The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-05
SWOLLEN RIVERS.
The No.tl Atlantic States VIsitel by a
Heavy Ra;n-StoTm.

New YORK, May 4-Reports which come
today, and others which are still being re
ceived here. indicate that last nights
storm, which passed off east at 40-mlle
gait, left destruction in its train, and has
been the cause of many streams overflow
ing. The rainfall was over three inches in
this CITY, and was generally from two T.
three inches along the coast. Tue whole
territory north of eastern New York was
doenched by rain and all the streams are
swollen above their banks. At Fort Ed
ward and Giens Fails the HEdson river Is
two feet above the usual high wafer mark
Of spring fresAets, and the mills AT both
places are Una bic to run. At Whitehall
the cocks are flooded ana Wood creek
covers the fats tor twelve miles south.
Along the Erie canal the streams and
feeders are swollen enormously and are
Overlooking their banks.
Throughout Pennsylvania the storm
also ragged. Shenandoah was greatly ex-
cited by the discovery today of ar e
cracks IN the largest of the dams SltuaIeG
above kobley run colliery The people
were warned and Immediately commenced
moving their goods, and have fled TO the
hills All the coliieries above Shenandoah
viii be dh'astrously affected should the
dam bur- and, besides, the entire Ma
hanoy valley, Will suffer great loss. The
streams throughout the SchAylkill region
are much swollen and the pumps at differ
ent cOllieries are being put TO the utmost
strain to keep the mines III working con-
dtion. In the Shamokin region work at
many mines has been stopped. a section
of the Wliiamsport boom broke this aft
erpoon and about 10, 900 900 feet of logs
capped through the break and are passing
down the river.
At Atlantic City two three. .masted
schooners, three miles out sigualed for
assistance. Before assistance arrived one
of ;he vessels went down, nothing but her
mast showing above the water. The
The other managed to get ous OF tae storm
and make her way up the coast. Nothing
is known of the ill-tated vessel, though
the lighthouse keeper says he thinks the
crew escaped To other boats.
New England also suffered from the
storm. Between Bardsweii and Shell
burne Falls eleven iandsiides and four
washOuts on the railroad are reported
The slides are said to be ninety feet long
and the mud and clay on the tracks is ten
feet deep. There have been na- accidents
to trains so far as known. The wires are
all down, and no trains have Ieen run
since midnight last night.
Tie Connecticut and North rivers dre
rising rapidly and are threatening proper
is felt along the upper Deeriieid valley OF
"A break OF the Newton dam at Reeds boro,
as it was pronounced unsafe sometime
ago.
of Newburyport, on the Massachusetts,
coast, IA two-masted schooner had broken
her top trees. and a crew of four went
down Tie life saving crew got a line to
he boat, but il was broken, and further
assistance was impossible
At Rutland, VI, the oldest citizen can
find no parallel 10 the storm. Tie roofs
Of the shirt factory and the Bates house
wers torn off. and hardly dwelling house
escaped injury, blinds, windows and cLim-
neys. as we'll rs trees and telegraph aud
telephone wires being destroyed.
AT Portsmouth the worst storm of the /.
season still continues, without Il sign Of
abatement. Business throughout the |,
,ity is practically suspended.
AT WhI.Ingsville, Mass, n break in /
Rley's pouu on Castle hill, caused seri- /
Jus weshout and damage to properly this Z
morning, an estimate OF which cannot be !
given. There were four inches Of rain in +.
orty-eight hours, J. = inches falling tine /
ir~t hour.
ST PAUL. May 4-The south flowing
'ivers III central Minnesota are steadily
'Ising. The Crow river Is higher than
yer before known, and has swept away
mill at Hanover and two mills at Rock
ord. At St. Pdui several m1nufactOrleS
lave been obliged TO suspend on account
# higa water, and several warehouses
ne fooled in the lower stories. Many
,eople nave been driven from their homes
long the bottoms.
PORTSMOUTH, O, May The food in
he ocloto has reached its limit. The
eyee at Davis, seventeen miles above,
,roke tb!s morning. The extent of the
am8ge Is unknown
BELLEFONTAINE, O, May 4-The breaks
n the banks OF The Lewiston reservoir
re under control, ana should no more
ain fail or no openings occur, the worst
, over and an appalling danger past
TUSCALOOSA. Ala. May The War
Tor ryer at Jhis point has oyerfiown It's
ank>. Many thousands Of acres OF c0ru
ud cotton are already inundated.