The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-28
WASHOUTS DELAY
SUPPLY TRAINS
Traffic OH c. & O., n. & w. and
Virginian Railroads Greatly
Hampered.
PULASKI is WATER SWEPT
Cloudburst i'll Danvillc Causes
Damage Amounting to
$4,000.

Roanoke. Va. March 27.-To- day a
special loft here over the Norfolk and
Western for the flood district In ohio.
Vice President ~ -. Maher and Chief
1 Engineer G. :. Churchill arc on the
train. which will attempt to work It's
way rs near Columbus. o.. as possible,
and the officials will there supervise
the work Of clearing away wreckagc
and repairing damage.
Norfolk and Western employees ard
officials in Ohio have necessarily sui,
fercd as a result OF the flood ant
storm. Anticipating this, the train Is
in tile nature OF relief train and is
composed OF baggage car. diner. pull
man sleeper and two private cars. The
baggage car and diner are heavily
stocked with provisions.
The United States government sup
ply trains from Washington for flood
sufferers in Indiana and Ohio. held ur
ut Basic City, and which We're to have
been diverted via tho Norfolk and
Western, will now have to reach tho
Norfolk and Western tracks at Lynch.
burg on account of washouts In the
James River at Buchanan.
This afternoon u request was re-
cclvcd by the Norfolk and Western
Railway from the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway, asking to be allowed
to detour two of it's trains carrying
government supplies to Ohio over the
Norfolk and Western via tho Shenan-
doah Division and main line OF the
Norfolk and Western. The Norfolk
and Western agreed to handle the
trains in view of tho fact that they
arc carrying supplies for food district
Owing to trouble on the Norfolk and
Western the road is not in position to
handle regular business for other
roads. The Chesapeake aud Ohio has
washouts between Basic and Konova,
and for that reason II is necessary
to run the government relief trains
from Basic to Roanoke. and thence
west over the Norfolk and Western
main line into Lynchburg. where they
VIII again take up the main line OF
the chesapeake and Ohio.
The bridge at Norcrosse on the Vir-
ginian Railway and all bridges on the
Potts Valley extension. as far up as
interior are washed out Traffic on the
main line of the Norfolk and Western
is delayed by reason Of slides The
waters on Big and Little Stoney Creek
are higher than ever known.
New River is very high ana still
rising II is learned that there have
been half dozen or more slides be-
tween Princeton and Roanoke. About
cighty-tive feet Of a wooden bridge
across t'iS StoncN Creek. near Norcross,
w Va. siXty-five miles west Of Roa-
nokc. has been carried away. Because
of Inadequate facilities of communica-
ton the extent and location of the
slides had not been learned at the Nir-
Sinian offices here
bridge construction force is at
present located at the Big Stoncy
Bridge where a new structure Is being
huilt. This gang has a telephone. but
can only be reached when they cut in
10 report and little information has
come from that point, beyond the bare
tact that more than half OF the bridge.
which is about l65 feet long, has been
carried away by high water
All trains have been annulled- west
OF Roanoke, and no definite summary
OF condition can be had.