Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-02-12
THE RAPID RISE IN RIVERS.
CAUSED BIZ THE RECENT RAINS AND
CONTINUOUS THAW

CAUSED BE THE RECENT RAINS ANDA
CONTINUOUS THAW.
The ice broke at Wilkesbarre yesterday
on the Susquehanna river and is now run
ming down in cakes of immense size and
thickness. The bridge is threatened, the
water and ice having risen eighteen or
twenty feet and nearly touching the bot
tom timbers. The steamboat H. B.
Wright was broken into fragments by the
ice and disappeared from view. 4 bridge
up the river has been carried away and the
wreck is coming down. This may carry
away the bridge at Wllkesbarre. The flats
opposite the city are under water and many
Of the telegraph poles have been prostrated.
The Situation at PottsvilIe
Heavy rain and thaw have done but
little damage throughout the upper
portion of Schuylkill county. Along the
Mine Hill railroad fences were swept away
and ice piled high on the road. A large
force OF men were engaged all Thursday
night in removing the ice from the track
and watching the bridges. All of the
lower portion of Schuylkill Haven is sub
merged. The water came with such a
rush that many of the people were unable
to escape. but We're obliged to take refuge
in the upper rooms Of their houses until
boats were procured to carry them to
| places OF safety. The loss Of property will
be large.
The Juniata ON a Jump
The ice in the Juniata river broke yes.
terday and is now rapidly passing out, the
roar of the crushing ice being heard a mile
from the stream. The bridge at Millers-
town has been carried away and striking
the bridge ut Newport carried two spans OF
it away. The damage along the river in
the vicinity cannot, as yet be estimated,
bat will doubtless be large. Families liv-
ing along the river have moved out for
safety. The river is still rising and is fully
as high as the flood Of 1865.
| The Damage Not Great at Port Jeryis.
The flood reached Port Jervis, N Yyester-
day afternoon, and has passed without do
ing much damage. Several small houses on
the bank Of the river were crushed and
hundreds Of cellars flooded. At One time
the ice gorged in the same spot as in
March, 1915, when SO much damage was
done The ice piled up to within 4 few
feet Of the Suspension bridge and it was
i'll critical condition, but the gorge soon
broke and the ice is passing off freely and
the water is going down rapidly.
| Thirteen Feet Rise at Harrisburg.
Patriot.
The water rose SLOWLY all of Thursday
nirht and Continued tn ri,o nearly ali q;
Yesterday at the rate of three inches mo-,
hour. By noon reports beoan to come in
that nearly ali the trihnt,r;cs above hor
had broken .h,. ;cv se,l tb.t I,,s I,;~ nmnn
them far months and were nonr;," . rrs.t
flood into the main cbanne, Inf5rmat t;o,;
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the nicrs and tossed ,r,;nst tho ro,Ls ~,
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rails The Harrisburg accommodation
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| phia ut half past O clock, was held about
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