Smyrna times., 1868-07-29
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:, Great Flood in Baliimorc.
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y Baltimore has inst been visited l,,.t.
t terrible calamity which it ha~ ,ufri
: the great Hood ol lS57. Ga Fril,y r'...
a ram storm accompanied hy th:r,
} lightning commenced. The fall ot r,;,, 49,
not heavy until o clock, when it c,,,,.,',
: to come down in torrents. ',..
The stream known a Jones F.n. r,,,:
entirely through the city commclr.. r,'
, rising and the banks were soon o,..,,,,.'
ana people living or owning property in :,
part OF the city were soon bu>y y.u.,y'
furniture and other property.
At twelve o. clock the cellar, Of n,'.,..
thousand houses III the section Of -, ..,.
: the creek were filled, and the water va.
lily rising on the hr>ttioors, but a. rl.,.,t.r..i
commenced to abatc, hopes were still crr,.,,,...
ed that the Hood was at its hi.lt N,
half-pa twelve clock, however, tb. A..
commenced to rise more rapidly than r,..r ,.,
IN half hour reached ceiling, wL.r. +, b.
| previously only invaded floors ami the a,,..,..
CONSERVATION prevailed. Sorapid wa,tLo..
and 50 wild and furious the rllshn, t,r,....
that the lives Ofmany persons were irn,,ar&z.t
and several lives were lost Had it or.,,-..
at night, as III the case Of the great flo.j
io]h the loss OF life could not but have i...,
! immense. "
With Its sudden rise of nearly twenty f..
the water poured into the streets at nu,. t;,.,
covering space of ground on the w,.,t i
OF the falls, extending weStwarlly t. the jL,4.
section Of Lexington and Calvert street,
thencc northrry to the Calvert station. III
interior OF which was converted into a lar,
lake: All communication between the easier,
ana western sectlOnS-Of the city was cut off f..
t6Ihle the time, except by the Earer street briI,
Inc yellow Hood came down with turbul.
roar Ike some mountain torrent, bringing IN
headlong rush fragments of bridges aud bull
lngI, uprooted trees, drift wood, fences, shcl
outhouSeS, oil tanks, barrels, merchandise. a.
,r, seven OF the city bridges, were swept ava
The bridges at Cray, Baltimore, Lombard, ami
Pratt streets were all damaged, some Of th
greatly. The lofty Belvidere and Eager Sire.
bridges alone escaping unnjured
All the manufactures and stores along Jol..'
Fails Were more or less damaged. A tAr..
story dwelling of ID. j. McWilliams on Favrtr.
street was entirely washed away; the fani,
had been removed.
The water extended through Holiday St
to the corner of Fayette, entirely sub
merelng all the houses from Monument. f;s
OF SIX -; squares, to that point. The IIoI il
street Iheater had ten feet of water in thept.
quette, the basement being filed. 1t will r..
lulre weeks to remove thelmud and water
Ihe water extenled from east of Front Sire,
TO Tray street on Baltimore street, and the l..
Struction OF property was heavy. For tim.
1IS9, a the Water ran out Of Holiday street int,
baltimore street. y large amount of the llu-
O1r aud debris that was forced down Iarr,,,i
street found lolgment in front of the Mr..
and Institute, and there it accumulated u,fi
L became piled up to the second story wind,w.
ana extended out to the city passenger railw4.
rack. Among the debris thus accumulate
IRE portions OF houses, bridges, boxes, AMI
very description of wrecked lumber.
The flood rushed down Frederick street wit,
'reat Jury, from Gay street to the basin. IN.
all the cellars, and in some cas-.
eachlhg up to the second story windows, anil
n many cases families were taken from III.
PIPER stories OF dwellings in boats. Every Oh:
eSialhg on this street suffered more or les.
II Davis street the water rose to a hight Of Il
eet. The water on Calvert street extended >,y
RAJ squares, causing considerable damaget I,
ne furniture OF persons residing between the tx,
olntS' The thick brick wall surrounding I'll,
ara OF the German Zion Church, on Norm
ray street, both on Holiday and Cav STREET.
ave way, and fell with heavy crash. Tn,
EAR wall OF the church is also said to be dln
5ed. All railroad travel through the city wa.
'Spended through passengers being sen.
'onnd through the high parts of the city n
rrlages from station to station A city rn,
ay car was swept away by the food and twoaf
e passengers were drowned The loss will .e
lhlenSe an, ana Is varlously estimated from thre
SIX millions dollars The damage is aIn
'ayy III the country around the city and aloa,
6 line OF the Western Maryland and Northern
7ntral Railroads. At Ellicott's Mills q larr.
mount OF property was destroyed and a mum
r OF lives We're lost. 1t is thought the loss
IL reach over million dollars, and that ln,re
an nifty persons have perished here in the