The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1894-05-23
RAGING WATERS.
Great Damage by Floods in Penn
Bylvania Towns.
Rivers Are Over Their Banks and Con-
stantIy Rising-Several Towns Threat
ened with Destruction Bridges
Washed Away and Railway
Tranio interrupted.

JoHNsTowN, Pa, May 21.-S a. m.-
The water of the little Conemaugh Is
on a rampage. The Lincoln bridge is
guarded by police who permit no one
to cross as the structure is being bat
tered Rercely by floating logs and
debris, and Is in imminent danger of
being washed from its foundations. A
frame building at the bridge approach
was spewt away few moments ago
and other buildings are tottering. Fire
and church bells are ringing, whistles
blowing, and people are fleeing from
the rushing waters. So far no loss OF
life has been reported, and 1t Is not
thought that there will be any,
HUNTINGDON, Pa, May 2l.-Yester-
days great flood has been exceeded
only once in the history of the Juniats
valley, the last four days rainfall hav-
| ing raised the Juniata river and Rays
| town branch twenty feet above low
water mark and entailing great de-
struction to property. In this place
the waters flooded the lower streets,
driving the people from their homes
and in the lower farming districts whole
families are imprisoned in their houses,
unable TO be reached owing TO the turb-
ulence Of the streams. Three new iron
county bridges spanning the Juniata
and Raystown branch have been swept
away. The destruction of scores Of
mine bridges and washouts Of public
roads have closed all rural approaches
to this place. The gas company's plant
here is submerged and the lower 8osgs
of many business houses are flooded.
Mrs. Jacob Miller was drowned at
Saxton while trying TO save some prop
erty.
A landslide ut Ryde station on the
Pennsylvania railroad covered the
south track for the distance of nearly
mile, and portion of the track WAs
washed away Great damage to prop
erty and farm lands along the R9vs-
town branch is reported.
WnLIAMsPoET, Pa, May 2l.-T6s
city is passing through state Of food
excitement unequalled since the memer-
able June /, 1889, when the river
reached the unprecedented height of
S3h feet and inundated two-thirds Of
the city. For forty-eight hours pakt
rain has been falling heavily and the
river is twenty-five feet high and rising
: rapidly. The conditions are shroudSd
in such uncertainty that no man edn
predict what the day viii bring f~th,
, and the widest and most eXtravagaAt
7 rumors are afoat. Prohting by the esI-
perience of five years ago, those IN
) prospective danger spent Sunday in se-
r moving their effects 20 places ofsafeH.
Thousands OF men worked like
I beavers removing goods to ht&
grounds, or to the upper stories yf
l buildings, and the rumble Of hea<y
: wheels, the shouts of excited men, aai
Q the ringing Of alarm bells broke tAe
5 Sabbath stiffness, and made the day y
!, exciting one. The situation last nigAt
1 was discouraging TO say the least fSr
d the rain was still falling in torrents,
q and all the streams about this city are
u raging torrents. Al least ten milliet
K feet Of logs have gone down the river
:, At o'clock this morning the great
IS boom with its millions Of dollars wortl
, of uncut timber gave way.
i ALTOONA, Pa, May 2l.-The lorrg
: continued and heavy rains are havf1
y their effect in this section. As far d
r. has been learned the Logan Walls!
u Electric Railway Company is the heavi
IL est loser. All bridges on the line be
u tween this place and Hollidaysburl
"a have been damaged, much Of the traes
oI has been badly washed out and Lake
u mont park is entirely submerged
u The new Bellwood extension is ala
T. badly washed. Trains on the Pennsyl
vania railroad between here and Hns
'u risburg are running late and 1t is ~
Us ported that several bridges are 4
~ danger.
nc LEwIsBURG, Pa, May 2i.-Ihe supoI
Vi intendent of the Lewisburg Il Tyrop
g branch of the Pennsylvania railros
aS from here to Bellefonte, reports heav
W washouts at Millmont and west TO RI
'y ing Spring. A number of bridges =
gone, and the extensive and eXpensi,
tramway connection at Paddy Mou'
. tain has been carried away. The watt
- is two feet higher at Coburn than
-, was in 1889, and the people of the W
II leys are fleeing to the hills and mola
~ tains.
hn LEwIsTowN, Pa, May 2l.-The hea'
S rs rain of the past three days has cause
as s a wild food In the Juniatta river an
~ the streams Of Miffiin county. Sout
- ward the country is inundated and ha
~ the poulation has had to fee TO Il
W. w. high land or go into upper stories
'I AZ their houses. The McVeytown coun'
-, 49,, iron bridge is wreck.
ere u ... hv E,r.