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the road leading to Kingwilliamstown, which ran on an embank- 
ment about 6 feet above the level of the cut-out bog; it over- 
whelmed this for a width of a quarter of a mile, and continued 
its course to the road to JSillarney, a short distance below, pouring 
as it passed, a small cataract of mud into the old quarry at the 
cross-roads. ‘The Carraundulkeen, a small streamlet, tributary 
to the Ownacree, passes under the Killarney road, through a 
culvert about 8 feet by 5 feet; this was speedily blocked with 
masses of turf, and the rising flood poured across the road, carry- 
ing away the tall hedges on both sides that stood in its course 
on its eastern side. On both this and the Kingwilliamstown 
road huge masses of the more coherent upper crust of the bog 
were left stranded. A short distance further down, on the 
northern side of the Carraundulkeen valley, is situated a valuable 
limestone quarry, which the flood filled to a depth of 15 or 20 
feet; as 1t impinged on the lower corner of the entrance, it 
surged up in a great wave 3 or 4 feet above the highest level 
within the quarry, which is marked as a horizontal line along 
the quarry walls. _ Beyond the quarry it continued down the 
valley for a straight run of three-quarters of a mile, to enter, 
almost at right angles, the valley of the Ownacree or Quagmire 
river. Checked, as it encountered the opposing side of this valley, 
the flood rose along its middle line, where its velocity was greatest, 
8 feet above its sides. A small cottage stands near by, and its 
floor is 5 feet below the maximum height of the flood. . It owes 
its escape to the fact that it is situated about 100 yards on one side 
of the middle line of the flow. After entering the main valley, 
the flood continued its career for a mile and a half to Annagh- 
bridge, where the Ownacree meanders through flat bog and 
meadows. ‘These, and the road which crosses the bridge, were 
inundated, and the muddy fluid broadened out into a black lake, 
half-a mile in length by 600 yards in breadth. A breach was 
made in the road close beside the bridge. On the margin of the 
submerged flat stands the cottage of Jeremiah Lyne; he and his 
family had a narrow escape. ‘The flood, in its downward course, 
encountered the back of the cottage, and rose against it 5 feet, 
sweeping two haycocks, which stood behind the house round to the 
gable. The family were awakened by water pouring in. They 
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