Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-06-03

laden with iron, were washed in front c
the locomotives and imbedded against il
beside frame house, which served as
shield and divided the water. The trail
was moved down four car lengths
but was then stopped by two othe
cars, which were at right angle
to the track, the other end being forced
in the mud. Remaining in these Pull
man cars were D. S. Griffith, of the Nor
wich line, Mrs George w. Lapgtry ant
child, w. Fl. Wood, the cook of the car
and John Wall, in charge of the
plrlor car. They climbed into the
upper bertbs and there awaited
their doom. Wood took his station I
the top of the car with an axe prepared
to cut hole through for their rescue
when the water began to subside. They
thought OF this as rescue as from
the grave. Later on they were
driven from their car by rough
men and robbed of their stores.
The villains permitted the stores to
remain in the cars to be burned. The
limited that left Chicago Thursday is
here, and all the passengers are we'll.
This is also true of the passengers from
the east.
THE FLOOD ELSEWHERE.
WASHINGTON, June "a bright, warm
sun shone forth pleasantly, in the clear
the principal business thoroughfares,
Pennsylvania avenue, and in the adjacent
streets to the southwark, there was a
dTeary waste of turbid, muddy water,
that washed five and six feet deep against
the sides of the houses, filling cellars
and Easements, and causing great incon-
venience and considerable loss of prop
erty.
Boats piled along the avenue near the
Pennsylvania railroad station and
through the streets of South Washington
all day. Carp two feet long were caught
in the ladies' waiting.room at the Balti-
more and Potomac station, and several
others were caught in the streets by boys.
These fish came from the Government
fish pond. The waters of the Potomac
have covered the pond and allowed them
to escape. Along the river front the
usually calm, peaceful Potomac was a
wide, roaring turbulent stream of dirty
water, rushing madly onward and bear
ing on its swift moving surface all kinds
of debris. The stream was nearly twice
its normal width and flowed six feet and
more deep through the streets along the
river front, submerging wharves and
manufacturing establishments and lap
ping the second stories of mills
boat houses and fertilizing works
in Georgetown. Further down
the stream it completely flooded
the Potomac fats, which the government
had raised, at great expense, to height,
in the most part, of four and five feet.
and inund ted the abodes Of poor negro
squatters, who had built their frame
shsnties along the rivers edge. The
rising of the waters has eclipsed the
high water mark of 1877. The loss will
be enormous. Some place it at 81 900 900,
but no reliable figure can be given until
the water subsidies and allows property
owners to examine their buildings. The
city has been shut off from communica-
ton with the West and South for two
days, and there will be scarcity OF
milk and other supplies until the roads
ara repaired sufficiently to allow railroad
trains and wagons to enter the city.
On Louisiana avenue the produce
and commission houses are To-
Gated. On Saturday night the wa.
ter soon invaded the Central
Market aud late buyers were compelled
to utilize boats to secure their Sunday
dinner. At Point of Rocks the Potomac
overfowed into the chesapeake and Ohio
Canal, and the two became one. 1t
broke open the canal in many places,
apd, lifting the barges up, shot them
down stream at rapid gait. Trunks
of trees, immense rafters, small
houses and other debris were torn
from their places and swept onward.
Below the acqueduct bridge as far as
Rock creek, the river bank is lined with
business places of all descriptions, includ-
ing coal dumps, warehouses, fertiling
manufacturers, cement works, boat
houses and mills. The owners of these
places worked hard to save their prop
erty, and succeeded to a considerable
extent, but the waters gained on them 80
rapidly that they were forced to desist
before they had accomplished all that
they desired.
At 8 O'Clock the water began falling.
This will continue, as reports received
by the Signal Office say that both the
Shenandoah and Potomac were falling
rapidly.
THE PRESIDENT EAGER TO HELP.
President Harrison did not attend
church to-day, but spent the time in
communication with the people in the
flood. stricken districts, with view to
granting them such succor as lay
in the power of the Government.
General Schofeld, acting Secretary of
War, came to the White House this
l. nd hn
paired to the telegraph room, where they
we're pat in communication with as
many points and as many persons near
the flooded districts as possible. The
President offered to extend to the people
in distress any succor which the Govern
ment could give. He said the Govern
ment would supply as many tents and
rations and soldiers to assist in the work
of reclamation as possible. Governor
Beaver, of Pennsylvania, who was at
Annapolis as member of the Board OF
Visitors TO the Naval Academy, was
communicated with, and was informed OF
the governments willingness to grant
succor and relief. The Governor secured
a special train and left Annapolis for
York, Pennsylvania, for the purpose OF
placing these offers on the part OF the
government before the people in the
Hooded districts. The President
aad General Schofield remained near the
instruments receiving and replying to
kilograms until noon. After luncheon
they spent more time in telegraphing
and at 8 o'clock the President went out
driving to view the DIES 'ruction
which the floods of the Potomac
had wrought. He and Mrs. Harri.
aop than soain went into the telegraph