The morning news., 1894-05-21
Danger Of Great Loss Of Life
in Pennsylvania.
NANYTOWNS UNDER WATER
The Kittannilg Reservoir and Many
BOOmS Give Way.

The Day OnS o4 WAA0 GAc1CS1neub aC
Williamsport and the People Ap-
prehensive of Midnight Horror.
Great Danger That the Disaster of
1889 Will Be Repeated-The River
Rising a Foot an Hour-The Peo-
ple Warned of the Impending
Perirby the Ringing of the Church
and Fire Bells-A Woman at Hun
tingdon the First Person Reported
Drowned.
Williamsport, Pa, May 20.-With the
horrors of the disastrous food of 1889,
which spread death and destruction
throughout this valley, brought back to
memory by the threatened danger of a
sweep of water that promises TO be as
great as that of five years ago, the people
Of this city and all through the West
Branch valley are in a state of
panic that has turned the usually
quiet Sunday into one of remark
able excitement Since Friday night
a steady and almost continuous down
pour of rain has been swelling all the
streams and late last night numerous
cloudbwsts along the Pine Greek and
other tributaries of the west branch of
the Susquehanna have made it impossible
to confne the water within the banks of
the streams. 1t has, therefore, spread
over the country and at every point is
pouring into the main river.
ACLoUD BURST AT HEATING.
WiIliamsport, Pa, May 20, Z 80 p. m.-
Throughout the day the rain has fallen
here, and continues to fall tonight Ad-
vices from all points up the river say the
same conditions exist A cloud burst at
Heating, twenty miles above Remove,
early this morning, raised the river there
twenty feet, and the river at Remove is
reported higher than in the food of 1899,
when half the town was under water.
Above there, and extending to the head
waters at Clearfeld, every town has been
reduced by the water to the conditions
lhat prevailed in 1880
Along the Philadelphia and Erie rail-
road, between this point and Emporium,
traffic has been practically suspended
since last night. Trains are running be-
tween Wiliamsport and Eockhaven. but
ABOVE the latter point landslides and
tack WashoutS have practically swept
tne tracks away, and the loss will be very
heavy.
RISING FOOT AN HOUR.
The Susquehanna here flows to the
Soutn OF the city and while it has not yet
reached the point of danger, 1t is crawl
ME up at the rate of foot an hour.
Uranus run, tributary which empties
lIl2 e tne river below the city. flows north
u "lIhamsport. 1t overhowed its banks
ana ana spread over a considerable Tortion of
ue clty about noon to-day, flooding many
houses and driving the occupants from
ueif homes. All of the houses were oc-
eupled by roor people, and the rise was
tISuuden that the sufferers lost much of
'A9lr personal property
A MIDNIGHT HORROR.
lhe full strength of the food is ex-
I{cteu here at about 12 O'Clock tonight.
,L TneI Jhe great body of water from up
Sr.I, vng river IS due. The fact that the water
E "al rush down upon the city in the dark
nouS oi the night adds an additional
ueluelt OF horror to the situation. The
iuSa ,l OF water that swept so much away
nc. rn la>8 came at daylight. and the work of
n.,-5 rc9o e'Ig The people could be better pre-
P'1eu lor than after dark.
THE PEOPLE WARNED.
rol IN anticipation, however, of what is ex-
fit,,u ritC.eo Ine nre and church bells of the
toS Ivy we're rung at 10 o'clock this morning
%hoJliy the people. of the impending
,UanRer and since that hour. the work of
nn,opdIIhg Tor the worst has been in
p'UsiesS' WIZ In the hundreds of homes that
nle submerged five years ago, the peo-
roo5e uie moving out and storing their
big6S 1t, III yhe houses of those living on the
w. sH !ands This part of the city
agn r' complete wreck five years
~ ~ ana hundreds of merchants are NOV
ya,s. ,nelr stock TO places of safety. Con-
ing ICES ~ oil every description are hurry
b6nsoeil through the streets, loaded with
tb1oloIu goods and merchandise, and
uIgr 'Ceue Deggars description. The reg
C"urGn services were all suspended
tbo'o9 ana In all of the houses of worship
tog tHose who attended confined their dev6-
assisto1ue assito Sue olerlng up of prayers for the
lance OF providence.
THE RIVER 21 FEET HIGH.
Domrtullamsport, Pa, May 90, s 80 D. H.
tbo nueSs n1. mas settled over the CITY and
stjD 'uiI cdll which has been falling all day is
isca,Loi.l Coi.llng down in torrents. The river
One foat up rapidly and is now twenty
oyerf1.C ABOVE low water mark. 1t will
The tbe'aoW cog.. It's banks within an hour. and as
erty eerlalnty of great destruction of prop
inter- elo"S more apparent, the general
tbe tb,Gsv n5Sv Increases. The banks of
t6one'a,se and the bridges are lined with
the yva,o.. ,aiius OF people watching the rise of
durir,o" YER, vel and those who did not move
teopps lne day are now hurrying their
satefEs and families to places Of
Glen I--rtrqr Ioqr miles Of the track of the
swept to,'lon sI, Lumber Company have been
III. BOoMs BREAKING.
and "g K 900 boom at Lockhaven has broken
The 'II'vvOOuO feet of logs have been lost.
$500 Piper Linden boom also broke at
i06yo00 G52 CLOCK this afternoon. IL contained
down w, leet of logs, and they have gone
ors in mere are about Is, GOO 900 feet of
more 'u 'Ne main boom and half as many
tbat ,,. IN the city miil-ponds
4'ay 80 on 25-foot flood Pres