River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1889-08-08
The FLOODS.
A Cioud-Burst Almost Ruins the Beauti-
full Resort at Watkins Glen, y. Y.-Iigff
Water at philancInl,fa

Cioud-Burst Almost Ruins the Beauti-
full Resort at Watkins Glen, y. Y.-Higii
water at PhilspeIphia-
ELM1RA, n. Y, Aug 2-Rumors have
reached this city Of "a cloud-burst in the
village OF Watkins, eighteen miles north of
this city, which has flooded the village and
done irrep rabls damage Later particu-
lars received state that about :
O'Clock Wednesday q terrific storm
struck the village. causing Glsn creek
to rise so Iep dly that 4 soon be-
came raging torrent sweeping through
the beautiful and famous glen and carry.
ing with it all the bridges and stsirways
and otherwise defacing and destroy
ing the picturesque gorge. Reachtrg
the village the creek overtiOwed its banks
and swept away the Franklin street bridge,
upon which but a few moments before
crowd of twenty-five people had been
standing Some OF them narrowly escaped.
The Decatur street bridge was car
ried away by the June food,
and communication between the northern
and southern portions OF the town is en-
tirely interrupted The southern portion
of the town was almost entirely inuDdat-
ed aud great CONSERVATION created
among the residents. The Northern
Central railroad bridge. while not yet
washed away. is so weakened that no
trains venture upon il, and railroad
traffic is suspended The wires are all
down and telegrRphie communication Is
cut of, SO but meagre particulars OF the dis
hster can yet be obtained Nothing has as
set been heard from the surrounding
country. init IL Is believed that
there has been a cloud-bufst or watcTspout
not far distant and grave fears OF more
"a
entertained Wh,'> the loss To the village
is heavy, aggregating mar thousand dol
lars. the Watkins Glen property pt"%a5iy
suffers worse This is one OF the most
beautiful gorges in the country and had
been fitted up at an enormous expense Tor
q resort
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2-The water in the
Sohuylkill river Wednesday attained the
highest point reached in this city for
tw enty years, inv diving destruction to
property estimated at from $1,000 to
s2O,UO0 The park drives were submerged
boat houses flooded and some of,the strests
next the river banks were under
water to depth of between four
and five feet The cellars OF two
paper mills and about dozen
houses were flooded The coffer-dam OF
the new Reading railroad bridge at the
failing loss OF about 5000. All work at
Manayunk and the Pencoyd iron works
opposite was stopped owing to the en-
croachmenL &C the waters But ore fatal
accident was Teported-the drowning OF
Samuel Dallas, REed IA years, who, with
three other BOYS, was playing IN the water
on floating shanty.
Throughout the eastern sestiCn of the
State the rainfall was very heavy Many
houses and mills along the Brandywilis
creek, IN the vicinity of Westchester
and bennington, were flooded, and
business was seriously interrupted At
Williamsport the bridges over the
Susquehanua had to be ballasted with
heavily laden coal cars A large
section of the Schuylkill valley in the
vicinity of Norristown and conshohOCken
was almost entirely under water COnsid-
cradle damage was done, but no lives were
reported lost in the State.
NEW YORK Aug 2-The people of PLAIN
field. n. j., living along Green brook are
very much worried over Ine condition of
the upper dam at Feltville. Thurs
day afternoon it WIS reported that the
dam was leaking badly ard balging
out in places The dam is twenty
feet high and holds back a lake mile aud
a quarter long, from $40 TO 800 feet wide,
and thirty feet deep in some places. Ii
It should give way Scotch Plains and
Fanwood would probably be swept out
of existence and PlaInfeld would he
inundated The present estimate OF the
damage done by the flood from the smaller
dam at FeltviIe to the Cadmus dam, dis
lance Of five miles is $3.50 900. Streets in
Plainfeld are damaged to the extent OF
$50 COO