Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-06-01

Wa raised by the wind. The tide tbis
! mos ing was still abnormally high, reach
| ing the railroad track ON Uaon street. and
/ though the damage has been comparatively
siighl (,he merchants having prepared fer
F. it, the Inconvenience caused has been great.
DAMAGE ON THE RAILROADS, &o.-Tho
heavy rain storm of the past few days which
eliminated yesterday in what might almost
be called food. caused much damage TO
the railroads leading from this city and yes
terday evening trains on most of them were
annulled till further orders. On the A. & F.
railroad the track near the bridge over Cam
eron run was badly washed and the bridge
thrown out of plumb. Mar Cherry Hill,
"a miles below here, there was big wash
out and others of less magnitude are report
| ed. Large forces of men have been put to
work and the damage will be repaired es
soon as possible. Several washoIts are also
reported on the R, F. & P. road. On the
Alexandria & Washington road the trains
have been rnnnng regularly though be.
tween Fort RuDyon and the Long Bridge
| the tracks were almost submerged It was
| feared at one time that the bridge would be
swept away but the danger, it Is now
thought, has passed. Ga the W. G. o. road
many of the culyerts have been washed out
| and the road bed 10 many places amaged.
The bridge over Goose Creek has also been
rendered unsafe by the undermining of the
abuments. On the Midland road the track
near Cameron run was washed away and
the approaches 10 lhe bridge made unsafe.
Washouts also occurred at Elsali's, Blrke's
aud other PLACES. The telegraph wires we're
blown down and but little information can
be obtained of the damage done on the up
per part of the road. though it is believed
that between Orange and Charlottesville it
has been severe. On the Manassas road
some damage was also done by high water
from Front Roy al to S;rasburg. Much of the
country along the railroads was completely
submerged and considerable damage done
to the growing crops. Many Of the bridges
10 this vicinity were either carried away or
damaged. That at Barcrof's Mill, in the
county, was swept away as were also others
in this vicinity. Some ofthe mills and races
were also much damaged Clouds mill was
flooded and the dam carried away. Browns
mill had over q foot of water on the floor
and the race was badly washed.
AT 2:15 this evening the river at the Long
bridge was within a foot of the cross timbers
and the water very turbulent, again giving
rise to fears that the bridge would be dam
aged. Trains are passing with caution.
Two large mud machines were wrecked by
striking against the bridge and quantities of
timber, &C., were piled up sgaiDst that
structure. A large bucket dredge was
wrecked just below the bridge. The flats
were entirely submerged 40 was also the
roadway at Jackson City. The water has
cut its way across the road in several places
aud fording is dangerous. Many persons
arc on the ground watching the damage be-
ing done by the water.
At GeoreetoHn the water was very
high Last night it entered the lime kiins
of johnson & Libby, csusing them TO take
fire. About 100 barrels of lime were de-
ssroyed. This evening Water street, in that
town, was a oansl and much damage was
done. All of the warehouses were Hooded,
causing much loss. About A 600 tons of coal
we're washed from the wbarves of Meredith,
Winahip & Co. Four of their barees and n
mud machine of J l.. Barbour were also
lost, besides large quantity of sand. a
large pile of wood in yard was also foated
off.
In Washington the water In many places
is quite high, some of the streets being
flooded BY the tide backing into and over
flowing the sewers
A dispatch from Oocoquan this afternoon
says that the water there i5 between eight
ard ten feet above high water mark and is
Two feet deep in the store of l.. Lehman
All the railroad ties on the wharf (aboDt
2,O0O) belonging to Mr.. John A. Marshall,
OF this city, are gone.
One of the Manassas trains and one of the Mid
land we're caught Just west of Cameron run bridge
yos to-day evening and still remain there Tho
passengers were trans erred.
This evening one of the tracks of the A. & w.
| roar. between the w. & o. junction and the Long
| bridge had to he abandoned on account OF the
| high water.
| 1t is Impossible at this time to tell when rail-
road tra file will be resumed, but it is thought that
| it will not be before Monday-ift then.
! All the laborers who could be secured in the
city were employed to-day to repair the damages
| done to the railroads by yesterday storm.
MARROW ESCAPES Mr.. Peverill, who