The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-01-15
FREDERICK COUNTY SWEPT
BY FLOODS.
Many Persons Visit Frederick june
ton Where Stream Comes Within 10
Feet Of Bridge-Fields Covered
Road Inundated Homes Threatened

Threatening bridges and buildings,
creeks and rivers in Frederick county
have been converted into torrents.
From all sections of the county late
Tuesday night it was reported that the
water was still rising. Stock in barn
yards, near the streams, were stand
ing in water. According to reports re-
ceived from Middletown, small
bridge in that section was washed
away early in the evening.
The Monocacy river raised Tuesday
evening at the rate of two feet per
hour. At 10 o'clock, Charles S. Houck,
Ceresville, reported. that he had been
compelled to move his stock from the
barnyard. He said that the back water
from Israe's creek had been forced
into the yard. Mr.. Houck said that no
damage had been done to his proper
ty.
Traffic was impossible on the En-
mitsburg and Liberty roads last
night jeremiah John Mackessay and
Walter Roe, who spent the evening in
the vicinity of Utica Mills, were unable
to come to Frederick Tuesday night be-
cause of the flooded condition of Mud
dy Run and Tuscarora Creek. The
two men telephoned to residents liv-
ing near these rivers and they were
told that the road was covered with
water.
The many gold fish ponds in the vi
cinity of Lewistown were in danger
Tuesday night. 1t was impossible to learn
whether any had been flooded. If the
flood extends to these ponds thousands
OF dollars worth of gold fish will be
lost.
County Commissioner Stevens, of
Creagerstown, at o'clock said that
Hunting Greek was probably six feet
higher than in early morning. "The
streams of this section of the county
have assumed such proportions that
small bridges are threatened" said the
county commissioner.
The high waters will likely cause
much damage to the bridges of the
county. The county commissioners said
yesterday afternoon that reports had
already been made of minor damages.
The larger structures will hardly be
affected by the flood.
This is the second flood that Freder-
lex county has had witt week.
One was caused last we by the
breaking up of ice. This CO ition last
ed only for a few days.
Yesterday afternoon Carroll Creek
extended over the meadows west of
Frederick. Early in the afternoon the
high waters shut off traffic on Bentz
street between West Church and Pat
rick streets. By five o'clock the water
| had lowered considerably. Throughout
Monday night, all of yesterday and
last night rain fell in torrents
Not since the Johnstown Flood, of
a quarter of century ago, has so
much of Frederick county been under
water. Frederick county's latest flood
has marooned people living near the
Monocacy river, damaged bridges and
farm buildings, carried off large
amounts of fodder and timber, and
washed state and county roads. Traffic
on many of the county's main high
ways was halted Wednesday. Early in
the morning the Emmitsburg pike
at Harmony Grove was impossible,
Liberty pike and the Gas House pike
were closed the entire day, Buckeyes
town pike was closed, and parts of
the Georgetown road were under wat
er much of the day.
For more than 80 hours there was a
constant downpour. Rain began to fall
on Monday evening early, and contin-
ued until about 3 o'clock yesterday
morning. Nearly four inches of rain
fell, according to official records.
Since about o'clock Tuesday even
ing, Charles White, his wife and four
children, of near Ceresville have been
marooned in their home. Water fifteen
to twenty feet in depth is whirling
and swirling about their home. Kegs,
boxes and wood in the cellar have
been humping against the kitchen
floor. At times the water threatened
to run in on the first floor.
White resides in a tenant house on
the farm of Charles S. Houck. His
conversation yesterday with Mr..
Houck was carried on over about a
hundred yards of water. "Yes," said
White, in answer to an inquiry, "I'm
all right" Later in the day as the
waters began to creep higher, White
was not SO ,sanguine and could be
seen looking from his window to dry
land several hundred feet away.
The marooned people were we'll pro-
vided with provisions and had plenty
of drinking water in the house. The
family would have been taken from
the building, but there were no avail
able boats.
The little general merchandise store
| OF James Herpst, near Ceresville, was
threatened with destruction more than
once yesterday morning. All during
the night the proprietor kept an eye
on the advancing waters. Early in the
morning he sent out shout for as
sistance. A four-horse wagon was
sent but the waters dropped slightly
and Herpst decided to stick to his
store.
Mr.. Houck said last night that the
water had reached "the Johnstown-
flood mark" He said that quarter
of a century ago a mark was mt On