The Baltimore County union., 1885-08-08

Serious Damage by the Storm in Balti-
more County.-The storm of Monday last was
the most violent that has been experienced in
some sections of this county in half century
Many farmers, particularly those whose property
lies along streams, suffered severely by the carry
ing away of fences, the washing away and de-
struction of crops, &c. The damage was almost
exclusively confined to the eastern and north
eastern sections of the county, other sections hav-
ing almost entirely escaped.
The bridge over the public road at Marshalls
mill, east of Sweet Air, was carried away and the
county road was torn so badly that it was render
ed impossible. The iron bridge over the Little
Gunpowder, at Joshua Green's Quilt jointly by
Baltimore and Hartford counties) was carri ed
away.
Some of the farmers of Dulany's Valley suffered
quite seriously in the destruction of crops fences,
&c. The Messrs. Peerce, of the upper end of the
valley were among the number, and Mr.. Geo.
Morgan lost about 5000 worth of fencing and had
a considerable quantity of corn flooded. Mr..
Alfred G. Lee who bought the McTavish farm, on
the Gunpowder, was among the heaviest losers,
the food carrying away fencing, large quantity
of manure, &c. Mr.. Lee rents and lives on Mr..
Geo. A. Smiths Windsor farm, just above the
McTavish place. Here he also sustained consid-
erable loss in the washing away of agricultural
implements, the breaking of vehicles, &C., the
water in the small streams passing near the farm
dented height. He estimates his loss at about
$500.
All the roads in the above mentioned sections
of the county were more or less seriously damaged
and many small county bridges were swept away.
On Long Green run, near Kennels mill, the
food attained alarming proportions and carried
destruction with it, the county roads having been
rendered impossible in many places.
The dam on the Little Gunpowder, at Frank
linville factory, carried away, and much other
damage was done.
Two or three bridges at Jericho, near Frank
linville, were also swept from their foundations
and carried down in the mad torrent.
The bridge spanning the Little Gunpowder, on
the Philadelphia turnpike, met the same fate and
caused great deal of inconvenience.
The food was very heavy on Piney Run, which
crosses the York turnpike at Elias Matthews mill
and empties into the Gunpowder above Sparks
station. Caleb Pearce's blacksmith shop was
flooded and two wagons and one carriage were
washed away, the latter being badly broken. A
hay carriage was washed down to the Gunpowder.
Messrs. S. M. Price, Chas. Brooks, Edw. Ensor
and others living on the run had considerable
fencing washed away and their crops in the low
lands damaged. A calf belonging to Mrs. Barry,
at Sparks was carried away and drowned. Nearly
every farmer in that section had his corn more or
less damaged. The Gunpowder was not so high
as it has been before, and no very great damage
was done along the stream in that neighborhood.
Mr.. John Crowther, Jr., whose farm is situated
on the Beaver Dam, also suffered considerable
loss. His spring house was washed out, fences
destroyed and his corn fields badly damaged.
A correspondent informs us that the storm was
very heavy in the vicinity of Fullerton, 18th dis
trict, and did considerable damage to farmers and
truckers by the destruction of their crops, &c.