The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-07-04
Storms i'm Pennsylvania.

WILKEsBARRE, June 27.-It has
been raining here for several days.
Last night it poured in torrents.
The Baltimore dam, covering several
acres on the outskirts of the city,
gave way this morning, filling a
creek running over the lands of the
Delaware and Hudson Company and
the Baltimore mines. The water be-
gan to run into openings Nos. and
3 of the mines, washing out the
props and causing the earth to sink
for nearly half an acre. The water
now is finding its level in the Conyg-
ham mine. The miners made a has
ty retreat for safety. Every effort is
being made to carry the stream in
another direction. Should the at
tempt fail the loss will be serious.
At l o'clock great excitement pre-
vailed at the scene of the depression.
1t has extended a considerable dis
tance and has already engulfed one
house. The building was carried
down, with its contents, to the
depth of Is feet, and completely
buried. A large portion OF the
branch of the Delaware and Hudson
Railroad is now endangered and
may disappear at any moment. Sew
eral houses are in peril and the oc-
cupants are seeking safer quarters.
| Up to this time there has been no
/ loss of life. 1t is feared that there
will be still greater loss of prop
erty
EAsToN, June GA heavy rain
storm, which was at times terrific,
prevailed here yesterday. a land
slide on the Easton and Amboy
Railroad near Bloomsbury, \. j.,
delayed trains an hour. A large
space of roadbed under the tracks of
the Lehigh and Susqueh anna Rail-
road was washed away above the
Easton depot. The Belvidere Della
ware Railroad was badly flooded.
There was landslide and washout
on the Delaware, Lackawana and
Western Railroad at Manunka
Chunk, between the Delaware Water
Gap and Stroudsburg. The fields in
the suburbs were badly washed and
much damage was done to grain and
potatoes. Traffic on the Quarryville
Railroad has been temporarily sus-
pended, owing to washouts, the track
being submerged. Serious delay was
also occasioned to trains on the
Pennsylvania Railroad this morning
owing to the giving way of embank-
mentS.
LANCASTER, June 27.-The storm
in this county is proving very disas-
trous to the growing crops. Tobacco
and corn fields are badly washed,
and in many cases the crops COM
pletely ruined. All the creeks are
swollen into torrents.
HARRIsBURG, June 21.-The heav- .
lest rainfall for years occurred to-day, /
and much damage was done. The
Susquehanna has risen five feet since
noon, and is still rising.
ALLENTOWN. June 2..-The water
in the LehigL RIVER here is twelve
feet higher than usual, and freshet
is feared. The river is still rising,
and persons living near by are re-
moving to places of safety. Much
damage is feared. Two hundred !
feet of the track of the East Pennsyl- /
vania Railroad OF Shamrock was
washed out this evening, and all
trains are delayed at that point. |
Heavy landslides also occurred On
the Lehigh Valley Railroad at Rock
dale this forenoon. Six hundred
thousand soft brick in the yards of
Noonemaker & Senelback, this city,
have been ruined by water.
READING, June 27.-The country
roads and wheat fields in this vicin-
ity have been badly washed by the
heavy rains of the past "a hours. At
Macungle, on the East Pennsylvania
Railroad, a ditch 200 yards long and
several feet deep was formed by the
water, and all trains were stopped.
ASHLAND, June pa heavy rain
storm commenced on Monday and
still continues. All work at the col |
lieries is suspended, and unless the
rain ceases tonight ten collieries in
the Mahony Valley will be flooded. |
Traffic on the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road here is suspended
/ SCRANTON, June 27.-Rain has
been falling almost necessarily in
this section for the past two days,
doing great damage to crops aud
causing several dams to burst. At
Stroudsburg the glass works are
flooded to the depth of several feet,
and many cellars are filled with wa
ter, causing great loss. Near East
Stroudsburg there is serious wash
out on the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Road which has caus-
ed a delay of several hours to all
trains. The Lackawanna River is
steadily rising, and people on the
lowlands known us the Flats are be-
coming alarmed, as, if the river rises
a few feet, it will overflow it banks.
: SHAMoKIN, June 21.-The storm
here has been very severe. The
Reading and Shamokin, Sunbury Il
Lewisburg railroads are badly wash
ed and trestles damaged. All rail
road travel is greatly delayed. The
creek has broken into the Burnside
and Sterling collieries. All collieries
are suffering.