Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-09-25
STORM AND FLOOD.
A PRODIGIOUS RAINFALL THE
MIDDLE STATES.
BroOks made TOrrents-Towns Inundated
Bridges Swept Away-TraveI Suspend
ed-Great Damage to Railroads, Mills
and Other Property.

and Other Property.
PLAINFIELD, N. j., September 23.-The |
storm which did such damage here yester- !
day afternoon was followed by heavy rain
all night, and this morning another down !
pour began, which lasted, with brief inter-
walls, until O'Clock. All the streets were
flooded, and much damage is being done
along the line Of the streams in this vicinity.
It is reported from Bound Brook that the
water there has risen so high as to stop the |
running OF trains on the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road.
At this hour, one o'clock, there is no !
prospect OF a cessation of the storm. An |
unusual feature is the heavy thunder and |
lightning, which has accompanied the storm |
throughout. II has now rained here for |
over forty eight hours continuously.
PHILADELPHIA, September 23.-Nearly |
eleven inches of rain have fallen here with |
In the past seventy-tWo hours. The Schuyl- |
Kill river has risen six feet, ana reports |
come in that the water is still rising at Fair !
mount dam. Along the line of the various |
railroads centeTing here considerable dam |
age has been done. Travel on the New York |
division of the Pennsylvania Railroad has |
been suspended, owing to the washing away
OF the bridge at HOlmesburg and the giving |
way OF large section of the track between |
Holmesburg and Fraukford. Other wash
outs are reported along the line. The most |
serious washout on the Bound Brook route
is at Bound Brook, but the Reading Com
pany proposes to run a train through at
midnight, and is soliciting trade for New
York at the depot of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company. Five hundred passengers
on the pennsylvania Railroad from New
York were brought to the city by boat
from Bristol. Between PhIlsdelphia and
Baltimore the track is practically clear.
On the West jersey Road, between We
nonah and BarnsborO, there was washout,
carrying off the embankment, in some places |
thirty feet high. The trains on the Bur-
lingtOn and Pemberton Railroad, in New
Jersey, were stopped by a heavy rain at
Reading. The rain storm was the heaviest
known for years, but as It was not accom-
panied by heavy winds, did not do much
damage.
The Schuylkill river rose considerably,
and many cellars were flooded. Some of
the country roads are impossible owing to /
mud. Some live stock is reported to have
drowned in the rapidly swelling streams,
and many hay stacks were swept away.
AT Newtown, Pa, several buildings have |
been washed away and others injured. Four
men were rescued from trees, but no lives
lost. The wsshout On the Newtown Rail
road prevents the running of trains.
AT Trenton, N. j., the rain has continued |
without cessation ali day, flooding the
streets and vacant lots. AssaDpink creek /
is very high, and the Delaware is rising rap
idly, causing apprehension of trouble to-
morrow. Several factories on Assanpink /
creek were compelled to suspend opera
tiOns.
At 1:30 p. m. to-day the Grove street
bridge over Green Brook, near this city,
y nw.1v. III -
people watching the flood. Eight persons |
were rescued, but a number is believed to
have perished.
New YORK, September %, 10 P. None
of the tiercest rain storms for years has /
ragged up to this hour. kilograms from all |
directions tell Of disastrous foods and |
washOuts and of damage to railroads and /
other property, and even loss Of human /
life.
WASHINGTON, September 24-The rain |
storm which ragged yesterday north of Phils- |
delphia interrupted telegrsphic commune
cation so that no dispatches from the North /
were received here between 2 and p. m.
Railroad travel is still interrupted, and no /
trains have come through from New York /
to-day.
New YORK, September "a Mill Brook.
which flows through fremont, Fordham and |
Morrissnis, was greatly swollen last night by |
the storm. The tracks of the Harlem River |
Railroad were undermined and washed away |
at fremont and Fordham. and travel was |
suspended. The police reserves were |
called out and went to the rescue Of the en-
dsngered families, whose houses were sur
rounded by water. They succeeded in res |
cuing a great many. The rain caused a 4
total suspension of through trains on the /
Pennsylvania and New York, Lake Erie |
and Western Railroads. Express trains on |
the lines, OF the Delaware, Lackswsnna and |
Western and the Central Railroad of New |
Jersey Com panies were delayed from three |
to four hours.
The Pennsylvania Road appears to have |
suffered the greatest inconvenience. A |
number Of washouts occurred in the new |
cut through Bergen Hill. The sand in some |
places covered the track to depth of six |
inches, rendering it impossible for trains |
to pass. A large force Of men were put to |
work, and the trains were moved few feet |
at time until the cut was passed. An ex- |
tensive land slide Is reported between Rah- |
way and MenlO Park. Local trains between
Jersey City and Trenton were kept running |
until p. M, when the road became impas- |
sable.
PATERSON, N. J., September "a "A large |
number of bridges over the small streams in |
the neghboring country were swept away |
by the storm yesterday. The old Seabriskie |
cotton mill at Hohokus was washed away.
The pumping house of the Passa'c Water |
Company at the Falls is flooded. Two |
small bridges over Old Hall Brook were
carried away, as was also Old Hall dam.
Martin Rossiter, an old man, was washed |
into the river and carried over Passaic Falls.
NEW BRUNSWICK, N j., September "a
The freshet was the heaviest ever seen In |
the Raritan river. The lower part of the |
city is deluged and property submerged.
The rainfall for fifty-eight hours was over
thirteen inches on a mean level. All the
- ~ In IOruor Rnrpnf etranf 4
are damaged. The water is up to the coun- |
ters and goods are floating about The |
people are riding through the lower streets |
in boats. The bridges over the river are /
considered safe, aud were thronged all day |
to-day with crowds gazing at the food.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA, September "A -
There are reports from the lower Kappa |
hammock of protracted and destructive rain |
storms, by which four mills near Wares |
wharf, Essex county, we're washed away |
and great damage inflicted on the crops and |
other property. The storm did not reach |
more than fifty miles inward from the |
coast.
PRINCETON, N. j September 24.-In the |
vicinity of Princeton bridges are washed |
away, the lumber in the lumber yards was |
foated off, mill properties are badly dam
sged, and roadwsys washed out and reA-
dered impossible. Much live stock has
been drowned, and railroad travel is sus-
pended. Canal bridges are wrecked In
many places near Rocky Hill the bank has
given way.
TRENTON, September 24.-The loss in this
city by yesterdsy's rain storm is roughly |
estimated at 5000, 900. Probably the heavi-
est single loser is the Pennsylvania Railroad /
Company, so, 600. The water was three
feet deep in its main depot.
NEW YORK, September 24.-Details~ con-
tinue to be received OF yesterdays storm.
showing q most sstonishingly rapid rise Of
water. The streets Of Bound Brook, N. j
were flooded to the depth Of ten feet in
couple Of hours, and stores were filed with
water above the counters. Occasional IT.
stances of drowning are reported, but the loss
of life is slight, as also that OF property.
Ex-CIerk Adams for Congress.
LOUISVILLE September "a The Demo-
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