The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1886-01-20
DAMAGED BY FLOODS.
Widespread Destruction Wrought
by Heavy Storms.
Towns Partly Submerged and the.
People Fleeing TO-: their Lives

Particulars of the damage done in New
York and Pennsylvania by recent floods, fol-
lowing the heavy rains, are as follows: 3:
The Susquehanna river has been higher
than since the big food Of 1855, and great
deal of the surrounding country has been
Penn, have been flooded. Allentown was
practically without drinking water, the
pumping works having been flooded and rem!
dered useless Trains on the Lehigh VAL
ley and Lehigh and Susquehanna roads
were delayed by land slides and
washouts In Elmira, N. Y, cellars were
flooded The Erie railroad bridge in Owego
the tracks of the Delaware, Lackawanna and;
Western road. The Mohawk river was higher
| than since 1864. Z.
Many little towns near Shenandoah, Penn,
were inundated. Easements, saloons and bar
rooms at Girardville, Penn, suffered great
damage. The inhabitants along the
creek at that place retired about IL P. n,
but were awakened an hour later
by the roaring Of the water rushing
from three to four feet deep, and overran
bar counters and destroyed pianos and
organs A number Of serious cave-ins oc-
Cured on the Lehigh Valley road and pre-
vented trains from moving on the Mahanoy
branch until noon yesterday. The water on
the Reading road was three feet deep in
some places, but traffic was resumed yester-
day morning. Mahanoy City was COM
pletely inundated, and many poor families
were forced to leave their homes in the
middle of the night. - 5ss
The flood in the Susquehanna river reached
its height at Lock Haven. Three-fourths Of
the town was submerged.
At Williamsport. Penn, the loss will be
greater than in 1865. One timber firm, it is
said, will. lose S35, 900, and the loss on logs
that have broken away and gone down the
sand dollars. There is much suffering among
families who have been driven out Of their
homes by the flood, and the mayor called a,
mass meeting to take action to relieve desti-
tuition. .I,t..l,s :
In Harrisburg, Penn, and vicinity much
damage was inflicted by the rapid rise Of the
Susquehanna river. ~:
In the Catskills scores of farmhonses were
surrounded, imprisoning the inmates until ths
flood subsidized +, 81 n
At Higginsville, suburb of Kingston, n
Y, families were forced during the night to
move everything into the second stories Of
their houses. By daybreak the water covered
the first floor and was rising at rapid rate,
causing intense excitement. Thousands Of
people lined the banks of the creek and
Watched the imprisoned families, the water
running too swiftly for any one to go to their
relief. Four men went in boat to try and
save some property, but the boat upset,
owing to the strong current, and one OF
them, Owen Madden, O well-known politician
of the town of Kingston, was drowned
A freshet in the eastern part Of Oswego1
county, N. Y. carried away two saw-mills and
large quantity of logs. Every bridge be-
tween the villages of Parish and Mexico, In
cluding two of iron, went out with the food
An Emporium PENN dispatch says the
loss to lumber1nen will approach s., 900, 900. S