The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-24
RUIN WROUGHT BY FLOODS
THE WORST SINCE 1889.
Johnstown Again Suffered Greatly From
the Conemaush.

Tho torrents Of rain which fell throughout
Pennsylvania sunday and Sunday nigh,
caused the greatest and most disastrous
floods since She memorable food OF 1889.
Following are reports from various points In
the state:
JonNsrowN. The Conemaugh valley for
o distance oiilftcen miles was visited Monday
morning about 3 o'clock by the most disas.
rous food experienced In years with the ex-
option Of the food of Nav 81. 1889. The
loss ia this valley alone IL yaSiously estimated
1t from $4,000 TO 100000 and IL is doubt.
ul II It Will fall much below the latter figure.
Il had been raining for several days in both
he COuemaugh aud STONY Creek valleys.
bat no danger was anticipated. as the rains
'eas"d Sunday evening. About O'Clock,
however. heavy rain again started IN the
ConeMHugh valley and about II O'Clock the
Hood eliminated when n large cloud bursted
near Eben-burg above wilnorc. Then the
treshct swc!ied the Conemaugh river 10 twice
IT, natural size. 1, was about o'clock before
the water reached Its highest point aud the
damage was complete.
HuILtpaYspURG.-A O'Clock Monday
morning shrIcking locomotive tore down
,rade into Gaysport. this county. conveying
Ia" warning that the Kittannlng Point reser-
yoir, iiv" miles up the Allegheny mountains,
lIl' llfNfl Ol Nltthh wafer ~NDIlN. anu III
which $50 600 900 gallons of water are stored
was about 10 break. The warning locomo-
tive was sent Ly Supt. Barnard, Of the Penn
-yiNania roHi. and the peopl" Of Gaysport,
nun'anylle ami the lower pant Of this place.
who were In the direct line II the expected
Hood. Immediately left their homes and iled
10 the hills
\ tecgruphic message received later from
kittanuing by the local operator read: "Thc
dam ha- BURT. For Gods sake tell Gays
port poopl" 10 iy" This second warning
Intensified the alarm. and the streets Of the
town became crowded with shri"kiny women.
wailing babies aud panic-s,ri'kcu men, half
riud and In their night garments The local
hotels were crowded with refugees and 1000
people spent the night in r"ltng rain IN
The hill tops. Many Uccidrnt- occurred ia
their flight. and there are scores Of ease. of
nervous pro-trutiun.
wuGiNNsrour. At shortly after one
o'clock Monday afternoon the water In
the river here has reached height of 81
feet above low water. one foot higher than
the disastrous food OF 1889. The entire cty
t. under water from four e. 20 feet. The
water Is still rising at the rate Of inches an
hour All the logs at the boom.
which broke at one O'Clock that
morning. have been swept away. as well
~ many saw mills and houses IN the lower
part Of the city. Al telegraph and telephone
communication WIFI Inc outer WOrlu Is now
suspended. the offices being flooded aud
rlo-cd as this dispatch Is being sent. Ia the
business portion Of the city the water has
rea he'd "A depth Of eight feet. and shows no
signs OF rrceding. The loss has already
reached more than : ! .O0O. 900 aud unless re-
lief comes 1t will be three times that amount.
HARRIsBURG.- midnight Monday the
river was within two feet ~
high ~ in the unprecedented food Of 1889
aud rapidly rising. II had risen 20 feet since
: O'Clock Sunday morning. Acres OF terri
tory in this city are inundated. and hundreds
Of people have either been compelled to seek
refuge In second stories OF their houses or
leave entirely. All the islands in the river
opposite Harrisburg are covered with several
feet OF water. Water on the Pennsylvania
railroad tracks, east OF this city. is nearly
three feet deep. Advices from the north
h-"' h Of the river showing that II is rising
..,.u., ie.. -...O ttIat CiN IV. asAiia quay
reach Its depth OF five years ago during to-
night
REApISG. Reports received show that the
food Is likely 20 prove as distrous hs that OF
1859. Three bridges have been carried away
on the Pine Grove division Of the Reading
railroad at Sudberg, Stony Creek and
Dauphin aud traffic H. completely checked.
\ washou, is reported On the Little Schuyl.
kill. near New lhnggold, aud bridge ha.
been carried away on the S'huylkil branch
regions. especially In the vicinity of Shenan-
louh. say that many Of the colleries have
been flooded and IL may take week 10 pump
them out. The Schuylkill river in this sec.
ton l. feet above low water mark, hut no
serious damage j. reported IN this immediate
vicinity. At Hamburg aud Shoemnker,ville,
north Of Reading the lowlauds are this morn
ing covered with three 20 five feet OF water
aud crops are ruined.
NEWPORT The waters Of the Junata river
have swoulen her" until the flood reaches to
second street. All properties along Front
street have water ON the first hoors. The
water is % feet above low water mark, AMI
will have 10 come up nj least live feet to be
n high ~ June |. 1889 Many families have
abandoned their homes and sought shelter
with friends ON higher ground. About
$4,000 worth Of lumber has been swept
away from Swegcr 4 Shrclllrr's planning aud
saw mills Fletcher's planning mill stands In
som" four feet OF water. aud much valuable
machinery has been damaged. The water
seems TO he falling hut II may rise again
when the waters of tho upper Junlata
and branches come down.
IHLAuUIrHA. The big boom at Williams
port, containing millions of feet of timber,
broke between and o'olo'k Monday morn
ing The river has uy"rllowrd its banks, and
the lower iloor- Of houses and business places
near the river sides a-r flooded. The West
rru Union office there has been washed out
and tr.osrapAic communication is now EN-
Urr,y rgt on.
A. AtHu,idayshurs dnd Tyrone the Juniata
was almost ~ high o. during the food Of
lssp, and much loss ha- been ~Y-tained. The
railroads huy" suffered ,.yaroiy. ~ usual,
aud u,I trulu- are greatly delayed because of
wu-huut- and landslide. hHt now the storm
ha- -ow"wha' ahutod. AMI it B., hoped that all
VIII soon nr IN good shape again.
COXEY FOR CONGRESS-.