Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-05-25
FLOODS RUSH IN TORRENTS
Great Damage in Pennsyl-
vania and Ohio.
TOWNS COMPLETELY INUNDATED
Many Poor People Left in
Deep Distress.


Wake OF the storm.
pIrrsRrRG Pa. May l7.--Af,cr n steady
dOwnpnGr throughout Western Pennsyl.
vania for nearly 90 hours the rain has
ceased and the weather IS clearing. The
heavy rain has caused all the streams in
this section 10 overflow their banks, and
great loss To property is reported from all
directions, In this vicinity the water is
rapidly rising but no serious damage is
feared only one life has been reported lost
50 far, but the damage tu properly Will
reach hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Natnnia, village on the west Side Of the
river about half mile north, Is for HE
first time IN its history several feet under
water. Miller Il Sibley's kite track, IN
Natonia, II also under water, and II Mas
with difficulty The 700 fast horses III train
ing there were brought to this city. !, Is
impossible to estimate the damage IN the
city or valley until the waters 20 down.
Tho railroad shops, nearly every factory
and both electric light stations and the gas
works are flooded and closed. There is but
one telegraph wire open and that is work
ing imperfeGtly. At sharon the water il
higher than for 10 years
FRIES SERIOUS FLIGHT.
PlrrsBuEG, May l7.--An Erie, Pa, spec.
ial says This section Of the State has
bNel DHUlN UpOueu, owing u lNe ntaNN
aud incessant rainfall. Buildings aud
wooden bridges have been carried down
by the score, and the drowning of Jacob
licnerle, q lad ot II, was due to the food
Many manufacturing establishments
warehouses aud similar buildings are
flooded. The fire department was kept
out ali night rescung people in the Hooded
district.
ERIE, Pa, May l7.-Thc floods in this
city caused by the heavy rams are the
most destructive ever known here. II is
impossible to estimate the damage DONE
but it is probably not less than Epl1O 900.
The damage to the Jarccki Manufacturing
COmpany's plant alone is placed at
SluO.OOO. scores of houses were washed
away, but no fatalities are reported since
that OF the boy lieDerle. Railroad bridges
ard Culyerts are washed away on ill sides
| OF Erie. All trains are cancelled on the
1 Erie X Pits5urg and Philadelphia IL
| Erie Tie first tram west On the Lake
| Shore since last evening lett the Erlcdcpot
| at ~ a. IN.
| GREAT DESTRUCTION OF RAILROAD PROPERTY.
1 HrFFALo, y. u, May l7,--AdviSes from
| points west and southwest Of here report
| orc uE the worst rain storms ever expert
! cNCeu, ami rivers and creeks are overflow.
/ ing their banks and dong great acstruc-
| ton. At Ripley. a. ". Harbor creek and
| Northeast Pennsylvania the tracks and
| masonry Culverts Of the Lake Shore Il
| Nickel Plate railroads are washed away
and damage done which will take con.
\ siderable time ana much money to repair.
Shortly alter the east-hOund express No.
4 2, which is due ii Buffalo at 70 a. H..
| passed Harbor creek Tuesday night, the
! immense stone Culvrrt, which at that place
i spans the cEGrk, gave way with q crash
beneath IN" immense pressure Of water
The railway embarrassment IN several places
| on either side of the destroyed stone bridge
| was badly washed out. The Chicago cX-
| press No 2 which leaves Buffalo at 1850
4. ni was sent ont, but Is stalled some,
where east 0t Erie, Ia. Several construc
| Ton trains, consisting of Il couple Of AuNil-
lary ears, and each with q gang of from 30
4 to 70 men, have bccn sent ont from Buffalo
TO do what they can towards repairing the
present break and preventing further
| damage.
All the Buffalo hotels are crowded with
| stgrnI.belalcd passengers. At O'Clock
this afternoon message was sent around
! saying that the Lake SHORE would ATTEMPT
10 send out train and transport the pas.
scngers over the breaks, The loss to the
Lake shore is very large The DESTROYED
c"!Nrrts are worth from S27 900 to $40 900,
and it is estimated that the total damage
may reach Sl,0lO,OOO.
SUMMER HOTELS cuT orr BY THE FLoops.
CLEVELAND, o.. May II "A special from
Cambridge, Pa, the popular Summer re.
sort says that the place is under water.
Two biz simmer hotels, filed with guests,
are cut OF from communication and it Il
feared thnt the only bridge leading across
the river will so. The New York, Lake
Erie Il Western railroad has been forced
losuSpehn erafhc because 81 wAshuutS, and
Y Miil y ScNci"' "aSs peloFct me damage \
RIVERS RAGING TORRENTS.
MEANWHILE, PA, May l7.-This city i
undergoing INC most complete foundation
~ US history. business Is practically Slis
pended, ana the day has been one Of terror
ana despair. There are several feet OF
water IN the New ork Pennsylvania
ONO depot, and the train service has been
abandoned. Residents Of Nallonia, com,
pany Island and the lower part OF the cily
were taken from their homes in boats
Inc Miller ana Slbley race track Is covered
with Tour feet ot water. The new raiIroaC
bridge over the French creek 10 the race
track has been swept away and othel
bridges are IN danger OF going. Tho
French creek has been transformed into ,
raging river.
NEWCASTLE PA, May 1.-THE water l.
lecl deep and still rising in a large par
ol tins CITY. scvera! planning mills havt
been washed away, houses have beer
moved from their foundations mills
factories and furnaces are flooded. III
railroad bridges have been weightc,
Nl.a E1's 10 Keep theth III place. fdmiIc
T Mn i hS,nn 4io'l III sctohu stores :"
vt,s ,i,n,ig, ,jrtr., II irI - ~ i'lN y!
cellars In tbc b,'si. rr, e ~ w. "a
Ln5I,. ,ia,,,.,t,i '''''S i''' % 'te N''S ar
'"Hts u"'""seN''
TlftSEtLLE AGAIN IN TROUBLE.
, TtTusvnLE, Pa, May l7.-lIcavy rain