Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-10-20
II. G.. ENTLER, Clerk.
The Great Freshct.

! One Of the heaviest and most incessan'
/ rains that has been known III ihis region
OF country for many years fell last week.
| |, commenced falling on Wednesday OF
! last week, and continued almost without
! intermlssIon, night and day. un'll H0Mr'
day. Lllie rivuiels became i"ahing tor
rents. and larger streams overIeaped 'heIT
! bounds IN wild delight, until lie surround
ing country SEEMED one vast sea OF HOOD
while the Potomac river presented =
scene Of magnificent anger, as 1t rnshe"
! hesdlong toward The ocean with all The
fearful strength and fury afforded by IT.
thousand tributaries, bearing on lis bosom
the accumulated debris that for years had
lined its shores, together with the fruits
of The field, the dairy snd work shop.
The destruction to corn fields, fencing.
and newly sown wheat, mus! be I'm
menSe.
The storm appears 10 have been more
serious in Mary land than elsewhere. III
Baltimore county, the loss was very
heavy. The bridges on The Baltimore
and Frederick turnpike were sweep away.
as also several houses. Two families,
consisting of six and three persons were
drowned, all OF whom have been found
except the mother and child. An extern
sve dam a, EIysvile was swep, of, and
coming against the turnpike bridge al Ell
'licous Mills, destroyed it. The wrecks
finally accumulated at heavy stone
bridge al Illchester, on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad. thirteen miles from Bali
more, which gave way before The lremer.
dous volume OF water. This bridge was
considered the strongest on The road. and
had successfully resisted all former floods.
Considerable destruction Of live stock is
reported. and dead sheep. hogs, cows,and
horses are s,rewn along the banks OF The
river.
The large dam of the Union Maniac.
turing Company, on the Upper PaiaPsco,
with part Of lis mill race. slabllDg' and
horses, together with the bridge connect
ing the locks with the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, were all swept off. The dam
Of The granite factory a. Elicots Mills,
and much other property at that point
W as destroyed. Many houses and much
other property in Palapsco valley was Sc
riously damaged. There are reports oil
several lives being lost. Two persons
are believed 10 have been drowned al Ell.
Iicou's Mills. The repairs to the Bsl'i-
more and Ohio Railroad are nearly com.
pleied. and The trains ale now running
upon their usual time. 1t is stated that
The lpss 10 the b. e. o. Railroad Comra
nv will reach an enormous sum.
The damage TO the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal has been considerable. and
will require al least Two weeks for lis re-
pair.
The Leesburg Mirror ssys:-On We'd
nesdsy a severe tornado passed over a.
portion of Frederick city, Md, doing a
good deal of damage. Among other
prsnks played by the wind were these ::
a wagon and six horses were lifted bodi-
" ND and carried across the street and
landed wrong side up. the driver was
blown through shop window uninjured;
house in which woman was washing.
was carried across The street into the mid
die of garden withou, materially inlet.
fering with her operations.
A women in Louisville lately gave
birth 10 twins, and shortly afterwards sold
them 10 two neighbors-lhe boy for two
dolla 8 and the gill for two pairs of chill