The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1889-06-07

At the head Of Snake Island a nrp, quantity of
current subsidized. "
The large fish Shr'l7. about ~ feet long on
Spcncers Island belonging to John CuIlSon went
lown IN w rush OF water saturday night and 500
worth OF hsh went with them. 4 carpenter shop
with AL Its tools and material. foated away from
FORT DepoSlt amidst the general escape of out.
ieet IN size, was caught with a rope and tied
securely ashore. ''
4 new buggy, several barrels of coal oil a sofa
and other articles, were taken out of the water al
Hayre de Grace, and barrel of whisky was res
cued at PerryNille, in local option Cecil county.
HAvRE DE GRACE.
AT Hayre de Grace the water WAS not as high AZ
IN the flood Oi st5, and hut little damage was done
Edward HANS store was Headed rs was 5. j.
SGhccaS canning factory. IlileS u Co.'S coal
wharves and others were three feet under water
LtPIDUM.
At lapldum the water was several feet deem i'm
Spencer q McGOnigal's warehouse and some bone
dust was Wet; Jarrett Spencer's fish shed was
wrecked put dia not hoat away. No serious dam
The fish house of Silver, Spencer 4 Co, ON
spene,srs Island, was destroyed together with
DEER CREEK AND BROAD CREEK
These streams were very high on Saturday but
no damage oil consequence is reported along their
Pylesyille was washed away and the canal aIlrduct
at the mouhth OF the same stream WAS also over
turned.
OTHER DAMAGE.
winters Run was very much swollen. Mr. VIM
keSling. at Archer q Towards Mill, near Bel Air.
from drowning. His mare and colt were carried
down stream but got ashore safely
great mass OF logs and debris lodged against the
GunpoWder bridge. on the T.. w. and b. Railroad
Mr. Rollins and his assistants worked hard ali dav
Sunday In clearing the obstruction so that 1t would
pass through to the bay.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Is supposed To
be utterly destroyed as a water way
Along the PatapscO river there was much damage
TO property and William hudson flour packer In
the mills at Orange Grove, was drowned Hcscross.
ed suspension bridge to awaken one Of the
operators at II o'clock Friday night and after hay.
ing accomplished his mission started back and was
about nall way across the bridge when it went
were carried away by the torrent.
In all parts OF Frederick county the dcSulaton Of
| all crops has been general. A faf-dozen county
| bridges at so many different points along the
| Monocacy were swept away, fencing was destroy.
ed, and the railroad bridge OF the Pennsylyania aid
| Baltimore and Ohio were wrecked.
THE MARYLAND CENTRAL RAILROAD
The damage to the Maryland Central Railrord
was not serious, The trestle work at the northern
| end Of Big Gunpowder bridge was nearly all swept
| from Baltimore to Bel Air, early Saturday morn.
| ing said that AS he crossed this trestle he could
feel and hear two Of the benches fall out beneath him
by me Time the rs trains nor II and south arrived
| az the place the supports under the track for a
distance of about 10 feet were swept away and the
track, with the CrOSs-ticS suspended hung across
chlSIn beneath which rushed an angry, muddy
| flood 10 or 20 feet deed. Superintendent Kerchner
| came out on the first train from Baltimore The
| suspended tract was tested, first by men walking
across It, and afterwards by a hand-car, propelled
Shannahan, and rs 1t stood repeated passages OF
this car, milk cans, mail and express matter were
transferred from one side of the river to the other
| and passengers also changed cars, The latter were
| compelled to cross the dangerous place hy steDpmp
| from one cross-tic to another Later in the dan
| boards were laid for them to walk on. The work
| OF repair was commenced ut once and by Sunday
night superintendent kerchner had abe road in i
| safe condition again.