The record-union., 1893-03-13
An Ice Gorge Breaks, Flooding a
Maryland Village.
PORT DEPOSIT INUNDATED TO A
DEPTH OF EIGHT FEET.
Traffic Blocked on Account of Ice
Running in the Platte and Elkhorn
Rivers-An East-Bound Flyer Mar
rowly Escapes Disaster Ionia,
Michigan, in Imminent Danger,
Special to the REcoRD-Ux1oN.


PHILADELPHIA, March II. = An ice
gorge few miles above Port Deposit,
Maryland, broke at 2 o'clock this morn
ing. For time the inhabitants did not
know whether or not the town would be
carried away and themselves drowned,
but when the waters reached a hight of
eight feet in the streets and houses, it
ceased to rise. 1t remained all day at
the same hight, and out-houses not Sc
curely fixed were swept of. Portions of
the ice gorge at Linden, near Williams
port, Penn, went out tonight, and the
water reached hight of fourteen feet.
At the Jersey shore the water reached
hight of. twenty-fou feet, and at Linden
1t was two or three feet lower.
TWO MEN DROWNED.
OMAHA, March 12.-The ice is still rum
ming in the Platte and Elkhorn Rivers,
and as a result traffic Is generally
blocked. At Ashland portion of the
Burlington bridge over the Platte was
carried away just before the east-bound
flyer had passed. To-day the Missouri
Pacific bridge over the Platte at La Platte
was in great danger. While cutting
away log that jammed against the pier
Ed Bury fell into the water. Andrew
Boland tried to rescue Bury, but was
swept away with him, and both men
were drowned in sight of gang of la
borers, who were unable to rescue them.
The Union Pacific is working hard to re-
pair its damaged bridge over the Elk
horn, and will soon have all trains run
ming on time. The Burlington trains are
delayed by reason of the washouts at
Ashland.
\ MICHIGAN TOWN IN DANGER.
IONA (Mich.), March l2.-Never before
in the history of Ionia has Grand River
been so high as at the present time, and
the water is still rising. Hundreds of
men were at work with teams all last
night and to-day, and the water has so
far been successfully checked. The Capt.
tai Wagon Works, plant, basement and
lower floor are inundated. The furniture
factories plants are in almost as bad
shape, and all that can be seen of the fair
grounds is the upper portions of the
buildings. The whole country for miles
is but a raging, rushing torrent. The
bridges are all in place, but in great dan
ger.
TOWN IN DARKNESS.
PORTLAND (Alich.), March 12.-The De-
troit, Lansing and Northern Railroad last
night had 600 feet of track washed out.
Several bridges are in danger. The town
is still IN darkness, the electric light plant
being flooded.
HIGH WATER IN NEW YORK
Troy On. ", March 12.-The recent
rains so swelled the volume of water in
the city reservoir that measures were
taken this afternoon to save the citv
from destruction. The f1oodgates were
opened and an immense volume of water
rushed down the side of the hill doing
much damage. A bridge at Millville was
hurled away. The river at this point has
overfiowed the docks, and is still rising.
SEVERAL VESSELS WRECKED.
ROCHESTER On. ", March 12.-When
the ice foe in the lower Genessee broke
up Saturday night the steamer City of
Rochester was torn from her moorings at
Charlotte and completely wrecked. Two
yachts and a ferryboat were carried into
the lake and lost.