Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-21

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the horrors Of the disastrous food Of
1889, which spread death and destruc-
tion throughout this valley, brought
back to memory by the threatened dan
ger OF a sweep Of water that promises
TO be as great as that Of five years ago,
the people o, this city and all through
The West Branch valley are in state Of
panic that has turned the usually quiet
Sunday into one. Of remarkable excite
menL
Since Friday night steady and al
most continuous downpOur Of rain has
been swelling all of the streams, and
late last night numerous cloud-bursts
along the Pine Greek and other tribu-
taries Of the West Bra nch Of the Sus-
ouehanna have made it impossible to
confne the water within the banks OF
the StreamS. IL has therefore spread
out over the entire country and at
every point is pouring into the main
river.
Throughout the day the rain has
fallen mere and continues tonight.
Advices from all points up the river
say the same conditions exist
A CLOUD BURST
At Keating, twenty miles above Remove,
early this morning raised the river there
twenty feet and the river at Remove Is
reported higher than in the flood OF
1859. when half the town was under
water.
Above there, and extending TO the
headwaters at Clearfeld, everytown aud
hamlet has been. reduced by the water
TO the conditions that prevailed in 1850.
Along the Philadelphia & Erie railroad
between this point and Emporium,
traffic has been practically suspended
since last night. Trains are running
between Williamsport and Lock Haven,
but above the latter point land slides
and track washouts have practically
swept the tracks away and the loss will
be very heavy.s
The Susequehsnns Eere flows TO the
south of the city, and while II has not yet
reached the point OF danger, It's crawl
ing M at the rate OF a foot an hour.
Grafus run, a tributary, which empties
into the river below the city,
OVERLOOKED ITS BANKS
and spread over considerable portion
of the city at about noon to-day, flooding
many houses and driving the occupants
from their homes. All OF the houses
were occupied by poor people, aud the
rise was so sudden that the sufferers
lost much OF their personal property.
The full strength Of the flood is expect
ed here at about 70 o'clock tonight,
when the great body OF water from up
the river is due. The fact that the
water will rush down upon the city in
the dark hours Of the night adds an sd-
ditiopai element Of horror to the Situa-
tion.
In anticipation, however, Of what is
exUected, the fire and church bells Of
the city were rung at 10 o'clock this
morning to notify the people Of the i'm
pending danger, and since that hour the
work OF preparing for the worst has
been in progress. To the hundreds OF
homes that were submerged Eve years
ago the
PEOPLE ARE MOVING OUT
and storing their goods in the houses Of
those living on the highlands. The
business part OF the city was a complete
wreck i've years ago, and hundreds OF
merchants are moving their stock 70
places Of safety. Conveyances OF every
description are hurrying through the
streets Of the city loaded with house
hold goods aud merchandise, aud the
scenes beggar description.
The regular church services were all
suspended to-day, and In all OF the
houses OF worship those who attended
confined their devotion to the offering
up of prayers for the assistance of Prov
idence in the present grave emergency.
Darkness has settled over the city to-
night and the rain which has been fall
lug all day is still coming down in tor
rents. The river is coming up rapidly
and IS now 81 feet above the low water
mark. Four miles OF the track Of the
Glen Union Lumber Company have
been swept away.
BROKEN 1BOOMs,
The "boom" at Lock Haven has
broken and 5000, 600 feet Of logs has
been lost. The upper Linden boom
also broke at 5:30sthis afternoon. 1t
contained 10000. 600 feet Of logs, and
they have gone down. There are about
$50, 600, 600 feet of logs in the main
boom and bali as many more in q 20 mill
ponds that may go out on 95 foot food.
The rain At IL ?. 10. is comiPe down