Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1884-07-10
After the Floods.

A stranger travelling through Carroll to-
day would scarcely be aware that there were
severe wind and rain and floods u little more
than week ago. The streams are within
their banks and the waters as clear as crystal
again If he were observant, in some places
he would discover by the incline of the grass,
weeds and bushes that the water had been
high and occasionally he would see water
marks on trees and underground indicating
that the little, clear, running stream lad re-
Gently been a roaring, muddy river, carrying
along in its fury drift wood, straw and debris
generally Along Sans Creek in places the
now insignificant stream was one hundrai
wards wide and from ten to fifteen feet deep.
Again it spread out to several times that
width, but then its current was not so strong.
Where the waters might have been destruc-
tive there was nothing tc destroy, only waste
land, grown up with bushes, bordering the
stream. Where the water spread out, there
were generally only meadow lands used for
pasturage.
Just two weeks before the flood of last
week this little stream was swollen by a
cloud burst, and its hurried waters swept out
three mill dams. Leaving its banks it rush
ed down the public road just beyond Sans
Creek postofiice towards Libertytown, and
for quarter Of mile the dirt is washed off
completely, leaving the roadbcd mass of
III, tn, i'll InrpS hae haa,,
repaired and the mills are running as usual,
On Morgan's Run at the same time there was
considerable ruin wrought to mill dams and
crops, but there, too, but few traces of the
flood are to be seen. On Little, Big and
Double Pipe creeks, on the Monocacy and
smaller streams, there are but few traces Of
the flood left. A large bridge at Trevanion
Mills, that will cost the county about $1,000
to rebuild, was the only bridge Of any conse
quence that was carried away, and the dam
age to others is trifling.
Along these streams, as along Sans Creek
where the floods would hay been destructive
there was but little to destroy. Where they
spread over adjacent fields, crops and fences
were damaged, yet but few individuals suf-
fered loss to any considerable extent
In a twenty-mile ride on Wednesday a
representative of the ADVOCATE could OBJ
serve little effects of the storm and floods
In that distance not more tllHn ten or q doz-
en- wheat fields were seen where the grain
was badly beaten down, though in very
many there were places where the wheat was
tangled Corn fields were washed in some
localities, but it was not discovered that any
particular injury was done. The roads were
in good condition and every bridge was in
tact.
For replacing and repairing bridges, big
and little, carried away or damaged by the
two floods the county will not have to ex-
pend more than three or four thousand dol
lars. The damage to individuals is difficult
to estimate, though except in few cases no
one suffered much loss. The aggregate of
individual losses may reach $4,000 or $2O,-
600, but it is 60 widely distributed that it will
not be severely felt by any one.
The reports first received were exaggerated.
They were made when the streams were rag
ing rivers and portended danger and devas-
tation. A stray sheep or pig forced the be-
lief that the drowning of stock must be great.
A few shocks of wheat, rails, posts and logs,
led to the conclusion that great destruction
was being wrought. Fortunately these APP
prehensions were not realized. They were
born OF Westminster Adp0cate