Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-03
TIE MOST SERIOUS Loss GEORGETOWN Has EyER
MET WITH.

THE MOST sERIors Loss GEORGETOWN Has ryER
MET WITH.
MP. X b. Tenney, proprietor OF the Analos-
IAN, Columbia and Foundry mills, declared
thaf the loss to the town is the most serious
one that II has ever met with: that the outlook
10 lSr .ne la'are gloomy. and unless the people
vi SeoIsetoWn came forward with helping
hands the mills of this place would be Shut
down Tor good AS il stands now" Mr.. Tenny
saoeo. tine loss sustained by me by being
hooded and goods damaged does not bother
ine, ou. my great loss Is the loss Of the water
power from the canal. which may be for months
and It may be forever As for steam-power.
.hat OUT OF the question. The outlook is in
9eeo dark, when You know that everything
belonging to the canal company. even 70 the
wafer rene, Is mortgaged. and really can't
see any other help than from the people. The
loss OF the canal water-power is not only the
mlliers loss but the towns / am sure the
millers would be willing TO paw A liberal in
serest upon money advanced for the repairing
OF the level Of the canal The revenues de-
rived from It are worth a good deal We NAV
sion.
LOSSES OF THE ICE COMPANIES
The Great Falls ice company and the indie
pendent ice company suffered losses by ice
being melted or foated away. The Indepen-
dent company's loss will reach about $4,000
while about $1,000 will cover the loss Of the
1reat Falls company.
THE LUMBER YARDS
when We were warned by the signal Office"
said Mr.. Charley wheatley, of wheatley Bros.
lumber yards, 1--WE put force of men to work
at once and secured everything by heavy ropes
and other ways, and find that we have scarcely
lost anything. Mr.. Wheatley highly Endorsed
the harbor improvement, and said il II were
not for the channel being clear there is no
doubt the water would have reached almost to
NJ street.
Considerable lumber was carried away from
Libbey's lumber yard
The big trestles of Borden companies wharf
were partially washed away. Agnews and
Heirs wharves were seriously damaged. The
Potomac and Columbia boat clubs got their
boats on dry land. and their club houses while
pretty badly washed out, still stand. The Canoe
club house, which was anchored close up to the
Analostan Island was washed up among the
tree tops and stood on its beams end half under
water. Most of the boats were out of it but
the lockers were not cleared. The damage
done In the store houses and ship-chandler's
stores Is not as heavy as one would imagine,
for preparations were made for the freshet
The loss of household goods to the poor people
living within the flooded district is severe.
ANOTHER FIRM LOSES TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
Messrs. Cropley, Boteler & Champion dealers
in fertilizers and agricultural implements. are
house suffered great damage by being struck
by scow, staving in the walls of the building,
through which the water surged in torrents.
The floor of the building was uplifted from
Its supports. About IS tons of guano were
washed away, together with two new wagons
and lot of implements. 1t is not known
whether their wharf is damaged to any great
extent, but it is feared so. Their loss is placed
at about $4,000.
A young man who had been purchasing
manure from the car stables and other places,
had stored a great quantity since January last
upon the wharf near the Aqueduct bridge. He
suffers losses to the extent Of about 81 900.
OTHER LOSSES.
The Arlington roller mills escaped with about
$4,000 damage to -four.
Mr.. E. L. Dent considers himself quite fortu-
nate in escaping with little damage, which is
also quite strange.
REPORTED LOSS OF LIFE.
Two canal boatmen while making purchases
at Leech's ship chandler store this morning
stated that about thirty boats were landed high
and dry on this level of the canal and that two
boats with all on board were washed away,
aud that each boat had at least five persons on
it. This story is not believed by many, and
had not been even heard OF along the canal.
The VIRGINIA END OF THE FREE BRIDGE.
The earthwork around the Virginia abut-
ment of the new bridge was pretty badly
washed by the heavy rains, but there is no
damage done to the abutments. Workmen
were put to work constructing a breakwater.
SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN DROWNED.
Charles Sparshaw, while engaged in securing
drift-wood yesterday near the Virginia ap-
proach of the Aqueduct bridge, was carried
away and is supposed to have been drowned.
Sparshaw, who resided at Rosslyn, was en-
y,lp inf shr,.a - a
Georgetown railroad.
Mud was everywhere on Water street this
morning, and shovels and brooms were brought
into requisition to clean up.
Above Georgetown.
Nearly every house from the Chain bridge
and the Big Falls, between the canal and the
river, was swept away. The only house left
standing in that space this side of Cabin John
bridge was the Sycamore Island club house
The man in charge of the club house packed
all the contents of the house on an old scow.
which he tied to the trees and saved them, but
he narrowly escaped with his life.
Probably a hundred or more small boats
were washed away from up the river. This
side of the Chain bridge an old black COW was
left high and dry on a small point surrounded
by water, and was unable to get away.
At the second canal lock the feeder dam of
the canal was broken. The house and store Of
James Irailes was swept away. young man
employed there as clerk remained in the house
too long and had narrow escape. At the house
of man named King. on the north side of the
canal near the second lock, the folks were in
no hurry to leave the house. One of the in
mates said he would remain in the house until
he cooked his breakfast. Before he finished
cooking he was compelled to jump from the
second story window.
The store of Howard Garrett. on the south
side of the canal at the Great Falls, was swept
away with all its contents
Joe West, the lock tender. suffered great loss
to household effects and his house
THE CENTER MARKET.