| From the Richmond Whig |
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| January 19, 1865 |
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| The Late Rain and Freshets |
| The Wilmington Journal says that on Wednesday
night some seventy feet of the railroad bridge over the Roanoke river at
Weldon was washed away. We have not learned which part of the bridge
suffered, but lean to the impression that it was on the northern side. |
| The Salisbury Watchman, in an article on the
same subject, says neither of the railroads have escaped serious damage.
We learn that the Central road has been materially injured between this
place and High Point. |
| The Danville Register of Tuesday states that the
trains would pass over the Piedmont road to Greensboro' the next day,
(Wednesday,) the damage done the track by the recent freshet having been
repaired. |
| The Clarksville Tobacco Plant says: The Roanoke
river, at the time of our present writing -- Thursday morning, January
12th, 1865 -- is swollen to a greater extent than it was ever known to
be in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. The freshet of June 1862,
exceeding all previous ones considerably. The water mark then was
particularly and carefully defined on the brick warehouse in this town.
The water at day break this morning was exactly seven inches higher than
in 1862. And this excess in inches is no small increase, when the river
has spread out over the extensive lowlands. |
| The rain here commenced early Monday night, and
continued to pour without intermission and in torrents until late
Tuesday afternoon. The streams of the adjacent county were swollen
beyond all precedents. We are not yet informed of the extent of damage
done, though we fear mills and bridges have been swept away. |