, 1875-03-19
Additional Accounts Of DAM
ages by the Susquehan-
ma Overflow.
Canal-Iloats Washed Upon The Track
Of tho Pennsylvania Rail-
road,
Small Boats Navigate in the Prinei-
pal Streets Of Kingston,
Great Trees Torn from Their
Roots by Immense lee
BOw1ders.


! TIE FYoN1S0 WALLET.
WtLKEnaAnnE, Pa. Atarct, 1Y.-The river taa
been falling SLOWLY thts afternoon and is nov
nearly feet ioror than on Wednesday, mor1,-
Ing. There is M change In tho leo in tho main
channel. and II Ia generally believed that it
reaches to tho bottom of the river. For Home
distance above tho Inland gorge belou tho city,
and from that potnt to plainvillc, distance ot
niles, the leo ls tammod up in . solid mass.
At this place tho dero< of tho 1.chlgh Valley
nailroad and ntlout twenty dwelling .houses wero
flooded. Jlsst below hero, tho pistaton bridges
aro hmnaed up fn the Ice in Tho main channel.
For aono distance nbove tits ntatlou, and nearly
esea with Hatsr and lasgo cakes 81 Ice. Nearly
ali the otIicah OF the Lehish Valley Railroad
are now IN thta city aud force Of men llas already
beon hst to work IN removing tic ieo.
tho opposite sde from rIainvilIo. .he:.co IS piled
up very high aud turns tho water ont Of tho
| chRnnel Tho water has cut war through tho
| beautiful Forty Fort CcInctory. awept down.
AoodinE tho Hats. and rushed through tho maiu
etreots Of Kingston. Tie citzeus wero badly
uoATs WE'RE RowE1 Tnnouou soME oy THE rR1x-
| CfrAL HTnEE1s.
| From Kingston to Wilkeabarre the distance la 1
/ milo, and the water spread across tho lists ba-
tween the two psaces iu an incredible spaca of
time: A bar1, was swept away whicl, had
stood tho doods OF many year,, and no fencos
whatever are lefs. Huge bowdors Of leo were
| carried along with such force IA to knock down
anu tear up great sreos. All the Telegraph poleA
Oh tho Ahts ara down, nt,d telographic cofnmui,i-
cation eau only 10 had By way Of Scranton,
| Foa1B are Expressed BY residents Of the Kings
ton sido OF tho river TINT another rise Of water
above would be stopped BY the gorge and forced
through the charnel already formed through tho
cenoterv and gwaep down upon Kingston. This
allowing tho Ice 70 1no1t away gradually, but
great damage wonld bo slono to kingston, and
many fartns would bo ruined The weather has
| not moderated.
Wilkesbarrc bridge drove to pit.ston to-day aud
| asked permission OF tho officers Of the bridge
companies thcro
! To DESTROY TIE nEtpoEs
Which Were awcps a"ay aud aro now lodged above
tho city. In otder to proyont their descont upon
tho one here. Tho officers 9avo their conBeut.
and preparations arc now being made to burn
| tho bridEcB nt an early hour tu-tpo1row rnorn-
inE: It will tako ten days to clehr tito LciuEh
Valley Railroad Of leo should the water fnl! and
t!oro be no other tiHo. There arc 10 lullIs north
from here.
| 1T RUSpuRy, Pa.
susBuRT, Pn.. March 1Y.-Tho Ice In tho
| susquehanna Iscr hero broke last nvcniug
| aud Tent over tho datn 9afel.". befnro tho
great gorge hetwcou hero mud Dnn:l;o
cano. which started eooo after, bringing
with 1t several bridges. and completely
and tic island. aud knocking one spnn ont cf
another bridge. The Northumberland lln.lroad
bridges are safo, having been heavily loaded
| NTH coal-casn.
husnunr, pa, Mnrch 18-Eveuin9.- PROS
poets below Watsontown, OIL the Wnas Branch,
arc about the pane this evening. Tho town il
in no danger. but tho farms Galow arc inundated,
| and the r1vor is running through tho zelda. The
goro has nut moved. TbeEs Is also largo gorge
between hero and solina' Grove. below tho dam,
| which contains part Of the bridges which came
lown tho North Drauch. aud which will likely
carry oil Solins' Grove bridge, when It moves.
| At coEDNR1A, PA.
CoLu,rprA. Pn., March l8.-The ice In tho sus-
| 1ne!anna 1!ivor at this point commenced rlu,-
ming thiH afternoon. aud IL Btill running past in
ono continuous naas. At y p. IN. 1t carried
away tho winding bridge Of I4dewater CAuai, At
Nlsshtsville, and moved ono OF the piers Ut the
Columbia bridge. rendering tho bridge ialpassh-
bio for trains. The leo and water has dono COLI
sidotablo damage to tho Pennsylvania hallway
sad q aas ss n2s 4s Ice sp bss ss ts
polos, cutting on telegraph communication TO- 10.
tween Colutahia aud Harrisburg. Mucl, damage
las hoen done 10 the Pennsylyani4 Canal Com
panys towing path, tearing It out, otc Canat-
boats were washed on the trucks Of the PannByl-
sanla lseifros1, ut Marietta and stay there.
rrrrsTos, pa, March 18.-Iho losa by lood
rlaec. to tho height Of 20 feet and extending up
tho river for about miles. The LehigA Valley
Railroad track ia
ENTIRELY COVERED w1ru .cz
slx feet in height In tho na&rows, miles
north OF hero. foy have gang ot workmon
digging through, aud trying to clear tic track.
u II impossible TO hay how ECON they can run
through. No t1aina hayo boon abla 10 reach
locality have stopped rork. Oh account
Of having no routo left by which to