The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-03-31

time relieved. just below Wilkes
barre. however, another gorge form
ed. and the water flooded the houses
on River street, causing considerabl,
damage. The gas works were over
flowed, and on Wednesday night tht
CITY was in darkness. Early in th,
morning of that day the two wagor
bridges at Pittston were destroyed
causing a loss Of about $4,000. The
iron bridge of the Lackawanna anC
Bloomsbury Railroad which wa;
carried off the night before, eos
$500 On the same day, at Dan
vile, 90 miles above the Sunbury
bend. the bridge was carried away
and all railway connection cut off
On Thursday the ice commenced
moving past Columbia, and at eight
O'Clock in the eTening the winding
bridge of the Underwater Company
was destroyed. and one p er Of the
Collm oia Bridge novel tW dy-eigbt
inches out of It's place, thus render
log 1t impossible. for trains 10 pass
over. At Bainbridge aud Marietta
property valued at $4,000 was lost.
At Port Deposit the loss cccasioned
by the destruction Of lumber was
very large. This was also the case
at Hsvre de Grace, At the former
place the principal street was entire
ly flooded and 200 people rendered
for the time homeless. On Saturday
evening the water in the streets was
still FIVE feet deep. bu: is now rapidly
receding. The entire loss to the Sus,
quehanna Valley is variously estimat
cd at from 81, 100000 to $500, 900,
From different points in Pennsylva,
MIA and Maryland the telegraph
brings Information that the floods
are going down. At Millersburg
on the Juniata River, however, there
is still much danger of disastrous
overflow.
THE sUsQUEHANNA FLOODS.
HARRISBURG, PENN March 2l.-
At this point the river to-day is full
of broken ice, but owing to the great
width of the Susquehanna here there
is no possibility Of gorge, even if a
large mass of ice was to come down
from Sunbury. The latest dispatch
from up and down the river report
clear water from Selin's GroSe, near
Sunbury, aud fifty miles above Har-
risburg to Columbia, which is TWEEN
ty-eight miles below this place. Be
tween the points indicated the river
is full of small islands. and in the
vicinity of some of these the ice ex-
tends from snore to shore, but there
are no gorges, and no likelihood of
any until the ice on the West Branch
of the Susquehanna moves. At
Bainbridge, Columbia, and Marietta
a great deal Of damage has been
caused by the ice. On the North
Branch the ice eomigo., down through
the main river eomnieSed to gorge
at Bainhridge on Thursday. Like
Port Deposit the town lies under a
bluff only q few feet above the level
of the river. Immediately next the
river was the Pennsylvania Canal
which is separated from the Colum.
bia division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad by a stone wall. Balm.
bridge is situated on q narrow strip
of land between the railroad and the
bluff When the great mass of ice
coming down the river gorged, i'm
mense cakes were hurled into the
canal, and the pressure was so great
that eight or ten canal boats were
lifted bodily from the water and left
lying across the railroad track. TC
this circumstance the inhabitants OF
cambridge owe the comparatively
small loss which the town sustained
By the gorge. The ice backed up
against the canal-bosts to the height
of twenty feet, and the boats in a
great measure prevented the huge
cakes from being hurled against and
demolishing the houses Immediately
adjoining the track. The loss al
Bainbridge. as far as the town is
concerned, will be covered by about
$4,000. At Marietta, although the
river is clear for some distance from
either shore, there is, in the centre
an immense pile Of ice rising out Of
the water to a hight Of Gfty feet
and presenting the appearance of a
fertilization. This pile is constantly
being added to, but as long as there
is a passage at either side nc dangeI
is anticipated.