The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-19
THE HIGH WATER.
Losses by the Great Flood Half
aMilliOn Dollars.
lGreat Anxiety at PittstOn, Pa.
The Danger Still Imminent.

The Danger Still Imminent.
PlTrsroN, March ls.-The loss by the
food will reach more than half million
dollars. The ice is again gorged at RAN
som, three miles above this place, to the
heighth Of twenty feet, and extending up
the river about Ave miles. The Lehigh
Valley Railroad track IL entirely covered
with Ice six feet in heighth in the mar
rows two miles north Of here. They have
gang Of workmen digging through it and
trying to clear the track. 1t is impOsSi-
bic to say how soon they can run trains
through. No trains have been able to
reach here yet either way, A great many
mines in this locality have stopped work
on account Of having no route left by
which to ship their coal. The greatest
anxiety exists In regard to the weather,
Should II become warm enough to remove
The gorge It will cause even more destruc-
tion than Tuesdays flood.
THE ICE GoRGIs IN THE susQUHANNA.
sUNBuRY, March 1S.-The prospects
below WatSontown on tho west branch
arc about the same this evening, The
town Is in no danger, but the farms below
are inundated and the river is running
through the fields, The gorge has not
moved and there Is also large gorge be-
tween here and SelinsgrOyo below tho
dam which contains part Of the bridges
which came down the north branch, and
which will likely carry the selinsgroye
bridge when 1t moves.
COLUMBIA, March lS.-The ice in the
susQuehanna river at this point com.
meneed running this afternoon and Is still
running past In one continuous mass,
At s. r, N. II carried away the winding
bridge Of the Tide Water Canal Company
Mt Wrightville and moved one OF the
piers OF the Columbia bridge, rendering
Il impossible for trains. Tho Ice and
water has done considerable damage 10
the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks west Ol
here, piling the ice upon the tracks, and
delaying trains, II also swept down
great many telegraph poles, cutting off
the telegrRphic communication with
points Of Columbia and Harrisburg.
Considerable damage has been done TO
the Pennsylvania Canal Companies tow
Ing path, tearing 1t out, &c, Canal boats
were washed on the tracks OF the Penn
sylyania Railroad at Marietta and stay
there.
CoNAwINos, Mp., March lS.-The river
has risen ten feet In the last two hours.
The bridge here will doubtless 20.
PoRT DEPosIT MD., March 1S.-The
river has been rising all evening, and is
full Of floating leo running at the rate Of
twenty miles per hour. Should q gorge
form al Havre dc Grace 1t will cause
great destruction here.
THE ICE GoR0Ep TO THE BOTTOM OF THE
RIVER.
WlLREsBARRB, PA, March lS.-The
river has been falling slowly this after.
noon, and il now nearly two feet lower
than on Wednesday morning. There Ia
no change In The leo IN tho main channel,
and 1t Is generally believed that 1t reaches
to the bottom Of the river for some dis
tance above the Island gorge. Below the
city, and from that point to Plainville, q
distance Of five miles, the Ice Ia jammed
up In n solid mass. Atthis place the de-
pot Of the Lehigh Valley railroad and
about twenty dwelling houses were Hood
ed. Just below PittSton, bridges are
jammed up In the leo IN the main channel
For some distance above this station, and
nearly Two miles below, the track Of the
railroad Is covered with water and large
cakes Of Ice.
Nearly all Of the officials OF the Lehigh
Valley Railroad arc now In this city and
q force Of men has been set to work In
removing the Ice: AT Forty Fort little
below and on the opposite side from
Plainville, the Ice Is piled up very high
and turns tho water out OF the channel.
Inc water cut ltS way through the Deautl'
lul Forty Fort cemetry and swept down
ilooding the Hats, and rushed through the
main streets Of Kingston. The citizens
were badly frightened. Boats were rowed
through some ot lhe principal streets
from Kingston to Wilkesbarre; the dis
tancc Ia one mile. a barn was swept
away which had stood the Hoods
Of many years, and no fences
whatever are LETT, Huge boulders OF Ice
were carried along with such force a. TO
knock down aud tear up great trees; All
the telegraph poles on the Hats are down,
and telegfaphtc communications can only
| be had by way OF Scranton, Fears are