New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-22
A DEsoLATE SUNDAY AT FORT DEPOSIT.


THE WATER TWO FEET DEEP IN THE MAIN STREET
THE CHURCHES CLOsED-HEAvY LOSSES OF THE
LUMBER DEALERs-TuE APPREHENSION CAUSED
by THE UNBROKKN ICE IN TnE WEST BRANCH.
lFRoA SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNEl
PORT DEPOSIT, Md, March 21.-Sunday has
broken upon US cold and desolate. Tue water IN
the man street Is sill two feet Deep and runs with
strong current Above tne tho Is clear. The
Ice remains In muca the condii1n the cold OF the
past 30 hours preventing Its disiutegratiOn. The
eburehes nave not been opened today and the nhabi
tants have been bust employed In saving their pro
erty The Railroad from Port post Perryvlle will
not be IN operation again for Pals road runs
along the east bank Of the and the track for The
last two miles Ia tne direction OF Port Deposit is nearly
destroyed The lower trestle WORK. about 800 yards
long, has been crushed the rails beIug twisted in all di
rectons, and the and pieces broken and swept
away There Is communication with other towns,
therefore. except by teams
The grocers. hardware merchants and other dealers
who have been able stores found
large portion Of their stock is utterly destroyed or 50
badly damaged to be nearly worthless. p j. Sauter,
baker and grocer lmates his los, at $500, and the
losses or other small dealers will probably average
much The railroad station moved from its ounda
ton and carried several yards. IL Is nearly
rounded with Ice that IS banked around the building
IN huge cakes A wheeIwri-ht shop aud two buildings
at the upper end OF the in by the
ice AT the upper end OF the main street is the Metho
dist Church. Of the finest in tho town. 1t
Is built OF granite, aud cost 100000 large part OF the
money being given 0V Mr. Tome. The basement and first
door OF the church flooded and to- lay the steps
and churchyari arc covered bv cakes of ce, broken
umbers aud mud TIE town f. founied upon ledge.
and In many places the has swept away. leav
ing the rock bare.
All along the water front wharves have been built
out most Of them being filed with lumber. The Drlnoi.
pal business OF The town Is the lumber trade. Lrge
quantities OF waite pine far up the river. This
IL sawn and RATED down he river SchOoners up
to Port DEPOSIT, aud there load to supply the lumber
trade along the Atlantic coast from NewYork TO Gal
weston. Tho trade In white pine from Port DEPOSIT Is
very large. When the bod came there piles
OF lumber the wharvcs IL Hide left. The
is full OF unDer Of all kinds til the ends OF tim
Der are ~ DO a the river far down into the
gay protrudng Ike OYSTER poles.
It Is hoped that by the water will have re-
ceied that work begun upon the lumber that
has been thrown about in all directions TIC losses OF
the lumber merchants they estimate will be more than
10000 but definite cannot he made until
account OF STOCK has been taken. In J. III. Puehs
sash and blind factory the water filed the lower floor
and basement, badly damaging Large amount Of yalu-
able machinery In the POs.-Ofice anu the Cecil
National Bank the water damaged considerable
Of property but the safes protected tue money
and books from destruction. Many OF tue merchants
led BOOKS aud Dapsr5 into the upper rooms
where they safe
The river remains ded with ice far below the railroad
bridge al nIvre de Grace ami PerryyIo. AT Havre de
Grace the tell several eetluI then kept It's level
The wharves still covered water and Ice. o.
the Parryvile side below tbs bri ige river has be-
come clear for the with Of 80 feet and the length OF
several hundred yards. re tide and falls here
three feet aud has worn down the Ice considerably
The danger now - that the weather may moderate so
AZ 10 precipitate another food upon The areIdy
burdoued river There two branches Of the Susqn-
hanna near Mdrvsvle, Penn. the Ice from the north
branch--hat Is, from Plttstcn. Wkesbarre. and
that seciiouhJs desceD ted aud - gorged az Port
Deposit and IL,yre lie Grace. Tie ii the Yves,
branch has move vet. II tins does not move be-
the ebb Il les have time to break up the gorge
there will be further damage; but n ireshet pre-
cIptatcs the - OF tue west branch upon the
present Accumulated mass, 1t 10 believed that Port
Deposit will be utterly destroyed.
Tne Inhabitants Of Port Deposit take their troubles
very philo,op lily ;ary every has lost prop
erty and persons been driven from their
homes. stil. everybody Is nOpefIl, and will Drgn TO
repair the damages s0an possible The lumber
merchants hope ~ be ready for their Spring trade.
Rats OF lumber Will come down the tue
ice Is out Of the way. The only schooner that
nparnh at the wnaryes was fore and aft" the Elite
Of Baltimore Sac dragged out into the ice, anG
pieces or dragged away By the ce-doe.