Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-06-07

berland to W1lllamsporf: Two small
breaks on the level below Cumber-
land, and tow-path washed. There
is a large break at the culvert below
Kelly's farmhouse. On the BERN side
100 feet Of the bottom of the canal is
washed out sixty ieet through the
bank and ten feet below the bottom
of the canal. AT Darkey's lock there
is a break 70 feet long and feet be-
low the bottom of the canal. There
is a large break at the 24-mile stake
and one at Mathews farm 100 feet
long and feet below the bottom of
the canal. On the two-mile level the
canal is entirely filled up for 200 yards
by a slide from the mountain side,
and the tow-path is badly washed.
The waste weir at Orleans aque :
duct is washed out. Below Little
Orleans there is break 100 feet long.
At Sideling Hill aqueduct there Is
bad break. and the wooden trunk at
the aqueduct is carried away, but
the masonry is all right At dam No.
the sheeting is of the upper side OF
the dam for 200 feet, and On the lower
side 100 feet of the crib or sheeting
lately put on is of. There is a large
gap about 20 feet wide in the lower
crib, extending to the bottom. All
the entertainments around the feeder
are gone and the bank is washed
away. There is a small break above
lock SO and the LIGHTHOUSE is de-
stroyed. The fourteen-mile level Is
i'm bad shape At Licking Creek
auueduct there is break one hun
dred feet long. At the Big Pool the
tow-path is washed for one mile one
and one-half feet deep, and there is a
break above the overflow sixty feet
long and six feet below the bottom
of the canal The towpath at the
lower end of the Big Pool is washed
out three or four feet for 400 yards,
and there is break below the Big
Pool 100 feet long and two feet below
the bottom of the canal On William
sport level there are slight washes,
and the bridge across the canal at
Falling Waters is gone.
In addition to the above, on nearly
every level the tow-path is washed
more or less and the canal filled III
from one to three feet.
A number of canalboats are washed
out in the fields, and some of them
badly damaged. Kelley's Company
boat is washed in a field below Cum
berland. The rest of the company
boats are all right. Nearly all the
wasteway bridges along the canal
are gone. Mr.. Mulvaney says he
went along the canal Immediately
after the flood of 1877, and he thinks
twice as much damage has been done
by the present flood as that of 1877.
DAMAGES IN THIS AND OTHER CoUN-
IlES.
All the streams in this county were
away out of their banks. Rattlesnake
run was higher than it was everknown
to be before. Fencing was swept
away from one end to the other, and
every field along its course was over
flowed. Some damage was done to
the growing crops. 1t is reported
that Mr.. w. II. II. Lewis, near kable-
town, had number of sheep drown
ed. The river road running east of
Shepherdstown is a ruin from the Ce-
ment Mill down, and it will take much
time and money TO get it in shape
again. Other roads throughout the
county are badly washed, and some
impossible.
In Berkeley county the Opequon
was on a worse tear than ever, all the
low lands along the creek being sub
merged. The bridges at the mouth
of the creek, at Sprinkle's and the one
near Middleway were carried of. The
latter was fine structure that had
stood the floods for forty years. Mar
tinsburg was badly flooded, but the
losses were comparatively light.
1t will probably take couple OF
hundred thousand dollars to repair
the roads and rebuild the bridges that
were swept away in Washington
county, Nd, to say nothing OF the
damage to growing crops. A number
of costly iron and stone bridges are
injured beyond repair or swept en-
tirely away.
The flood was disastrous one in
the city of Washington. Part Of the
Long Bridge was carried away, and
thousands of dollars worth of proper
ty along the river front destroyed.
Pennsylvania Avenue, the main thor
oughfare, was navigable stream,
with boats plying from Second to Four
teenth streets. The water reached
to the foot of the capital, and fish
were caught in the railroad depot.