Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-09-20
THE WATERS ARE Rising
Fears That Rivers Will Overflow
Their Banks
The susquehannR's Unusual Height
Fhe Rio Grande on the Rampage.
In 0hio and West Virginia.

The SusquehannR's Unusual Height
The Rio Grande on the Rampage.
In 0hio and West Virginia.
The foods that have prevailed along tn.
Chemung river during the past few days have
swollen the Susquehanna, at Wilkesharre, Pa,
to an unusually abnormal altitude. The cur
rent is sixteen feet above the recognized sum-
mer line, and the water is still rising. Should
1t rise two feet, all communication on the west
side Of the river to points a ong the line ofthe
Delaware, Lackawans and Western road will
be cut Oft. A large portion of the low land is
already submerged, and farmers who havenot
yet harvested their late crops will suffer loss
ST. LoUIs.-Dispatches from Texas say that
the Rio GraEde river is on the rampage. At
Eagles Pass it is higher than it has been for
ten years. All the lower part of the city,
which is densely populated by Mex,cans, is
SIX feet under water and much property was
swept away, but no lives lost. About one hun
hundred feet of the iron trestle approach to
the new bridge crossing the river was carried
down. with the offices of the customs and quar-
antine guards and several others, to the rail-
road bridge, mile below, where the people
who were in the trestle at the time were res
eued from the wreck The river is still rising
and the trestle, which is ,100 feet long. is in
danger OF being swept away. All c0mmunica-
ton with Piedras Negras on the Mexican side
of the river is broken and the tracks Of the
Mexican international Railways washed out
and travel suspended. The San Fernando
river, four miles west of Piedras Negras, is
also at flood height, and has washed away all
the houses and Improvements just erected at
the mines of the Piedras Coal Company.
NEWCASTLE, PA.-There is a disastrous
Hood raging in this vicinity. The Nesahan-
mex is higher than for years Several Of the
thoroughfares are inundated, and mills are
obliged TO close down. A bridge on the Penn
sylvaBia COmpnny's side-traek was swept
away, together with cars loaded with steel that
had been run on the bridge TO hold it down.
The Shenango river is also rising rapidly.
Advices from Charleston, W. Va. says sud
den rise in the Gauley river carried away
thirty-one coal barges, all loaded. of which
eleven, yaluedat $4,000, were lost. The barges
inflicted heavy damage to the government
dam at Browntown.
NEW PHILADELPHIA, OHIo.-InccSsant
rains for the past forty-cight hours have caused
a landslide on the Cleveland and Marietta
Railway, which will delay trains a long while
The bridge on the Cleveland. Lorraine and
Wheeling Railway has been washed away near
the city. The TuscarawaS river rose 201 feet
in one hour The whole valley is inundated
Dispatches from Northern
Ohio show heavy rains. At Bucyrus four
inches OF rainfall was reported. The Sandusky
river was so high as to cut off communication
with North Bucyrus.
At Akron, Ohio, the rainftll was serious.
Great damage was done throughout the coun-
try, and in the city unusual destruction was
wrought. North Howard street one Of the
principal business strcetS, was ieartully washed
IN some places. A portion of the street rail
way was left with ties in the air hanging by
the rails, the main sever expose and water
pipes ton ous Railroad travel is almost sus-
pe1S