The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1886-01-14
THE WEEK..
In the United States and the
Old World,
A GREhI Hood.
An Inland sea In ennsyivnnie.-Tho
Damage Almost 1nealeulabie.

An Inland Sea I'm Pcnnsylvante.-Tho
Damage Almost 1ncalculabIe.
The Lehigh river at Easton, Pa, Is 10 feet
high and the Delaware river Is feet The
first floors Of several mills are covered with
water and work has been suspended, Trains
ON the lnhigh Valley AMI the hehigh g. sus-
quehanna railroads afN delayed by landslides
and waShouts The coal and freight trains on
the latter road have been abandoned.
AT lockhaven the flood reached its height
after having submerged three-fourths of the
city. No lives have been lost, but the damage
has been very great News from out Of town
comes in slowly ON account VI travel being
interrupted, The farmers along the river
have lost heavily, The flood very nearly
eached the high water mark of 1865,
AZ Harrisburg the river is nearly 10 feet
ebove low water mark, and rising about two
inches an hour. The lower end of the city is
inundated, and many residents have sought
refuge in the second stories of their houses
Considerable damage has already heen done
to property, and the situation is becoming
graver Many others are keeping watch
with lanterns and torches to enable them to
give the inmates of houses warning to escape
IN case such course should become necessary.
The water in the river is within five feet of
the great flood of 1865, the highest known in
this vicinity.
Pittsburg dispatch says the Monongahela
and Allegheny rivers have been greatly
swollen by the recent steady rains of GO hours.
Portions OF Allegheny city and the South side
are inundated, and the water is still rising.
At kittaning, on the Allegheny river, over
$4,000 worth of lumber was swept away.
AT Dubois large part of the town is under
water, aud all trains have been delayed
The river at Williamsport after reaching
twenty four and a half feet, Is now slowly
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rapid fall at all points. In the former city,
the water backed up to Market Square, and
ceached within few feet of the court house.
A dispatch from Hazelton, Pa, says the
rain storm did a vast amount of damage
throughout this section of the anthracite coal
region Five of the colleries of A Pardce Il
Co are completely drowned out. Twenty
three mules were drowned and all pumps
were submerged. The Crystal Ridge, Sugar
toaf, Sandy River, Audenried, Honey Brook
I'D Stockton slopes are also flooded. The
ater again broke into the Harleigh and
Ihorvae mines, which We're recently flooded,
and the situation is now more serious than
before, All the pumps are lost and the water
Is rising rapidly. The losses will be very
eeavy.
The railroad wreck at Duncannon, caused
by the collapse of pier of the bridge over
Shorman's creek on account of the flood, was
visited by thousands of people. All of those
known to have been on the train at the time
II went down have been accounted for, except
fireasn A, c. McCahn and Conductor 7. b.
Baldwin, who were drowned and their bodies
carried out into the river, and washed down
ST. cam Engineer Noel, whose death was re-
ported last night, was rescued alive some
time after the accident having tioated on a
rain DAD tie TO a point about a mile below the
scene of the wreck The creek in the lower
section of the city has overlooked its banks,
and people have been compelled to go to their
homes in boats
The Susquchanna river at Elmira, N. Y,
has risen ten feet in as many hours, causing
great deal of damage In this city cellars
their goods from the Easements.
At Owego the Erie railroad bridge has
been carried away, and the trains arc being
run over the tracks of the Delaware Lack
awanra & Western road between OwcGo
and Emira. The Tioga branch of the Erie
road has been abandoned Considerable dam
age is also reported on the Northern Central
railroad, bridge having been carried away
at Trout Run
The Mohawk river at Rome is higher than
at any time since 1864. The east Rome flats
are covered with water from the river to the
Black river canal, into which large volume
of water flows, washing away the tow path.
| River street is impossible except by boats
and many cellars are flooded. The
water has receded five to six inches There
is water on the Central railroad tracks east Of
here but travel is not interfered with