Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-11-20
The Rivers Suddenly OverIeap
Their Banks.
RAILROAD BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY.
Knights Of Labor Pressing the Eight
Hour Movement.
WASHINGTON PLAYERS WITH BUFFALO
THE FLOOD ABATES.
Railroads VIII BE Running All Right by
Tomorrow.

ELMIRA, NY, Nov. 20-The food reached its
height here at $50 this morning without doing
any more serious damage in the city than fill
Ing cellars. caving in sewers &c. The loss
however, is serious, as thee persons affected are
those who lost by the June flood The Northern
Central road resumed business northward this
morning and is now open to Canandaigua.
South OF this city the road is open only to
Ralston. half way to Williamsport. Several
bridges are gone below Ralston, and the road
will not probably be opened for several days.
The Erie ran no trains last night and only
operated the Buffalo division west of Hornells-
vile. 1t is said at the railroad offices here that
trains will be running regularly this afternoon
and everything will be In good shape by to-
morrow.
The Lehigh Valley trains could not reach
Elmira last night, as they come from Waverly
over the Erie's tracks That road now is all
right as FAR west as Waverly. The Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western is all right today and
was only delayed a short time last night by
high water near Corning.
EIGHTEEN FEET TOO HIGH.
WrLLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Nov. 2O-The river here
is little over eighteen feet and about at
standstill. Travel ON the Philadelphia and Erie
and the Reading roads has been resumed. The
trains run on the Linden line on the south side
OF the river, and passengers are transferred by
an engine and car over the railroad bridge at
the lower end of the city. the Linden bridge not
being safe for the trains. The trains are
getting through but are more or less
delayed. The Philadelphia and Erie and the
Reading trains use the road of the former as
far as Montgomery and of the latter to Sun
bury, where they cross the river, each taking
Its own line there. Three spans OF the Mar
ket street bridge here went out during the
night. One Of the bridge crew went down
with the first span, but was rescued. The
small streams hay fal nd oil ia ha-
ileved to be over. large number Of county
bridges have been swept away.
! THE sUsoUEHANNA RISING.
LANCASTER, Pa, Nov. 20.-The Susquehanna
river at Columbia is rising rapidly and very
high water is anticipated tonight. The lumber
men are apprehenslve of great damage.
William Dill was drowned at Marietta while
catching drift wood this morning His boat
capsized
THEY WERE TEMPORARY BRIDGES.
READING, Pa. Nov. 2O.-The Philadelphia
and Reading today sent to Milton from here
a large force of carpenters to construct tenn
porary bridges in place of the three structures
washed away during last night by the food 1t
may take two weeks to repair the damage.
large force OF linemen were also sent to Sun
bury to look after the telegraph wires The
three bridges carried away were temporary
ones erected in place of those wrecked by the
disastrous floods Of several months ago.
THE ALLEGHENY.
OLEAN, NY, Nov. 20.-The heavy and inces-
SAINT rain Of the past two days has caused
food in the Allegheny river similar to the one
last spring. The river is rising at the rate of 10
inches an hour and the rain continues. The new
bridge over the Allegany, built to replace the
old one, is liable to go if the rain continues.
Property along the lowlands is in great danger.
Life saving crews are being formed to be pre-
pared for any emergency.