New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-05

neries have aIiost heavily vast numbers Of barrels
i hSs o sweet Tsr dRs w the oil
scum All tho lumbermen have suffered ter
ne Sf s Sg a S M er
ngly Wild. The dam is entirely out OF yiew ana tne
there Men who have worked about FairmOqnt all Of
their lives such feshet has ever been known III
flood Of 1850 The platforms Snd woodwork for the ac
commodaton OF the workmen Engaged in the erection OF
is so Ugh that OF the wheels the water works can
operate No damage to the turbine wheels Anticipated
81 200 or 800 The Spring Garden Water Works have
also been overlooked, and the engines arenable to work
is incalculable No loss of life is reported.
NEwHoPE,, Penn, Oct. 4,The Delaware Division
is torn out in place. and two aqueducts are
washed away 1t will take several weeks to repair die
HARRISBURG, Penn. Oct. l-The rain ceased last
night There no great freshet in this immediate ven
Several bridges between Harrisburg and Phadelpha on
the Pennsylvania Central and Philadelphia and keadng
Harrisburg and Baltimore. The Susquehanna Kyerls
rising rapidly but no fears are entertained OF disastrous
At Spring Mil, FIVE miles below Norrstown the ryer
has receded two feet from the highest point, which was
10 feet above the regular water mark or Two eet
higher than the great freshet OF 1852 the destruction
Sorstc ySie R we endea1ong '' to secure float
ing timber, fell into the river, and two persons
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were drawn in the current, and the three drowned
The NOrlstown Railroad is badly under water, Us hiso
hand sufficient to repair any damage In few hours aiiea
the water recedes The coal trade Will not remain lde
above At O'Clock the river was rising rapidly at
POttstown, but it is supposed to DO the
TRe trains S between we and are ali
regular and uninterrupted, although the Rarltan Pas
the day extraordinary hight; but the New YORK and
trains and those between h ana
the Schuylk. The II o'clock H. train from Broad-st
station h IGr " ~ paSSe after il lad gone down
the line, both tracks below Bell road CROSSING
we're entirely submerged by the rapidly rising food BY
hour 1915, when the $40 Newfork train for wash
ington, aud the Philadelphia noon train south, had
started from Grays Ferry Station the road under
for mile, TO the depth OF three feet was CON
sdered unsafe to the engine over this track ana the
rose TO feet the rails. The Pennsylvania WI;
their steamers FELTON, and Ariel to ply between
Chestnust. wharf, Philadephla ana Mhm ng t6
Del, South, which line was uninterrupted by TINS
passengers, mails, aud baggage OF al inc New
York, Washington Baltimore and PllaqeP hia Trains
were promptly moved though the very hlgh water IN
the Delaware made it easy task The RAILROAD tracks
not injured and will be used again Tor al trains TO-
as soon as the water subsidies At ~ O'CLOCK
tonight feet less than at SHUTDOWN, at whch
time the hight was entirely unprecedented In the expert
HGRRrsBURG, PENN Oct. 4.-About midnight Saturday
night rain commenced falling here and continue with
but little, II any, intermission Tor nearly 81 hours at
times, pouring down with some violence. Inc storm
overlooking both large aud small streams ana damaging
and destroying an immense amount OF property. Ihe
Susquehanua River has not been near so much agated
by the flood as ITS tributaries, and put very ntte
damage by the river Is reported The ConesOga Creek
flowing through Lancaster and one or Two oter countess
and the swatara Creek, the main body OF which flows
through Dauphn County, very rapidly, oyeFnoWihg
and greatly damaging bridges, highways and
other property in their wild course. me rail-
feTed the greatest loss. Below Columbia on the
Pennsylvania Railroad, the lower part of bridge was
swept away leaving In position the rails ties and few
heavy pieces timber freight passed over tho
damaged structure, causing to sink nearly SIX Inches
Is now clear. but few trains being detained
by other washingss. which were very slight; ana
by the Reading New-York line have arrived small
bridge at Robesonia, II miles east OF uaIrls4nrg was
TO the side Of the road On the East Pennsylvania Rail-
road three four BRIDGES are reported washed away
the bridge al Robesonia before 1t carried or reports
the force of the current was so great that when the
hIt rock The engineer discovering that water was
the only impeachment, gave the locomotive full head OF
believed here by railroad men tuat freight trains Will
pass over the Allentown route to for two days
Central Railway. The damage TO this road cannot be
fully asceraned account Of the telegraph wires being
down In one or two places south OF Hanover Junction
The road in running order from here 10 ParkOn with
the exception OF one small bridge. FROM farAtOn 10
damaged but the officers OF the road say all trains VIII
be running regularly tonight. -, ,,.., 49,.
H.
washed out along Gunpowder creek The lines are
working to Cockeysvie The water was five feet deep
at Parkton this morning, and there was M
land furnace. Only two bridges are reported
IA having been damaged between hero and Parkton.
Tho trains Baltimore are expected through ny MD
night The YORK; Wrightsvie. and Columbia Railroad
appears have suffered great damage The HOOD maze
sad work with the bridges two or three were shONcd
out Of ue the abutment OF another Is ehtlrcy
gone, while the whole superstructure OF anOther was
carried down stream. Ten bridges In all are Oauly
damaged. The damage 10 other roads Is SO
slight as hardly worth mentioning. The crops ana
especially corn standing in the field in shock has suffer-
ed terribly RumOs OF several extensive land slides on
one or two prominent railroads III circulation, Dut
they proved 10 10 without foundation No loss OF LIE Is
as vet reported any reliable source IL IS quite GER
tain that the loss by this last great Hood to railroads
alone In this State will in the aggregate reach 100000
while the damage 20 private aud other property VIII
probably exceed that gum.
SCRANTON, Penn, Oct 4-Heavy rains have fallen ior
the pas As hours No trains arrived the Leigh aud
Susduehannah Railroad. The Delaware, LAckawanna
and Western Road has also suspended. An embankment
1000 feet long at Belts Bridge washed out several
minor breaks reported between Scranton ana
sroudsburg. Heavy gangs Of men are at work all along
the line. There is great freshet ut M4uch Chunh.
Twenty boats went over the dam. The Lackawanna
Iron aud Coal Compauys rolling mills have suspended
work on account OF the high water.
VERMONT,