Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-08-08
YESTERDAYS STORM.

YESTERDAYS STORM.
MAKES BAD WORk In THE LOW En- END
dwellings. Dam Breasas, bridges and Crops
swept AWay-Tho ssuarryville NALL
road Track Damased-A Heavy
Elood.
The heaviest rain that ever visited the
Yesterday afternoon. It began about two
O'Clock and poured in torrents until four,
aud the results are very serious losses to
those living along the streams rs we'll as
to all the farming community.
A representative Of the INTELLlGENCER
repaired to tho section which seems to have
suffered tho heaviest, and some Of the
scenes were really terrible. In the vicini-
ty Of Quarryville all the corn is badly
damaged, and in the bottoms is ruined.
eOme places it would be hard to tell that
there had been anything planted. The
Quarryville railroad il badly dam
aged from Refton down. No trains
have been able to run nor will they
be likely to get into Quarryville for several
days. At the "Y" all the track il
washed off the main line and tho heavy
iron bridge is moved at least ten feet from
tho stone work, and for one hundred yards
above it the switch and main track is clear
off the road bed and the rails badly bent.
On that part running out ON the Cabeen
bank there was very heavy trcstle
work of the heaviest kind of timber.
1t, with the rails, is washed away entirely
and tho stone work is destroyed the
road bridge ON the public road is also
washed away. At this point the water
was higher by odds than it has ever boon
known and not fence in all tho meadows
around the "Y is left. George Wilmer,
whose residence and farm are there, il .
heavy loser his corn is badly damaged,
and at his tenant house tho truck patch
and garden and fences have all gone down
the stream.
Just below this is the new branch to
the mines and which was about ready for
the ballast. 1t is almost ruined, the cul-
verts and bridges, as well rs the embank-
ments being washed away, and great gut
ters torn in the excavations.
At the mines tho damage il extensive.
Tho worst seems to Ike that 0f the Mon
Oxy, which. Is managed by John Rowe.
Tho mud dam is entirely destroyed, which
will be serious loss. rs it was ono Of
tho best IN that section, and Lad
lately been finished. Part of the
stable Was washed away and with it
ten fat hogs owned by one of the en-
plOyes. The entire loss to this man will be
over s2,OOo, anil will be likely to stop work
for some tiinc Us tho pits arc full of water.
At New Providence where the railroad
company mad put up only a short time ago
:, first-clas, st.'ne and iron bridge as thoy
supposed, high enough for the highest
water, has bcca washed away. This will be
serious loss aud will take some time to re-
build it. All along tho road from this point
to QuarryvilIo the whole Of tho culvorts
will have to be ovcrhauled.
Tho bridge at this point was all OF first
class work and is tho most important on
the road outside Of the big bridges. 1t was
built of rcd sandstone from Lebanon val
10y and cost ut least 5000. 1t il total
loss. From New Providence to RcftOn
the scene is terrible. All along Big Beaver
the tobacco is all drowned out all the
corn is ruined, and at Refton the county
bridge is washed down to Reynolds mill
and has cut its way through the willow
trees. The railroad bridge is still stand
ing, being sOme eight feet higher than the
county bridge, but it is very badly DAM
aged.
Tho houses alongside the bridge are
badly damaged, and no fences are left to
tell the tale, and the gardens arc a COM
plete ruin. Tho corn is gone, and a more
complete scene of desOlatiOn could not be
found. At New Providence, e. A. Smith
& Bro, will lose $1, 500 in mill feed, and
also all their tobacco growing in the mea-
dows. All the tobacco in this village il
more or less injured. and tho roads arc all
gone buI the stones.
John Hildebrand's fine place is badly
damaged around the grounds. Tho largo
stone wall is partly swept away, and
the trees near it ale gone. His loss will
be heavy.
At Shultz's mill tho dam is broken and
the lower floor was fooled and consider
ble oats fiOated away, az we'll as some fence
around the building.
At the mines around New Providence
the damage il more serious than wo had
supposed. All the mud dams arc gone
and the holes are full, stopping work fOr
some time. The men are all looking, Oh
and taking in the situation. At Geigers
mines tho COW belonging to Harvey
CHlltu WtS WsboIiCu away Nui oV"uCe.
All the spring houses arc washed away.
On the ConOwingo all the dams are
swept away. This will bea very serious
loss. The meadows arc all flooded.
All the streams in the lower end were
high and the damage will be very great
and travel will be impeded for several
days but further south the damage does
not seem to be SO severe. The rain seems to
have been confined to radius Of 10 miles.
From ReftOn to QuarTyville were tho
heaviest rain and the streams on both
sides seem to have all been high.
The heavy rain seems to have gone ont
as far as Rawlinsville, where the roads arc
badly damaged and tho bridges gone on al
the streams.
At Smithville We have reports of much
damage. The lightning struck into tho
house OF Peter Finncfrock, but did no
damage. Samuel Miller had considerable
loss at his mill at Refton. He says the
water was 1 inches higher than it has
ever been "a years ago it was just that
much lower.
Addltional News ol tho Storm.
There were several humorous incidents
in connection with the storm and some arc
just as sad. BENJAMIN Shaub, residing
near Quarryvil tells u good story Of his
chickens They were rOOstiDg on tho
lower rail of fence near . creek when tho
water began rising. It gradually became
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