Evening journal., 1893-03-13
TODAY AT PORT DEPOSIT
The Mayor of Havre de Grace
Tells of the Suffering There.
TEE WATER RBoEDEs SLOWLY.

Few and Far Between-People who
Have Lost Property and Otherwise
Suffered From the Freshets.
Mayor s. E. Seneca Of Havre de Grace,
Md. passed through this city on the
1907 express train for Philadelphia this
morning The mayor, who owns wharf
properties, at Havre de Grace, is one Of
the heaviest losers by the awful ice
gorges and the freshets resulting there
from in the Susquehanna river. 1--WE
have not experienced anything like It for
eight years, said the mayor to an
EVENING JOURNAL reporter, who ap
preached him on the train to ascertain
the latest news from the flooded districts
at the mouth Of the big river.
Before midnight on Saturday the
water, before then very high, had risen
81 feet higher, submerging all the
wharves and the bed of Water street,
north of the p, W. & B. railroad bridge
Fully 81, 900 worth of damage was done
in two hours. A heavy framework ex-
tending from the Breakwater in front Of
the draw bridge to the pier on which the
draw is pivoted was jammed about six
feet out Of its place. IL had no effect on
the bridge or the draw, as the frame-
work was only used as a fender to keep
vessels from striking the draw. At no
time has the bridge been in the slightest
danger.
"The water began to rise about pm
and was caused by gorge on the fats
below Havre de Grace. The water was
at its height at II p. m it then began
to fall, and tonight it is but two feet
above ordinary high tide The ice is
rushing down the west side Of the river
at lively pace. The eastern side from
the north end Of Garrett Island TO near
Port Deposit, is still blocked with heavy
ice. The channel below Havre de Grace
is choked clear to Spesulia Island, and the
only outlet the ice has below here is over
the fats The towpath of the canal ut
the tumble dam, about two miles above
here, is broken for space Of over sixty
feet in length.
"The tow.path is a strong causeway,
built up of stone in the river from Lapi
DUN to Havre de Grace The greatest
damage done in Havre de Grace was to
James Hoppers warehouse and coal
wharf which suffered from the ice
Coolahan & Hogan's wharf aud
fish house were damaged about
$500 The firm was just getting
ready to begin the spring fishing, but
the damage is not Of such nature as TO
retard their operations c d. Maslin,
lock tender of the Susquehanna and
ridewater canal, whose residence is right
on the canal, says the rise in the water
there was within two feet OF being as
high as it was in the food of March,
1875
"James Todd. while walking between
Port Deposit ana Perryville, picked up a
German carp fish weighing 10 pounds
The fish was forced out Of the water by
the ice
Disaster and Distress at Port Deposit
"What is the latest intelligence from
Port Deposit9" asked the reporter. "Ws
understood, mayor, that there was great
suffering and financial loss there on
Saturday"
Il did not 60 over to Port Deposit
yesterday but l learned this morning
that it is completely submerged by the
food in the Susquehanna and the mOsi
intense excitement and anxiety prevails
On Saturday the water was high, cover
ing the street almost from end to enc
and did not fall, as it has done every
day since the ice began month ago, Al
, Up m. the ice began to move, while th'
wafer, with a rush, rose ten feet, and el
houses on the lower side and many on
the upper side of the street were flooded
Boats were seen everywhere movinf
people from their houses to places oil
safety. Huge cakes of ice and timber
of every kind were floating about the
street. The high water continued fol
half an hour, when it fell one OF TIVE
feet to rise again TO a height equal L
what it was before This state of affairs
continued for twenty four hours and the
streets are still submerged.
"The ice is running on the HrrforG
side, but is gorged on the Cecil side
The gorge on the bar, three miles below,
seems to be as strong as ever and there
+ is only a very narrow channel through it
j. 1t is impossible to get any nearer tn
e point of obstruction.
e No Trains and Few Mails.
t cone end Of the depot, which was de
Y serted Friday night, was crushed in. AL
4 the fish sheds which line the river front
q are wrecked and are floating down tn
q river in thousands of pieces. J. II. Row
land g. Co. s. lumber yard and planini
mill have sustained serious damage. On
large shed used for storage is "A complet
wreck and another is seriously amaged
I The large doors Of the planning mill ar
broken. and the ice and water are pass
. ing through it. 1t is more than hkel
!, that the end of the building next to tn
It river has been carried away, but it is i'm
e possible to get near enough to tell will
s any degree Of certainty. / All the lumbe
II of the firm is floating down stream an
the greater portion of it will be lost.
"No trains have been run since Friday
One mail train succeeded in gettin
z within a mile of the lower end of tow
It Saturday. This was the only mail dui
i ing the day. The railroad track is covere
for two miles below Port Deposit an
!, the loss sustained by the company
= very heavy. Rock Run, where a passage
ie way had been cut for trains through tt
ice two weeks ago, is now filed in wors
than ever.
Those Who Have Suffered.
"Who are the chief Sufferers. financial
O. and otherwise, mayor"
n well as far as l know they are job
is NJ. Creswell, E. p. Brickley, Mrs. jana
Is John Baynes, Jesse Fox, G.. NJ. johnson
by Frank Drugan, John Geisler, John Wa
ker, August Breauer, John kause an
others. The places of business toods
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