The Portland daily press., 1867-08-17
THE STORM.
Great Destruction Of Property and
Loss of Life.
Damage to Railroads ana
Trains. -e#
BALTIEoRE, Aug, 16.

BALTIEoRE, Aug 16.
One of the severest rain storms for several
years commenced in this region on Wednes-
day evening and continued until nearly day.
light this morning. The streets were flooded
the water rising over the first floors of the
stores and dwellings, The only mode of pro-
gress was by small boats. All the factories and
Touring mills in the adjacent city are much
damaged. The houses of the employees i'm the
Clipper factory were all flooded, and the occu-
pants removed in boats. Travel on the Balti-
more q Ohio, Western Maryland, Northern
Central and Philadelphia Railroads is inter-
The down train on the Northern Central this
morning was unable to reach this city in con-
sequence of the engine falling into culvert
at woodbury., where it now lies buried in the
stream. In fallins the engine crushed the
great water main which supplies the Mount
Royal reservoir rendering it necessary to shut
off the supply. The Philadelphia Railroad,
near this city, is in many places several feet
under water, and the usual morning trains did
not go out. The train from New York, due here
at 315 this morning, fell into culvert about
fourteen miles from this city, breaking the ex-
press. baggage and mail cars, injuring T. Ford
an express agent, III. w. Flandren, of New
York, and L. Easton, of Philadelphia, mail
agents. The baggage master, Albert Ransom,
was also slightly hurt. No one was killed.
The damage to the Baltimore q Ohio Railroad
Is expected to be repaired by tomorrow.
There are many rIlm0rs of loss of life in this
Clty, piat tHuS lar only Two seem 10 De duJQ60-
tic. A white man and boy about IA years of
age were carried off in the freshet and drown
ed. From the reports thus far received the
loss in the surrounding country must have
been immense, the whole country being mum
dated. The turnpike road in many places is
from five to ten feet under water. The damage
to the crops cannot now be estimated. 1t is
still showery. l-tI... s.E.as a.i stEsl
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. 2
The storm which has just visited this city
has not had its equal in violence for six or
seven years. From Wednesday evening until
this morning rain fell necessarily, and at times
with the most serious power. The result is
that sewers, culverts, cellars, new buildings,
new streets, excavations, railway tracks, bridg-
es &c. have suffered great damage. At point
near the archway over New Jersey avenue
North of the depot, officers McHenry and
Brewer were passing at about O'CLOCK, when
they heard cries of distress from shanties
on the edge of the creek, occupied by colored
people, and plunging into the water they
reached the buildings and rescued number
of men, women and children who had climbed
to the tops of tables and barrels and were in
peril OF being swept away. One woman was
brought cut with child but two days old
Further up the line of the Tiber number Of
shanties were submerged to the second floor,
to which the inmates resorted and cried Justify
their assistance, land brought out several help
less children and women. Five shanties in the
bottom east of New Jersey Avenue were sub
merged. The officers found family i'm a base
ment where the water was three feet deep. Al
together the officers saved seven women and a
number of children from suffocation in their
own houses. 445F -. a-.1 -iH9' p q