Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-01

| age can De repaired. superintendent McKee,
yer, of the Pennsylvania road, told q srAR
quire at least twenty-four hours to
repair the damages. A force Of upwards Of
hye hundred men have been dispatched to the
| bad sections along the road.
The western trains on the Pennsylvania road,
| as far as Harrisburg are running regularly
Railroad men all agree that the storm has
done more damage than any previous one Of
which they have any knowledge.
| SOUTHERN TELEGRAPH LINES DOWN.
All telegraph communication south Of Alex
andria Ia interrupted, and it 10 difficult to re-
| ceive definite information.
TIE BALTIMORE AND ONO.
The great storm was kind to the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, locally speaking. The WASH
ington branch is all right and trains between
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York are run
ming regularly. Along the Washington branch
the scenery Is interesting; small streams have
developed into rivers, and all ground is flooded.
wAsHours ON THE METROPOLITAN BRANCH.
The Metropolitan branch did not fare as well,
and q number of washouts and land slides have
been reported. A large force of workmen are
strung all along the line repairing the damage
As rapidly as possible.
ROCK CREEK BRIDGE SAFE.
The Rock Creek bridge is reported safe, al
though at one time it was feared it would be
swept away. The main line Of the road has
also suffered badly from washouts and land
slides. All the telegraphic communication is
In working order. The Valley branch of the
road suffered more than any other portion of
the line. 1t is badly washed, and there are a
great many land slides reported. 1t will be
over twenty-tour hours before travel can be
resumed.
THE WORST OF ITS KIND
Superintendent Alvey, in speaking Of the
storm this morning. said that it was the worst
Of its Kind he ever knew. Locally speaking,
he said he thought his road had been very
lucky, as all trains were running on good aver
age time. He said that they were not running
their fast express trains exactly on time, as
they did not think it best. All stranded pas
sengers have been cared for and their tickets
made good. 1t is expected that all travel will
be resumed by tomorrow morning.
MONT SCENES AT THE RAILROAD STATIONS
All last evening far into the night passengers
for various points on the different railroads
crowded together at the stations waiting for a
chance to get away. Reports of accidents,
wash-outs and the sweeping away of bridges
were numerous and created anything but
comfortable feeling among the crowd. Trains
which were to have left at stated time were
missing, and great many clerks, who for the
most part make up the population
OF the suburbs, were left, unable to get away
Now and then train would start, preceded by
a gang Of men feeling for wash-outs, but as
far as the metropolitan branch was concerned
none went farther than the Rock creek bridge.
as that was considered unsafe, and
the railroad people did not think it
best to take any risks. The trains
some time by the breaking of one end Of a
culvert near Baltimore. Suburban trains on
the Pennsylvania road didn't attempt to go
farther than Alexandria. as beyond that point
travelling was extremely dangerous, so the gov
ernment clerks living beyond that point passed
the night in Washington.
Exciting Scenes in Georgetown.
As early as yesterday afternoon precautions
were being taken by the merchants and others
along the river front at Georgetown to protect
their property, and men were at work in the
storm all night, but for such places of business
as the lumber yards and coal wharves the rise
in the river was TOO rapid to give time for
moving the stock to safer places.
THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF COAL GONE.
MIR. III. c. Winship is without doubt the heay-
lest loser by the freshet. He places his loss at
fully $4,000 by the sweeping away Of several
thousand tons Of coal, to say nothing of the
damage to his wharf. This loss is confined to
the coal which Was piled upon his wharf. He
has large cargo of coal consigned to him on
Its way here by canal, and of the fate Of that
he Is not informed
Along the river front from the new bridge to
Rock creek, the scene was one of decided ami
nation and hustle this morning. Boats and
wagons were brought into service by merchants
to remove goods from the fast rising Potomac.
In the neighborhood of the flour mills bales
upon bales of hay were piled upon the north
side of X street, while barrels of -four were
being constantly rolled to dryer places. The
cellars of all the stores and warehouses along
Water street and its vicinity
SAVING THE CLUB BOATS.
A center of attraction for a large crowd was
the Columbia Athletic clubs boat-house, in
which there was at 10 o'clock this morning
about four feet Of water at the door leading
into the house. Janitor Bremmer, with a force
of assistants, was waist deep in the water care
fully removing the boats, and before noon
about fifty had been made safe. On each side
of 32d street for good way up, and on
many vacant lots in the vicinity
thu boats were taken and guarded
Yesterday the club received in its house a new
four-oared gig, costing several hundred dollars,
and at one time 1t appeared as though ii would
be wreck, but 1t was removed without being
damaged. From the flooded boat houses on
each side of the Columbia house the boats were
being rowed to the streets.
REMOVING FLOUR AND ICE.
In the storehouse of the New York steamship
company yesterday were several hundred bar
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property Of Cropley Il Herr, but Mr. Cropley,
fearing the result Of the heavy rain, had them
removed. In the same storehouse were about
us barrels of lime, which cannot be
removed. No damage is expected from it as
the water will carry the lime OFF. The scene
in the yards of the Independent ice company
was lively one. Numerous wagons were
backed up to the great store house receiving
loads OF ice and hurrIedly removing it. That
program has been kept up the greater part of the
day. The water in the yards OF the company
was up to the body OF the wagon. Men and
boys, skifs, row-bOats, and men in rubber
boots were busily kept engaged in saving logs
Of wood from the wood yards on the wharves
The water in the Potomac boat-house reached
almost to the top OF the door frame. The boats
were removed before the water reached its
present height. The stock OF lumber in the
yards appeared to be all safe at noon, for pre-
cautions were taken last night, but, concerning
the dressed lumber, some fears were expressed
and the employees were kept busy in placing
the same story higher.
REACHING THE HIGH-wATEB MARX OF 1877
Those who had been on K street since early
morning declared that the water was rising
at the rate of an inch every quarter Of an
hour. This, together with the news that the
river at Harper's Ferry continues to rise, caused
many merchants along the wharves more
anxiety than they felt at first. This being So
they were most Of them of the opinion that
the freshet would equal that OF 1877. Grey's
dry dock, on the creek and canal, suffered