Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-06-28
THE RAINS.
AFTER YESTERDAYS STOKM.
Tine Damage Not Great ~ as fiTst ke-
pOrled-Fieids " ashed In the Country
Some Grain Spoiled.

Tne Damage Not o, Great ~ ss First Re-
ported-Fieids " sshed IN the Country
some Grain Spoiled.
So far as can DO learned the damage BY
the storm o: Tuesday ard Wednesday Is
less than could have been reasonably ex-
pected. No serious i .m .ge was done IN
this city other than was yesterday report
ed. The fears that the ConsstOya would
rise to dangerous height aud damage
the bridges and sweep away the
crops along the bottom lands, have not
bson realized Tic creek continued to
rise until late hour last night. su6merg-
ing all the pumps 1T the water works,
except tho Worthington. but doin no
serious damage. Early this morning the
stream began to fall, and is now with
in its banks at all ptints. The report that
the city dam Was in danger oi being
swept away was purely sensational. 1t
was at no time in danger, though a Hood
of water, some four or live feet Ill height,
swept over its breast.
Officers of the Pennsylvania and Read
ing railroads report few washOuts along
their respective lines, but no bridges were
damaged, and there was no serious deten-
tion to either passenger or freight trains.
Persons who have como in from the
country report the wheat, oats, grass and
corn badly beaten down, the level fields
overflowed and the hiilsides iu some
places very badly washed, but Oh
the whole it is bell we'd that the
storm dill great deal more good than
harm. This WAS Certainly tho result in
this city. All the surface filth has been
washed away from the streets aud CUTTERS,
tbs sewers have been thoroughly flushed.
and it is doubtful it Lancaster has for
dozen years been rs clean aud tidy rs it is
to day.
e. NJ StauiIcr's mill dam near Chest
nut Level, was taken away by the flood
of yesterday and all tho tobacco and grain
| fields below it were flooded and the crops
| ruined the bridge ut Loug's WAS so badly
washed Out that it cannot De used.
All over the lpwer end of tho county We
| hear Of bridges gono aud travel will DO
| considerably impsded.
The work of repairing the Quarryville
| railroad track was quickly doue. force
of wOrkmen were busiiy engaged along
| the line yesterday and last night. and the
first train down arrived at Quarryvilis at
| o'clock last night. Although the bridge
across tho Cpncsto.a WIS believed to DO
| unsafe il is all right and no danger is ex-
pected- Below this bridge the track was
! washed, but ii has been repaired. There
| WAS Il small washout at West Willow,
which was fixed yesterday Afternoon. At
tue Y, below New Providence. there is
considerable damage, which can ba re.
p tired, however, while trains arc passing
over the track.
EiOnE tho River.
Our Columbia correspondent writes ::
A bridge over II creek on tho Columbia &
Port Deposit railroad was washed away by
the swollen stream yesterday morning at
| 10 O'Clock. All trains were delayed for
five hours, during which time a
| temporary structure WAS erected. A
saw mill at Peach Bottom WAS also washed
into the river yesterday, together with
! about $4OO worth OF lumber from the
lumber yard attached TO tho mill. Tho
| river is rising fast, tho late storm having
swollen the streams flowing into it to such
| an extent that many have OvoIilowcd their
banks.