The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-06
FLOODS IN THE EAST.
THE BUN AND DEvAsTATIoN
wrought by the Ru'hinE WAtsrs-A Great
Loss to the Lumber Intarsats- Coal Mines
ElpOdsd-NAuy OlrsS and Towns In.
VAdsd-situAtiOn at Pittsburgh.

PITTsDURoH, Pa, Jan. 5.-A Bradtort
special says; Heavy rains for the past tWl
days and large quantities OF snow on tn
timbered hills have conspired to pIoducl
the most violent flood known in man!
years along the DriitWood and sinnamA
honing creeks, Thousands Of logs from
the mills have broken from their iastsn
ings and arc going down the swolleI
streams at terrible speed, It Is said tht
loss to lumber men will approach 5000,
900. At this place there is over two feel
Of water in many OF the streets. All tel
graphic communication to the East Is lost
and trains OH the Philadelphia & Erie
Railroad arc obliged to flag their way East
RsporA from Cameron state that the
greater part Of that place is under water
and the residents are in great fear lest
their houses will bo swept away, Many
residences had to bs vacated. A miliiou
leet OF logs were torn loose and swept
down Hunts run. SaWmills aud dams 1T
various places along the Crseks are much
EXPOSED, and in imminent danger ol being
,lrried away, The water is we'll up IN
Driftwood, Whers considerable damage
has been done,
Lock HAVEN, Pa, Jan, 5-The food In
the Susquehanna River at this point is
within two leet OF being sS high as 1t Was
in 1865, The greater part Of the city IL
flooded, but the damage cannot yet bees.
timated. Large qldntitiea Of saw logs
have broken l0OS IN tue creeks above and
are passing here, as the boops cannot bs
hung. Tho Pennsylvania canal Is re-
ported to be badly damaged. The water
Is still rising.
wILLIANsPoAT SURROUNDED.
WILEAMsPoRT, Pa, Jan. 5.-The river
is still rising slowly but 1t Is believed that
it has commenced falling at the head Of
the stream. The wires are all down west
OF Rsnova. Several million feet Of new
logs went down this morning, chiefly own.
cd by firms OF this city. The water ia
now surrounding the Philadelphia and
Heading railroad 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 Bnch
creek roads to-day. A train from the
east on the Philadelphia & Reading Is De.
tained below Loyal Rock Greek, where
1.-The bridges are impossible. A train was
sent down from here 10 Lransier passengers,
and 1t has not been able to return, as
trains have been placed on the tracks
loaded with railroad iron to 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.
Shenandoah, Pa, Jan. 5.-The rain.
storm throughout this section yesterday
and last night was the most severe for
number ot yearu. No less than twelve
collieries in the Mahoney Valley areh ood-
ed aud thrown idle by the rains, and trains
on all the railroads have been delayed
from two TO eighteen hOurB. There are
three WRshouts between DslAno and Ash.
land on tbs LehiSh Valley railroad. Some
Of the flooded Collieries will require some
weeks to remove the water 10 as to be
able to resume operations.
COAL MINES FLOODED.
HAzLE1oS., Pa, Jan. 5.-Last nights
rain storm did a vast AMOUNT
Of damage throughout this section OF the
anthracite coal region. Five Of the collier.
lea Of A. Psrdee & Co., are drowned out,
the water having entered the mines from
creek which burst into an old breast Of
the LSurOl hill workings aud poured
through this opening from 12 o'clock last
nightuntil o'clock this evening. Twenty.
three mules were drowned, and all the
pumps arc submerged. The Crystal
Ridge, Sugar Loaf, Sandy Run, Audenrid,
Honeybrook and Stockton slopes arc also
flooded. Tho water sgain broke into Har.
leigh & Eberyale mines, which were re-
Gently flooded, and the situation is more
serious than before. All the pumps are
lost and the water Is rising rapidly. Ills
imposslblet 10 say what the losses will ag.
gregate, but 1t must necessarily be very
large.
EAsroN, Pa, Jan. 6.-This afternoon
the Lehigh river hereis 10 feet high and
the Delaware river Is feet. The lrst
floors Of several mines are covered with
water and work has been suspended.
Trains on the Lshigh Valley and the Le-
high < SuAquehanna roads are delayed by
land.Blides and waBhouts. The coal and
freight trains on both roads have been
abandoned.
A CITY WITHOUT DRINKING wArKR.
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 OF the water works were
flooded aud rendered useless. The Gross.
man furniture factory was compelled 10
shut down. AT Bethlehem, the water
backed into the boiler house at the Beth.
lehem Iron Works, and putting out the
fires, that company was Obliged TO shut
down. The mill will be idle for some time.
WiLHEsBARRE, Pa, Jan, 6.-For the past
twenty.four hours wind and rain storm
OF great violence has prevailed In this sec.
tion, doing great damage 10 buildings In
the country districts. This evening the
Susquehanna river is rapidly rising, and
at I O'Clock was l3 feet above low water
mark.
Lock HAVEN, PA, Jan. 5.-The food In
the Susquehanna river reached its height
here this evening, 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 Of travel being inter.
fupted. From all accounts the farmers
along the river have lost heavily. The
flood very nearly reached the high water
mark Of 1885.
A RUSHING TORRENT.
RoNDour, N. Y, Jan. 5.--Ths rainfall
this morning was the heaviest known here
for years. The hnow on the CatSkill
mountains, together with the rain, caused
a flood In Esopua creek, which rose rap.
idly, imprisonlng number Of families on
the Hats near Kingston. The current was
90 strong that rowboals In attempting to
reach the houses were sWamped. One
man, Owen Madden, was drowned, The
water was 90 high as the windows Of the
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