The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-04
T0RRENT|AL RAINS CONTINUE WORK Of
DESTRUCTION ON LOWER LEVELS Of
CITY---WOOD'S WAREHOURE DAMAGED

a large billboard opposite the station
on, Main Street did much to relieve
the situation. permitting the Hood to
find its way back to the creek and
river, and with the cessation of the
rain the water receded rapidly, get
ting back to the level of the curoing
shortly after midnight.
Were Kept From Stores.
Merchants, owners of stores near the
scene of the flood, appealed in vain to
the police and firemen to allow them
TO go by boat to their establishments,
bur they were denied this privilege.
II would not have been feasible to
allow the people to pass. The fact
that no fatality was recorded in the
flooded district Is regarded as re-
markable. The city ambulance with
DR.. Doggett in charge, WAS at Union
station nearly all night and attended
10 fircmen and policemen who broke
down under the strain OF hare work.
Heroic Work Done.
A house on Franklin Street near
Shockoe Creek. suffered fits first floor
being totally submerged and the In
habitants were caught at their evening
meal like rats IN a trap. Firemen
from Truck Company No. 2. who did
heroic work in the catasthrope near
the City Jail Sunday night, rescued
the people in the house and brought
them to safety in a rowboat.
Given shelter for Night.
Although the OVERLOOKING water
from the creek covered the bridge
over II at Fifteenth and Marshall
Streets. nothing like the state of af
fans in that section Sunday prevailed.
The people. whose homes were de-
ef a. rhan h,st ~ no AaA -
tirne 10 rebuild and We're lodged In
the houses of neighbors. Several
houses. however, near the bridge were
flooded and the inhabitants were given
shelter for the night in the secoad
story of the city stah!es through the
efforts of Superintendent Cohn. of the
Street Cleaning Department. who was
on the scene.
Two OF the men in Superintendent
Cohn's force striped off most of their
clothing and waded and swan out TO
one OF the still standing negro homes
and rescued a man and a woman
from the second story They were
A. L. Ford. Jr.. and w. C Canopy.
Mr.. Ford was almost drowned In the
attempt, and II was only after des-r
pevate effort that he reached a foot
ing again
The negroes who had tak-n rAfage
after their homes In the Fifteenth
Street valley were wrecked Sunday.
In the city stables. were forced 20 the
upper floors by the waters. which COW
cred the ground floor.
James on Rampage, Too.
Horses and mules in tha ground
floor OF the municipal stab'es were
removed TO the second floor also to
prevent being drowned. The water
on Fifteenth and Marshall anc on
Fifteenth and Brown Streets was
about twelve feet In height. The sec
ton looked ike a river la@ night.
Hundreds Of Richmonders braved the
rain and wind 20 see the sight. The
CITY vfaduct was crowded nearly all
night by people with umbrellas watch
the efforts OF the citys' workers and
the damage wrought by the flood.
The James River overlooked its
banks. too. last night. Mayo's Island
was submerged for a snort distance
and water came up over the first story
of the Virginia Boat Club. The water
did not lack much in touching the
bottom OF the new Mayos Bridge. The
onrushing tide brought with IL the
mud and debris from the mountains.
showing that heavy rains were on In
that section OF The State, Very little
vsN ststs tbasb
River In Fulton several streets were
filled with water and few stores had
water In them. but little stock was
damaged. The old Dominion wharf
was almost completely submerged
Some freight which did not sail on the
boat to Norfolk. and which was
scheduled to be shipped this morning
was dempened by the water. Also
some goods which came to Richmond
suffered somewhat from the tide which
came UP into the warehouse for a good
distance. Last night no word had been
gained from the Old Dominion boat.
which sailed for Norfolk. Officials OF
the company said last night that
there was no reason for worry about
the ship as by the time the flood be-
gan to rise the boat was out in deep