Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1868-07-29
Heavy Rains in NIaryland-Bnl.
timOre FlOOded-Great Loss OF
, Life and Property.

Heavy Rains in NIaryland-Bul.
timOre FlOOded-Great Loss OF
Life and Property.
BALTIMORE, July "a, -Eary this morn.
ing fnin commenced falling, and after q
siight lntermission, it began ut about 0
c'ock 10 pour 10 torrents, aud up to this
sanity. " E " 80 '''''
That portion of the city adjacent to Jones
rails IS inundated, and travel is entirely
suspended in that vicinity. Frederick md
,ha Harrison raa streets are completely flooded also
institute IS surrounded by a sheet Of rush.
ing, foamlng water that is carrying every.
| thlng IKE hogsheads, barrels, balss of hav.
etc., with it. The first floors of the stores
on the streets named are under water. and
the merchants have been compelled TO re.
move their goods to the upper stories.
LATEE-3 p M-The water commenced
rising few minutes before Que clock and
rose al the rate Of two inches per minute,
and has continued to rise up 10 this hour.
Calvert street i flooded TO Lexington, within
few feet Of Monument Square. North
street Is flooded almost its entire length to
depth OF four to eight feet. Holiday street
TO Fayettc street is flooded, Ford's Theatre
being entirely surrounded by water, which
is passing down Holiday and Baltimore
streets Gay, Frederick and Hanover
streets arc entirely submerged.
The water in Jones Falls is several feet
above the bridges, and it is not yet known
whether they have been swept away. On
many Of the wharves south of Pratt street
the water is several feet deep. A city pas
senger car was swept from the track on Cav
street down on Hanover street, with num-
ber OF passengers in it. The widest rumors
prevail in regard to the number drowned,
some estimating the number at seven; 9th.
ers say all were saved but one, Mr.. Ward, a
printer. A large number of dray horses
and some drivers are lost. There is no com.
munlcation between the eastern parts of the
city. The water is sweeping everything
before it. There is no communication north
by telegraph. The flood is the greatest ever
known here.
10 0o'cLOcK p. M.-The food to-day sub.
sided as suddenly as it arose. Shortly after
4p. NJ the water was carried off within the
banks of Jones' Falls. At this hour the
damage cannot be approximately estimated,
but none Of the estimates place it below 49,.
100000. Hundreds of stores were sub.
merged, and many hogsheads of molasses
on the wharves and sugar in the warehouses
were entirely destroyed. A number of build
ings and stores were undermined and dam
aged.
Denmead's foundry and Bentley's iron
works were partially swept away.
The gas works supplying the eastern part
Of the city were submerged.
The loss Of life in the city is not ascer.
tanned, but four persons were drowned
A telegram from Ellicott City, formerly
Ellicott's Mills, dated this afternoon, reports
the Granite Mills as carried away, and sixty
lives lost DR.. Owens entire family. except
himself, are said to have been drowned.
LATER.
BALTIMoRE, July 26.-The number Of
persons missing and drowned at Ellicott
City reaches thirty in Baltimore six.
The long bridge over the Patapsco, from the
foot Of Light street to the Anne Arundel
shore, is blocked with deblis of the food.
The river surface for several acres is jammed
with the wrecks of thirty houses and all
kinds Of movable matter factory fixtures,
boilers, parts of engines, and every species
of property. Thousands visited the flooded
district to-day. On the fats, below the Re.
lay House, eight dead bodies were recovered
to-day and nine yesterday. The bodies were
those of persons from four to sixty years of
age. Nine bridges over Jones Falls on
different streets were swept away.