Evening star., 1902-02-27

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o'clock, 141s inches; at 100 o'clock. 10
inches The fall in the river of about an
inch, which was recorded at 2 o'clock. did
not affect the water standing in the sewers.
The possibility of having the streets
flooded depends on the rise Of the water
In the sewers, and not on that which seeps
through the sewer walls into the Easements.
Condition at 2 O'Clock.
At o'clock the level of the sewer at 9Th
and B streets was only five inches below
the gutter level. Some alarm was felt that
the post office building would be damaged
but Mr.. O'Donnell reported at noon that the
building was completely dry.
1t was found to be necessary, however, to
close all the lavatores.
The street car trouble was first reported
by the 9th street line, the condufts having
filled behind the Center Market and at the
foot of 7th street. The flood behind the
market stopped the other cars which use
those tracks for about hour. In that
conduit the water f1uctuated, however, and
the cars were able to move irregular1y.
Alexandria electric trains and City and
Suburban cars were stopped by flooded
conduit at 14th and B streets northwest
Near Point Of Rocks.
Several canal boats were swept from the
canal to the river near Point of Rocks and
a number of houses were flooded. So far
as reports from there state no serious dam
age was done. The railroad companys s
property was protected and cars on the
siding near the river were moved to higher
points
that the severe damage was done to the
property of the Western Maryland rail-
road At one point the tracks were washed
out and covered with water for distance
of more than 400 feet. The bridge at
Seven Pines, on the Hanover and GettyS-
burg branch, was washed away. 1t was re-
ported that Antietam creek was higher last
night than it had been for fully twenty
five years. Traffic on the road between
Hagerstown and Front Royal was suspend
ed. An engine was sent to PowelPs Bend
siding, on the Cumberland Valley road, to
remove number of freight cars, but they
could not be moved. as four or five feet Of
water covered the tracks These cars, 1t
was feared. would be washed away. At
Cherry Run and Sir Johns Run the tracks
of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad were
under water.
The water remained on high long
enough to seriously delay the trains from
the west The Chicago train due here yes
terday afternoon was delayed four hours.
Fatal Accident Reported.
A fatal accident caused by the high wa
ter in Antietam creek occurred three miles
from Hagerstown yesterday. James Dens-
more, twenty years old, and Roy Snotterly,
thirteen years. were drowned while
younger brother of the latter had a mar
row escape. They attempted to ford the
creek. the younger of the Snotterly boys
getting on the horses back to guide the
animal When the horse was unable to
stand the pressure of the water the little
boy went down with the beast and the
wagon was overturned. After being wash
ed down stream more than q hundred yards
the boy grabbed hold Of a tree in fifteen
feet Of water. Two hours later he was
rescued. The bodies of his brother and
DensmOre were not recovered.
About the neighborhood Of Wiliamsport
high water always causes a great amount
Of damage. Yesterday afternoon the mud
dy fluid covered the lowlands near the
mouth OF the Conococheague creek to
depth Of six feet. and was still rising. The
rise extended to the base Of the hills on
the Virginia side Of the river where many
grain fields and gardens were inundated.
All day yesterday the ice passed down the
river in an almost unbrOken mass. The
several heavy gorges gave way when the
water became high and the Ice passed Off
without doing any particular damage. All
the small streams above WllliamspOrt were
greatly swollen, and a number Of out
houses were carried down stream. Water
was turned into the canal on several levels,
while at other points the water washed
over the towpath. Until the water sub
sides the damage to the banks cannot be
estimated. A number OF houses were
flooded last night, and some valuable busi-
ness property was seriously threatened.
The Monocacy River.
The Mpnocacy river was the same as the
other small streams. and the river Is out
Of its banks for long distance. A number
Of mills and other business houses are badly
affected. Many fields are covered with
water and grain crops will probably be
seriously injured. Travel on the Frederick
and Libertytown pixies had to be abandoned
because of the high waters, and In some
q reached second
stories of dwellings. Information from
Cumberland shows that that section Jared
no better than others. The tracks OF the
West Virginia Central railroad were SO
deep under water that trains had to be sent
over the Baltimore and Ohio tracks as far
as Keyser, W. Va. The Romney branch OF
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad Is 80 badly
crippled that trains will not be able to pass
over the road for several days.
More than 100 feet Of the trestle over the
South branch Of the Potomac gave way
when the heavy Ice reached 1t. The iron
bridge near Springfield was washed away.
This bridge was built only a year ago.
In other sections Of Maryland considerable
damage has been done. The high water has
of Pennsylvania towns, many factories hav
ing closed down.
In Upper Potomac Section.
The immense area Of watershed along the
upper Potomac river. 1t is believed. is al
ceived at the Baltimore and Ohio depot
about 10 o'clock this morning indicated that
the water was at stand in the vicinity Of
Harper's Ferry and Williamsport. Rail-
road officials believe the water will get no
higher but that 1t will soon begin to re-
cede All the way from Cumberland to
Georgetown considerable damage has been
done, and at some points the conditions re-
called the big flood of 1868, when hundreds
OF people stood on the bridge at Harper's
Ferry and saw houses, hayricks and
chicken coops, we'll as a number of
people, going down stream in the midst of
the debris. Instead Of houses and out
buildings. however. the river Is filled with
pieces of timber barrels. boxes and other
articles such We're found on the low
lands.
Hundreds Of Washingtonians who spend
the heated term at Harpers Ferry are in
terested in the West Virginia town. At the
confluence of the Shenandoah and Potomac
rivers the water reached the height of
twentyfour feet above normal at o'clock
this morning. Shortly after o'clock how
ever. it began to fall and by 10 o'clock 1t
was twenty-three feet above normal.
Shenandoah street was under water early
last evening. and 1t became necessary to
use rowboats to reach the railroad station
from the town. The town jail was sur
rounded by water. and some Of the stores