The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1886-01-09
Floods and Storms.

The heavy rain on Monday caused much
damage by the rapid rise in the various nv
ers and mountain streams.
At Lock Haven, Pa, three-f ourths OF the
CITY we're submerged, the food having nearly
reached the high water mark of 1865. Inc
damage to property is very great, but no loss
of life is reported. At Williamsport, Pa the
river rose 241 feet; the water backed up. 10
Market Square and reached within a few feet
of the Court House. Reports from points
beyond Lock Haven show that great damage
has been done at Emporium, Cameron ana
Driftwood Millions Of logs have been swept
down by the torrent, and it is said the losses
of the lumber men will reach nearly three
millions of dollars.
At Easton, Pa, Tuesday afternoon, the
Lehigh river was sixteen feet high, and the
Delaware IS feet. Work in several mills was
SUSPENDED, owing to the flooding OF their
lower floors. Similar reports come from
Allentown, with the additional circumstance
that the city is without drinking water, owing
to the choking of the pumps at the water
works. Trains on Lehigh Valley and Lehigh
and Susquehanna Railroads were delayed by
landslides and washouts. kilograms from
the Mahanoy Valley report twelve colhenes
idle because of the foods.
The river at Harrisburg rose to the height
of 20 feet. A railroad bridge near Duncan
non, Pa, was carried away, and freight
train went into the washout. All those
known to have been on the train when 1t
went down have been accounted for except
A. C. Mccain, the fireman, and L. Is. Bald
win. the conductor, who were drowned, and
their bodies carried into the river and washed
down stream. Engineer Noel, whose death
was reported on Monday night, was rescued
alive some time after the accident, having
| hoated on a large railroad tie to point about
a mile below the scene OF the wreck.
Portions of Allegheny City and the south
side of Pittsburg were inundated, and the
rivers are full of floating lumber and debris.
Much damage is reported along the Mahon-
ing, Red Bank and Clarrio.I rivers.
DENVER, Col, Jan. GA storm of unusual
violence prevails in the mountains The
blockades on the railroads are the worst
known for years. The Signal Service officer
here SAYS the storm originated in the Rocky
mountains four days ago, when the first frlgld
weather began At the towns in Northern
Colorado the thermometer varied from 70 to
| 80 degrees below zero. AT Tennessee Pass,
above Leadville, the mercury indicated 80
degrees below. This intensely cold weather
was accompanied by high winds blowing from
the north The zero-laden winds, blowing
east and striking the warmer atmosphere,
worst phase of the storm is the necessarily
disastrous effect it will have upon the cattle
interests. 1t is thought that the storm will
cause high death rate in Southern Colorado,
not because of the snow particularly, but be-
cause of the intensely cold weather and high
winds.
Along the Arkansas valley the herds are
drifting to the river and showing unmistaka-
Bile evidences of exposure and fatigue. In
the mountain valleys, where thousands Of
cattle were lately driven from the overstocked
ranges of the plains, the storm will prove to
be excessively severe. The larger portion oil
these valleys are out of reach of telegraphic
communication. In the valleys heard from,
especially in Western and Northern Colorado,
lying west of the Continental divide, the snow
is reported to be unusually deep and the
streams frozen. Great loss will undoubtedly
be the result The unparalleled cold weather
in Northern New Mexico will cause great
damage to the mammoth herds grazing there.
Hundreds of snow shovelers, a dozen snow
plows and all the locomotives available have
left Denver to battle with the drifts on the
railroads. The wide scope of country lying
between the Kansas line and the base of the
mountains escaped with only few inches OF
snowfall, but was the dominion of an Arctic
wave.
LONDON, Jan. GA severe snow storm has
prevailed throughout England during the past
eight hours. Railroad traffic is greatly imped-
ed, and many telegraph wires are broken.
The snow greatly interferes with travel in
London.