The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-08-02
FRANKS OF THE FLOODS.
THE HIGHEST WATER IN TWENTY
YEARS AT PHILADELPHIA.

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The Drowning Of a Boy the only Fa-
taIity Reported in the Quaker CITY,
out the Damage to Property Very
Large-The damage by the Break
ing of the Feltville Dam S25O,oOO.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. The waters in
tne Scnuylkill river yesterday attained the
highest point reached in this city for twenty
years, involving destruction to property
estimated at from $4,000 TO $40. 600 The
park drives were submerged, boat houses
Hooded and some of the streets near the
river banks were under water to a depth of
between and feet. The cellars of two
paper mills aud about a dozen houses were
flooded The Golfer dam of the new Read
ing railroad bridge at the falls Of the
0chuylkiH was washed away, entailing
loss of about $4,000 All work at the
Manayunk & Pencoyd iron works, oppo-
site was stopped owing to the encroachment
OF the waters.
BOY DROWNED.
But one fatal accident was reported, the
drowning OF Samuel Dallas, aged IA years,
who with three other boys was playing in
the water and got on shanty atoat The
middle OF tho stream. Three OF the bows
swan ashore. but the drowned lad was
afraid to attempt it, and was swept under a
schooner and did not rise again.
throughout the eastern section of the
state the rainfall was very heavy.
Many houses and mills along Brandywine
creek, in the vicinity of Westchester and
Downlngtown, were flooded and business
was seriously interrupted.
ba bt.i,5 49,.
quehanna had to be ballasCed with heavily
laden coal cars.
A large section of the Schuylkill valley
| in the vicinity of Norristown and Con-
shohocken was almost entirely under water.
Considerable damage was done but no lives
| are reported lost.
The reports to-day are to the effect that
the water in all the larger streams is sub
| siding.
HARD RAINS AT BnDDLETowN
MIDDLETOwN, CONN, Aug. For the
last six days it has rained almost steadily
| here, at times very hard Much damage is
reported and crops are badly injured in the
outlying districts. Factories are flooded
| and compelled to shut down. Streams are
badly swollen. It is reported that the dam
OF the Metropolitan Wringer Company at
| Middlefield has gone down. Several wash
| outs are reported and telegraph and tele-
phone wires are down.
PLAINFIELD LOSSES.
PLAINFIELD, N. j., Aug. 1.-The present
estimate of the damage done by the food
from the broken dam at Feltville to Cad
mus dam, distance of five miles. is $780,
OOO. The streets in this city are damaged
to the extent of $4,000 The large upDer
dam at Feltville, which did not give Way.
is reported to be leaking badly, and it may
break at any time. If it gives way Scotch
Plains and Fanwood will probably be swept
| out of existence and Plainfield- will be in
undated
RISE OF THE JAMES RIVER.
RICHMOND, VA, Aug 1.-The James
river Is 10 feet above its ordinary low water
mark and is rising 4 inches per hour. The
wharves at Rockets are all under water
and the adjacent streets, houses and cellars
and gas works are inundated. Anumber of
business houses had to suspend trade and
move their effects in consequence of the
Schockee creek backing up water from the
river and over1Owing their premises It
is still raining The indications
point to freshet equal to the greatest tor
years. Reports throughout the state.
though meager, lead to the belief that ali
the streams are swollen.
At Fredericksburg the lower portion of
the city is submerged from the high water
citizens are moving their effects to places Of
safety.
HIGH WATER AT DANVILLE.
DANvILLE, Va, Aug. lit has been
raining here in heavy showers to-day, and
this morning there was more water in the
Dan river than was ever known. Factories
and small dwellings on the river bank we're
flooded and the loss will be about SIS. coo.
exclusive of the damage to railroads.
Travel on the Dauvllle and New River rail =
road Is suspended. Two bridges and one
long trestie have been carried away and the
wires are all down. Cars on the Atlantic
and Danyille railroad track are completely
submerged and hidden from view The
river Is rapidly falling tonight
HIGH WATER AT HARRISONBURG.
HARRIsoNBURG, Va, Aug. 1.-Rains
have been continuous for days and all the
streams are out OF their banks. Much
damage has been done. The rainy spell,
which has been almost continuous in this
county for over two months, has destroyed
much of the hay crop, and wheat is now
sprouting in the shocks. The outlook is