The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-08-01


they had finally obtained foothold, aud en-
gulphed 10 the raging waters, Il was more than
human nature could bear, aud the symp,thizing
friends around him carried him away almost in
sensible.
The destruction on the Palapsco below Eli.
colts city was also terrible. Houses. barns,
bridges, fences. growing crops agricultural i'm
plem"nis ever! thing was swept away. Among
the losses was That Of Capt. =. q =. Waliemey-
er, Of the thirteenth district Of this county. who
lost over 50, 600 worth Of store goods A man
named Hawk was carried on from winan's farm.
In the same district, and drowned.
GwYsS's TALLs
Was swollen greatly. but not to the extent Of
other streams. nor was the damage along Us
banks an. thing Ike rs great. The covered
bridge ~ weIhtrcdsville. one hundred feci long.
was swept away. The bridge on the l.ihrri,
road, near Mr. Ridpelys. Is badly injured, aud
the dam at Pow haitian factory Is abou, two
thirds gone. The dams at Weihcfcdvillr and
Calvcrion are safe. Al Frankliniown the dam
Is badly injured. The destruction OF private
property boAeyct, along GWynn's Falls and
Dead Run is very heavy.
JONES FALLS
This stream rose to fearful height, and the
damage !. very great, Every bridge OF the
Western Mary land Railroad is swept away. from
Owings' Mill down, rs are also every bridge
md culycrt on the Northern Central Railroad.
below C"rkeysvillr cxrrp, the iron bridge rru-s-
ing SWAIN Lake. Swami Lake was badly dam.
aged, the dam being greatly injured. aud ilr
culver ~ which the railroad crosses its uIper
md WAS ehiircly swept off Al this point over
one hundred yards ~ the rack was torn up-
All the county bridges on this strain were de-
siroyed. aud the Falls road il impassahlr -
Among the bridges swept away NAV be mcniiun-
ct the Que over the Lake, near Mr. Riders: the
one connecting the farm ~ Mr. IliEcr with the
l he no inst fln lao Iaka
willie hfidRr; the large bridge over the Fall,
road NJ the toll'gHic aud many others The Clip.
per, Woodbrrfy and Park Cot, Mi.. a. Wood.
berry, and the Vt. Washington Mill. wet. dam
aged. hut not 20 amy srtiuns extent The dam
~ Mt Vernon Cotton Mills was washed AWAY
loss so. 600 the building is no, much injured
~ the distinction ~ life and propcri; in the
city. along the bank, OF this srcnm. We s,tah
10 another place
Tilg y. 4. ~. u.
All the bridges and cu,vcris on this iond. t..
tween uckcysvillc and Baltimore. were drs,ro,.
ed except the iron bridge ~ the a. lay House IL
addition to this very srriuus break occurred at
Swami Lake. The ruad crosse. the upper portion
oi the lake. by u made causc.way. under which
runs a rulvcri The water rose In that part ~
tie lake this tide Of the road to such an extent
~ I" sweep over this ctuscway, taking rails and
cross ties it'll II for the distance Of one huntt.
yards aud carrying them into the lake on the
'ihtf side. After the water hal reached thr top
of the tUad the causcwAy commenced ,o 20 aud
had sOon disappeared, down to level with the
lake, leaving an open space Ia the road ahoni
Thirty ieti vide md about twenty deep All
travel on the ruad was. ~ course. sust, tdrd for
the tine. hut n thousand men were pu, TO work
aud IN Wrdn' edai lasi the rrconncn csd rui.-
ming Daring The existence VI the break lh,.
York rad was the great avenue OF lea,c Tor
passengers lay the route of the Northern C"nir,l
road. Lines ~ umnbusscs ran between Co.'S.
rysViilr Hud Baltimore. while the mais aud u.
gage wrr' carried between these points in " ..
Ons VERY many % the passenger. b., This io,d
also Hvhil'd themselves o the passenger fnilsu,d
between 'his town and baltimore The rad
ihrough our village presented u yer, bus, aud
unusual -cene. scarcely au hour nf the dA, Of
night passing ~ which vehicles toll Of passrn.
gers OF baggage were not going io coming
from the city
OTHER STREAMS ASp LOSES.
Upon almost every stream Of Hny considerable
sZe bridges have been washed away The Liiiir
Gunl'0W der Herring Run. beaver bans West
rrn Kun. Great Gnnpowdrr &c., unusually quiet
streams. Were converted into pcricc, torrents
The bridge over Herring Run On the Ilaf'orl
turnpike, was swept away. and Cromwell bridge
Gu the Grra, GnnpOwdrr was vet. much injured.
This hast important structure is still s,nnd,u.,
hat IT, f"td leading % II on each side j. 80 COM
ilric, damned up with trees f,nccs, wool aul
rubbish 81 every description ~ To render she
Fcachn. ui u b! the road. with wagons or hUj e.
an impu.sihiiit Tier, was not i. much dam.
agc done ~ the nrichhni hood nr the phiiAl,.fhn
tCai e. ia Other sections 81 ~, count, NJ v
toIts sustained loss Of nearly - 200 aud
VI ~ Register 7 = Mason Joshu,
ilOfn,i, David X. Lushy. anil others Of the
twcliil district suffered considerable damage
In The viriniiy OF Warren great damage WAS
caused by the overflow 20 the Great Cunaow.l.r
IN ftp M a.. -
Owen Gooding aud We.cy Green Whose houses
we're washed away George Keys, whose black
smith shop experienced the satnr fate aud Vim
Butler, par, OF whose dwclling and store with
stock Of goods, was swept away by the strong
current. The two bridges upon the Long Green
branch oi the Hartford pike. about twelve miles
from baltimore, aud the two bridges near Ken.
nells Mill, IN the samr VICINITY wcr. washed
away W sherman black smith shop near
Kennel Mills with tools 81 were carried of
At The copper 'nciurt. on the Gunpowct ahuu,
two hunlfcd cord, o. wuud were washed away
ruwsnSTowN ASD VICINITY
All the streams ia the ucghhurhOo6 OF our
town We're swollen go - fearful xieni, aud wa.
iercOurs'a were formed where none existed be.
! fore. The tall OF rain surpassed any thing tina,
had ever teiOfr cen witnessed y, our citizens
aud our whole town WAS converted into "A vast
lake All this water had To find an outlet ~
the lower end o. the town, and Ia iarUuisu there
caused considerable damage The cu,vrfi pass.
inv down on the right Of the pike past the wheel.
right shop OF VI. ilughs, the black smith shop Of
Nj Sheridan and the residence OF Mr. Gorsuch
was carried completely away. cntaiiiug runsii
srahe ioss upon these gentlemen. The cellar Of
Mr.. Thumpsons store WIS filled with water
and portion ~ the fence around lis sidence
was carried OF. Nearly every cellar in the town
was filled with water, aud in som. insianrrs
the hrs' huOrs Of privai" fr.id,nce- ARE over.
nowed THE pike ami railroad also snli.r,d ma
'efiHli! wa'er-coursr runs down through the
town. "n 10" len Of the pike 90 a point 10 front
Ui vi t''f.nch residence. where il pnssc. un.
Her iht ilNc, bi means uf - massive sinn" calvert
hfiern See high aud ten wide rsnall, this rni.
vrfi "tlt gives passage 20 the water from unc or
iwotm,ll spFinss, hat on this occasinn II wa.
hllrd to 0t"TtiOwing and the mad rash 81 the "a.
tiers cut in'n the side ~ the pike uu Ter the rail-
way, and seriously injured the culv.fi The
massive stones Al thu lett "nd -; II We're hurled
along ~ M" food "a IL they had l.sei nut pei,
hlss. aud carried far down into u m...IoN De.
low u was impossible for the cars io cross this
point. yet not trip WAS missed The ears cnme
90 far ~ III" break. where they were met by
anoih-i from this end. in which the passengers.
u they chose 10 change, were brought on to the
station aud IN going down the ears started from
the depot ~ the regular hours, the passengers
changing at the broken culvctt Mr. Sanks, the
agent - N" road, came up on FRIDAY evening,
with Large force ~ wofkmen and niaierial aud
worasd all night at repairing damages ~ well
ms the next morning 80 that by Saturday after.
noon the ears tau Oser the whole course of the
ROAD, a. Usual. A large number of passengers
have since been chtfsd over the road, including,
ihosc "'i the way Ia and from the railroad II
Cockei siill" aud ihr residents ~ the surround.
ing c"Hn'rl who Transact hU-in,ss in Baltimore.
bu, ~ip Usually take the y. e. u u rogt.
4 nuInh'r ~ bridges IL the Immediate ,iriniy
Of OUT town were ,aIri-i away The one on III.
JoppH r'rd nhoui one mil' east IT N. town. /,
gone, iso ou the Dulan",s Vale, pike. one
on the liillrn ruNd. an on the Jopja road. De.
tween ht'r aud the Falls road Sc lidgely
large mi.'-dam was utterly DESTROYED and the
water team the dam rush,d down with fearful
v'locih through thc meadow lands and growing
corn al Nt Rot, Gilmor, infiiciing a severe
loss upon that gentleman Nearly every bridge
on Charl's street avenue was destroyed, aud the
upper ITi,t"n Of this road u impossible
NIscKlLASEous