New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-04
MARYLAND'S GREAT LOSS.
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PROP
ERTY DESTROYED AND MANY
LIVES LOST.
THE DAMAGE NEXT TO THAT SUSTAINED by
PENNsYLvANIA-THE CHESAPEAKE
CANAL WIPED OUT.
lBY TELEoAAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. !

tBr IELEoRAPH TO THE TkIBUNLl
Baltimore. June 3.-As communication By telegraph
is established with the mountain parts Of Western
Maryland and the borders OF West Virginia It Is learned
that many more lives have been inst than first
ported aud millions OF dollars worth of property de-
gtroyed Details Of the havoc caused bT the foods Of
Maryland rivers indicate that next to Pennsylvana
the people Of this State have sustained the heaviest
losses. Halpers Ferry Is st partially under water
Six probably ten lives reported to have been lost
| IN that little town. Early yesterday morning num-
Der OF houses on the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers
| nesr Harper's Ferry destroyed by the raging
waters which came laundering dowp from the noun
taIns. thirty 10 forty feet higher than low water mark
John Browns fort nearly swept away. The old
building has withstOod number Of floods. There IL
only rfcketty portion Of IL standing anyhow. and
that is now covered With mud and rubbish. While
the crowds the hcGhfS near llarper's Ferry were
watching the terrible w"k of destruction YESTERDAY
house coming down the Potomac. Upon TIA
roof were three wildly shouting To the people on
the hills 10 save them. Just the structure struck
the railroad bridge the tried u catch hold Of tho
aoorfng and iron work. but the swift torrent swept
them al under and they were seen no more. What
appeared TO be 4 babe In a cradle came floating down
behind them. and a few moments later the body OF q
womsl supposed TO be che mother u the child. swept
by. Robert Council. farmer living upon large
island IN the Potomac. known Herer Island lost all
his wheat crop and his cattle. His family was rescued
by Clarence etedman and L. A. KeySer. artist from
Washington. at the risk Of their lives The fine rail-
road bridge across the Shenandoah. near harpcr's
Ferry. destroyed. Tho FerrJ MIL Company sus-
tanned heavy losses.
Along the South Mountains. in Washington and Al
egheny Counties. Md. the destruction was terrible,
whole farms. including tho houses and barns. were
swept away and hundreds Of live stock killed. DO
tween Williams port. Md. and Dam No on tho
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal twcn;ysx houses were
destroyed and It is reported that several pefso were
drowned. The homeless families arc camping out on
tho hills. being supplied with food and Clothing by Tho
citizens OF Wiinamsport
Joseph ShIiter and family made q narrow escape
They we're driven 10 the roof OF their house by the
rising waters, and Just minute before the suuotuo
collapsed the father caught rowboat passing by, ana
saved his wife and little ones
Yesterday the town Of Point OF Rocks, on the
Potomac River twelve miles this side OF Harpcrs
Ferry, was haIfsubmorged. Neatly 100000 worth
OF prousry I'm the town and vicinity was swept away.
Tho Catholic Church there Is 500 feet from the liver
The extent Of the food here may be imagined when
n is stated that last night the water was up to the
caves OF the church.
The Chesaoeake aud Ohio Canal has been utterly
lost and what formerly tho bed of the canal Is
now part Of the Potomac River There were but few
houses in Point Of Rocks that were not under water
The Methodist Church had water in lts second story;
The two hotels Of which the place boasts tho America
and the St Chaslrs were fun Of water, and any
stranger In town had to hunt for something to eat
away. Some Of these bridges were built as long ago
Is 1894, and were burned By the Confederate ana
Union forces at various times In 1854, anerWaLu Dahg
rebuilt At MaItinEburg, W. Va, number Of bOuge
we're DESTROYED. Lithle Georgetown, Village OH INC
Upper Potomac, wnlamspOrt Md, haS becn
endr6ly swept away. 1t Is not yet KNOWN "hoNneI
all the people escaped -
The loss OF life by tho reCcut floods so far as re-
ported, in Maryland. was as followb .,,
Joseph Creager, OF LeitCrSburg drowned IN Antetam
Creek George DarTick, OF fIeyanlon Mills, drowned
Ia Pipe Greek: Mis- Charles McFadden, Of fancy
town, drowned in the creek near that place William
Hudson, OF Orange Grove, drowned In tbs PatapScS
Miss Maggie Moore, OF TaDcytOwn, drOwied IN me
creek that place a colofed man, name not gwen.
crowned In WcomlcO County; James LAWSON OF
Monioya Frederick County, drowned IN the houOcsc{
Theodore Wolfe, OF Wlllialnsport, drowned In INC
Potomac; a colorcd man, name unknown, oil cum
bcfiabd drowned In the Potomac. -,
Along the Rappahannock River, the damage VIII
amount 10 millions, and number of lives ate reporter
lost. dispatch from fredericksburg. On the Rap
nom telegraph and railroad communication says
The river here rose 20 tho remarkable height Q,
torty-nine feet sboyo high water mark, beating AL
previous records. Al O'Clock Saturday afternoon
daybreak ali that could be seen OF the lower end
o. the city was the tops Of houses.
G. Hunter, jr.. OF this city, was drowned lie was on
the bridge crossing over toward his fathers Island
when the structure was carried away. Eyory bust.
ness house on han.st was flooded, and all business
erty and bridges In this city Ad yicioity win amount
10 over million. Reports from the lower counties
say that number Of lives have been lost and the
damage will exceed that OF this city,
THE CHESAPEAKE CANAL PRACTICALLY GONE.
Annapolis, nd, june 3.--The report Of President
damhr, CT tha Chesapeake and Ohio Canal submitted