The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-03-26

SHOP on INC NiIIl WIS FUlIl'l iNhuN
Mr.. Rucklcy'S house was badly injured.
Stock of stove shop of Mr.. Ford. dam
aged: houses of DR.. Norris ana p. Sauter
flooded and back prt injured. Mr..
Sautprs stable and Il tenant house on
whHrf, carried away, the house in which
he lived, on the upper side of the road.
with the one adjoining. were Hooded; the
water here WIS at least four feet deep
on the pavement. Mr.. NichCl'S smith
shop and yard of dwelling. with that of
Mr.. T.. $. West, injured; a shed on the
Davis X Cos wharf carried down and
thrown across the wharf. Davis X Co.,
met with heavy loss-their lumber over
turned. and about Geo sacks of salt dis
solved. besides ether articles spelled in
their warehouse Their house is of
stone, built by Mr.. Wilmer after the
fire last August Il year, and was intended
to defy ice. Miss Davis house was also
| flooded; Winners stable; sash factory
warehouse: 4. Shows store-Mr. Snow
losing nearly all he had in his cellar
groceries, chiefly. MessrS. Wakeman and
| Wilson's dwellings flooded; Il. Cornish
same; Sash Factory same and their lum-
| ber-all high quality Balt-
more Company Warehouse overlooked,
but uninjured, some loss in contents,
Gottschalk's lumber damaged: "A canal
boat sunk, and two vessels on Rowland's
wharf. moved there by the ice: J. H.
| Rowland X Cos new brick warehouse,
has the west end and part of the south
wall demolished; the buildings ON the
wharf We're all flooded. the water reach
| ing to the street and flowing around
Mr.. Rowland'S residence for the first
time in this generation, his lumber is
overturned and mixed up. damage heavy.
The tailor shop of Mr.. Hamcr flooded
and goods damaged; J. G. NrShitt'S rum
store flooded and his liquor adultcratel,
perhaps; his new house. and that adjoin
| ing, of Mr.. Stephenson tlo0ded; the water
| crossed the street to the upper side and
WAS deep on the store floor of Mr.. Fl. &.
| NoSbitt. Lumber yard of Mr.. w. Me
Culough shared the same fate as those
above. some of it moved into the street.
The water was in the street from Mr..
Rowland's to the limits of the corpora
ton. Mr.. Heckart's tavern and office
were flooded. his lumber damaged. and
the steamer "Gypsey" thrown on the
wharf with holes knocked in her; the
steamer Port Deposit" injured from $50
to $1O0-Robinson's rum mill, two brick
houses of +. J. Rinehart. Ringgold's
store, and ]. G. Gilman's office, all food
led, the office broken in by ii scow.
| The warehouse of J. Tome. occupied
lby +. j. Rnehart was moved from its
| foundation about five feet, mot turned
Iabout as heretofore stately the shed on
the upper side of the wharf is thrown in
front of the warehouse. He left all his
books. papers, etc, with some money,
| in his safe, and did not succeed in get
lting them out till the water subsidized: his
lumber is in almost inextrioablc confu-
sion, loss very heavy.
The water crossed the street. and was
|prctty deep in the Cecil Bank and J.
Tones office. McsSrS. j. L. Nanncman
n Son. had an unfinished stable moved
from its foundation. the water was II
foot deep in their new Office which had
Ihccn raised rs WAS thought beyond the
possible reach of the water; their old
warehouse was filled nearly TO the cell
ling: Mr.. Nanncman'S dwelling. rn the
upper side had the cellar filled; his house
next below. had water on the first floor,
the water being nearly four feet deep oa
the pavement; Mr.. ID. Nanncman'S cellar
| filled within foot and Il half of the
floor; Mc>S1'S. Nanncman \ Sons lumber
Is Grfa'IE "ai''aG'N' H"t Il Phi" SIhhulilG
perfect Ihe lullpcr WAS moved ny inc
lh' lHi" 'ile street. some OF VIZ: hihe-
mart hummer hoaled h'Wh ana became
hlN'u WIN II; ME- ~ u, UT had ms
p"rrh "alllA%r", water Wl'hlh ABOUT wv"
l'"l "i thr ceirllG Oh ihr >'ol" room.
oh the morning "l the l'th' the lc"
moved H. ai" Ill I'SH IMAM Two minutes
| cr"Nh'u II h'"Se' MOI hhlsle"' owned by
I. 'nrhaih' caltSl%ed Ii. howard store;
oVrffnrlrd ana broke IL. Johnson store.
ana cut double mouse III NV" pieces OF
No second hrr' h,'"AElh% - samuel
'"rh1>m, IN unusually worthy '"Iorcd