The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-05-22
TERRIBLE FLOOD.
Pennsylvania Rivers, Swollen by
InceSsant RAINS Do Great
Damage.
At Williamsport the Gauge Marks
Thirty-0ne Feet, a Foot Higher
Than in 1889.
THE WATER STILL RISING.
JOhnstOWn Has Been Flooded For
"a Hours, But the Water Is
Falling There.
THE WATER STILL RISING.
Reports From Various Other
Pennsylvania and New York
Points.

WlLLIAMsPoRT, Pa, May 22.--1 D. m.
The water in the river has reached q
height OF 81 feet above low water at this
hour, foot higher than the disastrous
food of 1889. The entire city is under
water, which ranges in depth from to
30 feet. The water Ii still rising at the
rate OF inches an hour. All the logs
at the boom, which broke mt q. M,
have been swept away, as well as many
saw mills and houses in the lower part
OF the city. Not telegraph or telephone
wire 10 working out of the city, with
the single exception of a shaly long dis
tance telephone wire, which was placed
ut the disposal of the Associated Press
correspondent. While he was talking
TO Philadelphia he was
D~iv Out of the Once
by the rapid rise of water. In the busi-
ness portion Of the city the water has
reached depth Of feet, and shows no
signs of receding. The rain at o'clock
is coming down in torrents. The loss
has already reached more than s., ,000. 900
and unless relief soon comes it will be
three times that much. No trains have
arrived or departed from the city for
"a hours.
RAILROAD TRACKS sUBMERGED.
-Four Feet Of Water Between Conemaugh
and Bennington.
PTTTsBURG. May a. The floods have
t9PRsAs stFsfs VI Isa bsaf
which is but 20 miles from Pittsburg.
The last through train to arrive was the
Chicago limited which reached this
city at 10 p. m. Since then no trains
have arrived or departed from the east.
The trouble is between Johnstown and
Altoona. The tracks are submerged in
four feet OF water from Conemaugh to
Bennington, distance of 18 miles, and
1 800 feet of track together with the
Conemaugh bridge have been washed
away. 1t will take two days to make
the repairs, and in the meantime all
Pennsylvania trains will go over the
Baltimore and Ohio railrosd connecting
at Connelsville, Pa. Passengers Tor
Harrisburg will be compelled first to go
to Baltimore.
An Anxious Night at Johnstawn.
There was night Of great anxiety at
Johnstown. and faw residents in the
lowlands closed their eyes. The business
portion Of the city is under water, and
at least 500, 900 damage has been done.
So far two lives have been lost, but
their names are not known.
All day and night Friday and Satur-
day, and all day Sunday the rains de-
scended on Johnstown and the surround
ing country. Sunday night there was
great alarm when ii was reported that
the reservoir at Kittaning Point, a few
miles west of Altoona, had broken. For
tunately the break was not as bad as az
| first reported.
Four Large Orevasses
! were ding down the face of the dam by
q wave which rolled across the lake,
and over its edge to the lowlands be-
meath. The wave is thought to have
teen caused by a cloudburst, and this
| theory is borne out by the fact chat
there was but the one, and that the
water is now running over the spillway.
There is no doubt that the dam has been
weakened, and there may yet be trouble
although work is now being done to
strengthen Ii.
The men and horses who were en-
gagged upon the new reservoir, imme-
diately below the present one, have
been removed to higher ground for
safety.
| WIN Cause Mills Co Suspend,
In this city the rivers are still Using.
but a stage of more than 20 feet D not
feared. This will submerge the low
/ lands and cause suspension ofwork
| in the mills and factories along the
banks of the streams, but will 10 no
other damage. Tho trains on the balti-
more and Ohio, Allegheny Vale! and
/ the western roads are arriving on time.
Unless there is more rain the wosst in
this section is believed to bs over. The
/ weather. however. is still cloudy and
threatening.
Two Lives Were Lost.
I've lives were lost i'm the Hood dur
ing the afternoon. Adrian WeAheI,
aged 35 years, was trying to resdae d
i team of horses near Etna, when hiafeet
caught in the harness and he twas
drowned A few minutes later aI nm
known boy about 10 years Of agehvas
drowned in Allegheny while catcEing
driftwood Both hodies were sycpt
down the stream.
! Dispatches from many points abng