New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-22
THE scHUYLKILL ON A BOOM.
THIRTY FEET ABOVE LOw-wATER MARK-MlLLs
FACTORIES AND RAILROADS SUFFER.

THE SCHD 1Lhl1-L O-> - ''OO'-'
THIRTY FEET ABOVE Low-wATER MARN-MlLhs'
FACTORIES AND RAILROADS SUFFER
Norrstown, Penn. May H.-The Schuykiii hWer
here this evening was thirty feet above Io"-"a.e'
mark and still rising 1t is still raining hard. The
Mills of Simpson Woodstock and other large firms
along the river are heavy losers, as Is also tne
Norristown worsted mills. The WOODSTOCK mills
have six feet Of water IN the building. Baroaooes
Island which is mile long. is almost covered WIN
water and crops are ruined. The Reading Railroad
between here and Philadelphia has four feet OF
water over the tracks. All trains have been sus-
pended Bodys G. Livingston, lumber Dealers hao
several thousand feet of lumber carried on
Reading Penn May H.-The Philadelphia ex-
press due in Reading at $40 p. NJ, was forty min
utes late arriving here. Near Spring Mn the tram
ran through three feet OF water. Engineer hehy
thought that no more trains could get through TO-
night as it will be impossible TO pass through Win
safety The Schuylki at this point Is now ABOUT
seventeen feet above low-water mark ana Is Sun
rising at the rate OF about eight inches an hour.
Trees outbuildngs and several shanties came down
the stream late this afternoon. passenger who
came through from Mahanoy City via Pottsvnis
saws that the flood north of Broad Mountain 10
terrible and that the damage TO the coeries VIII
be very great The Little Schuylklll branch between
Port Clinton and Tamaqua is in bad shape. there
being no less than three washouts and IL VIII De
Impossible TO repair the damage until the nood SUD-
sides. There is two and half feet OF water IN the
Port Clinton tunnel. but the passenger train cue
here at $50 D. M got through safely IL the stream
continues 10 rise tonight which Is likely. because
II is still hard. 1t is probable that the tun-
mel route VIII be abandoned. r,,. 80.
The Pennsylvania tracks above Reading are
flooded to depth OF three feet and PASSENGER anu
freight trains have been aoandoned oE tne b
The water is now the tracks IN 'front.' OF Ins
PENNSYLVANIA station at Penn-sL thus CITY, lhe ne
people in the lower section OF the cty are tSer
dwellings for fear of the dams north OF Read,
cut of their escape. The telegraph service north Is
sun in crippled condition and no nTwS oe nns pssn six
received from points beyond snamoKn o1, t soIith
teen telegraph poles nav & oesn o h lines have been
Barnums show whch became stranded here .Iyy by
- Wnkesbarre via Allentown They were 10 nave
exhibited at sunbury tS-morro%E, rEersve north Of
Reading, the owands are covered with tnrse tnsg %
FIVE feet Of and crops are rqYea Y1 in Al the ow
lands were compelled vacate their homes ana are
being sheltered Il the q resns9s bs 9scb%y mTIiS River is
twenty feet above the lowwater marx az ~ Sfaia tp
sras yIaE are dooded Every mil along the banks
Of the river flooded in the lower d sory, am Iron
Works which are situated on comparaavey iIsa nisa
grounds flooded. and we're to-day eoHlpel,Se ,Ss
10 suspend operations The river Is rising al .ne
rate OF seven inches an hour. and the overno"
Is believed 10 pc the greatest slhce % isog continues
as fercey as ever throughout this county , ana 10
there signs Of abatement Every eoep No 2,
the Reading Company, except Bast ana pTeson No'
g. near Ashland. and Beechwood, near fot.svla,s, ,
are idle and II Is not expected 10 be ape 10 "otn
even these three tomorrow. The collieries or tne
I.ehigh Valley Coal Company and al OF the IN IN,
diviiual operations also filled with wafer. me
extent OF the damage collieries ana railways can
not be correctly estimated. but II VIII certniiy 20
| over 100000 The Reading Company Is the heaVlest
| loser by - per cent Pumps cannot work on ac-
| count Of the food. except those on the surface
| and the most effective ones in the slopes.
! The Schuylkill River never so high as IL is
! now The turnpike below here is flooded and
! teams passed through water up TO their bodies
| Reports Of loss OF life now coming IN Jonn
! brown aged seventeen drowned this evening
while trying TO cross creek at Forestvilie. "a,
| ward Evans an old man. is reported drowned
! near Heckschervllle. a big gypsy camp near Tre-
! mont was washed out to-day. and several members
are missing. Among those are woman ana her
| newborn babe. ,,,,
At Mahoney city. In order 10 prevent the blockad-
ing OF the culverts and creeks all the bridges were
/ torn down and the distractions removed so as to
| Give free passage 70 the food. This precaution
| was also taken at Girardville. The Reading Rail-
| road has either lost completely or had badly
damaged least twenty bridges IN this one county
| besides much havoc with embanAments