Daily Republican., 1883-02-19
| rnLLlNG
THE EUYFERING ETILLINTENkE-
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLEDRIV
EN- FROM THEIR HOMES,

trr continues 10 iall, but Will be man
days before business can be resumed,
The suffering continues, and hundred
of poor people are In great distress.
was well nigh impossible to get alon
tlc streets on the borders of the foo,
10 day, for thousands of people secure,
skitfs and, guided by skilful gondoliers
pIided through the inundated quarter,
Of the stricken city.
THE REAL DANGER,
The real danger from the flood, how
ever, is not yet reached, and the ques
ton now Is how to save the milding.
aud property, which the departing
waters may carry with them In thril
downward course. Many persons have
adsifheir good in the top stories of fthat
houses, and when the flood subsidies the
buildings perhaps may be crushed to
atoms by the heavy and unequal
weight from the highest floor.
Merchants and manufacturers In the
watcr.wastad bottoms are in mortal
dread of a blizzard, for if cold SNAP
should come severe enough to freeze the
water, the breaking ice would crush all
before II and the loss would be millions
upon millions of dollars.
DISTRESS ALONG THE RIVER.
The water has not fallen sufficiently
~ bring much relief to the inundated
towns along the river. Telcgralns re-
rcived here from the tioplrd districts
give gloomy accounts Of suffering and
distress. AT New A lbauy the river has
fallen two feet, but the weather il very
cold and the suffering is dcpiorable
one Thousand families in the city, and
three hundred and fifty in the imme
hiate vicinity have been driven from
h,Ine, and are dimocilcd wherever COW
tling can be had.
The steamer Lily, of the Lighthouse
Service made a trip mp the river yes
tcrday to the Inundated towns of Cali
fornia and New Richmond. The Lily
was frcight"d with 900 loaves of bread,
several barrels Of boiled ham, n number
"f crates Of crackers, "A half dozen
boxes Of canned beef, coffee, flour and
sugar in abundance and aInisccllaneouS
lot Of canned goods, cheese and dried
meats, all lr,oked for the sufferers from
the food AT the points named.
When Palestine was passed the place
was found ho be entirely under water.
The inhabitants had all taken TO tf"
hills. AT 23O the Lily drew up along
sid" the little terry-bOat al New Rich
muId. The town il entirely submerged
and not "A word had been heard from il
for several days \ lot Of supplies were
turu"d over TO the Mayor in "a boat
ToLEDn February lS-Th" gorg"
below the city broke at 80 this morn
ing and the ice moved ont rapidly Bl
daylight the water had fallen five feet,
and the river was comparatively free
from ice The food IN lis retreat ear
ri,d away the rest Of the Cherry street
bridge, an additional span of the Penn
llvauia Railroad bridge, and tn" ninu
brjlgr, used a, II transfer between tn"
raA' and west sides by various rail |
way.
WAsnrNGToN February ls.-Thc
Ihjci Signal Officer OF the Army turn- |.
ishrS the following special hulirrin to
the press: The Ohio has fallen N all |
points between LUuisvilI" and pi,tshurg |
The Mississippi is rising rapidly AT Cal !
ro, where il is less than Two feet below
The high-Wat"r mark Of 1852.
rfTTSToN, February lH,--At room To-
day til" marks denoted that tA" Su~Vuc-
hanu, river had risen to tw"ufy-"igh' |
feet ab0r" low-wa,cr mark and the ic"
cmn"u"rd moving and ran rapidly for
about ;Hl hour. Then a gorge formed
below this place, which stopped il and on
The West IittStun side uvrliluw'd the
banks IN a few minutes. Al present
til" water is gradually rising, but the
gorge is - large that il seems iInpoN,-
hl" to mos" il. The water is sill rising
Tonight, and great anxiety is icit by tII'
puuplr ull the west sid" rs to what the
night will bring forth.
WILLIAMSrORT, February lS-Thr
yer reached Il height of ahOUt twelve ,
I""t here to-day, and AT midnight il is
at n stand 11ill The ice gorge still re- :
manned solid and now rNtrndS from I
I.'nu"n Railroad bridge t" lock Haven |
dam, ,nt as the water is reported falling ,
tl"r" Tonight it has probably movc! !
further down th" river. Much trouhl" t
has been caused 10y la, k water, all the |
lowands III the vicinity Of Wayne, Ii
Pin" and Charlton being flooded Al +
Jersey Shor" III" water was reported in Il
the stable of the Gamble llun~,, and the +
public road below town was ilmpa pa'SabI". e
N Larry : creek the water was ba, kcd q
up into the dollhouse OF the plank road.
Al Linden the flood reached twenty I
iDl, feet, covered the canal below the "
Village and completely shut of travel "
On the public road. Some Of the farm, (
III SuSUurhanna township were flooded II
and Il few Of the residents vacated their "
houses Il
COLUMBIA, Feb. lS.--Thc ice gorgcs II
ID he SuSqurhanna, between Columbia b
amt Port Deposit, have all broken ),
through and III" danger is now past
The g"rgrS yesterday evening forced ice r
Il Il" railroad tracks of lhr Columbia n
lud Port Deposit Railroad, between :;
HcC"l'S Ferry and SAFE !tarlnr, 10 II II
d"pih Of about four feet for distance h
II several miles and passenger trains ii
mad to rea-.' running. During the night s.
p IarE" rock weighing several tons fell in
On III" track at York f'urunc" H;
OIL CITY, February lS-All danger
ron hnGds is past here. Th" cold :,
"alh'r which set in yesterday NOR, N
ny continues, and the water has frll"n "
more than two feet above Iiyd,1uWn. &,
! j" track Of The b., i. and W. wa m
"Nu"ti ny water for more than u mil" IN
.d I'll" night train on III" b., =. ana is
", had considerable trouble in getting m
'hrpa2h last night. In
W11KESHARRE, February l2-Thr "
SuSqmchanna is steadily rising, and is tr
Mow twenty feet above low water mark. III
llr Kingston flats are oveiHowed and ,h
Ill communication is cut off. tl
To-day boats were brought into re lr
! Ia'>l'i"n and passengers were carried It
I" and from Kingston. The lee is still de
Nr, hut ii is liable to move at any tn
moment. The gorge at Butzba"h' : ii,
Landing shows II" sign as yet Of break to
~ H., and until it does II flood is LA
u" I" come nj any tinl" TT
-.- iiH
Wreck Near cape HeDIOpen. ,,', ~"