Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-09-25


morning, but it was not thought there
would be such violent rain.
A very large amount of damage has
been done in and about Philadelphia by
the great rain storm. The total rainfall
from II o'clock on Wednesday night up
to the same hour on Saturday night, as
reported at the signal service station was
1000 inches. On Saturday, in many Sec
tions of the city, and especially up town,
hundreds of cellars were flooded, culverts
broken, streets washed out and bridges
carried away. The loss is almost beyond
calculation, but is necessarily exceedingly
heavy. Up to late on Saturday afternoon
there had been but little detention of rail-
way travel, but. about 4 o'clock, owing to
q Washout near FrankfOrd, all trains on
the New York division were taken of and
travel suspended until after midnight,
when arrangements were made to run
Pennsylvania trains over the Bound Brook
route. It is thought the road will be in
running order this morning. The damage
on the other lines was not so serious. ln
Camden the damage was also heavy and
trains on the railroads centering there
were much impeded.
In New York the storm was the heaviest
that has visited the city and neighborhOod
within the memory OF man and rain fell in
an almost constant and incessant stream
all day yesterday. 1t came down, for the
most part, with unusual force and in large
drops, which were often so frequent as to
make the drip continuous torrent. Up
tOnOon yesterday the damage done in that
city is not reported to be serious in fact,
it is fully recompensed by the cleansing of
the stroefa and seyvers
Near Oldham, above the city, while Mr..
Martin Rossiter, aged seventy years, was
trying to drive some cattle from the
brook, he was overtaken by the flood and
drowned.
The HOhOkus stream also felt the effects
of the great storm, aud last night Zab-
riskie's mills, at Hohokus, which recently
changed hands and were about to be con-
verted into rubber fact ory, wont down
the stream with a crash, involving loss
of perhaps $4,000.
At Plainfield, N. j., the stone bridge
was swept away while about two hundred
people were on it looking at the raging
torrent. Many fell in, but all but three
were rescued by expert boatmen and
swimmers.
A shanty was found floating in the
HobOken Flats, and was rescued by
policemen. In it were ecveral children,
so sick of malaria as to be unable to move
out of their bed.
Along the Hudson tho storm was very
heavy and washOuts are reported on all
the railroads. All trains were delayed,
and some of them are not yet in, but thus
far no serious accidents have boon re-
ported. Eight small bridges near Corn
wall were washed away, which can only
be replaced at a cost Of at least 500, 900.
A telegram from North Adams, Mass,
says: "The continuous rain of the last
three days threatens the destruction of
many buildings on the Hoosac river. The
bulkhead of North Pownal mill was car.
ried away last night and is in danger Of
much greater damage if the rain continues.
A small bridge in this town has gone down
the river"
A washout on tho Pennsylvania railroad
near Trenton, and one near Bound Brook
put stop to travel on all railroad lines
between this city and Philadelphia.
Ten Feet Of Water.
In Bound Brook at 10 O'Clock on Satur-
day night tho water, already very high,
began to rise suddenly. Shortly it was
flowing through Main street, lined or
both sides with stores, and soon reached a
depth of from eight to ten feet, with a
rapid current. In the stores the water
! rose over show cases, and large amounts
of valuables were ruined. The Elm Park
hotel was submerged almost to the roof
At Einstein's wOOllen mill the water GOV.
cred the looms. The mill cannot resume
work in less than a month, aud the loss
will be $40, 900. and 200 men are thrown
out of work,
A bride and considerable track of the
Lehigh Valley railroad were washed out.
The damage cannot be repaired for several
days, and the Lehigh Valley trains are
running to EastOn over the Central rail.
road. The Central track is three feet
under water. The long platforms between
tho tracks were aoated away, and tracks
badly washed. All Central trains were
stopped until this morning, but they were
allowed to pass as usual. The Delaware
| & Baritan canal runs along the river fifteer
or twenty feet above. The canal banks
gave way in several places, and river and
canal became one stream. Extensive
breaks are reported in other parts of thu
canal, and the five.mile lCck below Eastor
is destroyed. The Western Union telegraph
Office was submerged, and tho wires
grounded. The water began to subside
about ) q. m, but sstill two feet deep il
| large part of Main street tonight.
Extensive Railroad Damage.
Tho new tunnel of tho New York, On
taria Il Western railroad, at Union, N.
j., was damaged between 5000 and
100000. The banks gave way at late
! hour last night, and an immense amount
| of sand and rock wero hurled into the cut
Two steam shovels and 1870 gravel cars
were buried. The construction tracks
were covered to the depth of six feet il
many places. A large blacksmith shol
and boiler room became undermined and
fell into the cut. A washout over one
thousand feet long is reported on the Ber
gen county short cut of tho Erie road
| A largo force is at work repairing tht
damage. Passenger travel is greatly i'm
peded.
The South and East.
The heaviest rain since 1842 fell ut Tar
borO, causing immense damage to CROPS
the rainfall in few minutes vast I'll
inches. Bridges were swept away and the
track of tho Tarb0rO branch of the Will
mington s. Weldon is isextensively damaged
A train ran into washOut, seriously in
iuriug her express messenger, w. ID
Bryan.
The are reports from the lower Kappa,
hammock of a protracted and destructive
rain storm, by which four mills neal
Wares wharf, Essex county, and great
damage inflicted on crops and other prop
erty. The storm did not reach more than
so miles from the coast.
The heavy rains resulted in much