The Cecil Whig., 1881-06-11

GREAT LAmAGE 10 PROPERTY
Railroad Cora:.,.,, ioation Closed 7 IRE Breaks .
the +, ". aad R-pamage o4 Railroad
as Seen n al Eye-w.tutss.

~E'''---'-S''~AN-
the T, " a2d R.-pamage oa Railroad
as Seen II al Eyewitness.
The storsa. which began hcve on Thurs
dav alout noon, increased in violence int:
at night-iaJt 4 perfect dr.u2c OF rain wa
falling, and the winH blowing a gale Thi
condition o: attlirs continued until nftel
nidnight, and the quantity OF water tina
bad fallen 10y hat lime "as enorrnons.-
nrid.cS and cu,vcrt> or all the public road
Hrrc more or less damaged, and travel wa
virtually suspended III Friday morning.
ON THE RAILROAD.
TIE storm rs far south as Baltimore, WA
fully Us heavy as III this Sr"1ion. y" train
passed north after the evening freight, ans
it was announced later in the evening tha
heavy land-wa$h had occurred below
Havre de Grace. and another between rrin
cirio and tharlcstown, At half past clever.
o'clock on Thursday night the Section M.'>,
Ter, Caleb NeaS"y. of the section including
and eXtcntiing below North East. discovc'
or 50 below the North East depot, was Civ
ing away. !Ie had been here ut nine o clock
and all was apparently safe. But at the
hour first named, h" torud that the north
west ahutment ct the cnlyrrt ha,. washed
out at he foundation and at twelve o'clock
the entire ulaSonrv W"r!. beneath the Sorih
bound track llii fallen III. He Immediately
despatched notice of tie damage, and aS
early a- possible; Il force Of men were sent
down. The culver: continued falling in the
meantime. and in an hour frou the time it
was first ,liScovert,l the entire structure had
fallen il1.. HE creek below, leaving lle rail-
ut the wv" tracks with the cross ties attach
ed hanging oyer the opening.
THE CIlAsM
left ny the fallen masonry WAS 10 feet iii
width and from - tn SO feet in depth, and
presented :; fearful receptacle for some I'M
fortunate train ;hat-llis for the timely dis
rovery Ivy Mr.. Nrasey-inieht have plunged
into il: The wash began low down beneath
the foundation. which wa OF massive Gran-
dislodged them from their positions must
have been terrific \ force ut several hun
dred men. under Bridge Superintendent
Smith, was put To work at once. and by
noon yesterday u trestle work oi heavy tim
hers had been :" far completed as to allow
the wrrcling train TO procee,! to the aid Of
the men ut work on the washes below.
Three trains, were bl0ckadcd at our depot
yesterday morning, and a crowd Of hungry
passengers besiesed the hotels Abou: o
o'clock \. NJ. they were taken back to Phil
adelpbia t" proceed through to Baltimore
by way of Harrisburg.
THE DAMAGE BELOW.
Between tharlestuwn and Principle an
extensive land wash occurred, the water
carrying away the emhankrnent ON which
the tracks rest for a considerable distance.
This wash occurred in consequence of the
incara"ity of the iron sewer pipes passing
beneath the track 10 carry off the unusual
quantity of water.
At LEWIS CROSSING,
below IIavre de Grace, a wash omewhat
similar TO the above occurred Here the
support of the track was carried away for
Il distance Of six hundred feet. This, TOO,
WAS i'll consequence of the insufficient size
of the outlets fnr the ruuSslai quantity OF
water. \ larg" fore" OF men was at once
nut at work upon both breaks, and it is
expecfed that before this mornin. the en-
tire track will again be in good order.
AN IRON TRI.sTIE BRIDGE
will he put IN over Broad creek, to replace
the demolished culNtrt, and in the mean
time the temporary wooden trestlc will be
sufficient for the business Of the road The
loss to the Company will be large. Not
only do they suffer from the damage and
cost Of repairs, but also hv the Stoppage and
di.arraugcment OF trains No time is being
lost by the engineer in charge in making
good all damaged on the road, and the IA
pidity with which such wrecks can be re-
paired is truly wonderful. The men at
work upon the trestie NJ Broad creek COW
cred it like a swarm of bees yet all went
ahead like clocl>-w0rl. and no confusion or
noise WAS apparent. The management there
was Very efficient, indicating thar the delay
to travel would hc short
ON THE COUNTY ROADS.
We have been unable TO hear from Tie
upper portions of the county, hut 10 doubt
considerable damage has been done. At
the bridge crossing Stony creek, below