The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-03-19
] TIE FRESHETS.
TIE sPREa FLOOD.
lnNense Overflow OF tho Sus-
guehanna River.
Terrible Destruction of
Property.
Bridges, Dwelling Houses, StOrshouses,
Barns, &c.. Swept Away.
TEE FLOOD PERFECTLY IRRESISTIBLE
Tho Lower Part or Harris
burg Submerged.
Suffering Among Private Indi-
vidualS.
Millions Of Dollars VIII Not Cover
the Loss.
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Floods tn tho Hudson, Delaware and
Connecticut Rivers,
TO-. &c., 10.

The Flood I'm tho susquehanna.
Harrisburg, Pa, March II, 1888.
The Hood In the susquehanns river Is unprecedented
The river d thirty inches higher than In the destruc
tive frsshet Of lSlo.
Thousands Of lumber logs with millions Of feet Of
sawed lumber, have already passed this point being
swept away by the food
Intelligence from the north and west Of W indicate
the most frghuui destruction Of property ever known
N this State
The public property on the streams smpsyius. into
Tho Susquchanna has suffered tremendously.
Bridges have boon swept away with dwelling houses
storehouses and barns
This morning the bridges At northumberland ana
Duncans Island and OF the bridges Of tho Pennsy
vania Railroad above this city carried away.
bridge, said to be from the Juniata river, 10 being
borne with fearful violence down the stream.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad bridge which IL also
used by tho Northern Central Railroad Is in imminent
danger several spans Of being two feet under water
Tho river st continues steadily to rise and Il Ii i'm
possible 70 resist the fcros Of the food.
No trains have passed through Harrisburg fsom Pitts.
burg er Philadelphia Tor the last twelve hoara
The lower part Of Harrisburg completely under
water.
Much suffering has been created among many poor
families who live at Aiddetown and In the villages along
the shore, clear TO Columbia
The destruction Of private property and the suffering
among individuals Ia immense
The Ares In several Of the furnaces In this eaty ere
@usnehsd, and The furnaces viii chill
All the lumber stocked u Marietta Columbia end
Middlotown has been swept away.
Some Of tho streets in the lower part Of the CITY,
which not touched By the food Of lsAo Inn.
minsnt danger Of being overlooked
Millions of dollars will not the loss already sus-
tanned
DAsvnLz, Pa, March Is, 1885,
Tho most destructive food known In these parts
h raging tho northwest branch Of tho 81 sQus.
hanna
The railroad Is submerged and all travel suspended
All the bridges tho branch far a. wiamsport
arc gone.
Tho Iackawanna and Boomsburg road is under water,
in some places ten feet.
The canal in many paccs is completely destroyed
Half Of Danvills 10 under water and the river Is st
rapidly rising,
PHILADELPHIA, March 10, 1903.
Our latest reports from Harrisburg that
In the susqushanna river thirteen inches higher than
In the great food Of ls4s.
Tcegraphc communication closed with Harrisburg Al
twelve O'clock and the probabilities that the limo has
bson washed away.
BALIMors, March IL, 1893
After the interruption OF telegraphc communication
norihward all day owing to the carrying away Of the
telegraph cable in the susquehanna river by the great
food, Communication resumed this evening, q corps
OF operators having been from this city to HaTe do
Gace;ind Peryvile the Cecil county sidc dispatches
being transmitted by boat tic either way
We have yet received nothing definite to tho
damage done by the ood but all reports concur in max
ing Il very great