New-York tribune., 1886-01-06
MADE HOMELESS BY WATER.
FAMILIES DRIVEN OUT BY THE FLOOD
| GREAT DAMAGE IN PENNsYLvANIA-TRAINs DE-
LAYED AND COLLIERIEs OYERrLOwED

| GREAT DAMAGE IN PENNSlLVANIA-IRAiNo DI-
LAYED AND COLLERIEs OVERLOOKED
| WnLIAMsPoRr, Penn, Jan. 5.-The rain
which began fall early Sunday continued all day
yesterday and last night Never since the Hood OF 1863
has there been such washout that which occurred
to-day. Along the lines OF the Philadelphia and Erie and
tho Reading railroads and washouts nave de-
layed travel landslide occurred last night below
MOntoursve aud another covered the track on the Phil
adephia and Erie road. between Montgomery sia-
tIon and tho bridge. The fast train which was due In
| wiamsport at p. m. was detained at watsontown
until nearly IL O'Clock. Early this morning the scene
| along the river front was an exciting one' The
| river came down at the ratio OF twenty miles al
hour and steadily until 1t reached twenty eight
foot food At the Markcst bridge hundreds of people
stood and watched the food minute by minute 1t In
creased In volume Logs, trees houses. chicken coops
pig pens and furniture carried away Houses for
miles along the banks partly submerged, and fam
lilies were compelled to fly for their lives In boats
Bridges carried away and all travel Is sus
pended. This morning ut Abe Goods Touring MILL near
Newberry, the water washed the foundation away and
tho building fell Mr. Good and three OF his barely
| escaped death. The miller was badly bruised
and the other slightly hurt The sorehouse
together with $50 barrels OF the -four and the other con-
tents, outhouses and fences carried down the
stream Mr.. Goods and the mill are surrounded
by water that II s necessary to use boat to reach
land. Goods loss will probably be about $4,000
The lumber firms have sustained heavy osses. White,
Lentz White lrse ZOO; Corcorin Richards Co..
S14 900 Munson Co., $l1 900 The booms are all
| covered with water and the logs have been carried
away
| All the surrounding towns under water. II ia
| estimated that the whole loss will probably
reach In this city about $50 families have
been turned out OF their homes. Tho Mayor has called
public meeting to take steps toward the relief OF the
suGsrora At Trout Run thore thirty foot food. The
town Is under water. At Milton the roads are covered
with water Considerable damage has been done to
houses Fifteen families the Jersey shore have had
houses destroyed. Several bridges have been swept
away Twenty families driven out OF their houses
| at Watsontown. Two bridges washed away, At
Ralston ten families without she tr Two wagon
| and two railroad bridges have been carried away.
| PoTTsvILLE. Penn. Jan. (SpeeiaD.-Last nights
OF the most damaging that ever visited
the gions Tho colliores which TO start to-
day unable to do Scarcely half dozen In the
entire sohuylkli. Shenandoah and shamokin regions
unaffected by the food, and OF those drowned out
but few will be able to resume before Monday All the
| railroads had serious washOuts and travel inter
rupted un III late to-day. Between Lost Creek and Rap
pahsnrock the Lchgh Valley road. tracks were all
under water aud the passenger trains could not get
through on Jersey Central Branch. The ae train
| to TamaQua last night delayed for hours by the
fool, and tho first scheduled train for to-day
able 90 out Sixty feet OF the siding from the main
track 20 Coles Breaker washed away. The house OF
John Donnelly at Girardville wrecked. Hundreds
OF cellars and frat floors OF houses Hooded At Maha
noy City. Harry stridess rotting horse was drowned
In his stall At the end OF tho county great
| damage done
SHENANDOAH Penn. Jan. tSpecidD.-One OF the Sc
ycrcst rain and wind that visited this
ton set ia yesterday aud continued necessarily until
midnight on the Ichigh and Reading Railroad heavy
washouts and serious cavc-ns occurred and oil traffic
forced suspend. Trains due here n, 10 o'clock
last night did until to-day. The water
on the Reading Road was three feet Deep completely
covering wheels ofthe locomo tivcs Transfers OF
passengers made and In this way travel moved
slowly. Every eoery In the district was made dle the
water many being from three 60 FIVE feet deep
| In the interior OF the mines. dozen moro towns
within "A radius Of ten miles from this place suffered
moro or from In lnlaton The loss as far known
will reach $4,000
ClEvgLAxp. ohio. Jan. 5 tSpcciaD.-The afternoon
Pttsburg express tho Cleveland and Pttsburg road
narrowly escaped wrecking this afternoon The train
was loaded with passengers for tho East and about
seventy Nrwblrg pupils OF the high school were on
board tho engine had partly crossed the bridge
south OF Woodandave the engineer felt tho structure
tremble moro than usual. Ho put steam and
the train safely The last had barely cleared
tie structure when tho bridge toppoi aud FELL COM
pete wreck The food OF which has been running
through the cuvcrt had Undermined the earth supports
OF the beams and they way
HAZLEToS, Penn. Jan. 5.-Last nights rain storm
did vast amount OF damage throughout this section Of
the anthracite coal region Five OF the collleres OF A.
Pardce & Co. completely drowned out, the water
ha sing entered tho mines from largo creek which
burst ino an old breast OF tho Laurel Hill Workings aud
poured steadily through this opening from IL o'clock
last night until o'clock this evening. Twentythroe
mules were drowned aud all the pumps are submerged.
The Crystal Ridge Sugar Loaf Sandy Run, Audenreid
Honeybrook and Stockton slopes arc also flooded The
water again into the arlegh aud Ebervale mines
which were recently flooded, and the situation Is now
more serious than before. All the pumps are lost and
the water Ia rising rapidly.
KINGSTON jan (Speeidb-Tho heavy rain OF last
night caused freshet IN the Esopus Creek and the low
lands north city for miles under water II 10
the highest water here since the noted reshet In
1870. The Kingston bridge is barely above water All
approach the city from that direction Is cut oil
by a raging torrent The region known as "Mutton Hol
low," made famous by the election riots few years
ago. under water and the residents who failed to seek
higher ground in time now in the upper stories.
Boats have taken the place Of wagons In the streets.
Tho Ulster and Delaware tracks are st above water,
but no trains from the West arrived here until this
afternoon Fences lumber. poultry and other articles
are floating down. Tho wator Is receding slowly. While
trying to the creek their boat was
AMI of the occupants Oh old resident VI
the town Of Kingston, owen rrodden, was drowned.
CIT IN TWO BY ARCTIC SCISSORS