Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1889-06-08
and the driving bridge will be put up
as quick as possible.

as quick as possible.
GEO. NJ. BOWERS MILL
was under water, covering the -four
barrels on the first floor.
A stable ON one side and bridge on
the other were taken away, and from
that on down the hollow gardens were
swept clear of ground and all vegeta-
ton destroyed. Mr.. Riser Huber had
one of the best gardens in town, the
ground of which is gone on down the
creek. The water entered his house,
and in some of the houses below il
drove the people out. Hog pens,
chicken houses, yards, gardens, all
swept bare. The Water Works were
surrounded by water, and the fine
new fence broken down. The gas
works were flooded and sustained
some damage.
The county road along the railroad
below the gas house is filled as
high as the fence with old boards, bar
rels, driftwood and debris in general.
Mr.. Showers fine garden is washed
over.with ground SO that only tip OF
green can be seen here and there. Mr..
G. d. Matthaei's pasture meadow is
covered with water and mud, and
Mr.. Tieman's large meadow is ruined,
covered with water and badly wash
ed out, the water reaching up sever
al feet in his stable and even partly
submerging the grape arbor. The
fences are broken down and covered
with drift weeds. Mr.. Parks meadow
is also covered with water, and every
thing is washed along the creek to
the Opequon.
At the Rafting Bridge train of
coal cars were standing on side
track. The water undermined a part
of the track; washing seven cars of
three hoppers each into the Tuscarora,
turning several of them around in the
current, battering and breaking them
considerably.
A SIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE.
All day Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day, men, women and children were
going along the scene, viewing the
terrible sights. Others hired teams
and went down to the Opequon and
the Potomac. Men were put at work
everywhere clearing away obstruc-
lions and trying to restore something
like order. The loss to property and
crops in the county may reach one
hundred thousand dollars. The dam
age along the Opequon and Potomac
can be better imagined than describ-
ed. Fine meadows of grass are COW
cred with ground; corn fields and
wheat fields entirely destroyed, so
that replanting will be necessary if
any crop is to be raised this year.
Fences and bridges are gone. Even
in the country where there are small
streams, farmers had to go through
the fields to get out. Our correspon-
dence tells more fully of the losses by
the flood.
NO MAILS AND NO TRAINS.
Many of us citizens and business
men critics and judge the railroads
rather harshly and under theslightest
proyocation. No doubt there is often
room for complaint, but the lesson of
the past week impresses US more and
more with the great convenience and
necessities of railroads. Without
railroads we would be high and dry.
No mails, no travel, no Geographic
news, from Friday morning, until
Sunday communication was opened
with Harper'S Ferry and a train run
down. After all few friends are
quicker missed and their loss more
keenly felt than our mails.
The G. V. r. r. train couldn't cross
the river Saturday morning and their
wires were also down. The river
never rose more rapidlya and there was
no sign of falling until towards Sun.
day noon.