The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-12-12
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Great Storm indthe East.
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Forty Solid lid Hours Il, IF Rain :: Heavy
Gales on the Atlantic Coast. ,Q
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Shipping Damaged, Wharvss Flooded, Rail.
roads and Bridges Washed Away, and AZ
People Driven from their Homes. j.
STORM DAMAGES.
FORTY HOURS RAIN.

NEw. YORK, December 1.-THE heavy
rain storm Of the last two days has caused
much damage in New England. In Phil
adelphia the loss is serious by the overflow
OF wharves and the flooding OF cellars. Al
Scranton the rivers and streams are great
ly swollen, and should tho rain continue
the running operations will be stopped.
Railroad and other bridges throughout
this State are threatened by floods. II has
rained steadily for fully forty hours. m.
HEAVY GALE on TIE ATLANTIC COAST.
There was heavy gale to-day all along
the Atlantic coast and very severe ut Bos-
ton. Some damageto shipping is reported
at New York. The abutment OF Barrett's
suspension bridge at Port Jeryis was car
ried away this morning. Loss heavy.
The freight train from Boston, with two
engines, went into the river near Went
worth, n. H., where the trestle was swept
away, and both badly wrecked. The
bridges being swept away, the wreck
trains can not reach the disabled train,
At North Adams, Mass, the people had
TO oabandon their homes on the river banks.
WRECKS AND LAND SLIDES on PENNSYLVANIA
ROADS. d.
PITTSBURGH, December 1.-THE severe
stsrm, which lasted for two days in this
immediate vicinity, has caused considera-
BILE damage, but no very serious catastro-
phe has yet been reported. 1t began TO
rain about o'clock Sunday evening and
rained almost steadily until 8 II. NJ. Tues.
day, when the weather turned cold and
the rain turned to snow, very heavy and
wet. This was followed by high winds.
The storm was very severe in the noun
tains east OF here. The principal damage
in this vicinity consists Of land slides and
washouts on the several railroads which
have caused considerable confusion and
delay to travellers. Several detentions are
reported on the Pennsylvania Central
road and also on the Allegheny Valley.
Trains on the Western roads are all run.
ming on time. D Wu HH
SERIOUS RAILROAD sNAsuuP. tsr j.
A serious smashup occurred on the Balti.
more and Ohio railroad shortly before day
light this morning. A wcst-bound freight
jumped the track near Laughlin station
and was badly wrecked. One OF the break.
men, named Fuller, was buried under the
debris, and when taken out was found TO
be badly injured. The road was badly
blockaded at the wreck, and passengers
were compelled to transfer all day. A
heavy land slide occurred at Soho, on the
same road. Both rivers are very high, and
portions OF Pittsburgh and Allegheny are
submerged. No damage reported.
GTvARIous POINTS.
Pogr JERvIs, N. Y, December IL
Damage by flood along Neversink river in
this vicinity was $4,000.
SCRANTON, Pa, December ll1.-Travel on
all the railroads entering this city has been
interrupted. At Portland, Pa, the Della.
ware has risen 10 feet, and q portion OF the
town Is inundated. ''.-.
LAMaERrviLLE, n. j., December H.
Three feet OF water in McCready's paper
mill, Work has been suspended ut Glen.
don. The Lehigh is still rising, and peo-
pie living on the flats have been compelled
TO move their homes. q.
PouGHxEErsIE, December ll.--.Between
here and Rhineheck, East Shore, ten
canal boats lle against the railroad bank,
and floating about the river are two harms,
numerous bodieso OF dead horses and mules,
hay, pork, flour, fifteen or twenty sleighs,
&c.
TRENTON, n. j., December 1.-THE
Delaware river has not been SO high since
1901. Fair street Is flooded and the people
are moving out OF ftheir houses. Factories
and mills along the river arc submerged
and the Yardlcyville bridge is in great
danger.
GARDNER, ME, December l1.--Much
damage was done from the freshet in Ken
nebec. Four bridges were carried away.
Several ice houses OF the Gardner Ice
Company were blown down. The river Is
full OF logs. The water Is over the wharves
and in the cellars OF stores.
WnKEsBARRE, Pa, December ll.-Riyer
street is partly inundated, and the cellars
OF tho mansions thereon arc filed with
water. The citizens Of Kingston were
obliged to build dikes and dams to pre-
vent the spread OF the river, which now
extends from the Wilkesbarre shore al
most TO It's former place, mile distant,