New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-08-23
GREAT HAVOC IN PENNSYLVANIA.
WHOLE TOWNS UNDER WATER, RNLRoAi
TRAVEL STOPPED. AND SEVERAL LIVES


WHOLE TOWNS UNDER WATER, RNLRoAn
TRAVEL STOPPED, AND SEVERAL LIVES
LOST.
Philadelphia, Aug. c2.-The damage caused IN 'his
city by last nights storm will probably eAceeu
100000 The heavy currents Of war proven d
serious tax upon the sewers of whFn. In twenty
fourth-st., gave way, leaving gr|at hole IN me me
street and flooding the ncighborhood The paper MIL
of John Long & Co. flooded by water and damageu
s. 900. Nlxou's mill also deluged Many o'hcr
sewers gave way under the enormous strain anu
la 70 number OF cellars were flooded. but fortunately
no loss of life has been reported. The rivers are
unusually high, but began falling this afternoon
Tho total rainfall In this city FOG inches
pit,shurg Penn. Aug o2.-The food has almost
reached rs limit hero and will not reach disastrous
height The lowlands, however are submerged, ant
the damage will be quite heavy. The rain IN inc
mountains and up the Mononsahcl, River was almost
,,nprecedented For over wentyfour hours the down
nour was inccssant and all the small streams were
terribly swollen. In many places they oVerho"eu
their banks and flooded large districts
Rcports from the adjoining district state that the
valleys are all ovcrhowcd, and the damage TO crops
can scarcely be estimated. Bridges, stables ana out
buildings were wh!lled away before the rushing noou
the scene this morning Is one of great dcVas'a'oh
Al McKcesport the flats are under water, and several
mills have been compelled to suspend operations
The ice pond on the Hill burst, and the Hood sweep
down Whites Hollow. Overturning two houses IN
FYftb.,vs The inmates fortunately escaped An
Italian Iaborer was in Long Run culvcrt Whcn II
went down. and was drowned or covered by tons OF
debris In the Grecnsburg Fair Grounds the wafer a.
some points was eight feet deep covering the e"uiu
track and overurnng the horse stable
Al Jeannettc, where the Sellers Mckee glass WORKS
are being erected and have just come Into operation
twobirs OF the plant is under waicr, and 1t IS rc-
-
western Land and Improvement Company are undei
,,.or An Italian boarding house near the glass worLs
ls reported floating down the Rush Creek, ana many
Italians had 70 swim ont 10 save their Vos. lno 'o"
OF Larinor. Shafton, Irwin Penn and Manor arc pa
TALLY under water, and many OF the inhabitants -
living In upper stories Of their houses In 'he NOUN
tans the headwatcrS OF the bald Eagle creek opruot
Creek and junction River are swollen oeSonu "'
bounds and an August frcshot great IN dcstrucuon'
covers the Blair. Cambria, Bedford, Cenre anu NUM-
insdon sections OF Pennsylvania.
In this city the water got up into the ny PITS OF
many OF the mills and factories. and caused susPen
sion OF work. The Polish inhabitants OF shantyto"n
were again compelled remove their goods ana sir
now encamped on the banks OF the river IN Aic-
cheny City row Of seven frame houses In peas
ant valley were wrecked by a landslide The loss Is
about So 500. The exposition grounds and lowiands
are covered with water but the loss Will be trhing
rbe railroads are the greatest sufferers In this sec
ton. No trains have arrived departed over the
baltimore and Ohio since yesterday morning AT
Osceola station on the Eastern division, they have
seven ac ot landslide while every bHdse anu
crlvert on the Wheeling division has been washed
away. The Pennsylvania main line eas'"afu naS
had a washout at Lartmer and last night trains "ero
,,,n oyer the West Penn division from Blairsvile.
The tracks OF the latter now under five feet Of
wafer however and no through trains Will arrive or
10 Eastern through
due at II O'Clock last night lying at Derry, Penn
The washout the greatest in the history OF the road
On the Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston no trains
are running south OF DTavcsburg twelve miles from
this city The tracks are covered with debris and
many bridges have been swept away. The Char'lers
branch Of the Pan Handle IS also ohstructed and no
trains are running. The Plttsburg and western
tracks are three feet under water, but traffic although
DELAYED. has not been suspended. Tho Fort Wayne
Par Handle Cleveland and Pttsburg and Allegheny
Valley roads have been more fortunate and trains arc
moving usual
The telegraph service Is badly crippled Poles
and wires down In all directions ana business Is
greatly delayed.
Reading Penn, Aug o2-The schnylhn River
this morning was fourteen feet above ordinary wafer
mark. the highest point since 1869 Several manu-
featuring places obliged to shut down because
Of the inroads of the wafer. There was narrow
.ecane from fearful wreck Albany, this county.
where the schuylkn and Lehigh road crosses Maiden
Crock on large wooden bridge, which was discovered
this morning to have been moved by tho Hood I've
foot one of position The schuylkl River for twenty
miles above Reading has the appearance OF the Dca
ware near Philadelphia Hundreds Of acres OF corn
and potatoes are under water. number OF DWELL
Inps were surrounded and filed with water during
tho night as far as first story and the occupants
we're removed in boats 10 the neghbors houses. ING
river began falling this afternoon , wan,
Allentown,
rAbIrh Rivers were greatly swollen by last hlsht
storm Little property has ye. been carried OIL pn.
number Of factories have loen compelled 10 Shiit
down owing TO high wafer. At sat'nGton nearly
ali slate quarries flooded and some cannon resume
Faston' Penn. Ang. 2o.-The Delaware ana Lchlsh
p,rcre are SIN rising Nav CATION has been sus-
rended on the Morris, Dclawa.e and i;ehlSh & ahas'
and ali mills IN South EaStOn have had 10 smut uW u.
The Lrhigh Canal above The ''hain dam has Deer
damaged ard cannot be used 70" week , -,
P@tblehcu Penn. Aug % Twenty hours ram
has raised the Lehigh River eleven feet six nc nes
ransing much damage in the low lands inundSilns a
lsrrc portion of West Bethlehem. ana hoodlns ,hc ,h
BefhIchcm Water Works. entirely cnitnS on thc
town supply water famine preyalled nn.i, .,c I,c
muddy water OF Monocacy Creek roua hc IDu'pc" anu
~. maths river Is uOW falling SLOWLY