Evening star., 1868-07-27
THE GREAT FLOOD.
The DestPHctieu-RecsvePy Of Dead
Bsdies-Eepairins the Danases

The Destr.ctie.-Recevery Of Dead
Bsdies-Eepairins the Damages.
The Baltimore Ga.ene OF this morn a says:
SNOW that the waters have ent rely so bs ided n
proper idea Of tie Immense destruction by the
HOOD on Friday mTy be had, although rs yet
no estimate can ie de Of indiy I'd usl 10. es
as it Is impossible TO tell until the debris and
mud are removed what has been LEFT and " hat
was swept away. Nothiog but heavy build.
iugs ole. ed any resistance to the m m'shfy rush.
ny OF the water. There is very little doubt
that the damage may be counted by millioas OF
collars on the line of Jones Falls, from
Woodberry to the drawbridge. The water did
net At epy time rise TO the door Of the Balyi-
dcre BRIDE, bat Immediately 70 the south of
that structure the la.ge corn meal aud hominv
wafer works, was flooded on the basement and
on tie mt and second floor, severely damn
g'ng the machinery, which was very va, liable
below that 20 nt, until after the water Do ssed
through Esger str, ct bridge, IL wa, confned
within the bank Of the stream. Imm 1iately
south OF the bridge and west OF the strc am
mere Is q Hat, through which rams a mill race
The water broke away the bank of tue race
and rush d into the tannery Of Nc RS Ap-
pold Here the destruction 10 large, but II IS
impossible TO make an Approximate estimate
until the mud shall have en- removed. From
TINS point the terrible destruction was visible.
ana rs tfe Hood rush"d onward the ruin in.
creasf until the dcsolat'ou wa complete. The
ga bsnk OF the Falls was rapidly cut down rs
low as Madison strst, where IL Is protected by
q stone wall
The Sun says Under the authority con.
ierrf by the resolution of the Mayor and CITY
council on Friday nght- he city commits siouer
Joon H. Iegmyer, Esq, called for laborers, aud
piac large force, Numbering nearly a thou
. no, win norses and carts, at work upon the
sufet2, sud much was accomplished by them
IN cl .riug the thoroughfarcs of IN nd and filth
aod rendering them passable. Crowds of citi.
Zens visited the vicinity of Jones Falls, but
few We re able 10 view tie enlire scene OF dis
aster IN consequence of the mud and flth
Yesterday. however, the devastafNd dis rict
was visft-d by throngs OF men, women and
cniidren from the most distant parts of tue
city. the surrounding country. aud even from
Washington city. The stream OF travel wa
CONTINUOUS throughout thC day, aud crowds of
curious spectators might be seen al every point
m the vicinity OF Jones Falls, and N every
street where the destruc tive effects of the flood
were VISIBLE The crowd was great in the
ncln'ty OF the Maryland Institute. and some
other poinfs, that the police had great diff ulty
IN k"eping the people from pressing upon the
iahorels aud interruping their work Ii is
supposed the entire los on Harrison s,r~et,
from Gay 10 Fayete street, will not fall short
OF S:s5l o. Some of he buildings ar. so sbat
tered that thev will have to be removed Both
sides OF Harrison street, between Fave tie and
Eit'IEore str: cts, end Market Space on each
siCt, from B2llmore street 10 The dock, ufiered
in like manner.
HEIGHT OF THE WATER
ire water was .ar higher at all the points
overhowed IN the city than in either of the
remarkable Hoods of 1877 or 1887. A printed
record which we have seen from paper pun
bshed here in ISL shows that the highest
average 10 which the water then attained i'm
bfrr'son street. nearrst the falls, was SIX feet
four inches, whereas on Friday il was from
eight to twelve feet high. AT other places
along Market Space ana at the Fish rnarke, in
ISL, the record shews the water from one TO
three feet in the street. II isl known that the
rise IN ls%I rather exceeded that Of 1sI7, and
mat OF Friday last Exceeded that again by TWO
OF three feet az many points In 1877 the war;
In Holiday Street did not extend up to within
nfty feet OF the theatre, whilst on Friday last il
passed clear through Holiday street, across
Fayette, and ran into Baltimore street
THE WRECKED PASSENGER CAR
Ine Amcsfeoa say: Immediately on the north
crossing OF Harrison street was 10 be seen an
tbat was lett of the wreck Of the Civ passen
ger Railroad car, the perilous drifting of which
from the track on Gay street, an account has
been gwen In those columns. The lowerpor-
non OF the body OF the car was found bottom
up. Inc upper portion he'd entirely d,sap-
peared, its appearance indicating more strongly
man language could depict in what a fearful
must have been placed
THRILLING SCENE AT MARYLAND INSTITUTE
SOME FORTY PERSONS RESCUED FEoM
Whilst the flood was at It's height. and tho
angry billows of the torrent We're surgIng
around the Maryland Institute. most thrill.
ing scene was enacted. Several members OF the
theatrical profession, who had assembled in tbs
upper hall over the market house to hold a re-
hearsal in preparation for the benefit OF Miss
Maggie Glenn-v7hich was TO have taken place
there that evening-had turned their attention
TO the awful scene without, and whilst doing
SO their atfertion was arrested by seeing man
cliDging in despair 70 the lamp-pos, on the
northeast corner Of Harrison and Baltimore
streets, Alter clinging in this way for soma
time he WIS washed on and Went drifting down
the market space with fearful rapidity unuI
near flowmsn street where be lodged upon a
portion OF wagon beneath one of the windows
OF the hall. Immediately efforts were made bv
nose In tne nall 10 rescue the unfortunate man
MI. John A Stevens, assisted by his colleagues
Messrs. Wise Curley, Samuel Glenn MIR
Langoon, and one or two others. threw a rone
10 the unfortunate man. and by great exertions
drew him safely into the hall, where he sank
ci'emeLt but was finally restored through the
constant and untiring efforts of these gentle
men.
ONE OF THE CITY PASSENGER CAR VICTIMS
The other body wss that OF Abraham Low.
enthal, residing at No. lis Low street. aged ia
years " ho was found, on the subsiding OF the
Hood. ON Concord street where it had been
carried by the current from Harrison street A
number OF the friends OF the deceased and his
two sons were present at the inuue q nd i1sn
lhed the body. The sons stated thar their
city passenger railroad car which was swent
down Harrison street by the flood. This fully
corroborates the report Of that disaster as pub
hshed In the -americdn on SATURDAY. mornino
II was then stated that an old man and a hoy
We're still on the car when the others made
their escape by clInging TO an awning on Har
Il>ou stIccts anu lndt tQe car was then off
ana overturned, leaving no doubt as to the sad
tate OF these two unfortunate passengers
THE VICTIMS.
During Saturday parties provided with an
Proprlafe means Of rescusIng bodies from the
Hood were stationed along the banks OF the
Patapsco, near the Relay House, and succeeded
in recovering three bodies They were taken
to the shore, and were afterwards recognized as
being those of the wife and child OF VIM Pat
terson. OF Ellicott Oity. This entire family
was drowned. These bodies are the ONLY ones
so far recovered. The other body taken ont AZ /
the Relay House was identified as being that |
OF John Reese, also OF Ellicott CITY, Several /
other bodies was washed down in the stream
past the Relay House, but at too great a dis
lance from either shore to be recovered.
Mr.. James Linthicum, residing at the Oak.
land House, on the Annapolis road, reports /
having seen three men floating on pieces Of L
logs down the branch of the Patapsco river
prst his residence. They called on him for Il
help, but he was powerless to save them. He |
also heard OF two men clinging to a tree, which |
was torn up by the roots, and the men drowned
After the flood had su5sided, he found the /
body OF man on the shore. The body Of a /
woman was also found, almost naked.
Two bodies. one male aud the other female,
were found amongst the debTis at the Long
Bridge on Saturday. They were both almost /
naked, the only thing left by which to recog-
ni-e the female being a collar around her neck
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