Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-25
BALTIMORE.

4 BALTIMORE July 24--The rain COM
meuced falling early this morning ard
/ after d slight IntermIssiOn began TO pour
| down ia torrents, and up To this Ume
/ a pm has continued 70 fail incessaHtly.
/ That portion of the city adjacent To
| Jones Falls is Inundated, and travel is
| entirely Suspended IN that vicinity.
: Frederick and Harrison streets sre COM
/ pieJely flooded, also Center Market space
| and tie Maryland Destitute grounds are
surrounded ty sheet of rushing water
/ tHst is carrying hogsheSds, barrels bales
OF hay, ETC., with II. The first Il )Ors OF
/ the streets named are under water and
! the merchants have been compelled TO
move their goods 10 the upper stories.
! Tae loss wnl be heavy, but il cannot
nov be estimated. No loss OF life Is yet
reported.
LATER.-Tne river commenced rising
few minutes before ] O'clock,
at the rate Of two inches per minute, and
mas continued to use up 10 this hour
t2;45 PM Calvert street is flooded
10 l. -XiBgJOn, within few feet Of Mon
I umenJ Square; North street almost its
entire length 10 the depth Of from iOur 10
eight fest, anu Holiday street to Fayeste
street; EJrd's lheatec being surrounded
by tue water which Is passing down HOl-
Iuay and Baltimore streets. Gay, Fred
eriCk aud Harrison streets ere entirely
submerged. The water at JOBe} Falls -
several Iest above the bridges, and iG is
not Yet known whether they have been
swept away or not On many of the
wharves south of PraLgs street, from the
Falls to Frederick street, the water Is
several feet deep. A city car was swept
from the track on Gay street, down Hsr-
rlsOU street, with number Of passengers.
The widest TumoTs prevail! 10 regard
To the mum Der drowned. Some estimate
the number az seven, and some say all
were saved but one, Mr.. Ward, a
printer, who was drowned. It is
inposslble now to get the facts. a mum
bar OF dray horses and some drivers are
reported crowned. There is 10 eommu-
nieatiOn between the eastern and west.
ern portions Of the city, as the food is
sweeping everything before it, sud no
communication sOuLn, ali the telegraph
lines being down. No such flood was
ever known before.
BALTIMORE, July 24-l0 p.m.-The
food suDsided this afternoon IS suddenly
as il arose. Shortly after 4 p. m. the wa
ter was carried Off within the banks of
Jones' Falls. At this hour the damage
cannot be estimated, but none Of the es-
Inmates place it below % .G00,000. Hun
dreds OF stores were submerged, and
many hogsheads of molasses on the
wharves and sugar in the warehouses
were destroyed. A large number of
buildings were undermined and dam
aged. Denmead's foundry and the
BrantIy iron works were partly swept
away. The gas works which supply the
eastern part OF the city are submerged, land
that portion OF the city is in the dark TO.
night.
Some Of the water mains are reported
carried away.
The loss Of life in the city cannot be
sscertained, but it is believed that but
few have been drowned.
Mr.. Ward, who was reported drowned,
was saved and is we'll.
Col Webster, Collector of the port,
rescued a man by rushing into four feet
Of water IS he was being borne away ia
3 torrent.
The trains TO Washington are running.
The damage to the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad is not great, but it is very heavy
on the Northern Central Railroad, and
the trains will not bs running for several
days.
A telegram this evening from Eliicott's
mile, reports the Granite mills carried
Awsy and sixty liveslost, and DR.. Ovens
entire family, except himself, drowned.