Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-21
MANY RIVERS RUN HIGH
Floods Caused by the Recent Hard
Rains.
Damage Caused in New York and
way-Tho Potomac Swollen.

been caused by food dispatch from
Genesee ". Y. sent last night, said:
The heaviest rainstorm for years, lasting
now forty-eight hours. has caused a great
food in the Genesee river. and an immense
amount of damage has been done. Hun
dreds Of acres planted to early beans and
peas will be washed out. The fats for
miles around this village resemble an i'm
mense inland lake. Travel from here to
Pifford and CuyIerville and other points by
wagon road Is cut of. The river continues
to rise at the rate of eight to twelve inches
an hour, and only lacks eighteen inches
OF the highest flood in ten years. No lives
are endangered as yet.
At Mount Morris the water in the river
has reached a point higher than at any
time since June, 1890. The depth of the
water now going over the dam at that
place Is nine feet. rise OF six feet in the
past twenty-four hours. and still continues
TO rise. Between Mount Morris and Son.
yea. where Buck run crosses the highway,
the waters have forced away the south
abutment The bridge has been under re-
pairs. and was not completed Last night
II gave way under the high pressure of
water from that small creek.
Several families living on the low lands
have been compelled to vacate their homes.
Damage to crops at this place will be some
thing serious, as nearly every farmer has
planted The officials of the Western New
from Rochester last evening. on special
train. TO ascertain the danger Of their
bridge that spans the river near the dam.
One Of the abutments to the race gates
IL settling badly. and fear is expressed that
IL will not resist the great pressure on il
by the swelling. If this should give way.
all the houses between the village and the
river will be wrecked. and undoubtedly
washed away as this would turn the water
directly on to them.
An Olean. y. Y, dispatch says: From
present indications Olean is going to have
duplicate OF the great flood OF five years
ago The water in Olean creek is as high
already as il was then. and the river is
within about four feet Of high-water mark,
and raising at the rate of seven inches an
hour. People along lower Barry street be-
gan to move out at noon. and all the lower
streets have since followed. and the houses
are nearly all deserted in that portion of
the city.
The tracks Of the Bolivar route are under
water for five miles. The Allegany river
also runs along there. and millions of feet
OF logs are held in booms at the different
mills. The electric street railway company
has abandoned all its cars. The Erie has
abandoned all trains on the Western d.
vision. as well all trains on the West
ern New York and Pennsylvania
At Portville the streets are submerged.
and people are being driven from their
homes
Panic mt WilliamspOrt.
A Willamsport. Pa. dispatch, dated last
Rstrous flood of 1889. which spread death
and destruction throughout this valley
brought back to memory by the threatened
danger of another sweep OF water the peo-
pie OF this city and all through the west
branch valley are in state of panic that
has turned the usually quiet Sunday into
one OF remarkable excitement Since Fri
day night a steady and almost continuous
downpcur Of rain has been swelling all
the streams and nil
cioudbursts along the Pine creek and other
TRIBUTARIES of the west branch of the Sus-
quehanna have made it impossible to con-
line the water within the banks of the
streams 1t has. therefore. spread out over
the country. and at every point is pouring
into the main river.
a clOudburst at Heating, twenty miles
above Remove. early this morning raised the
river there twenty feet. and the river at
Remove Is reported higher than in the flood
or 1889, when half the town was under
water. Above there and extending to the
headwaters at Clearfield, every town and
hamlet has been reduced by water to the
conditions that prevailed in 1889. Along
the Philadelphia and Erie railroad, between
this point and Emporium, traffic has been
practically suspended since last night.
Ringing Fire and Church Bells
The fire and church bells Of the city were
rung at 10 o'clock this morning to notify
the people of the impending danger, and
since that hour the work of preparing for
NAc WOISl mas Deen IN prORrSSS- In the
hundreds Of homes that were submerged
FIVE years ago. the people moved out and
stored their goods in the houses of those
living on the highlands. The business part
OF the city was a complete wreck five years
ago. and hundreds Of merchants are moving
their stock to places of safety.
The regular church services were all sus-
pended today. and in all of the houses of
worship those who attended confined their
devotion to the Offering up OF prayers for
the assistance Of Providence in the present
emergency.
The rain at IL pm. IS coming down in
heavy sheets, the wind is blowing furiously
and the river is rising at the rate Of a foot
an hour. 1t is now twenty-three feet above
low water mark. The lower part of the city
Is flooded, the water has overlooked the
the streets In the upper end are under
water The Reading railroad tracks
through the city are flooded, and no more
ualnS can be run on that road until the
water subsidies People in the lowlands are
rapidly moving to places of safety. There
Is danger of break of the big boom, which
contains 11j,OOO,OcO feet of logs.
The boom" at Lockhaven has broken
and 1j,OOC,OOO feet of logs have been lost.
The Upper Linden boom also broke at $50
this afternoon 1t contained 100000 feet
OF logs, and they have gone down.
A Steamboat Wrecked.
A wiIkesbarre dispatch says: The wind
and rainstorm did considerable damage
throughout Luzerne county today. Fences
were blown down. trees uprooted and out
buildings were wrecked.
Several large coal breakers, which made
good targets for the wind, were badly dam
aged The steamer Mayfiower plying on
the SusquehanIa between Nanticoke and
Plymouth, dashed against its pier by
the wind and totally wrecked. 1t sank in a
few minutes The crew had a narrow es-
cape
At Ashley a tree fell on a passing electric
car, wreckins 1t and fatally injuring Bryan
Berry, the motorman- Two passengers were
slightly injured.
Refuge on the Hills.
A Lewisburg. Pa, dispatch says: The
superintendent of the Lewisburg and Ty-
rome branch of the Pennsylvania railroad
running from here to Bellefonte, reports
heavy washOuts at Miltmont and west of
there to Rising Spring. a number of
bridges are gone. and the extensive and
expensive tramway construction at Paddy
mountain is all washed out. The water is
two feet higher at Coburn than it was In
1Ss9. and the people Of the valley are flee
Ing to the hills and mountains for safety
Brndford's Worst Flood
Bradford. Pa. dispatch says: The worst
flood in Bradfords history is rushing
through Tuna valley. Twenty streets con-