Evening journal., 1888-12-19
THE RISING WATERS.

A Storm Which Had Some Of the Charac-
teristics OF the Great BliKzard-Trains
Delayed and Homes Flooded.
WILKEsBARRE, va, Dec. 19-The heavy
rain storm Of the past few days has wrought
considerable damage in Pittston and vicin-
tty. A large number Of the houses and busi-
ness places in the lower part OF the town had
their cellars flooded. TIE new branch OF the
Lehigh Valley road between Pittston and
Fairview suffered severely All the bridges
were swept away, or so much weakened a.
TO be unsafe, and the track was washed out
in several places. 1t will be many weeks be-
fore traffic can be resumed The Susdue-
hanna river at this point has risen fifteen
feet in two days
SCRANTON, Pa, Dec IA heavy rain
storm in this city caused a rise in the Lacka-
wanna river. The debris borne down the
stream was blocked by Jersey Central rail-
road bridge in process of construction. The
water thus damned oyerhowed It's banks
and submerged one Of the principal thor
oughfares for a quarter Of a mile. The wild
est CONSERVATION prevailed for a time, but
several young men finally secured boats and
came TO the rescue. No one was injured.
Several mines are flooded and large mum.
Der Of men are thus thrown ont of employ
ment
CARLISLE, Pa, Dec 1y-Reports from the
surrounding country, as well as in a number
Of towns in the Cumberland valley, show
that thousands of dollars worth Of valuable
property was destroyed by one Of the most
disastrous rain and wind storms which has
ever visited this section. In the rural dis
tricts dwelling houses were unroofed barns
blown down, trees uprooted and fences
blown to pieces Dispatches from other
towns in the state report great damage
ALBANY, Dec. 1.-THE storm which pre-
vailed here was equivalent to two feet Of
snow. Rain fell steadily Monday and at
night and after midnight it showed for
several hours. The Hudson has risen rapidly
and is oyerhowing the piers and wharves Of
the city, Locally, the storm had many
Of the characteristics of last March's blizzard.
The lowest barometer ever recorded by the
signal officer here was noted. The river is
still rising.
OswEGo, Dec. 19-All trains in an out Of
Oswego were delayed by the storm All the
telegraph wires are down north Of here.
Three or four inches Of snow have fallen and
it is drifting badly.
AMSTERDAM, Dec. l9-The water in the
Mohawk at this place has risen considerably,
and now the houses on the flats in the Fifth
ward are flooded
WATERFOWL, Dec. ia severe sleet
storm, turning to snow, prevailed here. Two
or three inches of snow fell
CANAJoHARIE, Dec. IA blizzard in the
Mohawk valley caused trains on the Central
and West Shore railroads a delay Of from
two to four hours The Mohawk river Il
very high.
ROCKVILLE, Conn, Dec 19.-The water
in Snipsic lake is flowing over the dam
twenty-five inches, the highest ever known.
The mill pond is full and many cellars ara
flooded
HARTFORD, Dec. 19-The Connecticut
river is rising more rapidly than ever before
known.
ANsoNIA, Conn, Dec 19-High water did
$1,000 damage 70 the Derby Driving Park.
caused the closing Of allsthe mills and placed
the town in darkness The gas works were
submerged.
GREENFIELD, Mass, Dec. l9-The north
branch Of the Hoosac river is a raging tor
rent, swamping the country roads between
Beaver and Briggsville while on the bor-
ders Of the river numerous small buildings
have been carried away, though no lives
were lost. The south branch Of the Hoosan
is also high, and a large tract Of the Oats are
submerged
PORTLAND, Ne, Dec 19-The high wind |
wrecked telephone and electric light wires |
about town. The rain turned to thick |
snow storm.