Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1889-11-20
STORMS AND FLOODS.

,,in 10 Mountain-Coiiiefios Near
Reading Inundated
RuLrroNrE, Pa, Nov. ip.--over two
80 crr.half Inches OF rain have fallen
ss,a since Saturday evening, which is
ni,sin ope inch of the record Of last
iars MA Eagle Valley is flooded
sSmnlrt,ly from mountain " mountain,
,nsrlsIly in tho upper hall.
Penn's Valley is also under water 10
,oms places. Several bri ges on the line
sl,be Lewisburg and Tyrone railroad be-
,v,en Cobuln and Laurelton have been
,,.bei away. The water is still rising
nday aud all streams and creeks are
tipIng torrents.
There Is no railroad communication
o,,r The Philadelphia and Erie Railroad,
NJ bridges being washed away. No
i,,p ms arrived In Bellefonte over tho
Dwl,burg road siucc o'clock this
mo,ning, aud reports state that the road
h teng badly used up.
Lock Haven aud Cleariield are re-
pOrlod to BE- badly flooded.
MOOD. - the scmuyLKILL VALLEY.
EELpiNo. Pa, Nov, 10. Tho heavy
Ain whch has been falling for the past
Two days bas a lsed u big rlso in all the
small streams flowing into the Schuyl-
tll, and tbs latter tonight is nearly
seven feet above low water mark-as
bIsh as Il has been at any time this year
n this point. To river ana canal are
ali one, and north Of Reading whole
Bslds are Inundated for long balances.
Tie SsatAra, Tulpebocken, Maiden
s,ek aud all other small streams irlbu.
hu to the Sohuylklll burst their banks
ud are carrying on the fence posts, rails,
M. Ia schuylkill county numocr oi
tollItrcs were flooded, aud obliged to
rop work
A Adespatch from sunbuTy says; "There
hs seypu.ioot food 10 the Busquehanna
bus, and tie river Is rising rapidly.
Tie Philadelphia Il Reading Company
b making preparations to weight the
ussllIug With loaded cara"
FLOODS IN CHESTER COUNTY.
WET CHEsrEn, Nov. l0.-The rain
i ltrr this morning was terrific one,
,Ad The btlndywlne jumped Its banks In
Iirw mnulct, and in several plac's the
ipproachc' to bridges were 60 flooded as
Dnerle. with travel, and communion
lions between this borough and the Will
npgton aud Northern railroad were Gu
hriy cur OF. Several venturesome
Mmers, 10 Masking an effort to cross In
wagons tic Brandywine and Chester
Valley cGccEs, narrowly escaped with
lhdf live,
iu Birmingham township, at the resi-.
tcnce oil Mis-. Blddle, . % ftet high ser.
rDtne siUae tower. IL by IA feet at the
bHe, was undermined at ito foundations
By the waie' and nearly one half OF II
bPped over, tile stone striking the roof
hihe mansion and doing much damage
bihe structure.
cottiEaiTs FLOODED.
MApiyo, Pa, Nov l9.--The heavy
pirs lor the past 80 hours have caused q
tremendous rice in the Sehuylklll river,
nleh, together with its tributaries north
hReldns, has oyerilowed It's banks
md the water has inundated hundred,
bitcfe. Of tanning land. Reading Rails
tni officials IN this city are informed
hai uunb i OF their collIerles have
been flooded.
TIE NiATA RISING.
hIwroHr rei1y County, Pa, Nov.
Ellie duniL's tiver has been rising
Ha'e Saturday mggning at an hourly
~ Wbhr, SISHI three inches succes-
neP 10 iHpVtaries, two creeks, have
m1''"el' ~, doug some damage to prop
AT wILLI4MsPORT.
,hhiANaPoRr, Pa, Nov 19.-At 10
s0oek t0-nlght the river bad reached |
i fana al
iaa abdlf feet. aud was at . standstilI |
hlHt accounts.
The bridges at West Milton and
Macy, on the Reading road. have brok-
n,iwell as the bridge At Montgomery,
nihe Philadelphia aud Erie road. il
} katrd that the Market street toll |
lhdge here will go before morniug. The
''i,r is sill rising, ana will probably
sal ~ feet by tomorrow morning. |
iAo logs IN the boom have been made |
hrufr
rtNSsrLvANIA RAILROAD BRIDGE |
GONE.
BE'hroRp, Pa, Nov. l0.-An Era |
'pe al rom Sunbury says that the Sus-
lathauua river has bten swollen to enor- |
NOUS rioportlons BY the recent rain, and |
iNal iamage Is reported from the food |
al Milton the Ponnsylyania Rsilroad |
~a2r wss in danger, and IL was ordered |
oAoId Il In place With n heavy coal |
yam. The train had been standing on |
.e blllgc short time, when the struc- |
,uir ,lr rave way and the bridge and train |
imH WIN crash into the river Great |
'o'sss 10 lumbermen are reported.