The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-23
ANGRY WATERS
ARE RECED|NG
Sad Scenes Of DGSOlatlOn in The Wake Of the
Flood.
WILLIAMSPORT'S Cause FOR Woe
Loss of Over $3,ooo.ooo in Logs
and Lumber That FIoated Down the
Susquehanna - Easton Damaged
$50, ,ooo-Crops Will Need to Be
Re-planted in Many Sections-Gen-
eral Notes of the Flood.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, May 90.

WILLIAMsPoRT. Pa, May %.
Q07ILLIAMSPORT today emerged
WMII from it's enforced isolation and
WNYI began 10 calculate the damage
OU done by its immersion by the
food The rain In this lsection began
last Thursday morning, with frequent
heavy showers that have only ceased
this morning. The west branch rose
rapidly all day Sunday, and at 10
o'clock that night the water COM
menced to flood the lower portion of
the city. At 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon tie food had reached its height
here and registered thirty-two feet
above low water mark, and two feet
less than on June |, 1889.
The flood is now gradually receding.
but in the business section of the town
there is yet twenty seven feet of water.
Williamsport and the entire West
Branch valley presents sorry sight in
deed The people prepared for the
worst all day Sunday, so the losses in
many instances will not be so great as
five years ago A careful estimate of
the financial loss for Williamsport and
Lycoming county at this time is $40,
100000.
This city sustained its greatest loss
in the wreck of the Susquehanns boom
and the loss of 175, ,000,0 900 feet of logs
held in it. At o'clock yesterday af.
ternoon the boom burst and the logs
went floating down the river. These
logs in their rough condition were
worth on an average of ten dollars per
Thousand feet. Manufactured here
they would have been worth twice that
sum. In consequence the loss to the
INN bermen alone will foot up over So,
900, 900. Added to this the loss occas-
stoned by wrecked bridges. the stock of
merchandise, household effects, dam.
ages to crops, etc will easily bring the
damage up to $40, 600, 900.
BRIDGES SWEPT AWAY.
A number of drowning accidents
have been reported, but as yet these
rumors have not been confirmed. The
Market street bridge went out at Ii
o'clock Yesterday morning and the
Maynard street bridge followed at
o'clock in the afternoon. These
bridges were OF iron and were replaced
after the 1889 flood, each costing about
100000 One small span of the Penn
sylvania railroad bridge at its eas tern
end in Montgomery was damaged,
while the double track iron bridge of
the Reading railroad and the new
county iron bridge at Muncy are a to-
tai loss. The bridge of the Reading
company cost $780, 900 and has been in
use little over four yenrs.
The Pennsylvania railroad bridge Mt
the eastern end Of this city, and their
Linden bridge were loaded down with
coal cars and 0rsvely withstood the
great strain to which they were sub
iected. The two iron bridges here col
lapsed All the bridges on the North
ern Central railway between here and
Elmira, as well as the roadway, are re-
ported all right.
BY reason of the high water the
plants Of the two; electric light COM
panies and the gas company were
drowned out yesterday and the city
was in total darkness. The lower Dor
ton of the city is without water by
reason Of the mains of the city watel
works having broken. The lower Of
business portion Of the city presents 9
sad spectacle. Tho main streets are
full of floating logs. boarc
walks, wreckage an 'debbris o.
all descriptions. Steam aud row boats
and even pieces of boards are
used in the main thoroughfares in 60
ing from place to place. Thousands oI
persons fled for safety aud shelter t
higher grounds These refugees have
been very kindly cared for and tn
people of Willamsport are doing
everything in their power to help them
selves in their present deplorable ca
lamity.
No newspapers were issued from any
OF the Offices here yesterday, as thS
plants OF all were drowned out.
The total losses here, as estimated by
conservative men. are $4,000 600. Thi
includes 81, 500, 900 in logs, $3.50. 900 oil
sawed lumber and the balance on prop
er.y throughout the city. The boom
held 17O, 900, 900 feet Of logs