The Washington times., 1918-03-22
DANGER IS PAST
At BLADENSBURG;;
DAMAGE IS HEAVY
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all inundated. Water also rose to the
ground floor OF Casy's blacksmith
ship at the edge OF the town. Here,
It is said. the flood poured from the
front through the back door. 1t is
believed that the loss to both the
gravel company and the blacksmith
shop will be heavy.
The first onrush Of water washed
away several ties on the Bladensburg
car line. Although service was some
what impaired cars did not stop op-
GRAFTON altogether.
Many of the townspeople were
forced to stay in the railroad station
all night. Early this morning they
were either picked up by passing We
hicles or waded their way to their
flooded homes.
Trucks and automobiles from. Balti-
more stranded on the Hyattsville side
of. the flood, made their way back
to the Monumental City today. Some
OF the more daring drivers risked
their way through the rushing waters,
reaching Washington this morning. A
truck owned by the Broadway Stor-
age Company of Baltimore was
stranded on the road all night.
One truck lies almost on its side.
The driver, in an effort to drive
around the deep water. toppled of the
road. the left front side OF the truck
becoming deeply imbedded in the soft
mud.
r. E. Haynes, a photographer, who
says he has lived in Bladensburg for
the past fifteen years, described the
Hood as the worst in his memory.
Came With n Rush. o.
ut came down upon the town In a
rush." said Haynes. spreading over
more than half of the town. Water
every house on the boulevard. Ny
water. Water entered every cellar in
the town. with the exception OF the
houses up on the hill.
so quickly did the onrush OF water
come and so fast did IL pile up that 1
didn't have time to get to my photo
graphic laboratory in my side yard
on the main road. When the waters
finally began TO recede this morning
i found that the water had done more
than $500 damage. The recent break
ing up of the ice and last flood here
couldn't be compared with the deluge
OF last night and today"
Mrs. II. Schneider, who keeps a
grocery store just at the turn into
the main road of the town, told a
Times reporter how she and her fam
lily were caught by the food.
About IL o'clock the alarm was
given that the town was in danger
OF being flooded. Almost Immediately
he "a 10 ID nsarr 1.
Il rush from the other end of the
town.
I'VE rushed to the store to get
everything of the floor, knowing that
at the rate the water was rising it
would soon be in the house.
"A few minutes later the water be-
gan TO trickle in the back door. Al
ready the street in front was flooded.
My husband Is sick. and / feared for
him and my seven children. So when
a wagon stopped in front OF the store
made my husband take the children
and drive of TO safety. The water
was almost up to the horses knees
and rising higher every minute.
FIees With ChIIdrea.
MY husband took the six children
my oldest boy, who was in Wash
Ington. could not get from the rail.
road station home.
About o'clock the water in the
store and back room had reached a
depth OF ten inches. About o'clock
Il began to go down"
The flood, however, has not closed
The grocery business Of II. Schneider |
A plank. about twenty-five long, was
placed from the front porch TO one |
Try spot on the roadway. and Gus
.omers went for their breakfast-that |
$. those that could get out OF their |
a plank above the |
aging waters. Mrs. Schneider was |
weeping out her water-soaked store !
when seen this morning. She said the |
iamage done her stock was slight.
CAMP MEADE. Nd, March z2-En- /
zineers probably saved the water
of the troops here during the |
worst flood since the camp opened. |
The waters OF the Patuxent River
nave begun to recede and II Is be-
ieved that the flood danger Is past.
Major-General Joseph F.. Kuhn. COM
nander OF the Seventy-ninth division,
directed the work in person.
The water supply Of the camp. pro-
-Idcd by the reservoir at Portland
md the pumping station close by
we're seriously threatened by the
iood last night. The bridge and
,auseway over the dam below the
liver were menaced and all traffic
suspended.
IAHrN Nina ARN-