New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-22
RIVERS ROARING SEAWARD.
IMMENSE DAMAGE BY FLOODS
TOWNS ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA
SUFFER
LOGS AND wRECKAGE BEING SWEPT DOWN ON
THE SWOLLEN ToRRENT-LoSs ALREADY
ESTIMATED AT OVER Sl.OOo.Ooo-RAINs
CONTINUE AND TIE STREAMS
STILL RISING.

ESTIMATED AT OVER Sl.OOoOoO-RAlNs
CONTINUE AND THE STREAMS
STILL RISING.
Harrisburg Penn. May 2l.--At 8 o'clock this ,
evening the Susquehanna River was twenty-four |
feet above low-water mark. and still rising. 1t
Is expected that It viii, exceed the AOod OF 1883
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company is running !
It's trains via Columbia and York using the |
tracks Of the Northern Central from the latter
city The East Harrisburg Electric Railway
Company has abandoned its line between this
city and Steelton. It's tracks being three ieet
under water. The power plant Of the CITIZENS
Electric Railway Company is under water ana
cars stopped running about o'clock this even
ing In South Harrisburg the people are NOV
ing out of their houses, and owners of wagons
were getting SO each for removing pianos late
this afternoon. independence Island and Island
Park are both under water. and both wagon
bridges over the Susquehanna are closed. Thou
sands Of feet OF logs from the broken Williams
port boom passed down this evening. All the
industrial establishments in the southern sec
ton of the city, including the iron and steer
plants have shut down. No loss Of life has been
reported here, but there is rumor' which iachs
confirmation that five men were drowned thiS
evening at Clarks Ferry.
Lewsburg. Penn. May 21.-The sweeping tor
rents that yesterday bounded over the banks OF
the Susquehanna River continue 10 rise al the rate
OF eight miles hour In few hours the river
will be as high 1t was in 1889. and the heaFy
rains that fell yesterday, last night. ana when
continued to-day will no doubt swell the deiuSe
al least four feet higher.
GREAT VALLEY INUNDATED.
The whole Susquehanna Valley is inundated
and the destruction and destitution Is wide
| spread The waterworks gasworks and electric
| light plants. which are located along the river
| have been stopped. and until the flood recedes
this towu will be without water or light of any
| kind A train Of freight cars has been placed
on the bridge the floor of which is almost touched
| by the water
The town being entirely surrounded by water
| there is no communication with the rural dis
| tricts and Judge Mcclure was this morning COM
pelled 10 adjourn court for several days until the
! fury could reach town
| The damage along the Lewisburg and Tyrone
Railroad from here 10 Belleforte is very great.
A number Of bridges has been carried away.
There are extensive washouts. and X will be
| many weeks before traffic can possibly be re-
sumcd Hundreds Of families are homeless ana
destitute Of provisions. and with the waters
rap,dly rising the night is entered upon with a
feeling Of horror
Millions Of feet Of logs and cut lumber and
buildings Of every kind have swept past here In
the river since yesterday. Business has been
suspended.
sunbury. Penn. May 1.-THE Susquehanna
River IL steadily rising and It is feared Will get
over the banks and no)i the town as II did IN
1889 Teams and worlkmen have been busy all
doy hauling earth 10 the banks and repairing
weak spots in their efforts TO keep the water out
| Thousands II feet Of log and sawed timOers
are passing down the river at this place from
the Wiiliamsport boom that broke last night
and from points west OF there
Wllliamsport. Penn. May 2l-The great boom
here broke early this morning and 6O'oooO'O feet
Of logs were swept away. The Susquehahnma anna
! River has risen - thirty-three feet ana the.e
"a a nood rushing through many of the streets
in the city The Pennsylvania Railroad prlase
| over the river Is standing IN" preSsu sciluIg
| huf the city bridges have been Oad!y udHiseu
| Four spans of the Market-st bridge nave Deeh
washed away and three ~ the four spans " @ Ilie
Maynard-st. bridge have gone. b%Gtn % a'S ,., nU.
| structures and the pecun.ary loss Will De neaNy
| X, lIves have been lost here. y number OF small
boats were capslzed to-day but all OF the occu-
pants. many OF whom were ehdeavolI"s -rS ~
| logs and other property. were rescued Inc e.,
| Ira cItv Is under water from four 10 twenty
| feot The water is still rising at the rare OF SIX
| inches an hour. All telegraph ana teiephohe
lnCnuS l.1rina,ion %n with the outer world IS sus-
nendnS the offices being flooded and closed as
! ms dispatch Is being sent .
In no business portion Oh lIlc 'itS "''N'
has reached a depth Of eight feet. and' shows no
sIgns Of receding The rain is still coming down
| In torrents.
THE LOSS MORE THAN \ MILLION.
The loss has ALREADY reached more than
million dollars. and unless relief soon comes II
,,,,, be three times that amount No trains have
arrived or departed from the city for twenty
four hours. T..
Altoona. Penn. May 2i.-The Altoona reservoir
NJ Kittanning Point. which stood the big hoou
-, Mov 1889 was in danger last night AT a
late hour there was a sudden rise but II Is 10"
honcd the worst is over. The rush OF water Is
80, ,,,exnlainad When Superintendent Galley
reached the reservoir four gullies eight feet In
dorth and averaging fifteen feet in width mad
h,, cut I'm the embankment Fortunately there
was but one tidal wave ana the "a.e' 49,, Son,'
ceased to pour over the breast Oh inc Nianv
Nccossarv repairs were begun at OHCe' -'i'Is
families i'm the low lands. as precautionary y
measure removed to high ground for s@Iey' ,h
All trains which have arrived mere naa lloan IN IN
yvee, as we'll as those which have succeedeu III
gattinR through from the East nave oeet
here since early in the morning ana are now
being sent 10 Huntington and theh Oy WAY "l
the Huntington and Broad Top road 40 niahe
connection with the Baltimore and OHIO Tor llt,s-
burg and the East. With washous on the ms @
burg division and landslides on the nldIie dIVl-
sion the road Is In bad condition, ana as tne
,ra,ors have not vet receded 10 an appreclaple
extent. the work of making repairs is almost
| impossible -, ,
The Baltimore and Ohio road has not suffered
from the storm. Travel on the Northern Cen-
traI and Philadelphia and Erie railroads has
thus far not been interrupted All bridges on the
philadelphia and Erie division are intact and
the water is reported 10 be falling
Uollido ysburg Penn May 21.-Rcports ofburst-
inC reservoirs kept 5000 Blair County people
houseess and homeless last night. At midnight
a Pennsylvania Railroad locomotive brought d
Jvarninp 10 C;aysport that the Kittanning Point
reservoir the source OF Altoona's water supply.
had given way and the valley below would soon
by covered by two hundred million gallons OF
water
FLEEING TO PLACES OF SAFETY.
A Gaysport telegraph operator later received
,h,s message from Kittannlng: The dam has