Telegram-herald., 1890-09-14
RAGING RIVERS.
gsa MaaA WatsE Causes DAMAGE
"a ARny PlacsA
Weeds II Penasytssnia. Nsss Vsrginia.
ohio ard Tsxas-F srsiliss orissg
frena Their ronss.

PTTssC zas Pa. sep~ i1 ~ Ths
rivers hsrs srs risiag steadily. AMI
t1aas8 acc asar the 1angeE Poizt "a
yss al s.cas fFon az slaRg the Ale
gheay and Noacng aheiA rivers promise
uaea aixaer eatss before S2aday. At
ths hs4dHstsEs II the Allezhsay The
Fain aas bssa sspseially asssY snd
a. been isllax Eltaoat tnssrnissloa
siacs NondAy The eoaaty fairs are
s1rsfi1g greatly. they bsiRs located On
ths i0sltnds. as = rule, and damaged
exhibits aEf ruined rare-tFacks are re-
cofte1 from al sections. eausiag all
ths fairs % eiose a. less. All q re
aoWes streets In Caaton. O. are flooded
snd greA1 damage = beiag dons ey
flooded cellars. while ths snail farmers
are Also sufferers.
]. AZ SeNoastls, Pa. the Neshannock
river Is higher thaa . has been for
Yeas and now eomp mpletely covers the
lover portion OF that city, and a hun
dred houses are covered On the nrss
rooF from one 70 six feet Of water, aud
ths families have besa obliged 70 move
G. higher ground.
A. Bradford Pa, rain has been fall
Ing steadily al the week, and. although
10 serious damage has been done. both
branches q the Tuna river are over
noNiBg maay os the lower streets No
mai or freight has arrived from the
Eass over tae Erie since Tuesday.
DAMAGE ~ wEsr vIkGISrA.
HrroS. W. Va. sept is-The worst
food the G4uley riEer has known for
ffna -
rose four feet in one hour Thursday, and
~ noon Friday the total rise was eight
feet The water came with awful ra-
pidity. Itis believed there vas cloud
burst further ap tha river. Reports OF
damage arrive hourly. On kanawhs
river between here aud Charles
toa twenty-five loaded coal-bacges
we're wrecked. losing ESQ 900 bush
els OF coal Lock No Q is ruined and
will delay navigation for weeks For
twenty miles sp the Gauley river every
thing Is gone. Tens ot thousands OF
logs are lost The total loss IS close TO
siS0 00o
Ia the vicinity OF Parkersburg. ".
Va. the heavy rains OF The last forty
eight hours have deluged avery thing
and streams arc higher than ever known.
Large losses are reported from everv
direction.
RAINS N OHIO
2 CrxcrNNArT. Sept Is. - Dispatches
from Northern Ohio show heavy rains
A. Bucyrus four inches OF rainfall was
reported The Sandusky river Was so
high as % cut OF communication with
North Bucyrus At Akron the
rainfall Was disastrous. Great
damage was done throughout the
country. and IN the city unusual
destruction was wrought North How
ard street. one OF the principal busi-
ness streets. was fearfuIly washed in
some places a portion OF the street
railway was left with ties in the air.
hanging BY the rails, the main sewer
exposed and water-pipeS torn out
Railway travel is almost suspended
CoLUMBUs, o.. Sept Is The Scioto
river has reached a stage which Is the
cause OF more than ordinary damage
All the low lands north and south Of the
city are submerged and the loss 20 crops
amoants 20 several thousand dollars.
TIE stream as it passes through the city
has had its channel changed by lsvee.
and the result is the overflow OF several
factories
FLOOD N TEXAS
ST. LOUIS, Sept. Is dispatches from
Texas say that the Rio Grands river is
on rampage. At Eagle Pass IL is high
o. shan i, has been for ten years. All
the lower part OF the city, which "a
densely populated by Mexicans, is six
feet undor water and much property
was swept away, but 10 lives lost
About 100 feet o.. the iron trestle ap-
proach % the now bridge crossing the
river was carried away with the ofices
Of the customs and quarantine guards
and several others 20 the railroad bridge
nile below, where the people who
we're In the trestle az the time were res
cusd from the wreck. The river Is
stili rising, and The entire trestle.
which Is I. 100 foes long. is in danger
of being swept away. All COM
aunication with Pisdrss Ncgras.
on she Mexican side of the river. is
broken. and the track of toe Mexican
international railway IL washed out
and travel IA suspended The San Fer
mono river. seven miles west of Piedras
Nsrras. ia also az food hsizhs and has
washed all tho houses and improve
uents away
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