Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-21


of men on the ground ready TO repair all
damage as soon as the water falls. Three
train loads of west-bound knights Templar
are held up In this city awaiting the OPEN
ing of the line to Pittsburg They may not
be able to proceed before tomorrow morn
ing.
Driven Ont by the Flood.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa, May 2l.-The
river continued to rise during the night and
this morning nearly the entire business
portion of the city was under water The
Western Union telegraph office, which is
situated on comparatively high ground, has
SIX inches of water on its floor There has
been no telegraphic communication with
Lock Haven since o'clock yesterday after
neon, at which hour the telegraph operator
was driven from mis- Office by the rising
flood.
The Entire City Under Water.
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. May 2l.l p.m.-The
water In the river has reached a height of
thirty-one feet at this hour, one foot higher
than the disastrous flood OF 1889. The en-
tire city is under water, which ranges
in depth from four to twenty feet The
water is still rising at the rate of six inches
an hour.
All the logs at the boom, which broke
at o'clock this morning, have been swept
1
houses in the lower part of the city Not
telegraph or telephone wire is working
out of the city. with the single exception of
a shaky long-distance telephone wire which
was placed at the disposal of the Associated
Press correspondent
While he was talking to PHILADELPHIA he
was driven out of the Office by the rapid
rise of the water. In the business portion
OF the city the water has reached a depth
of eight feet and shows no sign of recedng
The rain at O'Clock is coming down in
torrents. The loss has already reached
more than a million dollars, and unless re-
much. No trains have arrived or departed
from the city for twenty-four hours.
Train Service Interrupted.
SUNBURY, Pa, May 21.-Passenger
trains on the Pennsylvania railroad are
running far as Dewart and no
| trains are running over the Northern
Central railroad between Williamsport and
Elmira. Trains are running over the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western railroad
from Elmira to Scranton. No trains are
running ON the pennsylvania road between
Williamsport and Kane. Trains from Har-
rlsburg and Wilkesbarre are arriving in
this city on schedule time.
There is serious washout on the Reading
road below Wiliiamsport and passengers
are being transferred. No Reading trains
can enter Williamsport, as their depot in
| that city is flooded and the tracks are un-
| 0cA i've ltet OF water 1here Is a ten-fCOt
hood IN this city and both branches of the
/ river are rising. The flood in 1889 reached
depth of fifteen feet
Rowboats Instead of Street Cars,
| WARREN, Pa, May 2l.-Rowboats took
the place Of street cars here today. All the
streets in the lower districts are under wa
ter, but the rise was SO gradual that no Sc
rious damage was done. No trains are run
nhg except between here and Erie.
I'm the Juniata valley.
| NEWPORT, Perry county. Pa, May 2l-
The Juniata river is twenty-five feet above
low water mark, about five feet lower than
the terrible flood of 1889 Families on
Front street have abandoned their homes
the water flooding the first stories of their
homes. Greger & Shrcffier's planning and
saw mills are under about five feet OF
water, and about sl0.0U0 worth of lumber
| has been swept away.
The water Is now at q standstill The
less will be very heavy.
Rivers Again Rising.
| HUNTINGDON. Pa. May 2I.-The flood
In the Juniata valley is still raging with
un abated fury. The rivers fell slightly las,
night. but rose again this morning in con-
sequence Of a ~atersrout bursting and
flooding the mountain district north of
here.
Five new county bridges in Huntington
county hRye been destroyed making an
4ggref4ee' loss Of about se0.O0o. The county
commissioners are In a dilemma, as the
constitutional bonded Indebtedness has al
ready been exceeded. At Everett Elmer
WagLer was drowned last night, making
the second victim Of the flood. His body
was Lot recovered.
The citizens of Alexandria were forced
from their homes today. and much prop
erty there was destroyed.
The branch mining roads on the Hunting
nd To-. -
Run. Sandy Run and Dudley are washed
out, and much rolling stock has been de-
stroyed. The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany is running all through trains over the
Huntingdon and Broad Top road connect
ing with the Baltimore and Ohio at Hynd-
man, in consequence of the washout on the
main line at Mineral Point, near Johns
town
Entire farms in this section have been
ruined, being cut up in countless gullies
and covered with sand to a depth in many
places of five feet.
Flood at Wilmington. Del
WILMINGTON, Del. May 21.-The storm
has caused heavy floods along the Christi
ana and Brandywine creeks In the stables
OF the manufacturing establishments along
the former stream the water rose 10 a
depth of four feet. and the stables had TO
be abandoned. The railroads have suffered
from washouts, but not enough to interfere
seriously With traffic. All the lowlands in
oSu'h anu East w llmlngtOn are under
water from two to ten feet Heavier floods
are expected at the rise of the tide this
afternoon.
High Winds ON the Chesapeake.
ANNAPOLIS. Md. May a1.-rhe wind
Was high enough In South and West rivers.
Anne Arundel county, Friday, to suggest a
cyclone A vessel named the John T Mar
shall was capsized at the mouth of Sou,b
fiver. Marine papers found in the boats
yawi indicated that the vessel belonged to
Campriuge Nothing has been heard from
lost. ~ nave oeeh
waters Subsiding mt Harrixbur.
HARRISBURG, Pa, May 2l.-Fears q, n
mood In this city ss destructive as tha, q,
June 1883, are over. The streams in the
vicinity are greatly swoolen. but at moor
the hlgh waters were subsiding and the
WORST is believed to be over The lowIand.
III tne southern end OF the city are inI,r-
ualeu ana the owners of brick yaros in
.nat locality Will lose heavily. The iron ana
steer mills In that section of the CITY . 70
eIoseu on account OF the inability OF The
employees to get to their work ana straa,
car trainc has been suspended on the chi
IN the western end of the city the loy,
iahos are covered with water and tho ,ao-
PIE IN that section have removed their fur-
iii,ure 10 the second floor of their homes
lraihs on the Pennsylvania, Philadelphis
ana Reading and other oilroade or.,,-..---