The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1882-10-05
THE FLOODS.
Later Accounts of the Floods on the At
lantio Coast

lantiO Coast
PLAlNFIELD, Sept. 23.-Eight persons
have been recovered thus far. Charles
Wilson is missing and is believed to be
drowned, and IL Is scarcely possible that
| others are nOtlOst. Nothing can lie told
with certainty as to the loss of life till
the Hood subaides.
Within the city limits over o dozen
bridges are down, and great damage is
done to private property. The water
threatens destruction to large amount
of valuable property. There are no signs
OF the storm abaliag. Il exceeds any
ity. French's dam, the last one left in
the city, and the last but one on the
brook, is reported going away. If it
goes out large factory and several
| other buildings will he DESTROYED. The
dam at New brooklyn. three miles from
here, was carried out day, and further
down the stream large pond stocked
with valuable fish was destroyed Tel
ephOne poles set six feet in the earth
have been washed opt 30 the torrents in
some streets.
AT PHILADELPHIA
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 23.-Nearly
| eleven inches of rain have fallen here
within the past seventy two hours. The
OShu1 IN 1il IlNCL Illus ElScu SlA leCti anu
| reports come.in that the water is still
rising at Paramount dam, Along the
line of the various railroads centering
here considerable damage has been done.
Travel on the New York division OF the
Pennsylvania railroad has been sus-
pended, owing to the washout of 8
bridge at Holmeshurg, and the giving
away of q large section of track between
H0lmesUurg and Frankfort,
The most serious washout on Bound
Brook route, is at Bound Brook, but the
Reading company proposes to run
| trains through at midnight, and is solic-
| iting trade Tor New York at the depot
| of the Pennsylvania railroad company.
Five hundred passengers on the Penn
sylvania road from New York were
brought 10 the city by boat from Bristol.
| On the West Jersey road between We
nonah and Barnes6orough there was a
washoui, carrying off the embankmcnt,
in some places thirty feet high. Trains
| on The Burlington IL Pemberton road in
New Jersey were stopped by the heavy
rain. A large portion of the neck be-
low tho city Is under water, and the
| farmers there will suff-r heavy losses
| At Reading the rain storm was the heaV,
lest known for years.
| POUGHKEEPsIR, NEW YORK.
PoUaHKEEPsIE, N. Y, Sept. % The
| present storm is the heaviest known
hereabouts for years, and is still raging.
| Reports from all along the Hudson and
| interior counties tell of roads cut and
washed away in every direction. The
lowlands every where are flooded, apd
in several places bridges carried away
The streams already swollen, are rising
rapidly. Serious damage is feared
along the Newhurg, Duchess and
Connecticut railroad, The iron bridge
at Vanplank is impossible.
NEwBURG, NIsW YORK
Reports of damage by the flood con
tinue to pour in. In the town of Corn
wall eight or ten bridges were carried
| away with damage of $4,000. A.
MOuntainviile. John Qrr's mill was car.
ried away and flour mill damaged. In
Broadway, this city, the cellars of the
merchants are flooded and the losses are
heavy. It is reported there are serious
washOuts on branches of the Erie rail
road. and travel is suspended on the
short cut since yesterday. Heavy dam.
age is also reported in the town of Fish.
kill, Duchess county. 1t is still rain
ing hard and more serious results are
feared.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.
RALEIaH, Sept. 93--The heaviest rain
storm since 1912 fell at Tarboru, last
night, doing immense damage to crops
The rain fell in few hours seven ans
seventeenth inches. Bridges were swep
away and the railroad track extensively
damaged. a train ran into a washOul
and was smased, seriously iDjuring Elk
press Messenger Bryant.
AT PATERSON, y. j.
PATERSON, N. j., Sept. 23.-Abou
fourteen inches of rain has fallen here
since the storm began. The PassaiC
| river has risen from six TO eight feet
and many parts of the town are sub
merged. Traffic on the Erie and Mid
land railway is interrupted by washouts
The Lincoln iron bridge near the city
costing $4,000, was washed away and a
large number of bridges over small
streams in tho neighboFing country were