The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1955-07-14
Flood Damage
Set at $4,000
Business District Of Oak
land Inundated Sutur-
day Evening

For the second time in nine
months torrcntial rains descended
upon Oakland about $50 last Satur-
day evening and the ensuing flash
flood caused damage estimated at
approximately $4,000.
At the same time cloudburst
accompanied by severe electric
storm struck GrantsvilIc flooding
the streets there Lightning struck
the Newton Miller mill, located be-
tween Grantsville and Springs, Pa,
burning the mill to the ground.
The water in Oakland's streets
was slightly higher than the flood
of last October and it came with
such rush that merchants had
little time to move their items out
of reach.
Two blocks of Third street were
flooded with Is inches of water
reaching into the Craig Motor COM
pany where a lot of electrical
equipment and motor parts were
stored Loss there was estimated at
more than $1,000.
The floor of the SmouSe Grocery
store buckled, upsetting a meat
counter and sending a pair of
scales crashing The water stood
80 inches in this area and the cur
rent carried many items out the
front door. Loss here was placed
at $4,000 as a minimum.
twenty-five or more places of
business in all we're inundated for
a period of about three hours.
The r. and p. Store suffered one
of the heaviest losses. That COM
pany had just received a supply of
Christmas merchandise which was
stored in the basement of the build
ing, corner of Third and Green
streets Their loss was placed be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. Others
suffering heavily were Leighton
Brothers garage, $500; HIP Stores,
SIS Miller's Sanitary Market,
So. 600 Hinebaughs Restaurant,
$1,000; Oakland Equipment COM
pany, $500; Music Shop. 5000.
Other places sustaining water
damage were Hubs Harness Shop,
Garrett National Bank, West Mary
land Power company, Mason Glot-
felty garage, Glotfeltys Restau-
rant Oakland Moose lodge build
ing c. and A. Gas company, Jo-
seph limbaugh warehouse, A. d.
Naylor and Company, Harmed and
Proudfoot, Treacy's, Liller's Bar
Der shop, Hinebaugh's pool room,
Bills Barn, Kelly's Service Sta
ton.
Water entered the Easements of
additional places OF business on
Second street.
Oakland firemen and members of
the National Guard were called out
and they assisted people from
stores and aided in moving cars
from the flooded areas. Many peo-
pie trapped in business places
helped the merchants to stack
merchandise on the counters to
escape the high water
AS soon as the waters began to
recede the cleanup began and con-
tinued Saturday night and Sunday.
BY Monday conditions we're about
back to normal but in the mean
time thousands of dollars had been
expended in the job.
The rain in the Oakland area
seemed 10 center dDOul iSOH
Creek and its tributaries Official
recording at the Weber Green
house was 10 inches of rainfall on
Saturday but Ralph Weber, veter-
an weatherman, said the amount of
rain was at least twice that in the
Wilson Run area
There already had been five days
of rain up to Saturday with a total
fall of 2.7l inches
The doWnpour which deluged
Grantsvillc poured out of the fields
into the roads and coursed down
US. route 40 flooding many cell
lars in the town Electric service
was disrupted at Grantsville for
several hours.
The storms seemed to be local
lied and no damaging rains were
reported in the Friendsville or Ac-
cident sections. and comparatively
light rains fell to the south of Oak
land
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