, 1881-02-13

streets, in the neiehboshood Of the fotomac
Depot. five Ut the Ninth street line Of cars had
to be abandoned. the drivers taxing taels
mouey-boxes under their arms, and raous W
cn their horses. lu QUO case driver ""s eo
anxious to save himself and the 1nouey 1aa'
be forgot tho only passenger ho had in, and roae
OF leaving him. After the passenger a"u
worked himself On his knees from one emu OF :
tho chr to the other to view the situation, aao
the crowd had enjoyed the sight, friendly oas-
driver rescued him. The Seventh street Inc OIL
cars continued to run through tho nooo during
the day, the passengers adopting kneeitnG
position on tho stats, aud the sano WAS tho case
with the belt-lsne cars
BELOW THE AVENUE
the CITY Is III pttiable condition. the cellars be-
tnc nnodcd, and in many instances, the 'Thter
rcacajuE to the first door- Tho Baltimore d
potomac depot Is surrounded bY water four or
five feet deep, and engines cannot come into the
DEPOT as the water iuvadcs the efurnaces put
ting out the fires. Al the great Seventh Street
Market, this morning, there was an amusing
. SCENE The place was filled with people, when,
ull Mt once, Us au eyewitness described it. tho
water
sEEMED TO GCsH FI:oM TIE GROUND.
Women screamed, and. gathering their skirts
about them. rau for dry land. Hucksters
hustily gathered up their 1novabcs, and with
III an hour the market was transferred
to tho nt,rth side Of the avenue. where was dis
played this afternoon long line Of meats, veg"
ctlblcs, butter. eggs, and fruits. Tho view from
the top OF tue high buildings w.ls startling
streaming from the Washington Nutlumc'lt
nloug the bed of the ancient Tibcr TO the Cap
ltoI and thence back northeast OF the city t1cfc
lay broad estuary, saiatng ia tho sun, while
below the broad Potona. rolled in solemn
Krandcurit its mighty Hood TO the sea.
CROSSING TIE ESTUARY
at the various intersections or tho streets were
boats, wagons and horseback riders. the 1astcr
rnc:nig be out in full 1orcc. There was IN UT
usually large number OF vehicles On the aVcunc'
tue novelty of driving through two or three feof
OF water seemingly auorltng IA additional
charm to the always del!shtfGl exercise. over-
head the sky was blue as sapphire. Inc sun
shonc With an almost summer fervoE, and wr1ps
Of all kinds were thrown aside or worn with uls-
comfort II tho weather continues warm tho
Hood may rise 10 Il much greater hight III fact
the ice was only beginning to break. and
TONIGHT IT Is 1:.A1NlSG AGAIN.
The ice commenced TO gorxe across the channel
Mt Gicshor's about O'Clock This morning, aud
about 10 o'clock 1t had to ali appearance bccome
II solid gorge across to tho Virginia shore. block
inn up the river entirely to the Long Bridge and,
above 1t, to Georgetown. This had the effect Of
raising the waller to
AN UNPRECEDENTED HIGHT,
mos. Of the wharycs on the river trout ri slug up
md ting on the water. At the Inland l. Sea-
board Comp3ny's wharf, near the Arseuai
Grounds, ruised about five feet above tho
highest tide, tho water surrounding the de-
pot und warehouse, and, had 1t not been f3r the
immense weigh: OF the door ind heavy freight
stored inside, the whole wharf would have beea
lifted mp. The Long Bridge. just below the
city, hus bcea ouc Of the points of interest all
day. All day loag it WIS the Only commitment
ing link between the north ind south ct this
point. At au early hour this morning ice about
Il foot thick came oow: IN vast sheets, piled
in some cases high up iu the air, anl
with such force for2e as to make
tue bridge trcnble and creRk from
onc end to the other5 As the water rose the Ice
accunulatpd- The roar wns fncessant and
could be heard all over South Washington. The
dense fog prercnrcd al extended view, but this
morning 1T intervals when the fog would raise
momcntarlly the scene up and down Stream was
an exceedingly animated one. There did not
appear to be much driftwood amongst the ice.
but It Is thought there will be more as the drift
comes from the mills higher up the river.
AT DAYLIGHT
hundreds Of men and boys were collected ut the
LonR Bridge and on the line of It Pegs wcro
driven down By the bridgcmcu to murk tho
raod1tv of .he rjsc which a;r1n,intetl III nearly
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1otl Aeel III e'oee" aao uao 4'ateo .ne pAuA
1ootWatk On the causewaT, carrying 1t over On
The carrfaEeway
sc r,,r 11r .x-v c.rrc or ,cr
aA.1 enH'o of 4e
came uo"n "1tn Ing Tue, tue lron"orA OF tne
draws we're noticed to- bend 1.-THE buckle our bf
,ntact The local tD,ffoaff
h.-a a. 80, - -, ,r.. ~ ,,e, ~. ,.h1o,, ,.,se
oete - 49, ~ 49,. "'s NV aS' VIZ "u.sn sauas
over, and nbnnt this time tho fog lifted and
- ~ - 49,. $50 go ..s.... 49,
eootG SntsIuE up ue9r .ns ot!use' @ Hlu tnso"us
hue nouu euunnct u 'ttIsc tot ~. 1hs Acu caa
Yao5eo ~ t1ic ia1sttoAu ~ stsauA15 "els ousV VI
tAe ehufc teAgtn W Ae uE4use, Win po!es to
!essen tue ice Wnerctsf lt 0ccufnuf11ed aud
1nrentcnea 70 ma5s anu some were emp!oyea IN
ioosenlnk some long trees which had 1odxed
aea1nst me 1ron-mefR 81 ,. .ne draws una tnfeat-
eneo 10 90 masch1e1. "A htue later
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ana lne posses On Inc track collea on all their
workncn ana .laporcrs- The word was. passed ]
f,sa an, .o,nrni e,nmnn,. roc m ~ ~ t
wards the END. no one feeIn0 secure. Whut |
added to the dread wins the densc for. which pr,-
vented n vision except for a few rods md at |
the same time fI,ere was series Of heavy show
era Of rain drenchin9 everybody. The tirst and
Second sInaH. l,ritivcs or culyerfs sourb If The
Long Bridge had been relieved ii the trestle-*
worf and fha nridce sunk win tho rails the