Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-23
from their homes and several stores woro

The Hungarian camp below town was
submerged and many OF the Hungsrians
barely escaped drowning. The towns OF
Larimer, Shafton, Irwin, Penn, and
Manor are partially under water, and
many OF the inhabitants are living in the
upper stories of their houses. In the
mountains, the head waters OF Bald EnRie
creek, Spruce creek, and the Junction
river are swollen beyond oil bounds, and
a freshet great in destruction covers the
Blair, Cambria, Bediors, Center, and
Huntington section of Pennsylvania In
this city the water got up into the fy-
pits Of many Of the mills and factories
and caused q suspension OF work. The
Polish inhabitants OF Shantytown were
egain compelled TO remove their goods,
ond are now encamped on the banks OF
the river. The railroads are the greatest
sufferers in this section.
No trains have arrived or departed over
the Baltimore and Ohio since yesterday
morning. At Osceola station, on the
Eastern division, they have seven acres
OF alandsiide, while every bridge and
eulvert on the Wheeling division has
been washed away. The Pennsylvania
main line eastward has had a washout at
Larimer and last night trains were run
over the West Pennsylvania division
FROM Blairsville. The tracks OF the lat
ter are nov under five feet of water, how
ever, and DO through trains viii arrive
or depart before tomorrow morning.
The eastern through trains due at ii
o'clock last night are still on the road.
They are lying at Perry, Pa, and are
being well cared for. The washout is the
greatest in the history OF the road.
On the Pittsburgh, Virginia and
Charleston no trims are running south
Of DravosburR, twelve miles from this
city. The tracks are covered with
debris and mGny bridges have been
swept away. The Charters branch OF
the Panhandle is also Obstructed and no
trains are running. The Pittsburgh and
Western tracks are three feet under
water. but traffic, although delayed, has
not been suspended. The Fort Wayne,
Panhandle, Cleveland and Pittsburgh,
and Allegheny Valley railroads have been
moro fortunate, aud trains are moving %
usual. The Castle Shannon railroad suf-
fers the loss OF bridge at Smiths sta
ton, and between Fair Haven aud
Cooley two heavy lsndslides covered the
track. The large force of men ut work
will hardly have the track cleared
to-day. All travel is suspended. The
telegraph service is badly crippled.
Poles and wires ore down in all direc-
tons and business greatly delayed
EFFEcrs or THE PENNSYLVANIA FLOOD.
WASHINGTON. August 22.-Dispatchos
from Pittsburgh describing the effects OF
yesterdays floods fairly represent the
case in Middle and Eastern Pennsyl-
vania. except that in the latter sections
railroad traffic is not suspended or seri-
ously interrupted, but along the Lehigh,
Schuylkill, Upper Delaware, and Upper
/ Susquehanna, and their tributaries the
waters are at flood height. Factories,
! fOundries, furnaces, and mills are flood
ca in the lower parts and workings
stopped. Many thousands ol acres OF
crops are destroyed or seriously dam
aged, and houses. fencing, and live stock
swept away.
The Wilmington tornado in its course
snapped oil forest trees three feet ia di-
ameter. IL crossed tho Delaware river
few miles above Wilmington and passed
over a part of Southern New Jersey.
Specials to the Baltimore EUeHin0 Meas
confirm the report Of a destruction by
the cyclone at Still Pond, Kent county
| Md. OF tho yegeisble-cannery OF Black
& Krebbs. About ono hundred men,
women, and children were at work, nine
Of whom were killed and large number
hurt. The storm came from the south
west and swept across the State oiago-
nally in track about twomiles III width.
As the cyclone crossed the bay itseemed
to gather force. An immense water
suout formcd at the head of the bay,
which swept Poole's island and disap-
peared in the northeast.
Boston reports an inundation Of rain
this morning that did immense damage
70 property, stopping factories, flooding
cellars, and damaging goods. A deep
cut in South Boston Of the New York
and New England Company had six feet
of water in it, and when the first train
tried to get through this morning the
fires of the locomotive we're put ont, and
soon both tracks were blockaded with
dead locomotives and trains. Much dam
age is reported along the New England
line,