Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-25
THE EVENING STAR
DAY. November 26, 1877.
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stuff IN their warehouse, of which the loss
Will tie about $500. In the New York
sitamsf ip's warehouse on the wharf were
ktOi cd about "a barrels of flour. These Were
lot removed until too late for wagons to
Work. the water having risen rapidly, aud
10 save the -four, holes were cut Ia the roof,
sDd IL was piled up beyond the reach of the
water, although some barrels Were damaged
before this YVES accomplished. Jas. Kunnz,
CCt Yer. rad tt5 hsTTPlS CT cement stored ia
The cellar Of Nj r.. Il. Lyddsnes warehouse
VII On are Total loss. /. T. Davis & Co Is
wsrstCuse. coBtaih6d 2.OGO sacks of salt and
at 10 O'Clock last night the water was within
five - Ches Of IL; 10 damage was done. 10
III. l. M,CTes was stored some 5000 worth
of EUanO, no damage was done beyond the
wettIg 81 sCne bone dust ard loss of some
potash The floor OF III. +. Gilbert's store
was sUtmcTECd to the depth OF two feet. bat
ever thing was moved away. Smith & Lees
shigc! aIcler's store lad three feet of water
in The cellar, In which was stored a large
quar- tity O! beef, salt pork. fish. &c. Most of
This - lost HARLEY & Brother lose nothing,
they hav ing removed $500 buShel corn from
Their wsTeh oISe Just in time. John Leetch,
shfpchsrdler. had his aoer submerged before
articles could be moved and will lose heavily.
The KerHCbec Ice company also lose to a
great extent, hey having so tons of ice
stored away, so Of this is "a total loss. The
blacksmith-shCp Is filed with debris The
Toss - = Geo here The stables were flooded
Tut u e stock removed In time. Rays ware
house. nlied with 1900 barrels OF flour is
flooded with water, aud some OF the flour is a
less. George Shoemaker removed some zoo
bushels Of ie' TO an upper story, though the
q
last night. 10 also escaped. Tsnnsy & Sons
also removed their -four TO a place or safety
NeIch Bros removed go barrels of flour IN
time 20 save il. their warehouse soon filling
win wafer y house occupied by Peggy r. "
roles, above The sQueducI, was almost total
ly submerged. and she was forced TO move.
let Of bone ia 7. T.. Moore mill is dam
aged by the water. At u. l.. ShOemaker'S
mill, ali the flour in the warehouse on the
wharf was removed 20 tine second DRY oftle
mill. A GO'ClO, X the water wa within six
inches Of this floor of this sorry, and mas,
doubtless. reached the floor The boa hOnse
Of the College Boat Club was damaged, The
wafer fu-EIr q in at the windows of one side
ard cut al tEe Cther. the boat were all taken
out, tXcep. the barge. which was broken.
The outlet eek 81 flereG greatly. The engine
house, at the foot Of the lock, Yves submerged
up 10 the caves, the water rising here II feet.
This house give way and came down stream
last night In this house there was $500
worth Of machinery. 200 empty cement bar
rels were washed away. AT Edes' mill,
Wbfh IS run by VIM. Clabaush and r. Gas
kiBs, the water rose TO the roof. and 800 bar
rels OF -four were IL juTtd. In this neighbnr-
hood house occupied by man named Nor
T1sOn was flooded. He and his family were
forced 20 move. The furniture is a total loss
ecOws belonging 10 III. T. Gilbert, George
Johns, bert NanderwOrkeD, II. f. Cation.
and q. Mr. Clancy. We're carried away. AT
GilbeTts quarry, nesr the Chain bridge, his
tool house ard It's contents, besides a number
Of wheeloa1rows, &c, were swept away by
Crowds OF men. women and Children were
assembled on the Aqueduct bridge, and al
The feed could be had. all day Yesterday In
The afternoon boats were navigating Water
street and some or the cross streets. Great
masses Of Grli wood and debris Were piled
against The AqUeduct piers. Besides The en-
gire house from outlet lock, the flour she'd OF
d. F. shoeInaker's mill passed down stream
last night, accompanied by TWO canal boats
THE CANAL.
Ii rs impossible TO tell what damage has |
been Cone on the canal; a cut OF about 50 !
wafer ont of The level entirely. Above Chain
bridge for a mile the canal and river are one.
There Is also a break below the cut. 10 is |
coECedtd on all sides thai tLis closes the
canal fer the season
ROCK CREEK
was no higher than IL has been known be-
lore, IL rose over the fence Al the Washing
ion AGUeCCct bridge, ard about 3 feet in |
Lyons mill. The bridge at Woody lane
road is reported TO have gone down, and
cuivert near Major Nicholson also TO have
given away and fallen.
The damage TO the AEalCS.an boat house
Reports af the Signal Gaiee.
The signal service observer at Great Fails, !
Md, reports TO The chief signal officer al g. !
m. as follows: 'TEe water has fallen fast
within the last two hours, and 1t has fallen
inches s1nee O'Clock a. II. very light
AT q n..-River remains the same as
When last reported. break in the canal, .
neht over the conduit, is thirty feet wide. Il
very heavy rain is now falling.
AS a. m.-1he river has fallen IL inches I
Stree last report Rain has ceased.
.nice, Georgetown, d. c., reports as follows:
At a. n. the river fell two inches during the /
past hour. Total fall since / O'Clock a. m,
AT a. m.-River fell Q! inches during the
IaSt bOrT.
Al . a. n,-River fell inch during the past
hour. Total fail since a. t., Il inches.
The signal service observer at Harper's
Ferry, West Virginia. reports 10 chief signal
oh1cer as follows; Now. SPA a. m, rivers
have fallen feet. hut still very high.
Great Falls, Nd, 10 a. m.-River fallen >
inches since last report. Water running al
The tate OF - miles per hour.
AqueGuct, Georgetown, ID. c., 10 a. H.
River falling slowly.
Later dispatches from all points represent
The river as still falling.
THE RAILROADS.
The Potomac road is vet all right north. !
wards, although the trains northward and /
fouthwaId ID passing over the bridge at the !
Eastern branch have had TO plough through |
water. The track south of the Long bridge, |
IN, however, not yet repaired, and passengers !
10 and from the south have to go BY boat to |
Alexandria, or by conveyance through |
GEORGETOWN, (Cver the Acqueduct) The !
all right today. Travel by the BaItimore 4
Ohio is interrupted with The west, no train
having arrived by the Point of Rocks from |
the west since Saturday morning. bat The !
trains between Baltimore aud this city are |
running all right.
"A MAN AND TWO HORSES DROWNED.
IEe roads surrounding the Babcock lakes,
IN me Monument grounds. are submerged /
with water some FIVE feet deep. A man |
named Swee; y, dairyman, in attempting |
10 cross with double horse team between |
these lakes this morning, was drowned with |
DIS Two horses. His body was drawn ashore
"eiye O'Clock to-day, but his horses |
Hhoas =" ,,,-,, . ling out In the water
some 90 feet from shore
THE sITUATIoN AT TWO z. Il,
around the river FONT was unchanged. The /
Oldest TlV ef men say that this has been the |
heaviest fIeshet they ever knew. II is i'm |
possible TO estimate the damages until the |
fall of the ficod. AT go this afternoon the |
current was as strong a. ever, with no signs |
of abatement.
REoPFNING OF ST. PAUL's LUTHERAN
CHURCH.-Y Yesterday morning the audito
rum of til il church was reopeped after hav-
ing been thoroughly renovated and i'm
proved. There was large congregation
present, ard the exercises were very inter
estiDg. After the dedicatory anthem "Lord