Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-11-25
The Situation To d.v

The Situation To day.
L.ssEs 90 WAshlNGroN MERCuASrs ETC.
Ibis n'orning dssclOsvi that the fears ex.
IieSSed ~ II yer men last evening hal ssn
fGlly real zed. The whsrvrs the whole leaglh
81 the river front were coVercf. As was an
tcipSted, he water increased GA the noy
TIDE isst night, up To o'clocN a IA aching
abCuf two feet higher than Yesterday o.
Iesrly siN feet above high wster marx. COW
eriug the lower stringers on the Long Rridgo
ard tie csiriagcway on TIE CO lse Say
TIE Tsilrcad. irOm the south enl Of the
bridge to R0ach'S. was entrly submerged
IN q the Uhan ments washel tearfullV. rem
derng travel impossible. Tn culvsrts nave
Washed away. leaving large al shes. which
a. viii take considerable lime 10 fiil and re
place. TIE lossfs Ia wharf % a. trs = "a wood
aLc lunb,r merchants VIII ~ very heavy.
fessrS tisrie & Given's wIs-f. near the
Lea = Er.ugr. Nas S.b-u. r.si over 80 .sai.
Two l"'s Ia Is ~ v-onl. S''1e forty c0ris,
piled yP Un tie e. #. hfb ald db-isl away.
lski' w.fh a. about one ia 40 rel tons % coal
p'icd III against 90 The water rose in the
= fnt'>: tngat = fiuG the hNt. a. the horses.
- al at thsu were taken uat last night
atuGt ns'nirtf, nHd rcr,o ~ 70 higher
ground. GaItJr's whar! j. hgf lftla lam
FgOC, rNreli hy The washing a. g. tleS through
~ 1Te M-Ssrs Jobt son vi - ftirr hsavily
Both ths ~ wharNes have llns,l several f.s,t
md bi'htn ~ several piacss. - siderable
WOOD ald iUrDb z ha> nosir; OF aud every
TIL! y aliost there. the. loss : :rbm dasira.-
lol, al wood ard tim Ter Nill, "A - thogght
reach = tpo, besidsS dana - u their VITA rves.
TIE Me>srs. Riley also lose hcsvis y from
U
a 81 out OF place aud hanging ~ tue out.
lde piles. IL IL Impossible - N tas eEt-nt
q lie damage uutl the Ss,"r falls. Tue
cSstCrNhaTi n all under water. q n the boats
are bOhhing around prom scup sly over the
on. toIs siderable damage has bse , done 10
lie ice houses q; the Great Ftls ics CON-
lAi and tie stables Add buildings arouad
he haIt a. Tie foot OF Io-h streej. aud Mr..
HANDY ihluks their cutiro w1rKs a, AnaloS-
l"n Island have been sw-pf away. as the
steam barge aud piers Ca'iI,,r oe seen thts
llNHnafg
hes sustained considerably Ganagp buf no
wood ar lumber has been washed way. Toe
large WAL OF tEc Independent Ice company
Is also anOat, aud In danger o. baing swept
away. TIE lumber mill aui whA-f of smith
Chler 4 Co. are ell intact. tlfs wharf WAS
considerably higher Than any others. aat
out of reach OF danger. Tn tGgbpats are re-
celviug passengers here for Alexandra, AZ
being the only approach possible. Toe rate
OF fare ihis morning to Alexandra
head. No l,rry boats are running.
TIE MeS>rS. Stephenson are. No Is feared
!oSers 10 a considerable extent Tasir new
wharf, bailt last season, has been ba Ally dam
aged. having raised some three feet and WAS
proven 81 from q saiing away merely by the
outside piles. Their old whar; h not 80 much
DANA ed, being somewhat prot sc.ed by the
new one. Their wood mil ~ all und en- water
some three feet deep, covering much OF the
machinery. Their fears are more as 20 the
foundation, winch, II Il gives way, VIII do
wharf, south OF Their mill, rs lified ami was
swo wing about this mOrniug, aud the Arrow
was obliged 10 steam up ana 20 over on the
mats, aud cast anchor. Sheriff's wharf IL
conyeTed and considerably In coafusion-
several large ranks Of wool anOat-but the
south wind has kept ~ from floating away.
The ferry wharves are all Submerged and 40
approach 10 them. The water IA. sei last
night, covering aOout one third OF the street
in front; something never before Known.
Capia Gedney states that the water is
about two feet higher than ne ever knew 10
before. Considerable damage was can sei TO
freight aud baggage In their storehouses.
Crouch's wharVes are IA about tas same
state ~ others. \ force OF me8 were kept at
work all night removing goods from danger.
The wharf Of the lnlaBd and Seaboard
Navigation company was under water, bat
most OF the goods sior In the warehouses
were removed and secured from danger.
During the night several canal boats came
down, IL il thought, from Gsorg etown, aud
went 10 pieces against the Long bridge. A
email dwelling house came Cown ABOUT two
o'clock. aud striking near the hO-th draw,
shsttt red and went u pieces. Another large
one with roof newly ia ngled ca ne down tue
south channel, and strikiug n pier went To
pieces auG nOsISd away IN fragments below.
On one OF tie canal boat decks the draw man
thought lie discovered c0lOEed man. A
large three mastei schooner Is laying on the
HAYS above the north draw, having, IL il
thought, broke from her JnOoEiugs al George
town. As there - no cargo on board, efforts
VIII DOUBTLESS be mace to haul her of at
high tide.
on THE EAsrERS BRANCH
much damage has been done. &c f.Ooi has
weakened the pier OF The navy yard bridge,
on The Anacosiia side, very seTioU,ly aft sct-
ing H. This bridge never was as strong as
il should be. The company who bull it did
themselves 90 credit by Just keeping Within
the letter OF their contract. Poplar Point, for
The present. is obliiera;od, several OF the
humber cottages built near thereto are sub
merged. The roads are all, mO-e or less,
impaired by the storm, and the supervisor
will have 10 be up and doing before winter
sets in. The tracks OF the baltimore aud Po-
tomac railroad east OF tue tunnel were co.,
efed with water this inorning, out trains
passed over them safely.
TRE wHAkvEs or THE NAVY YARD
were covered To a depth OF three and four
feet ibis morning, AID carts aud wagons,
with timber and sentry bJx7s, were a Jattng
around lively. Yesterday men were Gales
In TO secure the timber, ana were KEEP. al
work all night, but notwithstanding their ef-
forts come timber Heated away and down
stream. Williams Guinand's, and other
wharves IN the vicinity were covered with
water, and had IT not been for the precau-
Ionary measures taken yesterday there
would have been considerable loss
The Greatest Freshet Vet
SCENES IN GEORGETOWN TO DAY
The river continued rising all day yestev-
day, re aching lis highest point about ocIx
mark OF The freshet OF April y, 1859, makins
ieet inches OF water on The docks and
about j fee; above the low-water mark.
Wafer street from ii III 10 Green is one "a act
OF water to-day, aud boats are passing as on
canah Thousands OF people visited the
AqCeduct bridge and ali along Water stfesf
yesterday 10 see the sight. The current is
swifteT Than ever known here before. Toe
wafer Goes not appear much high ar on Wafer
street Than II did in IS52 and ~ D, from tue
fact that he street has been raised. Coasid-
erlng all things,
THE DAMAGE TO SHIPPING
is not very considerable. The only tus boat
lost was Tie Ella, owned by &. ID. Wander
werken, which was caught by the current Al
the Consolidation Coal wharf aud turned
bottom upwards and swept down. TIE Dr.
Rogers also got loose, bur was eau ght aud il
low safc. A schooner and a canal boat also
were swept from the Cons lidatei wharf AMI
are now on Kidwell's fists. There is also n
schooner near the Washington Moaumenf.
The Juiis A. Ward, Capt. Atkins, laying al
tie kennebeck Ice Company's wharf also
parted cable, but IL was fortunately hauled
up al Libbey's wharf. All sorts OF things
came down with the curreut-pumpkins.
barrels OF -four barrels OF whiskey hay.
bridge timber, grain houses, new boats, mill
shafts, &C., &c.
TPE "CAUSEwAY' GOING.
The causeway, separating the mainland
from Anslosian Island. gave way at both
ends. and the water is pouring through on
all sides. About IL O'Clock last night per-
sons on the Aqueduct bridge heard cries of
Sbelp,S &c, COM ing from an abandoned 0ov-