The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1894-05-22
DISASTROUS FLOODS
Allegheny, Susquehanna and
GeneSee on a Rampage.
YOUNGSTOWN SUFFERS AGAIN
The Storm General Throughout the
State of Pennsylvania and Parts
of New York.
YOUNGSTOWN SUFFERS AGAIN
Associated Press.

Associated Press.
Williamsport, Pa, May 21,-The Sds-
ouehanna river continued to rise dur
ing the night, and nearly the entire
business portion of the city is under
water There has been no telegraphic
communication with Lockhaven since
O'clock yesterday.
Pittsburg, May 21.-Floods have
stopped traffic completely. The business
portion of Johnstown is under water.
The loss is estimated at 100000. Two
lives have been lost.
Warren, Pa, May 2l.-Rowboats took
the place of street cars here today.
Newport, Pa, May 21.-The Juniata
river is % feet above low water mark.
Families on Front street have abandon
ed their homes. The water flooded the
first stories of the houses.
Johnstown, Pa, May 21.-Jchnstown
is experiencing the most disastrous
flood since the big flood of May 81 1889.
The damage will amount to at least
SSOO,OOO. The Pennsylvania railroad is
the heaviest loser
The river is now falling rapidly.
Three buildings were carried away in
the central part of the city, and many
o4t,o,.c 1No5Ixr JoYoooa1
Rochester, May 21-The Genesee river
Is within q foot of high water mark.
Cellars in the business portion of the
city are filling with water, and the
river is on a level with several railroads
1t is still rising.
Oil City, Pa, May 21.-The city flats
are inundated, and easements are full
Of water. This is the district that was
wiped out in June, 1892, with a loss Of
60 lives.
Wllliamsport, Pa, May 21, 1 p. m.-
The water has reached 81 feet above
low water mark, one foot higher than
the disastrous flood of 1885, The entire
city is under water from to 25 feet.
Rain is falling in torrents, and the
water is still rising inches an hour.
All the logs at the boom which broke
at 1 o'clock this morning have been
swept away, as well as many sawmills
and houses in the lower part Of the city.
The loss has already reached more than
81, 100000. Unless relief soon comes it
will be three times as much. No trains
have arrived or departed in the last
"a hours.
Pittsburg, May 21.-Dispatches from
many points along the Allegheny river
report great damage at Etna and
Sharpsburg. The streets are submerged
and thousands Of dollars worth of gar
den truck is ruined.
Adrian Wichat, aged Is years, while
trying to rescue team near Edna,
was drowned.
Danville, May 1.-In the Genesee val
ley the water is two feet above the
high water mark of the great freshet
five years ago. AS far as the eye can
see is an expanse of water, timbers and
wreckage. Farmers will lose hundreds
of thousands in crops
New York, May 21.-An unusually
high tide prevailed along the coast last
night So far as can be ascer.ained. no
serious damage has been done.
Philadelphia, Pa, May 21.-At Many
unk the mills have stopped and the
water is rushing through the streets
and the inhabitants are padding about
In boats The water is four feet deep
In the stock yards. West Philadelphia.
Elmira, N. Y, May 21.-The Chemung
river is IS feet above low water mark.
and is rising at the rate Of six inches
an hour.