The morning call., 1894-05-21
RAILROADS DAMAGED.
Bridges Undermined and Much Track
Carried Away.


it has been raining several days and that
the waters of the SusquehaDna are still
rising, and that a conservative estimate
places the probable total rise at from % to
80 feet. AT Remove the water has risen
this evening to % feet above low water
line, and at Heating 16 feet. At the latter
point the river is rising foot an hour. At
Dri!twnOd the stream is within two feet
of the lower chord Of the railroad bridge.
At WestpOrt the sides have been removed
from the western end of the railroad bridge
and the water is flowing freely through it.
Communication with KarthOus has been
cut off since II 80 o'clock this morning.
Part of LOckhaven is under water and the
flood there is very high, and between
Bellefonte and Rising Springs two spans
of a railroad bridge has been carried
away. In this district 1t has been raining
since yesterday. There is a seven-foOt
food in Lacomng Greek, and at Rising
Springs the water is eighteen inches higher
than it was In 1889.
At Bxlers and Vineyard a number of
company bridges have been carried away.
At Upton the railroad bridge has
shifted somewhat ana the tracks are under
water.
On the Cam bra aud Clearfields Railroad
the piers Of bridges have been undermined
and the road obstrueted by a number Of
small washouts. Seventy-fye cars have
been loaded with stone. All the Quarres
are being worked to their capacity aud
large forces of men are loading cars with
cinders to be run on the bridges and en-
| bankments should the food threaten
them. Railroad officials say stone and
trestle timber is ready for use at Lock
haven should the food carry away the rail-
road bridge or roadbed there.
a o'clock this afternoon the Western
Union force at lock II was driven out Of
the Office by the food and since that time
nothing has been heard from there. The
office is locat ted in the center of town, some
distance from the river and the destruction
of property must be very great.
ALTOONA, Pa, May 20.-Between this city
and Mill Creek the loss suffered by floods
is very great The crops were destroyed
and fences ana small buildings have been
carried away. The washing away of the
tracks of the Williamsburg and along the
Sprin gfield branch and the destruc tion of
railroad bridges between Franktown and
Flowing Springs have caused disc lntinu-
alton of the train service on the Williams
burg and Sprin gheld branch.
HUNTIN GToN, Pa, May 20-Within the
past twenty-four hours the Junau River
and the Rextown branch have risen
twenty-five fee, flooding the lowly farms
and imprisoning entire families in
their homes, who cannot be reached.
POrtstown. a suburb Of this town, WAS
flooded to the second floors of the houses.
| The gas companies works here have
been temporarily abandoned to the rising
waters and many residences and business
houses are flooded to the second floors.
The Iron County bridge at Mapleton aud
Mill Rock as we'll as trestles are swept
away.
A landslide near Ryde station on the
Pennsylvania road covered the south
tracks for three-quarters of a mile and the
tracks below this city are washed out
The country approaches TO Huntington
have been closed to travel by the destruc-
tion of bridges and washouts. At Sloyes-
town. Bedford County. Mrs. Jacob Mile r,
while trying to save her personal belong
ings, was drowned. Whole farms on the
branch have been practically ruined and
bridges and fences washed away and crops
destroyed.
LEwIsBURG, Pa, May 2O.-The super
intendent of the Lewisburg and Tyrone
branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, run
ming from here to Bellefonle. reports heavy
washouts at Miltmont and west o + there tn
Rising Springs. A number of bridges are
gone, and the extensive and expensive
railway construction at Paddy Mountain
is all washed out. The water is TWO feet
higher at COburn than it was in 1889, and
the people of the valley are fleeing to the
hills and mountains for safety.
GENEsEE, n. Y. May 2O..-Ths heaviest
rainstorm for years, lasting nearly forty
eight hours, has caused a great flood In the
Genesee River. and an immense amount of
damage has been done. The river con-
tnues to rise at the rate of TO 10 inches
an hour. and only lacks IS inches of the
highest food in ten years.
JERSEY SHORE, Pa, May 20-At 7
o'clock this AFTERNOON wind, rain and
| storms are creating trouble throughout the
entire country. 1t has rained heavily all
day, almost uuceasing since last week, and
tonight there IS twenty six-foot food in
the west branch of the Susquehanna River
ana 1t Is expected to reach a higher point
than was reached in 1889, as the river is
rising at the rate of foot an hour. The
"au7l 10 HoW Sth 'ulnB on MAIN street, in
this city. All documents and valuable pa
pers have been removed from The county
offices and taken TO places of safety.
At Pbillipsburg tie water is already
higher than it was in the flood of 1889. Al
Clearfed the Beech Creek Railroad is un-
der water Superintendent Palmer has
been out on the road making an effort to
protect the company's property. Several
bad washouts on the road have been re-
ported.
Church services all through this section
to-day were abandoned. and people have
spent their time anxiously watching along
the river to see the food OF water coming
All the telegTaphic communication with
the outside world has been cut off. At
Dubois. Pa, 40 inches of water fell in the
last forty-eight hours. and all of the lands
are flooded. The people are Obliged 10
leave their homes.
PITTsBURG. Pa. May 20-The heavy
rains Of the past few days have brought
about high stage of water, the marks
now showing thirteen feet. River men
! expect at least a twenty-three-foet stage
which will cause considerable inconyen-