. Baltimore : its history and its people . HISTORY OF BALTIMORE 593 In 1861 his son, James Albert Gary, was taken into partnership, underthe firm name of James S. Gary & Son, with ofifice and warehouse in Balti-more. In 1863 a branch house was established in St. Louis, under the nameof James S. Gary & Company, and both houses were very successful. In1866 the mills, dwellings, and the property at Alberton were greatly dam-aged by a freshet. They were again damaged much more disastrously in1868, when the whole valley of the Patapsco was suddenly swept by a tor-rent, which destroyed many lives an
. Baltimore : its history and its people . HISTORY OF BALTIMORE 593 In 1861 his son, James Albert Gary, was taken into partnership, underthe firm name of James S. Gary & Son, with ofifice and warehouse in Balti-more. In 1863 a branch house was established in St. Louis, under the nameof James S. Gary & Company, and both houses were very successful. In1866 the mills, dwellings, and the property at Alberton were greatly dam-aged by a freshet. They were again damaged much more disastrously in1868, when the whole valley of the Patapsco was suddenly swept by a tor-rent, which destroyed many lives and millions of dollars worth of Gary, himself, narrowly escaped with his life. The loss to him amountedto over one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The waters had scarcelysubsided when with his usual courage and energy he set about rebuildinghis mill, having first relieved the immediate necessities of the sufferersaround him. The work of reconstruction was pushed vigorously forward;and though his mills had suffered
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