The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-02-19

were lost.
THE SCENE SUNDAY MORNING.
The night was such that but few
cared to venture any distance from the
main street. Some of them did how
ever. and soon the information came
that everything had been swept by the
water and ice along the shore, and that
the ice was jammed to enormo 9
heights. The inhabitants waited pa
tiently for dawn, AMI over two-thirds
of them never closed their eyes Wheo
daylight did come rush was made for
the shore, and such picturesque scene
of destruction had never been witness
ed.
The shore was one mass Of broken
ice, overturned buildings and miles Of
lumber. The dept was flooded, so
| much so that the operator of the West
ern Union had to abandon his post.
The platform aronud the depot was
carried away and washed up near the
main street. Opposite to this was the
frare building use,i as saloon by e.
Cornish, which was swept about TWEEN
ty feet from its foundation and COM
plete,y covered with ice. Continuing
down were the lumber and planning
mills of Samuel e. Rowland, which
were completely carried away, except
the Office. This firms building was
about 1uOx7O feet with a capacity of q
500 feet per day. About one million
feet of lumber was stored on the prem
ises. which has a wharf frontage of
about five hundred feet. The loss was
estimated by the firm at S. 600 to $40,
900.
Barnes & Archer also conducted the
lumber and planning mill business
about two squares from Rowland's.
Considerable lumber was stored in the
yard, and was swept and jam med i'll
the ice at the lower portion of the
town. Their loss is about IS, GOO. They
also have yard at Lapidum, which is
reported in the same condition.
Another firm which lost considerable
was that of James A. Davis & Son.,
dealers in lumber, groceries, hay, etc,
| which had their entire place swept
away Mr.. Davis, rs sooD as he learned
the situation of the ice, mad about twen-
ty men employed removing the lum-
ber toward the main street. This gen
tleman, together with number of the
mcu, were on top of "a pile some twenty
five feet hign when they were startled
by the sudden rush of the water, and
barely escaped from drowning, being
compelled to flee for their lives. This
firm los, between two and three hun
dred thousand feet of lumber, besides
about seventy-five tons of nay.
J. j. Bucks saw mill aud lumber yard,
were damaged about $4,000, including loss 4
lumber wash d down. AT hisiotiice the wat
er was about four fee, higher than the flood
of 1875.
Considerable of the property in this vi
cinily belonged to Mr.. Jacob Tome. One
Of his Stables was swept up near tae main
street and turned over. The CulunoIa and
Port Deposit Railroad tracks are completely
covered with ice and timber from ten 10
twenty-five feet hign. All the telegraph
lines along the road here bave been swept
down, poles and all.
THE seine on THE MAIN STREET.
Beginning from Rock hun, wnere the
ice is gorged high, and passing down the
main street, the sight is something wonder
fuI. At many places the street has ice piled
five and six feet high, and is impossible.
The county bridge at Rock Run has been
damaged and washed from the abutments.
The Pr soyterian Church, Rev. j. Con
way, pastor was flooded, but not injured to
any serious extent. The water was eleven
inches ON the tlst floor, which is used as
lecture room. The damage is about $l0O
The Methodist church, Rev. w. E. Bar
rett, had four feet of wafer on the first hoor,
and suffered considerable loss by the de-
struction of the school library.
At the Water Witch Fire Company,
where two engines were kept, the water
reached nine feet and covered one of the
machines completely. The water was UP to
the top of the other machine. he building