Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-02-12

NatIr, A schooner hss dritted between n and
dTy bard and has been moorCd there among tbe
iIe. The warehouse OF the Potomac Iiah. aear
tie house, has few feet OF roOf above water.
All the boats were taken out OF the house last
night. Most Of them were stoned ia safe places.
nun Der were swung 10 the root or IN" nrSt
Eoor OF houses further back. These house.
have been Hooded and the water Is within
coupe 81 feet OF the boats. The wharves have
there has been a little give but no, 70 cauSc
any alarm 10 the owners.
THE LUMTERsKN
have not suffered much either TIE, hsa AZ
chorsd their boards and other stock prstty 81.
curely. ueoey 60. and the whestley nros.
have had a few piles taken Away, DN have
susl aimed nothing Ike clear out. The water
f. pretty high In the yards, however, ana keeps
creeping up. There are very few schooncrs In
The river. None or them have gone asiray, but
saye ooeyed their moorings along the sides OF
the wharf. Denmeads lager beer saloon is In.
undated so far that ouS sign above the door
tells what Kind OF place II is HIS saloon l.
on the upper side OF Water street, too. The
street was covered with boats Jusy ABOVE the
Potomac boat house oars had 10 Re resoFted &c.
IL was too deep for polling.
THEME WAS NO LACK oF BOATS
10 get around In. small boy started ferry
business, but H did not pay. There were so
many boats apparently without owners that
anyone who felt inclined could jump into one
and do his own ferrying.
ROCK CREEK
Is on a boom. IL spreads out all around TO The
omsankments and Is climbing those The lime
kiln near It's edge Just above N street bridge, Is
three quarters under water, but the smoke stin
comes out OF It's chimney. OTIS KUN below Is
also considerably under water. the creek Is
free from Ice II has al run out It's water II
muddy and runs swiftly. IL Is rapidly rising.
FoREwARsEp. ROREaRkEp.
I'D river men say that, while this s s olg
freshet, Georgetown has suffered less by II Than
10y previous visitatIons OF the kind. Most peo-
pie moved their goods to places OF safety. The
warm south wind and mild weather did much
10 make the break less destructive. The he
was made rotten, and is not by any means as
dangerous an big masses OF solid friCidity
The water will be al its highest this afternoon
at about o oclocS, when the 1ood ude is due.
GOOD NEws AT THE SIGNAL oFFlCk.
a dispatch received at the signal station Ia
Georgetown this afternoon announces that all
the ice had run out OF the Shenandoah and po-
tomac rivers there ana that the wafer was
gradually falling.
No DAMAGE TO TIE CANAL
/ is reported so far. There was a goree al Great
Falls this morning and the nver got into the
/ canal, but only for a short time NO other
| damage al 1890 was known at the cana! ONCE.
! reports from above showed water 10 Dc stili
! rising, but as far as the canal was concerned
! everything was ia goo1 order. II, however, the
| rise should continue until midnight great dam
| age Will be done TO the canal, and more or less
Will be occasioned Ia any event by the lee
gorges. dispatch from Harpers Perry at
was falling. At about this time also news
came that the river and canal bad united NJ
Edwards Ferry, above the falls
COMPENSATION.
The AQueduct Bridge company ios, about
l"U0 feet OF heavy timber which was on the
warf near the bridge, and fioated or before II
could be secured. The number OF visitors
1 t.rfA.
going all day. has been very considerable
and the bridge company probably collected
tolls from these more than sufficient 10 pay
for the lost lumber. There is some apprehen-
hcnsion, however, that IL the freshct continues
any consideray length OF time, that some OF
| The wood bracing the piers under the water
| may give way. There was general ietsing OF
disappointment
AMONG TBB slGHY-sRERs
The scene was not nearly as wild ahd inspir-
Ing as upon some former occasions. To parties
damaged, however, IL was Inspiring enough.
AS far as ascertained there has not been n2ch
! real damage other than that caused ty being
Hooded with dirty water.
DAMAGE TO wgARcgs.
Mr.. LIbbey estimates that IL VIII ous' the4
tim and that OF Wheatley Bros e. ,ca0 each 20
repair their wharveS AL the Rharycs have
been greatly damaged
Btal and Shoemaker had 6DoGt sd bushels
Of feed stored in No 1928 Water street by M
| Hartley, which was damaged 70 a slight eX-
! tent before Il could all be moved. The Inde-
! pendent Ice company's house, above the Aque
/ duct, the kennebec and the Washington and
! Geol getoWn Ice c0mpany'5 houses Oh Water
street. between Potomac anG High streets,
weie all partly submerged. The platform from
/ the Independant Ice company 5 house was car
ried of, however. There was Tut little coat
upon the wharves, and this, as yet, remains all
/ night. There has been comparatively few trees
/ ard logs come down during the entire freShet.
| as tar as known. The old sbanty which came
down was the cabin OF a llshiDg uC3- li0dtvd
I iIcm Analostan Island.
THIS AFTERNOON,
one O'Clock intelligence came t,at Tie river
. had overlooked into the canal al Harper
! Ferry, and that the Shenandoah had risen 70
! feet. At I:3g o'clock the water az Georgetown
/ seemed upon a stand Water street, from High
10 Washington street, being a compete canal.
The news from Harpers Ferry al leo p.m. f.
that the water Is falling. II Is dsPG,sd ocs
has been on former occasions OF tils 1Ird.
xHs Flood Notes.
At the q street wharf at ~ O'clock the wafer
WAS rising at the rate OF seven Inches in haH an
hour.
The government nsh ponds ana Baboock lake
are all one sheet OF water. and probably mucb
loss has been sustained az the nsh pond
The Ice in the Eastern Branch has broken
and The water is rising RAPIDLY, and IL is thought
that IL Will reach the noOring OF the bridge this
aItTnOOD al IlOD0 TIDE.
MesSTs BeayanS shaw wholesalp finur and
feed dealers, corner llth aud Ii STREETS expect
10 suffer to the extent OF g. 09e al least tg the
food. The bookkeeper OF This firm had rathes
, a disagreeable experience this morning, He
WAS bringing away bag OF silver money and
colored man volunteered 10 take him through
The water on his shoulders. The coiored man
trtpped up on the slippery paste from the foul
covering the ground and fell, plunging the
bookkeeper into the HOOD and scattering tn.
silver in every direction.
At 80 p. 10. three row boats were engaged
In taking guests from the St James boteI.
where the water Was up TO the 9th street Ell
trance, An attempt 10 remove baggage was
also made.
Mr.. John ii. Bird, dealer In lime and cement
1909 b street, has the danger or an explosion
impending al his establishment should the
water reach some fifty barrels OF lime stored
there. The water is now within Blk inches OF
the lime. ana is expected 10 be higher yet thi~
afternoon.
Between IL and ! O'Clock Il wa &c nd that
the water In the B. q L. X. n. depot vas SO
deep that the yard engines IRE was pat oat ald
orders were at once Issued for the removal OF
the cars for the afternoon trains or the tracks
In 9th street and Maryland and Virginia ave
nUes. ana tor the time being the Intersection
T@n ~ anu . ' " .
g tA.Brecze i'm the House To-day
In the House OF Representatives to-day.
Chairman King, OF the inter-Qceanic canal con-
mitlee, kad reported the biu proytaino Z saTn