The Penn's Grove record., 1889-11-23
STORMS AND FLOODS.
BALD EAGLE VALLEY FLOODED FROM
MOUNTAIN TO MOUNTAIN.


| BALD EAGLE VALLEY FLOODED FROM
MOUNTAIN TO MOUNTAIN.
BRIraEs CARRIED AWAY
AND TRAFFIC SUSPENDED.
BELLEFoNTE, Pa, Nov. 19.--Ovei
two and one-half inches of rain have
fallen here since Saturday evening,
| which Is within one inch Of the RECORD
OF last June. Bald Eagle Valley il
flooded completely from mountain Il
mountain especially In the upper half.
PENIS Valley is also under water il
some places. Several bridges on the
line ofSthe Lewisburg and Tyrone Rail
road between Coburn and Laurelton
have been washed away. The water il
still rising rapidly and all streams and
creeks are raging torrents.
BELLEFONTE, Pa, Nov. 19.-For
the past forty-eight hours rain has fal-
len here almost ince ssantly, and the
waters are very high. Reports from
the surrounding country give the flooc
| almost as great as last June. At Will
ham the water is il anything higher
than it was at that time.
There is no railroad communication
over the Philadelphia and Erie Rail-
road, all bridges being washed away.
NO train has arrived in Bellefonte over
the Lewisburg road since 8 O'Clock this
morning, and reports state that the
road Is being badly used up.
Lock Haven and Clearfeld are re-
ported to be badly flooded.
At this writing the rain has ceased,
but the clouds are yet very threaten
ing.
READING, Pa, Nov. 19.-The heav,
rain which has been falling for the pas.
two days has caused a big rise in all
the small streams flowing into the
Schuylkill, and the Tonight is nearl,
seven feet above low water maik--as
high as 1t has been ut any time this
year ut this point. The river and canal
are all one. and nOrthetG ding whole
ields are inundated sseslstances.
In this billy the EaSEAet sewer,
which was only builtS&..Zss ago, caved
10. A portion OF the lorge OF the
Re aiding Iron Company wa flooded,
and the employees were obliged to quit
work. The Swatara, Tulpeh0cken,
Maiden creek and all other small
streams tributary to the SchuylkilIy
burst their banks and r carrying of
the fence posts, rails, etc. In Schuyl-
kill county q number OF collierIes were
Hooded, and obliged to stop work.
A despatch from Sunbury says:
There Is a seven-f00t 60od in the Sus-
quehanna here, and the river is rising
rapidly. The Philadelphia & Reading
Company Is making preparations "
weight the trestling with loaded cars. !"
several industrial establishments we're
obliged to close down because they
were flooded.
In Lebanon Isaiah Aniba, y one-
armed man, is missing, and it Is be-
lieved he fell into the Qu~ittapahilix
creek, which has 0verfi0wed its banks
and was drowned. His hat and over
coat were 1sbed out Of the water this
afternoon.
WEST CHESTER, Nov. 19.-The
rainfall here Lnis morning was a terrible
one. and the Brandy wine jumped its
banks In afew minutes, and in several
places the approaches to bridges were
80 flooded as 70 Interfere with travel,
and communications between this bor-
ough and the Wilmington and North
ern Railroad were entirely cut of.
Several venturesome farmers, In max
ing All effort 10 crOss In wagons the
Brandy inc aud Chester Valley creeks,
narrowly escaped with their lives.
In Birmingham township, at the
residence OF Mrs. B.dd'e, q 30 feet high
serpentine stone tower, IL by IA feet ri
The base, was undermined AZ its foun-
dstions by the water and nearly one.
half OF it t0ppled over, the stone strik-
ing the root Of the mansion and doing
much damage to the structure.
NEWPORT, Perry County. Pa. Nov.
l9.-The Juniata river has been rising
since Saturday morning ut an hourly
rate of nine, six and three inchS. sue
cessiveiy. Its tributaries, two .seks,
nave 0yert0wed, doing some Eamage
TO property.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, Nov. 10. IA
10 O'clock tonight the river had reach.
I'd over 10 feet. At Clearfeld it was
four and . half feet, and was At u
standstlll ut last accounts. Lycoming
creek was, this evening. within TIVE
feet Of the June mark ct Cogau Sta
tion. Bridges, !, 2, 8. Is and 10 on
the Northern Central Railway, have
been carried away, aud all trains have
been abandoned.
The Philadelphia and Reading arr
running trains TO Montgomery, using
the track OF the Philadelphia and Erie.
The bridges at West Milton and
Muncy, on the Reading Road. have
broken, as well as the bridge at Mont
gomery, on the Philadelphia and Erie
road. 1t Is feared that the Market
street toll bridge here will 60 before
morning. the water 10 still rising,
and will probably reach Is feet by TO-
morrow morning. The logs in tht
boom have been made secure.
BRADFORD, Pa. Nov. 19.-An Ere
special from Sunbury says that thu
SuSQuehaana river has been swollen Il
enormous proportions by the receni
rain, and great damage is reported
from the 10od. At Milton the Penn
syivania Railroad bridge was In danger
and it WA ordered TO hold 1t In place
with y heavy coal train. The train hat
been standing on the bridge o sh0rI
time, when the structure gave way
and the bridge an6 train fell with !
crash iuto the river. Great losses Il
iumbermen are reported.
READING, Nov. 20.-rhe foot
caused by the rams Is s~ubsiding II
this section. The S~chuylkill fell from
seven and one-half feet above low
water mark at midnight TO I've abovs
this afternoon. Twenty-Five loaded
canal boats are lying In the Scyuylkil
canal, between Port Clinton and thii
city. unable to get through. A mum
Ter of light boats are tied up below
Reading unable to proceed up.
As far rs known there were thre'
fatalities in this section during thu
food. VIM. Hill, of Marietta, wa:
drowned in the 5~usquehanna, whils
catching driftwood, by the upsetting Of
his boat. The body has not yet beer
recovered. 1t has also been definitely
settled that isaiah Aniba, OF Lebanon
who disappeared on Monday night, fell
Iinto tina aw0lIan O~uitfanahiiIa eraah