Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-08-19

rain storm has done considerable DAMAGE in
o u5 , fhasI ard the surrounding country. Many
sewerfS have been badly washed, and In some of
the Tower portions of the city loss has been sus-
Sy damage 70 S private ,i property by mum
avenue, from 18th to Sd street, the cellars and
basemen's have been wholly or partially filled
with water; .: Among them may Be msn.ionsd
hotel, Metropolitan hotel, Washington house
Exchange hotel, st. james hotel, Howard house.
american hotel, the stores OF Samuel Bacon s.
Platz s restaurant, Schwsrtzenberger's restan,
ant, the stores of p & j. II. Fegan iiquor deal
ers; hessrs. Janney & Hadge, Commissioner
Merchants; Frank Hume, grocer, Adams ES-
press Company; Breggazi's restaurant; T. F.
broWnng, grocer, east of A. street; Drivers
Iaursnt. corner street and Pennsylvania
avenue; George hoffman, shoe store; A
Cavagnaro, contectioner aud fruit dealers: Du-
bEHt's saloon; s. GoIdstein & Co., Jewellers;
paws, batter; lockwood, HuflS s. Taylor, z.
TIE water entered the Easements of OYSTER Bav,
y r. Ru sell La mer & Cleary, j. Center, f.
Leonard, Perry & Brothers, Hall s. Hume, s /,
II: Bacon, W. H. Moses, johnson & Coliey and
others. Many roads and culvelts in the county
ere greatly damaged.
DESTRUCTIVE FLo6p AT POTOMAC CITY.
the most damage done by the recent rain
outside the city limits was at Potomac city,
across the Behring's bridge, on Sunday last
The rain poured down in torrents about three
Lours incc sanity, swelling the little stream
knoWn as Stickfoot branch, on the borders OF
WblCh many colOTcd pope have small farms
and garden lots, which they cultivate, and ali
OF when we're striped OF their fences tools
small out houses, &c, and in one instance a
mis-. stewart Just saved h"rsalf by Jumping
from the door OF her house, "a frame sfruc,
tu sixteen by twenty feet, Just as IL
rose up and hoated OF, " tn all its contents,
down stream. This house lodged against the
new culveFt built last summer By Mr.. Peter
Mack, and the water soon backed up to a
height Of twelve or fourteen feet, creating a
pressure which finally burst out the cu'Tert
walls, and house, fences, and many other accu-
mutations, went down stream into the l. lstern
Branch, and have not been seen since. The cul-
vert walls were Of solid masonry, five feet thick
Further NJ stream the culyeTt walls opposite
the Baptist church were much broken and
washed away. The principal losers are Isaac
Dggs, Ewell Digs, John Brown, a man named
C0ltn an; also, Philip Chew, Samuel Abrams,
Win. Beckett, Cornelius Davis, and two others
named Henson and Anderson. stanton road
was not so much damaged rs the others. The
18th street road was considerably washed on each
side, but sustained no serious damage.
DAMAGE To OTHER ROADS.
Lieut.. Austin, of the eighth precinct, reports
the carnage 10 bridges and culverts over small
branches south Of the Eastern Branch as ex-
tcnsiye. The.e Is hardly a road but what has
suffered and especially the railroad. In many
cases farmers and gardeners have suffered dam
age to their produce by the heavy wash. 1t has
been by far the heaviest fall rain for wears at
this season. Farmers in market this morning
from Fairfax county, Virginia, say nothing
Ike II has been known for mauv years. The
leads are badly washed into gulleys at some
points where the way is billy.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT OF TIE FLOOD IN THE
sTICKFOOT BRANCH.
Sunday afternoons heavy rain caused a sud
den treSbet in S,;cktOot branch, across the east
ern branch of the Potomac. The flood struck
the Asylum road about O'Clock yusterdav
morning, and the stone arch between the navy
yard br dge, and the ascent to the Insane Asy-
lum was swept away, the opening not being
large enough 10 carry OF the water. Before the
break was made all the property above the arch
vas tCOded. The raging waters took the house
OF Robert Stewart, who was asleep. w.th his
VIE and three children, ard awakening in
tiHe they made good their escape before the
house was carried agaIPst the cuvert and
smashed TO pieces. wO other houses unten-
dhitu were swept down also, and coming with a
Tvsh against the twenty-five inch facing OF the
culSeTt, passed through a. perfect wrecks
These shoeh- did the work. The facing gave way
and then the arch, when the torrent swept on.
taking stables, out-hOuSes, and fences along ia
lts course. All the fencing and Out-hOuses of
the rev county schOol-ho were carried OH.
ne blue stone coping intended for the bridge,
consist ng OF heavy slaus, was carried OF nearly
sNty yards. son OF James Wormlev thu
caterer, living on the banks Of the branch
went out to his stable yesterday morning to look
atIer his horse, and found the animal deaf and
boating within the Enclosure. Altogether at
that point there has been Destroyed about
$1,000 worth OF work, pl incipalIy in masonry
the character OF which one would suppose
would withstand any freShet. This culvert will
nave to be repaired at once, or else there will
pc no avenue for lower Maryland travel to this
CITY, as Good Hope Hill is being improved, but
on account OF the late ram is well nj Oh impass-
able. The ireshet and its consequences are
qulfe reverse TO parties furnishing tuck TO
our markets from the l0wlands OF Geisboro', as
Win leyeled and graveled road TO the bridge
tbey anticipated uninterrupted travel TO the
city iUT the present summer and " inter. About
one hundred feet OF the western wall surround
ing he Insane Asylum Grounds washed
down, but the gap is being ra pidIy repaired At
: o COCK Yesterday morning the entertainments
on either side of the Baltimore and Pot mac
ra'Tosf, beyond the eastern terminus of the
tunnel, came down with rush. and, until
lafe hour last evening, large force OF Iaborers
was buslly engaged in clearing away the track