Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-09-28
The Late Rain Fall.

The heaviest rain fall which has oc-
curred il our county within the re-
collection Of any living person COM
nenced on Friday last. continued
throughout Friday night and up to
about II o'clock Saturday morning.
II is believed that IL inches do not
oversfate the measure Of the fall,
though no very exactestimate was ta-
ken. An ordinary barrel tub, which had
been left empty in an open lot in this
village. was found after the rain to
contain more than this measure ofwa-
ter. But however il may be as to the
inches Of the rainfall, there is a gem
eral agreement that il was the hea-
West which has ever visited this sec
ton within the memory Of its people.
undoubtedly the most destrue-
tive.
OF the damage to the corn and to-
haccO crops no estimate can now be
made, but it can truthfulIy, we think.
be described as enormoas. In low
lands. The latter crop is drowned out
right, or presents that appearances.
and in higher localities. it is badly
lroken and bruised by the wind and
rain and the lower leaves are sub
merged in mud. Where the tops
were cut and the blades gathered.
there was not much damage done to
the corn, but where this was not the
case, il was generally ufgqpted or lev
eled with the earth and necessarily
much Of it will be injured. The I'M
gathered tops and blades arc almost a
total loss, and even the provender
which had been temforafiIy secured
in the fields, is-badIy danAsed.
In meadows and along swamp
courses whole lines Of fencing have
BEEN swept away and tleloss in this
respect is both heavy and serious. Tits
! i estimatedthat i vii cost the county
$500 to make the public roads and
hidges travel safe aud much over
hat amount to put them in the con-
diiiou they were before the rain. Thr
bridge near our town. known as the
Flank Bridge, though it CALAMITY
stood the storm, was rendered impas-
sable by the overflow of the stream II
crosses and the scooping of ugly pre-
caFices by the water at its Western
fronting. A part of the public road
leading from the village to this point
calls for extreme caution in carriage
or wagon travel in consequence Of the
deep holes which were made in the
road here by the volume and violence
Of the flood. We have been inform
ed, however, that hands are now AT
work mending this road and also re-
pairing the damage on the other side
Of the bridge.
The greatest loss is to owners OF
milling property. From the Head OF
st. Clements Bay to the lower part
of the Eighth district there is but one
mill propelled By water that is un-
broken. This exception is the mill at
, the Clifton Factory. Cromwell mill
at the Head Of the Bay is broken and
damaged from $3.50 to $500. Par
sons Mill, in the same neighLorhood,
Is also broken and injured probably
to the extent Of $4,000. In the low
er part Of this district, both Heard s
and Fenwick's mills are broken. Tn
the case Of the former, the mill house
with the mill machinery, was swept
some distance down the stream aud
the property is a wreck. In the
upper part of the 9th district, Spald-
ings mill is reported to have been SC
badly handled by the flood that the
owner will not rebuild it. In the
lower part ofthe same district. Clark
Mill is broken and damaged abon,
$500. Lower down the county in
the sth district. the Indian Bridge mill
Is badly broken as is also Beans mill
near st. Nicholas church in the same
district, aud Thomas mill, in the ond
district has been Overtaken BY simila,
misfortune. We have not heard At til.
writing what damage, if any, was done
to mill or other property in the uppe,
larts Of the county. and We hone thai
the section spoken Of above will prove
to have been the centre of the rain.
fall and that our friends Of the IN
4th and 5th districts have escared :,
rious damage.
The loss in eOrd-wood and railroad
ties which had been deposited for shin.
ment on the banks Of creeks leading
into the Patuxent and Potomac i Be-.
i.svedt % be very heavy. It is repOr-
led that iiye hundred cords Of wood
Sish an immense number Of railroad
ties, were lost from the different land