The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-05-24
RAGING WATERS.
Heavy Storms in Pennsylvania
 and New York.
CITIES AND FARMS ARE FLOODED.
Hundreds of People in a State of Panic and Forced to Flee from Their Homes Dams Give Way-Much Person.
 al Property Lost.

N1IL1AMSPORT, Pa., May 2l.-Nlth the horrors of the disastrous flood of 1889, which spread death and destruc- tion throughout this valley, brought back to memory by n sweep of water that promises to be as great as that of five years ago, the people of this city were in state of panic that turned the usually quiet Sunday into one of remarkable excitement. Since Friday night steady and almost continuous downpour of rain has been swelling all the streams, and late last night numerous cloudbursts along the Pine creek and other tributaries of the west branch of the Susquehanna have made it impossible to confine the water with in the banks of the streams. It has therefore spread out over the coun- try, and at every point is pouring into the main river. Graf fus run, a tributary which empties into the river below the city, over flowed its banks and spread over con siderable portion of the city at about noon yesterday, flooding many houses and driving the occupants from their homes. All of the houses were occu- pied by poor people, and the rise was so sudden the sufferers lost much of their personal property. Four miles of track of the Glen Allen Lumber Co. road have been swept away.
 The bloom" at Lockhaven has broken and Sl5, 1000, 900 feet of logs have been lost. The Upper Linden boom also broke at 5:30 last evening. It con tained 10,000,O00 feet of logs, and they have gone down. There are about 15O,- 100000 feet of logs in the main boom and half as many more in the city mill ponds that may go on a twenty-five foot flood.
 BRADFORD INUNDATED.
 BRADFORD, Pa, May 21.-The worst flood in Bradford's history rushed through Tuna valley yesterday. Twenty streets contiguous to the creek are inundated and hundreds of families are in the swim. The Douglas dam is partly torn away. Weaver's ice house is in ruins. The North street bridge is gone and several railroad and street bridges are in danger.
 JoHNsTowN AGAIN FLOODED.
 YOUNGSTOWN, Pa., May 2l.-The heavi- est rainstorm since the big flood of 1889 ceased yesterday morning, and early light disclosed flooded streets and all alleys and cellars full of water. Mer- chants here worked all night getting goods out of cellars. About S15, ,OOO worth of timber belonging to the Con- nemaugh Lumber Co. broke loose and was carried away, tearing two bridges away and causing great damage. Fifty feet of stone wall along the Come maugh river was washed away and crops in the vicinity were ruined, en- tailing a loss of thousands of dollars.
 Reports from Ebensburg at 10 o'clock last night said that the heaviest rain since 1889 was falling there and the streets were under water. Bridges across small streams were swept away. The report said that the farm crops were washed out, and everything was a big loss.
 JUNIATA ON A RAMPAGE.
 HUNTINGTON, Pa., May 21.-Within the past twenty-four hours the Juniata river and the Raystown branch have risen % feet, flooding the low-lying farms and imprisoning entire families in their homes who cannot be reached. A landslide near Ryde station on the Pennsylvania railroad covered the south tracks for three-quarters of a mile, and the tracks below this city washed out. The country approaches to Huntingdon have been closed to travel by the destruction of bridges
 
 At Sloyestown, Bedford county, Mrs Jacob Miller, while trying to save her personal belongings, was drowned Whole farms on the Raystown branch have bee. practically ruined, build ings and fencing washed away and crops desGoyed.
 BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY.
 HARRISBURG, Pa., May 21.-The iron bridges at Mill Creek, Mapleton and McVeytown were swept away yester. day by the high waters of the Juniata river.
 BIG DAM GIVES WAY.
 ALTOONA, Pa, May 21.-The dam in the Horse Shoe curve, above this city, broke at 1l:3O o'clock last night, 13 feet of it being carried away. The people living in the valley had ample time to get out of the way of the running water. If the heavy rainfall continues the rest of the dam will probably be carried away. Altoona gets it's water supply from this body.
 FLOOD IN NEW YORK STATE.
 GENEsEo, N. Y., The heaviest rain storm for years, lasting now forty-eight hours, has caused a great flood in the Geneseo river and an immense amount of damage has been done. The river continues to rise at the rate of to l2 inches an hour, and only lacks Is inches of the highest flood in ten years.
 FLEEING TO THE MOUNTAINS.
 CoBURN, Pa, May 21.-The water is two feet higher here than it was in 1889 and the people of the valley are fleeing to the hills and mountains for safety.
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 Mrs. Leases Illness.
 TOPEKA, Kan, May 2l.-A letter from Dr. Agnes Haviland says that Mrs.