St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-06
Pennsylvania and Portions of New York,
Maryland and Vermont Visited by
Violent Floods,
Doing Many Millions of Dollars Worth Of
Damage to Various Kinds Of
Property.
The Torrent Overfiows Collieries in
Every Direction, Throwing Hun
dreds Out OF Work.
Lumbermen Heavy Losers--Indfca-
tions That the High Water Mark
Has Been Reached.
The Eastern Flood.

commenced falling at the head of the
stream. The wires are all down west of
Remove. Several million feet of new logs
went down this morning. chiefly owned by
firms of this city. The water Is now sur
sounding the Pennsylvania & Reading rail-
road station in this city, and the tracks
are covered both above and below the
station. No trains have gone out on
the Pine Greek or Beach Greek roads to-
day. A train from the East on the Phila-
delphia & Reading is detained below Royal
Rock creek. where the bridges are impaSsa-
bic. a train was sent down from here 10
transfer passengers and it mas not been able
to return, as trains have been placed on the
tracks loaded with railroad iron 10 prevent
the trestle-work from going. Almost the
entire territory between the canal and the
river in this city is submerged and great
damage has been done.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Jan. 5.-All trains
ofsthe WilliamspOrt q Canandaigua division
of the Northern Central railway are stopped
owingtO the bridges being swept away by
floods and the track being washed out.
AT BRADFORD.
BRADFORD, Pa, Jan. 5.-Hea Wy rains
for the past two days and large quantities
of snow on the timbered hills have con-
spired to produce the most violent food
known for many years along the Driftwood
and Sannamahoning creeks. Thousands of
lags owned by mills have broken from their
fastenings and are going down the swollen
streams at terrific speed. 1t is said the
loss to lumbermen will approach So, 600, 900.
AT this place there is over two feet of water
in many of the streets. All telegraphic
communication TO the east is lost and trains
on the Philadelphia d Erie railroad are
,.fl 4 20
from Cameron state that the greater part Of
that place is under water. and residents are
in great fear lest their houses will be swept
away. Many residences had 10 be vacated.
A million feet of logs were torn loose and
swept down Hunts run. Sawmills
along the banks are much exposed aud in
immediate danger of being swept away.
The water is well up in DriftwOod, where
considerable damage has been done.
There is no flood in this district. The
river between Smethport and Larrabee is
reported to be higher than ever known since
1867, causing considerable damage to rail-
roads.
AT LoCKHAvEN.
LoCKHAvEN. Pa, Jan. 5.-The food in
the Susquehanna river at this point is
within two feet of being as high as it was
in 1866. The greater part of the city is
flooded, but the damage cannot vet be esti-
mated. 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.
LOCK HAVEN, Penn, Jan. 5.-The
flood in the Susquehanna reached its height
here this evening, after having submerged
three-tourths of the city. No lives have
haa 1n-N ht,N -
News from out of town comes i'm 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.
AT PITTsBURG.
PITTsBURG, Jan. 5.-The Monongahela
and Allegheny rivers have been greatly
swollen by the steady rains of the past sixty
hours. Portions of Allegheny City and South
side are inundated and the water is still ris-
ing at the rate of four inches an hour. No
serious danger is apprehended, however, as
it will take seven feet more to reach the
thickly settled portions of the city. The
rivers are full Of lumber, trees, fences and
debris of various kinds, showing plainly
that the up-country has been touched by
the freshet. Reports received at the
United States signal service Office show that
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and Clarion rivers filled so rapidly that the
inhabitants were unprepared for it. AT
Kittanning, on the Allegheny river, over
$40, 600 worth of lumber was swept away. At
Dubois large part of the town was under
water and all trains have been delayed.
The damage cannot be estimated until the
water recedes.
AT SHENANDOAH.
Do
storm throughout this section yesterday and
last night was the most severe for num-
Der of years. No less than twelve collieries
in the Mahoning valley are flooded and
thrown idle by the rains, and trains on all
railroads have been delayed from two to
eighteen hours. There are three washouts
between Delano and Ashland on the Lehigh
Valley railroad. Some of the flooded col
lieries will require some weeks to remove
the water, so as to be able to resume opera
tions.
AT HAZLEToN.
HAZLEToN, Pa, Jan. 5.-Last nights
rain storm did a vast amount of damage
throughout this section of the coal re-
gion. Five of the collieries of A.
Pardee & Co. are completely drowned out.
the water having entered the mines from
large creek which bursts into an old breast
of the Laurel Hill workings and poured
steadily through this opening from 12
o'clock last night until 6 o'clock this even
ing. Twenty-three mules were drowned and
all the pumps are submerged. The Crystal
Ridge. Sugar Load, Andried, Honey Brook
and Stocking slopes are also flooded. The
water again broke in the Harleigh and
Eberly mines, which were recently flooded,
and the situation Is now more serious than
before. All the pumps are lost and the
water is rising rapidly. 1t is impossible to
say what the losses will aggregate, but it
must necessarily be very heavy.
ArEAsroN.
EAsToN, Pa, Jan. 5.-This afternoon
the Lehigh river is sixteen feet high, and
the Delaware river is eighteen feet. The
first floors of several mills are covered with
water, and work has been suspended.
Trains of the Lehigh Valley and the Lee
high g. Susquehanna railroads are delayed
by landslides and washouts. The coal and
freight trains on the latter road have been
Cancelled.
AT ALLENTOWN.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, Jan. 5.-The water
in the Lehigh river was swollen eight feet
by the rain of Yesterday. To-day the city is
practically without drinking water. as the
pumps at the water works were flooded and
rendered useless. The glass factory was
compelled to shut down. At Bethlehem, the
water backing into the boiler house at the
Bethlehem Iron works and putting out the
fires. that company was obliged to shut
down. The mill will be idle for some time.
AT HARRISBURG.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Jan. 5.-The railroad
wreck at Duncannon, caused by the col
lapse OF a pier of the bridge over Sherman's
creek on account of the flood, was visited