Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-03-08
THE FLOOD STAGE PASSED
Waters of the Potomac Have Re-
coded Gradually.
TRAFFIC HAS BEEN RESUMED
B. & 0. and c, v. Are Now Running Trains
Over the eoads-1he Washouis
Being ReDaired.
SAM KeHaIred.

For twenfv hours. from Satpf'iay
evening shortly after six O'Clock
until Sonuav afternoon at two
O'Clock. no teams arrived ID Martins
burg. either from the east or the
west. This city was entirely shut of
from communication. The las train
TO reach MartinsbGsR war M. on
Saturday evening ava the fest tram
III al y tn Matters began 10 recede,
was No. Z at 2 O'Clock Sunday,
From That time on tiains came in at
intervs s OF abonr q hlf hour. At
6 80 the 1rst ain for tive, y fnur
hours arrived from the ST. bis
was followed at intervals by others
until all delayed trains cas- and west
were gotten tbgoueh st night.
Saturday night the b. 81 o. expect
ed 10 got trains through G ~ly yeeter-
day morning, but at that time 1t was
not egoect d IL t the Ne. o1oh
branch wonld be put out of service.
The water il. many pieces alopg
the road was higher than in 80 but as
a general thing the river did not get
within couple of feet of the high
water mark of the Jobnstown Hood
Martlnsburg had no lapers yesterday
until late last evening and consequent
" little was knwoa of what was GO
ing on in the world oat side OF Beck
eley county.
Traffic Resumed.
The traffic generally On the b. &
@. has been resumed. The worst
washouts west are at Okonoko. Dry
Wall and Turkeyfoot The water
left the tracks Sunday morning re-
ceding rapidly. Cherry Run was the
lsat point cleared. MANY sidlngs
were washed out at Cherry Run and
other points.
The Metropolitan branch was open
ed for service Yesterday afternoon
The Cincinnati limited and Chicago
express from the Vest were the first
to 90 through. 'd> train No ] for
St. Louis, was the first from the
East. The delay of the service on this
branch was due to water on the tracks
at Tuscarora. where the water was
five feet over the tracks for IA distance
OF two miles. When the water fell IT
weakened the emb ,uSmeat and m0y
ed the track several feet from the
roadbed A local trein from FREEZER
ick for Washington passed over tracks
three feet deep in water there at S 80
a m, but the track was III such
bad condition that uperintendent
Spurrier who was on the scene,
wouid not risk any more trains over
thar section until 3 O'Clock. All
though trains were run back from
Washington via Relay and the old
main line for the West A trulnload
of emigrauts which has been held at
Washington since Saturday morning
was also run via Relay.
The river at Point of Rocks left the
tracks there about noon. Houses
there were greatly damaged by high
water A number of them lvlng be-
tween the railroad and the canal have
b cen half submerged for two days.
break is reported III the canal at
Weverton and several large breaks
have occurred between Washington
Junction ana Seneca. where much
damage is said to have been done.
The Potomac reached within seven
feet of the high water mark of 1889
After reaching height of 3S feet
above normal! the Potomac river
came 70 a standstill at WillIamsport
Saturday night shortly before mid
night. Toward mocnIug it began to
recede and continued to fall all yester-
day aud last night
What damage was done by the food
in the vicinity o. Willism3port gcan.
not yet be determined. git is belev-
ed that once the water has 'receded
sufficiently to permitsan inspection OF
the canal, it will b e found that the
towpath has been badly washed.
MS stAObu II JJu Ml"nlu a DNA lbI
of one week WAS the worst since the
great food of 1882 at which time tn
water rose to height of IS feet,
breaking all previous records.
Resumption ON G. v.
Through traffic on the Cumberland
Valley Railroa watch has been
blocked since Fri lay noon, was re.
sumed last night, No 8 arriving in
Hagerstown about Emidnighr. With
the aid of d large force of men, the
big, washout at Burd's Run, near
Shippensburg, was nearly filled NJ
by Saturday evning. bnt during the
night there was ARISE insthe stream
with the result that whsn Sunday
morning dawned it revealed condi-
tions equally as bad, if not worse,
than before the washout occurred.