Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-03-11
PENNSYLVANIA FLOODS
Rivers Spreading Themselves
Over the Country.
RAILWAY TRACKS UNDER WATER

The Ice in the Susquchanna River Breaks
and Lets the Water Loose--It Surrounds
the Houses in the River Villages and
Compels Railroads to Abandon Trains
Port Deposit People Again Alarmed.
WILKEsBARRE, March 1.-THE ice in
the Susquehanna river, on account of the
warm rains, has broken up and moved
down the stream at rapid rate for about
half an hour, when it suddenly stopped,
and the stream was completely packed
with solid ice for distance of 40 miles.
few hours later this ice started with
tremendous crash.
Another gorge formed later on between
here and Plymouth, three miles south of
this city.
This also broke, and the river was again
full of ice, which tloated down the stream.
The town of Plainsville, four miles north of
this city, is under water, and people are i'm
prisoned in the top stories of their homes.
The Lehigh Valley, the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna & Western and the Pennsylvania
railroad trains are all stalled, and traffic is
entirely suspended from the West and other
points along the lines.
The village of Port Bewkley, between
IeTS anu lllSlOIl, IL nv AiShSS OA
water and in many places the railroad
tracks are covered with masses of ice.
In all the small towns along the line of
The river the houses are all surrounded by
water.
The trains on the Erie & Wyoming rail
road bound for here could get no further
than Fort Blanchard. Superintendent Is
ser of the lehigh Valley railroad took the
passengers aboard his private car i'll order
MI, o.
railroad at Avuca, Il place of safety. At
Pittstown the water is % feet above low
water mark and the excitement is great on
the west side where small boats are i'll use
transferring people to their homes,
Al Coxton the Lehigh Valley railroad
y;uds present II sorry spectacle. The thlr-
teen shifting tracks are under several feet
| of water. A frame building used by rail
readers was floating about and the tele-
graph station was abandoned, the water
having reached the caves All the loaded
| cars were removed but there were a lot of
cmptics remaining. Flat cars are invisible
| except as to their loads and freight cars
| contained from three to five feet of water.
The Bluomsburg division of the Delaware,
| ackawanna & Western railroad Is under
| three feet of water from Fortyfort to Wy
| omiug II distance of four miles.
PoRr DEPOSIT, Md, March 1.-THE flood
| here is higher than i'll the great freshet OF
| June. 1889.
| The basement of the town hall is sub
merged and the water is over the founda
| ton walls of the Jacob Tome institute
| The board sidewalks of the town are wash
| ing away, and the railway station Is sur
rounded by SurYing waters. The telegraph
| office has been removed. The water is ris
| ing rapidly.
| The people are greatly alarmed over the
outcome. The ice stays fast.
The public schools which were reopeneC
on Monday after beiag closed for month
| by the recent floods, were closed again thi.
| morning.
| Three feet of water in the Easements
! have drowned out the fires. Boats are lashet
| to dwellings,, ready for immediate use.
EI.MlRA, NY, March 10.--The Chemuns
| river has risen about II feet since yester
day afternoon, but it is now stationary
and no further damage has been done il
this city than flooding a number of cellars
Newtown and Hoffman creeks, which rrrl
through the eastern and western section
Ut the city respectively, are over thei
banks and cellars in those vicinities ar
| filled with water.
| Considerable damage is reported in neigh
boring places.
The Erie railway bridge at Wellsbur
was damaged TO such an extent that train
on that road were run via the D., L. & w
between Elmira and Waverly. bridge IL
the town of Rathbunville, Steuben county
was carried away, and another bridge nea
| Addison shared the same fate.
| A number of bridges in Schuyler count
were reported unsafe, and the probabilitie
| are that number have been carried away
Havana and Watkins are both partly in
undated.
NIAGARA FALLS, March 10.-The rain
and thaw are causing no end of trouble II
the eastern end of this city above and nea
the Schlosser Landing. Gill Greek ha
| overfowed its banks and become rushin
torrent. The ice still holds in the bed {
the creek, but is hourly expected to brea
up.
If this happens, at least three bridge
will be carried away, and much damage
the streets and new houses in this localit
will follow. Much of the land between Blu
falo street and the river is submerged.
Most of the private property damaged S
far belongs to the Niagara Power Compan!