St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-13
. IN THE EASTERN STATES.
Port Deposit, Md, One OF the
Heaviest Sufferers.

Heaviest Sufferers.
PHILADELPHIA, March II. - Re-
ports received tonight from the various
sections of the western part of the state
threatened by floods show abatement
from the danger of freShet in some
places, and in others the condition of
the SwOllenS rivers remains dangerous,
and in one instance the waters burst
their banks and inundated town.
From Port Deposit. Nd, comes a
story of night of anxiety. followed by
4 day of flooded streets and houses. An
ice gorge at COnOWlngO, few miles
above Port Deposit, was holding in
check a great volume of water. The
breaking of this gorge was dreaded,
and when night came on hundreds of
people thrOnged the banks of the river
and watched for the coming torrents.
At , O'Clock the gorge gave way, and
the flood let loose swept down and
spread through Port Deposit. For
a time the inhabitants dId not
know whether or not their town wOuld
be carried away and themselves
drowned, but when the waters had
reached the height of eight feet in the
streets and houses it ceased to rise. The
stage for the day has remained at the
fixed have been swept Off. The tracks
of the Fort Deposit IL Columbia railroad
are covered fOI several miles. and it will
be several days before traffic can be
resumed. No services were held at any
of the churches today on account of the
flood. The loss SO far is estimated at
$4,000.
Portions of the ice gorge at Linden.
near Williamsburg. Pa, went out to-
night, but reports received say that the
main body of ice has not yet broken,
although it has settled aud threatens to
move. Thousands of people crowd the
bridges and shores there today to watch
the ice, which was expected to break.
The water reached height of IA feet at
WilliamspOrt tonight. and all the ice be-
tween there and Linden passed out. At
Jersey Shore the water reached a height
Of "a feet, and at Linden it was . OF
feet lower.
The Susquehanna at Harrisburg had
fallen this morning foot, and during
the afternoon was at a standstill,
being Is feet 9 inches above lOw-water
mark. Reports from points north indi-
cate thatthe volume of water may be
increased during the night, but there
are no apprehensiOns of Il serious flood,
and. while the danger of inun-
dation in South Harrisburg is al
ways present during the annual
freshet, the residents are not alarmed.
A few, however, have taken the precau-
ton to remove household effects to the
second floor OF their dwellings. The
industrial establishments along the
river have not been compelled to sus-
pend operations. There has been no
damage at Harrisburg, and it is believed
the flood will escape without the usual
destruction of property.
At EastOn, Pa, the Delaware river
rose five feet. From noon until 3 O'Clock
today and since then great quantities of
ice have passed down. The river
reached 211l feet there tonight, and is
still rising. The Lehigh river is backed
up by the water in the Delaware, aud is
OyerfioWing yards and wharves, and so
far as can be learned the ice
has not gorged at any point
danger of the inundatiOn of
the mills that line the banks of the
Schuylkill river at Manayunk is becom-
ing greater. Just above Manayunk the
FlatrOck dam has broken in the center,
and all that holds the river back from
sweeping the remainder away is an
old submerged dam, about fifteen feet
back of the other one. Should the old
dam give way, Flatrock dam will prob
ably go, letting a food down upon
Manayunk which would undoubtedly
cause great loss in the flooding of prop
erty and the consequent stoppage of
work in the mills.