The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-21

bridge has shifted somewhat and the tracks
are under water. On the Cambria * Clear
field railroad the piers of the bridges have
been undermined and the road obstructed by
number or small washouts. Seventy-nve
cars have been loaded with stone. All the
quarries are being worked to their capacity
and large forces of men are loading cars
with cinders to be run on to bridges and
embankments should the flood threaten
them Railroad officials here say that stone
and trestle timber is ready for use at Lock-
haven should the flood carry away railroad
bridges or roadbed there.
Between Altoona and Mill Creek the loss
from flood suffered by farmers is very great.
Their crops are destroyed and fences ana
small buildings have been washed away:
The washing away of the track south OF
Williamsburg and along the Springfield
branch, and the destruction of the railroad
Springs has caused a discontinuance of
train service on the Williamsburg and
Springfield branches.
The Juniata river and the Raystown
branch have risen twenty-five feet, flooding
the low-lying farms and imprisoning entire
families antilles IN their homes & who cannot t1I,o be
don, was flooded TO the second floors or the
houses, and Allegheny street in Huntington
there have been temporarily abandoned to
the rising waters, and many residences and
business houses are flooded to the second
Mapleton, Mill Creek and Texters have
been swept away. landslide near Ryde
ersd the south sracIxs for three-ol1ar rters of
a mile, and the tracks below Huntington
are washed out. The country approaches
TO Huntingdon have been closed to travel
by the destruction of bridges and washouts.
At Stoyertown, Bedford county, Mrs. Ja-
cob Miller, while trying TO save some per
sonal belongings. drowned. Whole
farms on the Raystown branch have been
practically ruined buildings and fences car
ried away and crops destroyed.
The water has reached higher points IN
Blair county than during the flood Of 1882
and the loss of property has been especially
great at Frankstown, Gaysport, Williams
burg, Duncansville and Resse's Station.
Several county and railroad bridges are
down and traffic is suspended on the elec-
tric and steam railroad lines. To-day the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company chartered
a line of hacks to convey passengers to
williamsburg. Lake Montpark, an exten-
sive pleasure resort, is under water. Hun
dreds of acres OF farm lands are submerged
and crops destroyed.
The superintendent of the Lewisburg &
Tyrone branch of the Pennsylvania rail-
road running from Lewisburg to Belle
fonte, reports heavy washouts at Miltmont
and west of there to Rising Springs. A
number of bridges are gone and the eX-
tenSive and expensive, tramWay conStruc-
ton at Paddy mountain is all washed out
The water is two feet higher at Coburn
than it was in 1889, and the people of the
valley are fleeing to the hills and
mountains for safety
Lockhaven was driven from the office by
the flood, and since that hour nothing has
been heard from that point. The office is
located in the center of town, some dis
tance from the river, and the destruction
of property must therefore, be very great