The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-08-24


cards, &c. from this time ill the "a Of Sspiem-
Der. Particular attention paid TO pholographing
horses and carriages. Also persons on horseback.
JoaEPH 0EnnAS.
GREAT RAN SToRM-lnnKxsE DEsfnucrIox oy
PaoPERTy. Wednesday and Thursday
OF last week, this section Of our State was visit
ed by destructive rain storm. For nearly two
days aud nights the water poured down 10 tor
rents, swelling the various streams running
through our county 10 unusual heights, aud
playing sad havoc with the property along their
banks. We do not expect 10 be able 20 rnumc-
rate al the Losses incurred by this storm bat
will only give such as have reached US:
JoRss' Fdiis.-The lower room Of the Clipper
Factory was inundated. hut the substantial char.
acier Of the structure saved Il, the company los
ing only about 200 panels Of fencing. From
Poole x Hunts works q large amount Of iuel
was swept or The houses OF all the residents
Of that vicinity we're surrounded BY water, COM
munica'ion being only KEEP, Up with boats -
Nearly oil The fences along this .,rram were car-
ried OF, aud much Of the stock aud growing
crops, while there Is scarcely bridge LEFT stand
Ing along It's whole cvursr. Al Mount Vernon
the railroad culvert Was washed away, aud at
Mount Washington the bridge was very much
injured. The great water main which conveys
the water from Swami Lake to Baliimow was
also crushed.
very great, and the damage heavy. TIE lowlands
on both sides 81 II we're completely submerged
for long disiancr. The bridge on the FEedrr-
lex road, creased by the Gainesville passenger
railway, WAS carried OF. woodyears -four mill
suffered extensively. a large amount ofgrain and
Hour being ruined aud the machinery greatly
injured. eniailing luss Of over SO, OO0. The
dam NJ GephaTts ice pond was swept away aud
portion Of the icc-housc lose 5000.
Rock Cf,oi.-Wm. wilkens 4 Co.'S. euTls,i
hair factory on this stream was oyetilowcd, dam
aging stock, machinery. &c., 10 the amount Of
$4,000 About three hundred operatives were
employed here, but II is said the proptiriors Of
the factory retained them all, purposing to- re-
commence operations at once. Mr.. Walp~rt's
grocery store was overflorsd, damaging his
stock TO the extent Of 81 900 and all the adjoin-
ing houses were submerged. John l.andwrhr,
hay prrsser, susisins a loss Of 81, 800 from hay
swept Oh. aud Elias Drryer loses about 5000 worth
Of tobacco. The pens 81 the State cattle scales,
on the Calver,on road, Immediately on the ted
Of Rock creek, were greatly damaged. the -niirr
loss being estimated ~ SO, 600. The rise -, this
point was sudden and terrible carryin dr,asia-
ton with Il, almost without hope Of iring able
to save anything. The water rose aboui a.. \. n.
10 the height Of II feet, and stood. ~ shown by
the debris LEFT, six feet In the hotscs stalls sablrd
at the Calycrton Hotel Mr.. y. q. Tier, inhrnc-
dia,cly after the waters began subsiding, wadrd
breast deep 10 the stables, aud breaking the doors
open. succeeded in saving 1--WE valuable horses.
lie states that on entering the stable two Of the
horses were found with their fore feet in the
feeding trough, showing the sagacity u the ami
mails In endeavoring 10 escape drowning. -Four
buggies, q family carriage, two heavy carts,
two cows, some twenty hogs and a considerable
number of pens ON the south side Of the swollen
stream were carried Of, aud, except the COWS, the
whole were lost. The stream tore every thing
t..f. Il
heavy stone walls nj this point In n manner dif-
icult TO scribe, and singular TO say, the slight
wooden bridge that spans the Calverlon road
was almost uninjured, although IL must have
bcen for hours several feet under water. 4 heavy
deposit " sediment was left by the receding wa.
tiers, almost celebrating every familiar spot In
the vicinity. Messrs. Cary McClelland, VIM.
Grey aud Logan Clery are the chief losers at
this point, the frs, named losing, IL Is estimated
5000, the second -, OO0, and Messrs. Logan L
Cleri abOu, 81 900. Considerable interference
with the stock sales will result until the damages
eau be repaired.
The rise ia the water in this stream and
Gw!un Falls is represented TO have been fear-
ful aud beyond precedent and nearly every
bridge along them was swept away including
the one a, wetheredville Travel on the Frank
lin and Liberty iurnpkcs. and other roads IN
The vicinity, was entirely suspended for some
DAYS
Pdispsco Rirsr.-This stream rose very high.
Eliicoiis Mills again suffered severely. The
cJuri-hOuse and the Columbia bridges both re-
Gently rrbuiltl we're swept away. A large brick
house WAS carried ID Oily, aud other HOUSES
were greatly damaged. Messts. Wilson. Mack
inson. Walker, Radcliffe. Burgess. Fahey. Hause
aud others. lose heavily.
Lsss,s 0n he ofl,r .Srcams-A culver al
thirteen mile itch. Gu the =. " Of, and B.timorr
Railroad VAS washed away, and u train at ears
was run into the hole lett. Fear persons. all
connected with the road, ~rre l'sdly injgrrd.
and 'hr engine. baggage car aud EXPIRES ear made
perfect wrecks.
THE u-.il- work 81 the Western Mary land
railroad AT Rockand WASHED away. nrr-ssi.
n'ing change OF Passengers ~ that point for
souir dals.
A. Iacksnns cut, gu the Baltimore aud Ohio
railroad. about four miles from baltimore the
track Wa. much injured, and the cut nearly ILL
ell with .rnd and rubbish
Calvert on the tinrford road, about II
miles from the city was seriously damaged rem.
dering the toad almost impossible. The dam
across Herring run, near Halls Spring, was
washed away. and the adjacent firlds Overflowed
with water, causing much damage 10 the crops
10 several instances persons had to be taken from
their dwellings 10 save them from being drowned
On the Gunpowdtr the loss is very heavv. Pope
Coles copper factory VAS completely inunda-
49, SO" u"uc WV Nhtunutr
machinery.
The ice POND Of Mr.. Frederick, near Wood.
berry. was washed away, involving q loss of not
less than = 900
In tina, portion o. the county lying hsi~ern
the Hartford and Philadeiphia iurnpikes consider.
able damage was occasioncd T., the heavy rain
and consequent Overlooking uf the White Marsh
Si-mmrrs MOore's and Herring Run. The
amount 81 Ices sustained b! many Of the gnr-
denrrs Il fully rqual to tina, ocrEsun.d by the
frrshei " June, 1858. Among the sufferers hy
the late flood reported the following Ro',~rt
Corse (Snclaifs nursury) 10 the amount of
$1,000, principally To his pickle patches, fruit
trees, &c John Register gardner, $500; Peter
Murray, crop OF poiaioes nearly all washed away
Peter Fang, about 500, land torn up aud bean
and potato patches swept with his fencing and
two bridges over Moore's Run. The grisi mill
OF Mr. Slater, on Herring Run, was damaged,
and other losses Ia all 10 the amount Of - 600 OF
~, 900 occasioned. The bridge nj The mill and
that At the turnpike an the Hartford Foad were
WASHED away, as were also the White Marsh
Kun and Sirmmer's Run bridges, seven miles
from the city. Trumps Mil. on Siemmer Run
hriween the Bclair and Philadelphia roads, sui.
ierrd damage. aud considerable qa,niiiy 81
grain was swept away Some of the garden
farms recently ploushed b. gardeners we're com.
Plcirly ovrrrnn hy the aoOl which carried the
loose Earth with H.
Tie county bridge on the JOpla road. about
one mile from this town was VERY mach injured
rendering crossing on II yer, difIir,ht.
\ dis,l!lsr, ON n-sl b, NJ Yeager on the
Washington rom. was dam,ged to the extent ~
81 600.
TEACHERS Institute AS will he sscn by no.
tice In another column, the Baltimore conuiy
Teachers institute will lie held In this town,
commenting on Monday. September ID, al
q clock and continuing Eve days We will en-.
deavor to procure, for the benefit az our rtadrrs the
programmr OF exercises for the Institute and rub.
lish IL in our next iasne.
u will he ssen that M Invitation Il extended
20 ;sr fah!!e 10 be- :'.ssni Lat ysAr the nlssi.