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Show TUE KI.F.llllXT.V , DeMlriirllTe Mtirni nt U nah-lnutuu nah-lnutuu anil lrluit'. Washington, oO. The nun storm yesterday was very dialruclivo. Tuirty Iioun. on Tiber creek were lloodeil nuje leet deep. Ttio iutnAtes tied to the upper stones of more substantial sub-stantial dwellings, from whence they wero rtwuetl by ritfts. The streeld in tho 'vicinity of tlio navy yard, never before overtluwvd, were covereil in places from two to tliree feet; likewise like-wise 11th and I2lli glreeU. Owing U) the bursting of newirs, tho stiuet oirs ceased ruumug. alerchanltj on Penusylvauia avenue li st thousands by tho backing of water into the cellars from intHitlicicnL ucweiugo. Much property was uUo deptroyeti or damaged iu Viermaniotvn. Kock creek, was higher than for twenty years. Nearly all the ItoaU on tho creek and canal were washed up on tho banks, and several coal laden Hunk. U U staled that the destruction destruc-tion of tho diiiu separating Kuek creek from the Potomac involves a loes of over $100,000, During tho storm lightning struck the telegraph polca shivering them to atoms, sever ing connections between Ceruiautowu and Touimllytowu. |