Wichita eagle., 1889-06-02
DISASTER EVERYWHERE,
Deadly Work by Heavy Freshets Through
out the Alleghanies.

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The wheat crop in this country has beer
damaged to an extent that can not nov
be estimated and early fruits have beer
destroyed. The Potomac at Point O
Rocks and vicinity is rapidly overreachin9
its banks and the damage there Will b'
great. Adyices from Westminster, Nd.
saws surrounding lands are inundated anC
many of the workmen are unable to get tt
their homes. Between New Windsor ano
Linwood and between Linwood and union
bridge the Western Maryland road Il
covered to the depth of one to three
feet by the waters of Little Pipe
creek and the track is washed away for g
considerable distance. The extent OF the
damage cannot be ascertained until the
food subsidies.
Second Vice-President King of the
Baltimore & Ohio, thinks there will be nc
serious loss.
Last night at Z o'clock everything be,
yond Washington was side-tracked, and
trains 8, 6, and SO are still stationary be-
tween Piedmont but trains 3, AZ and two
emigrant trains have been started west
from Piedmont. The Pittsburg division
will be open probably by tonight, and be-
tween Piedmont and the river the tracks
are free.
Two feet of water flows over the bridge
at Harpers Ferry which is heavily loaded
with locomotives and cars. The tracks on
both sides of the river are submerged, as
they are at Point of Rocks and st. Johns
Run between Cumberland and Martins
burg. There are four small bridges under
mined between Glencove and Hyndman.
The Cambria branches leading to the
Johnstown and Salisbury branch are
still blockaded.
INEsTIMABLE DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
PHILADELPHIA, June IA dispatch ce-
ceived at p. m. from Pittsburg states
that the Pennsylvania road has succeeded
in getting temporary line through from
Sang Hollow to the western end of the
bridge at Johnstown. Debris has lodged
against the bridge aud piled up to height
of forty feet and is said to be burning.
Until the flames die out so as to admit of
passage across the bridge nothing can be
done towards repairing the heavy wash
out between the bridge and Johnstown
station. The dispatch also states that the
Cambria Iron company's plant on the
north side of the Conemaugh river at
.Johustown is a complete wreck. Until
this dispatch was received it was
not thought here that this portion
of the plant had been severely injured: 1t
was known that the portion of the plant
located on the south bank of the river was
washed away and this was thought to be
the extent Of the damage to the property
said to be valued at So, 100000
Dispatches received at the Pennsylvania
railroad office this afternoon giving the
damage sustained TO railroad property as
follows: One span of the bride crossing
the west branch of the Susquehanna at
Linden is gone, and it is feared that the
whole bridge viii go. The bridge was pre-
viously reported as being ballasted with a
heavily loaded freight train. The Phila-
delphia 81 Reading railroad bridge over
the west branch OF the Susquehanna which
was carried away from Muncy down
against the Pennsylvania company's
bridge at Montgomery, where it was
lodged for awhile, worked its way under
the latter structure and swept down to the
Pennsylvania railroad bridge at Lewis
burg, carrying that bridge completely
away.
Additional information from the Phila-
delphia g. Erie branch is as follows: The
four-spsn bridge across the Juniata river
at Granville, three miles west of Lewis
town. has been carried away. The water
is still rising in the Juniata between Gran
vile and Tuscarora, a distance of forty
miles. Nothing is known of the condition
of the roadbed or the bridges There are
twenty bridges south of RalSton on the
Northern Central branch. OF these five
are washed away and all the rest are badly
damaged with one exception. The Cum
berland Valley railroad lost new iron
bridge crossing the Potomac river near
Williamsport. Nd. The bridge crossing
Sinnemahonlng creek at Sinnemahoning
is gone and the bridge over the same
stream at Heating is badly damaged aud
will also 60. The railroad yard and tracks
at Emporium have been badly washed
away.
AT Williamsport, Pa. the west branch
of the Snsquehanna is said to be thirty
feet high. There are eighteen inches of
water on the floor of the railroad station
there This would indicate that nearly
the whole city is overfiowed
At Harrisburg the Susquehanna river is
still rising and Is now very high. At
Steelton two and a half feet of water flows
over the Pennsylvania railroad tracks, and
the steel plant at that place is also sub
merged.
WILKES BARRE, June 1.-The Susque-
hanna river at this point began raising
rapidly at o'clock this afternoon and is
continuing at the rate of a foot an hour.
Reports are coming in this evening from
the country districts to the effect that the
crops have been very much injured by the
tremendous wind and heavy rain. Several
washouts Oh the mountains have occurred
and trains due here from Buffalo and
other points have been delayed.
SHAMoKIN, Pa, June 1.-Seven bridges
and twenty houses in this vicinity have
been swept away. The damage to
mining property can not be
estimated, a number of collieries
are. flooded and many are com
pletely wrecked. 1t will be two weeks
before the mines can resume. The Read
ing Coal ana Iron company will be the
greatest Sufferer. The losses are estimat-
ed at S250,000. There were no fatalities
AT YORK. PA.
YORK, Pa, June 1.-The food in the
SusQuehanna river here reached its height
about o'clock this morning were under
water. Business places and residences
were flooded. The damage in this city
alone will amount TO SIS 900. 4 number
of bridges in the country have been swept
away, and the loss in the county, exclusive
of the city is estimated at 100000 ] ames
Mcllvene was drowned this morning.
AT ELM1RA, N Y.
ELMIRA, \. Y. June Tine damage TO
property in this vicinity up 10 this hour
will exceed 100000. The water is higher
than it has ever been known to be. Traf-
fc is totally suspended.
AT CARLISLE, PA.
The heaviest flood ever known in this
country and valley is now in progress /
There is great loss of life at the line of the
Gettysburg x Harrisburg railroad /
Several miles of track were swept away
and on the line of the Harrisburg &
Potomac there We're many washouts and
bridges. telegraph wires and poles carried !
away. Williams Grove, the great granger
picnic ground, is entirely flooded and
several of the summer buildings were
swept away All the bridges, perhaps tel TO
twenty, having been carried away. In one
of them Henry Wilson aud his wife. who
are tramps, sought shelter and It is
thought then went down with the bridge
A bolt of lightning struck the Presbyter-