The Penn's Grove record., 1889-06-08
At WlLLIATSPORTI
PERSONS " BY THE
FLOOD.
MILLIONS OF FEET OF LuNBER CAR.
RIED AWAY

"a NJ
RIED AWAY.
WlLTLANsP0RT, Pa. June a.
Since Saturday morning last this CITY
las undergone the experiences of heinc
flooded with "a feet OF water. bavinc
the ~Susquehanna boom taken ont vitb
2O0, 600. 900 feet Of logs. over "a. nm mn
feet of sawed lumber taken. m,IIs csr.
rled away q others wrecked. business
aud Industrial establishments wrecked
and a large number OF lives lost, A
flood nearly seven feet hiaher than tbe
great high water Of 1885.
Early on Friday news was received
here of the dood ct Clearneld. but 1t
was not before 2 O'Clock SATURDAY.
morning that the swelling water began
to become prominent, the river then
showing q rise averaging two feat 10
the hour. Steadily end, rSuldlv thsre-
after the rise continued. .rh0 rain I'M
the country had been terrific. and from
Thursday afternoon throu9hout the
night and during Friday and Friday
night, the rain feel here but with little
interruption. After midnight. Friday.
it came down In absolute torrents untii
nearly daylight Saturday morning.
AS q result OF this rise Gri6n's run. a
small stream running thro1gh the city
from northwest to southeast, was
raised until 1t Hooded the whole terri
tory on either side OF 1t worse than
ever before occurred.
Soon after daylight, the rain having
ceased, 1t began to subside, and rs the
river had not then reached an alarming
height, very few persons were con-
cerned over the outlook. The
water kept getting higher and higher.
and spreading out over the lower
streets.
The business houses throughout the
city all lose heavily, many Of them over
$4,000 each. The loss falls heaviest
on the lumber men. All the logs are
lost and q large share Of the cut lum
Der. The loss OF life has also been
heavy. Two children Of Chas. Edwards
were drowned. and three children Of q
family named Shultz and q child Of
William Dietrich, Q man named Mitch.
Ter and an unknown man also persisted,
all in the city. At Nippenose, u miles
up the river, IL persons were drowned.
members Of the families Of George and
william Y0ungman and two young
lady visitors.
The only saw mill taken was the
Beaver mill structure. which contained
two mills, that OF 8. Mack Taylor and
the Williamsport Lumber Company. 1t
went down stream just as it stood, and
has lodged a few miles below the city,
where 1t now stands intact.
The shingle mill OF T. j. Duffy and
his stock of shingles were taken, lnclud-
ing the logs he lost from the boom. His
total loss is sac, 0CU.
An examination OF the boom made
to-day shows that the piers are all safe
but half a dozen, and the boom sticks
are all IN place but one-tenth of the
number. In about 30 days the boom
will again be In good working order.
Two moI lives were lost to day.
AbIam FIedericy and his son, aged IA
years. made an attempt to cross the
river above the dam In o boat, but
were carried over the falls and
drowned.
News comes this evening that i've men
and o baby were drowned at Bakers
Camp, near English Centre, In the
northern part Of LycOming county.
There is a great amount Of distress, as
many families lost everything they had
in way OF provisions. Relief commit
tees have been orgsnized, and will be
at work tomorrow. .
The citizens held q meeting to-day,
and subscriptions were received rang
ing from $1,000 down, nearly $1,000 be-
ing raised. Graceries are about
exhausted, Excepting canned goods.
There is a little flour In the hands of
the railroad companies. which is being
put out.
The Muncy and Sunbury bridges Of
the z. and r. Railroad are gone. Beech
creek bridge at Pine il gone. The
papers all issued small sheets to-day.
the first since Saturday. The water is
now out Of the main streets, but the
cellars are filed. The city has been in
darkness since Saturday evening. gas
works and electric lights bel7g flooded.
The condition. OF streets and build
lngs is utterly ~indescribable. All prin-
cipal hotels are flooded; all banks. all
newspaper Offices, the Courthouse,
churches and stores. The wreck In the
stores is rough in the extreme. Both
the toll bridges spanning the river are
gone. C~onveyAnces can only enter the
city from the north and bridges on
country roads in that direction are
gone.
WILLIAMspoRr, Pa, June 4th.-
The following deaths are also re-
ported:
al Lock Haven, Daniel Clifford.
At Mol Hall, two persons, named
Emmert and Mrs. Snyder.
At Henderson's, . child Ct Lew
Seller.
AT Hamburg, In the Nittany Valley,
Clinton county, John Harder, Andrew
Ryan and wife and mother and Mrs.
Woliser and three children.
The total number Of drowned In the
Nittany Valley u reported to be 70.
Twenty were drowned In Lamar town-
ship and two in Porter township.
McElhattan creek did great damage,
West Branch Camp Meeting grounds
being badly torn up, and the following
persons reported drowned: William
Confer, wire and four children and two
children of Jacob Keshner.
at Morris mines, Tioga county,
seven persons were drowned.
Three q Of the Pine Greek aque-
duct were carried on and are lying near
the mouth Of the creek. The Pine
Creek railroad bridge 10 lodged against
the aaueduct. The grist mill OF Dr.
Martin, at the mouth OF Larry's creek,
was carried away and lodged In some
trees below the creek. The Western
Union Company began working this
evening. q wire being opened to Buff
falo at eight O'Clock anda Philadelphia
wire by nine O'Clock. 90
1t was hoped that trains would be
able to reach the east end OF Williams
port bridge tomorrow. but 1t Is not
probable that they will get started 50
soon. The work Is delayed ON the
bridge at Montgomery by the high
water, which renders 1t extremely dit
fcult to get the trestles placed.
Everything possible is being done to
hurry 1t along. All bridges along the
river from this city to Lock Haven are
gone, the only ones not taken entire
being Linden bridge and the Beech
| Creek bridge at Pine. The Bald Eagle
road is now intact from Lock Haven