIII wait at william
son until conditions improve to such
an extent that 1t can proceed.
The supply train has had round
about tour. and after making n long
detour finds that 1t is unable TO pro.
coed to Its destination. 1t left Wash
tngton yesterday over the Chesapeaka
and Ohio and went to Basic civ IN
arrival at Basic 1t was learned that
the Chesapeake and Ohio had trouble
at Clifton Forge, and then arranee
ments We're made to detour the train
over the Shenandoah Division to Roam
oke and thence to Ohio, over the Nor
folk and Western main line
These arrangements had scarcely
been made when II was learned fbat
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