Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-26

warehouse, filled With 1000 barrels Of -four, is
flooded with water, AID scmc OF the Hour - q
loss George Shoemaker removed some 1OO
bushels of feed to an upper story, though The
water had not reached bis mill at ten oolock
list night Tcnry d Sons also removed their
-four TO place OF safety. WEIGH Bros. removed
800 barrels Of fl5ur in time to save 1t, their
warehouse soon filling with water.
Above the Aqucduct the damage was 20 less
severe. Il house occupied by Peggy Reynolds
was ailno:t totally submerged, aud she was
forced 10 move. lot Of bore in L. il. Moore S
mill is damaged by The water. At d. S. Shoe
makers mill all the flour in the warchouse or
the wharf vas removed to the sccond story Of
the mil. AZ clock the water was within
six inches of this floor Of this story, and has,
doubtless, reached the floor. The boat house Of
the College Boat Club was damaged, Tie water
rushing in at hs windows Of one side aud out
at the other The boats were all taken out, cy
cept tic barge, which was broken.
Iha outlet lock suffered greatly The engine
house, at the foot of the lcck, was submerged
M to the caves, the water rising here II feet.
ln this house lhcrc was s.. 900 worth OF ma-
chipcry. A house wcnt l,atiGg down the
stream at SIS las; night, which was supposed
10 be this house; 800 empty ceueut barrels Tiro
washed away
At E!cs' mil, which is owed by Thos =.
Morgau, and iun now by Mr.. f. Gsskias, the
water lose TO the second story, and 30 barrels
0! n0uc OUT of 200 were injured
10 this neig hn:hOGd house occupied b. q
man uamcd Morrisoa was flooded. He aud his
family were forced to move The furniture il
total loss. Above the Chain bridge the river
and canal arc oae. The sight is terrific. Inc
wster is within five feet CT the bridge fl 5or.
| Two large gaps were cut in The canal between
the Edts' mil ard the bridge to relieve the
pressure on the cana
Scows belonging to Ii. i. Gilbert. George
Juhaa. Gilbert Vandcrwcikcn, NJ. u. Gator
! aud Nj, CLANCY we're carried away.
TIE houses or the north side OF Water 5:rett
had all thcir cellars flooded.
\ dispatch from Georgetown at midnight
says: The river continues to rise, a1d during
| the past two hours houses and portions OF
| bridges have been comlng down. 1t is thought
the engine house at the outlet lock, about three
miles above Georgetown, has been carried
away The Consolidation Coal Company S
wharf vas swept away about | O. clock aud the
other wharvcs ere expected TO tCl1w. The
water here has reached at some points the
second stories Of the warehouses. Mills, private
residences ard stores en- Water street arc being
| rapidly flooded. The wafer in Washington il
places OF business and residences has become so
great tia. the fire cDgincs arc engaged in
puntiog them out The basement of the Ma.
lionel Republican Office was filled with several
feet CT water and en- engine ia kept constantly
at wolI; pumping. Old residents claim that at
the turn of the tide at ! a. n. great destruction
Of propcrly will follow. A report is 10 circu!a-
ton that section Of the Long bridge has gone.
| Tie rise in the river washed out the road bed
lust beyond the Long bridge, and Jackson City,
consisting of one hotel and three or four fishing
hutq, waa transformed iuto an isand and lis ia.
habiaDts isolated. The railroad culvcrt was
damaged to such az extent that the passage OF
ell Southern trains YVES impcdcG. Thc Virginia
draw Of the bridge rcc2l7ed quite shock, but
was strengthened By braces, &c., in time to re-
UioVe ali doubts as to its safety.
BALTIMORE, ND, Nov. % AT 10 o'clock
to. light officials Of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad report the wstcr in the Potomac, at
!larpcs's Ferry, OF q level with the Railroad
Bridge, st that poot, and the Shenandoah
equally high Between Iialpcr's Ferry and
Cumberland lat some places, the roa.! bed is ten
feet uEGcr water, ard no estimate Of the dam
age, whether great or lcS1, can b. kD0%l until
the water subsidies
Trains from the West du; in Baltimore at
20 last night and al @ 50 4. IL. aad s. 30 -.
~. to aav arn still detained nj Cumberland. M
traius Tor the West left this city last evening or
to-day. Trains west of Cumberland arc rua.
ming regularly. Between Martinsburg and Cum
berand fifteen miles Of the company 8 telegraph
wires arc down. 1t Harpcr's Ferry The rail.
road bridge spans the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, which runs alongside the Potomac. This
| afternoon two oaral boats, one empty and one
loaded with coal, struck the bridge and were
dashed to pieces. The bridge was net Injured.
| The caoal is badly damaged at various points.
aud several dams arc swept away. The delayed
| trains will move az coon rs the water rccCdes.
parativcly small, bcipg confined to the flooding
of cellars and Easements on the lino Of Jones'
Falls. The water in lhia stream, which is the
dividing line between the cast and west stctiors
Of the city, Was at its highest peint last evening,
and commenced falling before midnight Iraos
90 all roads except III: mao stem Of the BsIti-
more and Ohio are arriving and departing On
timr.
Thc ctu,cSly, ij)luing Aualo5tan Island aud
the m:ulanl was completely covered with
water.
a iishcrman's hu: near e les mill WAS swept
away.
The tug Dir. kogors was swept loose irori c il
bert's wharf, but lodged against {. Sow down
stream.
The tail race OF Young mill, On which safe
was standing, gave way, aud co5red man, who
was passing at the time, fill il. lie was r3s.
cund with difficulty.
The wharf Of the Borden Mining Company
was very loose last D2ht.
About twelve o'clock yesterday, tic schoo1ee
julia A. Ward, Captaio Atkins, loaded with
ice, laying 1t the kenncbec ice Conpaay' 5
wharf, parted cabla and smuDG out into Tie
current. Two anchors we're throwa ont, one 0t
which broke. The other dragged Unit! the YES
eel came opposite Libbay's wharf, where she
hung, and was at anchor last night.
Midnight The following has been received
Sigual Service Observer, at Great Falls reports
as follows Since my last report river has rIs-
en- enc inch. At Aqueduot cficc, Georgetown,
report river still rising. Water atands five feet
eleven inches above wharf level
40 immense crowd of Washiagtonian9 as.
sembed at tho Long Bridge, yesterday after