The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-06-02
RIVERS TOO FULL.
Water Rushing Through
Washington Streets.
sEksoss Loss or rserExrr


wAsmExerox Inne /. The latest
reneFtS from Harperss Ferry say shat
the Potomac and shenandoah rivers
Are rising osse fost per hoxzrs Canal
boats and other drift are RAINING
thick. The river i very high here,
ard Is rising. The water has reached
Eighth street. ard has put cut the fires
IN the enElnes house al the Washingtpn
iilonamsnt and stopped the elevator.
cellars OF the south Siae 81 Pennsyl
santa avenue are Aoeled.
l.ass night after > fall of rain as most
equivalent 20 . closashurst the lock
gate At the end os the Ches 4psake and
Ohio canal was carried away hv The
rising wafer and washed several canal
knxss into Reek creek. where thew
were destroyed, Since then the river
has been rising rapidly. ard the food
Aate@ Eru1a Havperas Ferrv and sae
upper tributaries are sweaAlne i every
nsamens.
ALONG the streets north In TIE neigh
horheosg Of the Center market. country
produce dealers we're drivem OF early
in the day. and The street was tarnesi
into lake Of iioating ehickea eocss.
market truck and all sorts Of odds and
ends. Cellars were flooded and mucl,
damage to property resulted among
commission houses up In Georseioxn. n.
The scene along the riyer front was
exciting. The wharves were under
water, and lumber, coal. cement. pro.
visions and all kinds oil property had
been carried away. Al the long bridge
the water at sunset was almost level
with the bridge. several barges have
already sturck and sunk here and rail-
road men are making every effort 10
prevent an accumulation drift against
the bridge. The water il still Creeping
ND, however, and the bridge Is In 4
precarieus condition. Ii it Is carried
away tonight, which II mol improbable,
There viii be serious and long in
terruption of railroad trains between
the North and South. The cuifersiam
al the longbridge has been greatly in
iured and much Of the work which has
n<eu done upon the Potomac fats. at
an expense OF millions Of dollars. viii
be undone. Ii is not vet rosSihie 10
estimate the losses suffered by mer~
chants and warehouse1nen hut one ifs-
dividual has lost $4,000 worth OF coal
on one dock.
The water at midnight had reached
withia few feet OF Pennsylvania ay~
eaue. The Baltimore & Potomac sta
ton Is surrounded BY water and is in
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Al half past II tonight the waters
had reached Pennsylvania avenue at
sixth street and washed away the
street car tTSck on the south
side. and was nearly 10 the
doorsteps. A strong current Il
sweeping through b street and around
the corner OF Thirtieth and Penasyl-
vanfa avenues. The Center market Is
surrounded and the doors are flooded.
The water il within foot Of the wait
ing room and car sheds Of the Penn
sylvania railway station. The iioed
damage here Is already $s0n,0O0.
RicHNoHn, Va, June L. Franklin,
Main and Geary streets and all the in
tervening streets TO the river are COW
cred with sater. All the wharyes are
submerged. The fires have bel n pat
out in the gas works. and the city will
he In darkness before the morning.
One hundred families have been forced
to remove their household effects.
FRgBEaIcK, Nd, June 1.--R Rain has
poured necessarily since Thursday
night The wheat crop OF this country
has been damaged TO an extent that
cannot be now stated, aud early fruit
destroyed. The Potomac at Point al
Rocks and vicinity Is rapidly over
reaching is banks, and the damage
will be great. Adsices from West
munster. Nd, say the surrounding
lands are inundated. and many Of the
workmcn unable to get TO their homes.
Between New Windsor and Linwood
and Union Bridge. the Western Mary
land railroad In covered with water to
a depth Of three feet by the waters Of
Little Pipe creek, and the track II
away for considerable dis
tance.
Two feet of water flows over the
bridge ut Harper's Ferry, which Is
heavily loaded with locomotives and
cars. The tracks on both sides of the
river are submerged. a. they are nj
Point Of Rocks and 81. JoIn's run.
between Cumberland and Martins
burg. There are four small bridges
between GIencese and
Hynes.
ALEXANDRIA,. Va. June |. There il =
rapid current IN the river, and lam
Der, canal bnaf~. boat HOUSE, and
much debris Sashed away from above
has been passing down the stream al
day. The mill races and bridges are
damaged, and growing crops injured.
Much damage was donc 81 railroads
leading from the city. Near Cherry
Hill Is big waxnoat, and others are
reported Washouts are reported In
the Richmond. FREDERICK burg and
Pufomae reads. above and below Fred
erieksIurg.
sTAusToK, Pa, June L. Rain has
been falling insessantis and copiosssiy
for twenty -four hours. The middle
and south branches of the Shenandoah
river are swollen nearly 10 tae high
water mark IN 1870. Whole districts
IL grass and wheat along the stream
are flooded aud fences swept away.
The Chemusg Valley Oysrfaewed.
EGuGEA, n. ". june 1.-The food