The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-01-06
THE FLOODS In THE EAST.
High Water Does Great Damage Along the Sus-
Quehanna--Accident Near Harrisburg.


Susquehanna river at this point is within two
feet of being as high as in 1861 The greater
part of the city is flooded but the damage can
not be yet estimated. Large quantities of saw
logs have broken loose in the creeks above and
are passing here, as the booms cannot be hung.
The Pennsylvania canal is reported to be badly
damaged. The water is still rising.
The flood in the Susquehanna river reach
ed it's highest point this evening, having sub
merged 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 of travel being interrupted From
all accounts the farmers along the river have
lost heavily. The flood very nearly reached the
high-water mark of 1865.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Jan. 5.-The river is still
rising slowly, but it is believed that it has com
menced falling at the head of the stream. The
wires are all down west of Remove. Several
million feet of new logs went down this morn
1ne chlehy owned by firms of this city. The
water Is now surrounding the Philadelphia q
Reading railroad station in this city, and the
tracks are covered both above and below the sta
tion No trains have gone out on the Pine Creek
or Beech Creek roads to-day A train from the
east on the Philadelphia u Reading is detained
below Loyal Rock creek, where the bridges are
impossible A train was sent down from here
to return, as trains have been placed on the
tracks loaded with railroad iron to prevent the
trestle work from going Almost the entire ter
ritory between the canal and the river in this
city is submerged, and great damage has been
done.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 5.-The railroad
wreck at Duncannon, caused by the collapse of
part OF the bridge account of the food. was
visited to-day by thousands of people. All of
those known to have been on the train at the
time il went down have been accounted for, ex-
cept a. q. McCaln the fireman, and L. b. Bald
win, the conductor who were drowned. Engineer
Noel whose death was reported last night, was
rescued alive, having foated on a railroad tie to
poiit about mile below the scene of the
wreck. The water in the river at this point rose
on an average of six inches per hour all day. and
to o'clock tonight had almost reached the Cum
berland Valley railroad bridge. The creek in
the lower section of the city has overfowed its
banks, aud the people have been compelled to go
to their houses in boats.
HAzLEToN, Pa, Jan. 4.-Last nights rain
storm did q vast amount of damage throughout
this kection of the anthracite coal region. Five
of the cclieries of A. Pardee & Co. are complete
" droS4od out, the water having entered the
mine from a large creek near by. Twenty three
submerged The Crystal Ridge, Sugar Loaf,
Sandy Run. Honey Brook and Stockton slopes
are also flooded. The water again broke into
the Harleigh and Hervale mines, and the situa-
ZION Is now more serious than before. All the
pumps are lost and the water is rising rapidly
It is impossible to say what the losses will ag-
gregate, but it must necessarily be very heavy.
SHENANDOAH, Pa, Jan. 5-The rain storm
throughout this section yesterday and last night
was the most severe for number OF years No
less than twelve colieries in the Mahanoy valley
are flooded and thrown idle by the rains and
trains on all roads have been delayed from three
to eighteen hours There are three washouts
between Delano and Ashland, on the Lehigh
Valley road. Some of the flooded collieries win
require some weeks to remove the water so as
to be able 10 resume operations.
RONDoUT, N. Y, Jan. 5.-The rainfall this
morning was the heaviest known here for many
years. The snow on the Catskill mountains, to
gether with the rain, caused food in Esop's
creek, which rose rapidly. imprisoning number
of families on the fats near Kingston. The
current was SO strong that rowboats in attempt
ing to reach the houses, were swamped One
man, Owen Maddux, was drowned. The water
was as high as the windows Of the first stories in
number of dwellings.
EAsToN, Pa. Jan. 5.-This afternoon the Le-
high river here is sixteen feet high. and the Del
aware river eighteen feet. The first floors of
many mills are covered with water, and work
has been suspended. The coal and freight
trains on the Lehigh & Susquehanna roads were
abandoned.