The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-20
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ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT.
TO THE DAILY INTELLIGRNoER
THE HIGH WATER,
Tho Whole Town OF Port Deposit,
Md, Flooded.

PORT DEPOSIT, Nd, March l9,-The
water Is from five 10 fifteen feet deep in
the streets, Tho whole town Is flooded
and there ID great destruction Of proper
ty. No lives have been lost 10 far. The
railroad depot is full Of water, as we'll as
the telegraph Office, which was abandoned
last night in boat,
AT HaYFe do Grace the ice "a g0rged
Eve miles below the town, the EhaFyes
arc flooded, and whole piles Of lumber
were swept from them. The street next
to the river above the bridge is complete
ly blocked with ice, wood and Lumber,
Tho water Is about ton inches deep In the
street, but Is falling slowly. The canal
tOwpath at the upper end Of town is COW
cred with ice.
Tho river has fallen three feet since
morning, The water Is now four feet
deep on the railroad track and on Main
street,
FLOOD IN THE susQuEuANNA,
HARRrsBuRa, Pa, March 10. The
food In the SusquChanna river did con.
siderable damage between Middlctown
and Columbia. Al cambridge the rail-
road depot was forced across tho track
on the hill. The telegraph Office
was completely demolished, Tho track
from Collins Station to Chickies
Is covered with eight feet Of Ice and the
telegraph lines destroyed for eight or
ten miles, Il is,reported that man
attempted tho rescue Of q family on an
Island, but was carried down The river
and nothing has been heard Of him since,
The whole II Front street, In Marietta, n
milo and a quarter long, Is filled with Ice
10 the height OF 30 and 35 feet, Many
houses have beOn damaged.
DAMAGE EXAGGERATED.
HARRBBURo, March l9,-The damage
to tho lines OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
by the Ice was very much exaggerated.
There was no damage which caused delay
to trains, excepting on tho river line be-
tween Columbia and Middlctown, All
the trains went around by the short cnt,
via Mount Joy.
GREAT Los1Es pY THE FLOOD,
COLUMBIA, Pa, March l0-At Marietta
the loss by the flood Is very heavy, the
lumbOrmen having their RATS swept
away. The Ice Is piled up over tho tow.
path from 20 to 30 feet high.
THE ooRuE AT PETTsToN,
WILKEsBARRE, March lO.-A force Of
three hundred men were engaged to-day
in removing Ice from tho track above
Pitston. Oh Monday all tho passenger
trains will be put ON. The track was
covered for two miles with Ice from six
TO thirteen feet deep. Tho road between
here and Plttston Ii yet partially covered
with Ice and water, but on Mondaytrains
will be running through. Attention Is
again turned principally to the gorge
above PittstOn which threatens danger
to more than one al Wilkesbarre. II
begins two miles from pittston and ex.
tends to Falls Station, a distance Of nine
miles, and Is formed Of heavier and
stronger ice than that which destroyed
the bridge and devastated West pittston.
The inhabitants Of the latter place arc
alarmed, fearing that they may have n
heavier visitation than before. II Is the
general opinion that this gorge must go
first and 6c prcCi pitated upon the one at
Wilkesbarrc, and II such 6e the case the
whole Wyoming Valley will be devastated.
The bridges IN The Ice three miles above
hero were destroyed to-day to prevent
their being swept down against this one.
A force OF one hundred men was engaged
mnSl Of the unv In taking thOm nDnft
and removing what was valuable. In
the afternoon what was left was EHtn.
rated with benzine and fired.
ICE FLOOD AT MARIETTA.
MARIETTA, Pa, March 10.-lt Ia i'm.
possible to imagine the scene presented
caused by the Ice gorge. For mile
along Front street the immense cakes OF
ice are piled from 10 to 40 feet high, fll.
ing The canal and covering the railroad
track and In many places tearing out and
bending the rails. Several canal boats are
lying across the track and were only
prevented from demolishing the houses
BY tho large trees that were firm enough
to stop them. Hundreds Of men are
working to clear the railroad track, but
II Is like blasting through the rock bed,
II ID estimated that II will take 1000
men from three to Eve days to clear the
track. All trains arc running regularly
by way Of the Mount Joy Branch. The
water is several feet higher than the
food Of 1906.