New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-18
DANGEROUS RISE OF RIVERS.
MUCH DAMAGE IN PENNSYLVANIA.
FEARS OF A BIG FLooD-PARTs OF JoHNsTowN
ROAD TRAFFIC IMPEDED-rEOPLE NOV


0 o'clock tonight the wafer falling rapidly
but at that time heavy rain set in and now the
water is at q standstill. Reports received from
towns up the river say that the water is falling
there. Unless something unforeseen happens the
danger is past. People who moved from theii
homes at the approach Of the water have moved
back again.
This afternoon horseman came into town with
the information that the large boom owned by tho
Johnstown Lumber Company had broken. PeO
pie living in the region of danger left their houses
and sought higher ground, but il proved to have
been false alarm. The merchants are busly en-
gagged in restoring their goods which had been
taken to higher places, and cellars which had been
flooded are being pumped out rapidly. \ wash
out occurred on the Pennsylvania Railroad about
five miles above this place. and parts of the rail-
road were thrown into the river hundred feet
below landslide also occurred on the Baltimore
and Ohio last night about eight miles south Of here
and trains were delayed several hours The Johns
town and Stony Creek Railroad began running ter
trains in two fcct of water tonight. The tracks
will probably he cleared tomorrow. The street
cars have not been able to move since last even
ing. Water got into the electric power house and
compltcly disabled the plant. The Cambria works
are still submerged and will not he able TO start
FOR a few days. Some damage was done to the
buildings and machinery hy water, which has been
in the works for thirty-siX hours.
At tic Pennsylvania passenger station there
was scene that rcscmbcd Castle Garden after
tie arrival Of an immigrant steamer. The wait
a1g-roons were filled with men. women and
children, who bad sought refuge there, having
Lccn driven from their homes.
1t is now raining hard, and the indications
are for another rise.
Pit,sburg Feb l7.-At II O'Clock this morninS
both rivers were twenty.siN feet high and rising
at the rate Of seven inches an hour. The high
water was unexpected. and all the morning fam-
lies have been moved from their houses in the
lower part ot Allegheny, as several streets ore
nOoGcd to the door Steps. The PItsburg and
Western Railroad is covered liz the city, and al!
travel at this end IS stopped, while many mills
lining the river have been forced to close down.
Reports from the lea lwaiers show steady rains
with rivers still rising and lower towns flooded.
Bridges are being carried away in every direction
and the loss is great.
\ food. unc1uallcd since 1854. is looked for
by experienced river men here. The fall Of ram
for over forty hours aiou. the Allegheny AMI
MonOnsahca rivers from the mountains has bccH
heavy and regular, and 1t i, still raninS. lr many
places great damage has been done already Brad
ford reports its lower streets inundated. and people
Ann-st I!c being taken from their houses in
boats. Water put ont hicS IN ;hc Scyfang, Iron
Works
Wlliamsport, Penn. Feb. l1.-EverythIng now
indicates food OF not less than twcnty-siN feet
in the Susquchanna River. The river rose about
foot hour this forenoon. and is now over
eleven feet The advices from points mp the
river arc that it is still raining and all the streams
are high. LHmhcrmcn are uneasy. AID many met
chants have bcluI 10 remove thoir goods from
the lower stories Of thcir establishments. The
levels OF the city engineer. r. II faircS. show that
"a twenty-siX foot Hood will bring the water up
to the Court lIousc Square.
At O'Clock this afternoon the river marked
thirteen and half feet. and WAS steadily rising
\ flood Is now reported on the hcadwatcrs ot
Pine Creek. At Galcion. ON that creek a boon
broke. letting between eight and ten million feet
Of logs escape. Latest adyiccs from C.c1racid
state that the water is within four feet of the
height reached two years ago
huntington, Pcnn., Feb. l7.-Ilrty-siv hours
Of constant rain has caused q rise IN the Iunia;a
River 20 eleven lcct above loss water mark, sub
merging all the o@ilying farming districts t. the
south. and destroying all fence, and other movable
property within reach Every approach bv public
road 20 this place is cut oil. and many families
in the southern suburbs have been compelled 10
vacatc their homes. Considerable destruction TO
property has been done also along the Eay,town
branch. The Juniaa River j. nearly a mile w.d,.
The city is cut oh from outlying districts except
The hily region 10 the north Citizens Of Ports.
town and Smihich have been compelled TO
vacatc their homes. ard many of the country
bridges have been swept away. The loss viii be
heavy.
GrccnSburg, Penn, Feb little streams CON
tinuc to rise, and people are becoming mach
alarmed at the prospects Of serious foods, and
are making preparations to move AT any moment
The Loyal Hanna at West IAtlrop is one-Aall
mile wide, and much of the town Is submerged
the second and third stories of many Of the
buildings along the creek beng flooded Ii is
feared that many of the buildings will be swept
away The same condition of affairs prevails at
Laramie, Irwin, Manor, Penn. Harrison City
Crabirec and other places. Bridges, fences, hay
stacks, etc, in every direction lave been carried
away.
West Newton, Penn, Feb. 1.-THE Noughiog-
hency RIver at O'Clock this afternoon had
reached the highest point since August 1884 one
track of the Baltimore and Ohio Railway is pass
able, but the other is buried under twenty-five
feet of mud in places. Passengers on the Pitts
burg, McKccsport and foughiogheny Railroad are
being transferred around the landslide at Cedar
Creek.
Rochester, Penn, Feb. 1.-THE river is now at
a higher stage than any time since the flood OF
1884. The resi- dents Of Water-st. are moving as
rapidly possible. At West Brdgcwater the
Beaver River is backed up by the Ohio, and the
whole lower portion Of the town is threatened
with overflow.
McKeesport, Penn, Feb. 1.-THE MonongaheIa
and Noughiogheny Rivers are both over Their
banks and rising at the rate Of five inches an hour
The w. b. Wood Iron Works the National Roihhg
Mill and the Sterling Steel Works are submerged.
Much DAMAGE has been done in the lower part "i
tbc CITY. and many families are compelled to aban-
don their homes.
Stcubcnvillc. Ohio, Feb. 17.-At noon to-day
The gauge showed siNty-onc feet in the river chan
mel with the water rising at the rate oil one loo'
an hour. Traffic the Wheeling and Lake Erie