The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-21
MANY TOWNS FLOODED.
Heavy Rain Glnts Rivers in
Pennsylvania and New York.
JeAnstovn, Buffalo. Williamspert and
Lochhaven Among the Sa1ererA

JeAnstovn. Baaalo. Williamsport and
Lochhaven Among the Sa0ererA
sasll Lees - Lass. Dssssss Aapls
Warni.g Was Gsvss-Als shs Ran-
resAs stopped -nriAess WasAsa oss
SD Crops 1atas4
Continued rains hays swollen the
streams Of PennsyIsanis and Eastern
New York to height not reached since
iss8. the year Of the Johnstown Hood.
The railroads have ceassd running because
bridgss ars gone and tracks washed out
Towns are flooded and log booms carried
away, and the streams are still rising.
Damage already done amounts 10 hsn.
dreds OF Thousands of dollars, but the
worst il 70 come, and the amount of dam
aGs will roach millions. Theirs will Be no
large loss Of life. only three drownings has-
Ing been reported.
At Oil City as l2:50 this morning the
river vas fourtssn fsst four inches above
LOG water. and rising three inches IN hour.
The city viii b flooded.
The alleys and cellars Of Johustovu ara
flooded and merchants are moving their
goods. Crops aiong the Conemaugh are
ruined. Fifty feet Of stone wall alonr the
river has been washed away. Tom Nc
Vealers. Is years old, waa drowned.
Ebensburg 10 under water, and rerorts
loss of bridges and crops.
The iron bridges at Mil Creek. Maple
ton and McVsytown wssS swept away By
the high waters Of the Juniata river. At
10 O'Clock last night the eJuniata was rising
eighteen inches IN ho0r, and people along
it, banks we're moving - the hills.
Pittsburg expects > twenty-three-foot
stage. which viii inconvsnisncs dwellsrs
on the iowlands.
Jersey Shore 10 under water. At Phil.
iipsburg the water i already higher than
IL WAS in the flood Of 16eo.
The water il two feet higher at Coburn
than it Was In ls6o, SD the people Of the
valley are deeing 70 the hills and moan
tains for safety.
At Stoysstown. Bedford county, Mrs.
Jscob Miller. while trying 70 SAYS hsr Per
sonal belongings. was drowned.
Between Altoona and lfill Cessk the
loss - very great.
The Genesss valley. Hew York, asaln Il
the scene Of food falIy equal 70 the
frsshst Of june. 1859. Af Houehton. FilI
moro and Gold Greek frS6hets are SLING
cellars and carrying o. II loose propsrty.
Olean and POrtviils, II r, srs flooded.
South Buffalo 10 6ooddA Poiics in row.
boats are rsscuiug psepas from the rsoh Of
houses. -
PHILADELPHrA. May n-Dispatchss 70
the Pennsylvanis railrcad officials report
that Il has been raining several days and
that the watsrs Of the Husqushanna ars
still rising, and constructive estimate
places the probabls total rise Ct ftom
twenty-five to thirty feet. A. Remove the
water had risen this evening to twsnty-six
feet above low wster mark, and Ct Ksat-
ing sixteen feet At the latter POINT the
river is rising foot an hour. At Drift
wood the stream 10 within two feet Of the
lower chord Of the railroad bridge. At
Westport the sides have been re.
moved from the westsrn end Of the rail.
road bridge. and the water d dovine
freely throught it Communication with
Karthous has been ont on since 80 this
morning. Part Of Lockhavon is under
vatsr, and the food there 10 very hieh.
and 1t Bellefonte and Rising Springs. two
spans Of . railroad bridge have been
carried away. In this district Il has been
raining since yesterday. There 10 ssven-
foot food in Lycomin9 creek, and at Ris-
Ing Springs the water II eighteen inches
higher than Il was in 1859. At Bixler's
and Vineyard . number Of company
buildings have been carried away.
At Upton the railroad bridge has
shifted somewhat, and the tracks
are under water. On the Cambria 4
Clearfisld railroad the piers Of bridess
have been undermined and the road OBJ.
structsd by lumber Of small washouts.
Seventy five cars have been loaded with
stone. All the quarriss are being worked
to their full capacity, and large forces Of
men are loading cars with cindsrs 70 be
run on the bridges and entertainments
should the food threaten them. Railrosd
officials say stone and trsstls timber Il
ready for use ct Lockhavsn should the
Hood carry away railroad bridges or road
bed there.
At o'clock this afternoon the Western
Union force at Lockhaven wss driven ont
of the Office by the flood, and since that
time nothing has been heard from there.
The ofiics 10 located In tbs center Of town,
some distance from the river, and the de-
struction OF property must Be very great.
BRAproRp. Pa, May D.-Ths worst flood
In Bradford's history II rushing through
Tuna valley today. Twenty streets con-
tiguous 70 the creek are inundated, and
hundreds Of families are In the swim. The
east and west branches Of the Tuna are
both transformed into sood-sixsd rivers.
Below Foreman street, at the couflu-
snce OF the two streams, the food
Is quarter of . mile wide and il
high enough 70 ruin ell the carpets
In the houses on Hilton and other
streets in the lower part of the
sixth ward. The Douglas dam 10 partly
torn away. Weaver's ice houssi 10 in ruins.
The North street bridge is gone, and sew
srA railroad and street bridges are in dan
ger. The railroad people are holding
down their bridges with heavy loaded
cars In the Sixth ward twenty families
were taken ont OF their houses in boats
during the night. and on Clarence, River
and Hilton streets . corps OF sk.fis rescued
many more. Luckily there were no fatals-
ties. An ls-months-oid hsby fell into the
West branch this evening. and was swept
away In the current Thomas Potter
ieaped into the creek and after desper-
ate struggle saved the child. The flood
from the East branch covered the territory
over shsch run the Erie Raiirosd CON-
pany's tracks. the Wessern New York and
Pennsyivania tracks and those of the
Bradford. Bord xeli K Kinxua railway.