Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-02-16
COLUMBIA NEWS.
Or RpauLAs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
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Tho Susquchanna rivor rose rapidly all
day Yesterday, During tho early part OF
the night it rose ut tho rate OF three
inches pcr hour. At midnight the water
was al a gtandslill, aud then began slowly
falling. The water Ia now higher than II
has been NJ any time since the great food
of 1915. The large loo houses Of Samuel
Filbert & Son and Blair aud Fasig, the
great sand banks of the Pennsylvania
railroad company and tho Columbia water
works arc oil under water. Tho engine
house Of the water work is flooded aud tho
engines are useless. The water is also
flooding tho extensive lumber yards OF
Bruuer h BRO, Bachmau y Forty and T..
N. Smith & Co. Tho water also threatens
the largo planning mill and sash factory Of
Bachmun s. Forty. The facings Of
tho coal wharvos OF the Reading
& Columbia railroad aro being destroyed.
Five feet Of water covers the shore near
tho water house. The water now is
eight feet higher than when the leo broke
W. More trouble is expected when tho
full force Of the up river floods reaches
here.
The canal aud river at Marietta are
virtually together, and tho water was
within eighteen inches of the top of the
=. Il. Il. tracks last night. Property
lying along the river is being secured.
Damage caused by Colliding Engine.
The rear of engine No. $50, p. Il. r 4,
was run INTO by engine No. 500, yesterday
afternoon, while standing on u track in the
west yards here. The tender Of the for
mor and the pilot of the latter engine were
. N..., ..a. n..auttY hat uNnnI.
the main tracks Just in front OF engine
SIS, and when tho engineer OF the $50 saw
that the S05 would strike him he put on
tho air brakes aud sprang from the engine.
The latter was showed forward by the ct
CINE in the rear until II almost struck the
train In front, Had II done 30 n large
wreck would nave been the result.
Religious.
Services will ba held ia all the churches
Tomorrow as usual. At tho Methodist
church, in tho evun.uy u special sermon
will be preached by thH pastor tn the fire.
men OF town, all of whom have been invi
ted to attend.
Personal and -o'tu.
About SCOT Mr.. u. II. Farmers friends
gave him u surprise on Thursday evening.
The affair was n most enjoyable one.
Mr.. Samuel SsartE IL homa from his
trip to the West. Hs will soon take his
family TO their new homo in L2ayenwOrth,
Kansas.
A turkey supper was given last night 10y
Mr.. Samuel Campbell, u . score of his
friends. The turkey provided for the &C
casion weighed 81 pounds,
borough Briefs.
Big market this morning.
POlitiCilLs are busy among the 'cOOns.'
Pennsylvania castle, 4. y *. Of VI. c.,
meets to night
Leonard Smith WAS seriously injured in
Stoner's stone quarres on Thursday.
Jonah BJughton proposes 20 lecture il
the Methodist church on Monday.
George Diuklo had II small . of h,
nose biokeu, in York, yesterday, while got
ting on the cars. lie had been attending
the Laurel fire CDmpauy's bali IN company
with other Columbia tiremeu.
The band supper yesterday Afternoon
and the fair Ia the evening were largely
attended. To night the fair closes, aud OF
Monday evening all articles remaining
uusold will be disposed Of at auction a
the armory.
Som cattle belong to Mr. John Swart,
~stampedod yesterday afternoon Will
being brought To town and ran On tn,
Pennsylvania railroad TO Monntville il
front of a freight train. At that plac,
they took the road 10 Silver Springs, wheI
they were captured.