, 1886-01-06
FURIOUS FLOODS
Sweeping in Torrents Through
Central Pennsylvania.
Destruction to Prop
erty and Lives Imperilled.
Passengers and Mails Delayed
on SnoWbound Trains.
Furious Floods.

Furious Floods.
PTTTsBUaG. Jan. IA Bradford
special says; Heavy rains forthe past two
days, and large quantities of snow in the
timbered hills have conspired to produce
the most violent food known in many
years along Driftwood and Sinnamahon-
ing creeks; thousands of logs owned by
mills have broken from their fastenings
and are rushing down the swollen streams
at terrific speed. The loss to lumbermen
will approach SO, 900, 900. At this place
there is over two feet OF water in many of
the streets; all teleVraphic communication
TO the East is lost and trains on the Phil
adelphia and Erie railroads have to flag
their way East. A dispatch from Ham
mond states that the greater part of that
place is under water, and residents are in
great fear let their houses should be
swept away. Many residences had to be
vacated, A million feet of logs were torn
loose and carried down Huntsrun. Saw
mills and dams at various places along the
banks are much exposed and in imme-
date danger of being carried away. The
water is well up in Driftwood, where con-
siderable damage has 'een done.
RoNDouT, N. Y. Jan. 5.-The rain
fall this morning was the heaviest known
for many Yeas Snow OIL the Catskill
mountains. together with the rain, caused
a food in Esopus creek, which rapidly
imprisoned a number of families On the
fats near Kingston. The current was SO
strong that row boats in attempting to
reach the houses were swamped. One
man was drowned. The water was as
high as the windows in the first stories in
a number of dwellings.
EAsroN, Jan. 5.-This afternoon the
Lehigh river here is sixteen feet high,
and the Delaware eighteen feet. The
first floors of several mills are covered
with water, and work has been suspended.
Trains on the Lehigh Vall,y and the
Lehigh & Susquehnnna railroads are de-
layed by landslides and washouts. Coal
and freight trains on the latter road have
been abandoned
ALLENTOWN, Pa Jan. 5-Ihe water
In Lehigh nver rose eight ieet by the rain
of yesterday. To day the city is practi-
cAily without drinking water as the pumps
at the water works are Hooded and rem
dered useless. Grassmans furniture fac
TRY was compelled to shut down. AT
Bethlehem the water backing into the
boiler house oil the Bethlehem Iron works
and putting out the hres, that company
was obliged to shut down. The mill will
be idle Tor some time.
LOCI HAVEN Pa Jan 5.-Ihe Hood
in Su%squehanna river reached Its height
tins evening after having submerged
three-iourths OF the city NO lives have
been lost but the damage has been very
great News IRON out OF town comes IN
slowly on account OF travel being inter
rupted. From all accounts the farmers
along the river have lost heavily. The
Hood very nearly reached the high water
marx oil 1860
HARRISBURG Pa Jan. o'-Ihe water
IN the river at this point rose on an aver
age SIX miles per hour all day. u at o
o clock 70 night had almost reached the
Cumberland Valley railroad bridge. 1t
registered eighteen feet three inches and
is raising at the rate OF three and a hall
inches per hour The creek In the lower
section OF the city has overfiowed It's
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