The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-21

many washouts along the railroad, IL Is MOI
thought that through traffic can De resumed
are known to have lost their lives in the
food in the Conemaugh river.
A Reservoir In Danger.
ALTOONA, Pa, May 81, 1S94.-The Al
toona reservoir, located at Kittanning Point.
which stood the big food of May, 1889, was
in danger last night AT late hour there
was a sudden rise, but it is now hoped the
worst Is over. The rush of water
is yet unexplained. When Super
intendent Galley reached the
reservoir, four gullies eight feet In depth
and averaging fifteen feet in width had been
cut In the embankment. Fortunately, there
was but one "idal wave" and the water
soon ceased to pour over the breast OF the
dam Necessary repairs were commenced
at once. Should the dam yet give way the
country In the direction of Hollidaysburg
would suffer from the food. Its break
would also he the cause of water famine in
Altoona Many families residing in the
lowlands have, as precautionary measure
removed to high ground for safety.
Tried 10 stir tho PhiladeIphians.
PHILADELPHIA, May 81. 1894. Since
Friday night and up to noon today four and
one-half inches of rain have fallen in Phila-
delphia and there is no evidence of an
abatement. The storm was particularly
severe on the Delaware River and Bay, and
numerous craft are in the lower harbor tug
boats not being able to handle them High
easterly winds caused unusually full tides
and many of the wharves in the upper
section OF the city were flooded, and the
merchandise stored on them ruined.
Seamen predict that the storm along the
coast has been most severe, and they antlcl-
IL f(r-Txr I'M
on the beach by the combined influence OF
the heavy winds and seas.
The tug Active was thirty y-one hours tow
ing the schooner Charles l.. Davenport and
bark Persia from the Breakwater TO Phila-
delphia, such was the force Of the wind
The heavy rains throughout the Schuyl-
kill Valley caused the Schuyikill River to
rise rapidly, aad numerous creeks which
empty into the stream are raging torrents
The amount Of damage done along the
Schuylkill River has not yet been learned.
Fleeing Frons Their Homes.
READING. Pa, May 81, 1sS4,-Two small
bridges have been washed away on the
Frackville branch of the Reading road above
ST. Clair. West Milton reports this morn
ing that the town of Milton Is threatened
with destruction, and that II the water con-
tinues rising. terrible flood is apprehended.
The people are terror stricken. and are NOV
ing out of their hoEles.
At Lewisburg the water is within six feet
of the foo of 1888 and still rising rapidly.
AZ Hamburg and Schoemakersville, north
of Reading, the lowlands are this morning
covered with three to five feet of water and
crops are ruined. At Schuylklll Haven a
number of families living in the iowlands
were compelled to vacate their homes and
are being sheltered in the fire engine houses
South of ReadIng very little damage Is re-
ported The Perkiomen Greek is very high,
and q ten-foot food is reported in the
Schuylkill south of that point.
PennsF suffers Much Damage.
PIrTsBuRa, Pa May 81, 1S94.-The tor
rents of rain which have fallen have caused
disastrous foods along the line of the Penn
sylvania Road, and through traffic has been
obstructed to such an extent that trains may
not be running for forty eight bours.
Pennsylvania Railroad officials this morn
ing stated that it would be two days before
any trains could be got through over the
tracks to points east OF Johnst0wn. Reports
indicated that at Bridge No. 6. about miles
east of Conemaugh, the tracks for dis
tance of 1900 feet were covered with water
from two to four feet deep. This was the
point where the tracks suffered most. The
extent of the damage to the road-bed could
not be definitely stated at ten O'Clock this
morning At that time the waters IN the
Conemaugh were at stand and no further
damage was anticipated.
The tracks east of Bennington, for q dis
tance of eighteen miles, were more or less
damaged In some places immense wash
outs had occurred All trains were tied up.
a number of freight trains had been caught
in this stretch of tracks and they had to stop
wherever they happened when the flood
came upon them
~, af,1 10 fha tn
through last night was the Eastern express,
which left Union station, Pittsburg, at
seven o'clock The fast line express that
| leaves for the East at $40 F. NJ, was
caught In the food at Bennington and was
| compelled to return to this city.
The last train to come In from the East
was the Limited due at 1910 last night All
trains following were stopped By the high
water and are tied up near Johnstown
| Everything was in confusion at the Union
station, this morning, as the first bulletins
| were posted that no trains would probably be
able to get through to the East for two days.
Communications we're at once opened with
officials of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
! for the use of their tracks by the Pennsyl-
vania trains until the damage to the track
could be repaired Until the result OF these
negotiations were known there was much
| anxiety among passengers
n -
DUNKIRK, N. Y, May 81, 1894. Reports
of the devastation wrought by yesterdays
flood are coming in from every quarter It
will take many thousands of dollars to
cover the damage in this city alone,
while reports from the surrounding
country say that acres and acres OF
garden land were torn out along the banks
| of the creek and bridges, culvert5, etc, were
carried away. At Fredonia the Water
street iron bridge was lifted from its founda-
ton and lodged half a mile below Many
narrow escapes from drowning are re
ported. While Henry Tilley of the
| Colgan Farm was absent from home
and his wife sick in bed, his little
| three -year-old boy wandered from the house,
aud was carried away by the current. All
railroads entering the city, excepting the
Lake Shore, are badly crippled on account
of the washQuts. The daBmge to crops
alone will amount to many thousands OF
| dollars