Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1894-05-21
many DOOMS GAVEAWAY
Pennsylvania Rivers Are
Raging Torrents.
HEnRY's HEAD DROPS IN slWDusT.
He Cried Courage When
Pushed on the Plank.
PRESSURE WAS BROUGHT TO BEAR.
Wooden and Cotton Sched-
ules Scaled Down.
PRESSURE WAS BROUGHT TO BEAR
RIVERS RAPIDLY RISING,

WiIliamsport Passing Through a
Flood Excftement-Many Booms
Break and Millions of Dollars
Worth of Uncut Lumber Floating
Down the Raging Torrent.
WILLIAMsroRT, Pa May 20.-This city
is passing through state of flood excite
June 1, 1889, when the river reached the
unprecedented height of thirty three and
one half feet and inundated two-thirds of
the city. For forty-eight hours past rain
has been falling heavily throughout the
west branch watershed and tonight the
river is twenty one feet high and rising
rapidly.
No man can predict what the night will
bring forth, and the widest rumors are
afost. Those in prospective danger spent
the day removing their effects to places
of safety. Thousands of men worried like
beavers conveying goods to high ground
or to the upper stories of buildings, and tho
rumble Of heavy wheels, the shouts of ex-
cited men and the ringing of alarm bells
broke the Sabbath stiffness and made the
day an exciting one.
The situation tonight is discoursging,
for it is still raining hard and all the
streams west of this city are still raging
torrents. Before noon and O'Clock the
boom at Linden broke. There were TO-
100000 feet in the structure and
the logs foated down. 1t was at
first thought most of the logs
could be caught in the main boom which
holds $50. 900, 600 feet, but it was not
deemed advisable to do this, as the press
ure on the structurewas then too great to
bear. L7ck Haven was reported to have
given way under the pressure of high
water and 1t WAS stated that Is, 600, 900 feet
started down stream on a ten foot flood.
This morning the logs and boom at Two
Mile and Cook runs, branches of Kettle
creek, broke loose and are on their way
down stream.
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, May 31.-At l a. m.
the great boom, with its million dollars of
uncut lumber gave way and Willismsport
will waken at dsybreak to sense of great
financial disaster.
The river is twenty FIVE fest high.
HUNTINGDON, Pa, May 20.-To-dsy's
the history of the Juniats valley. The last
four days. rainfall has raised the Juniata
river and Rsyston branch twenty-ons feet
above low water mark, entsiling great de-
struction of property. The waters flooded
the lower streets here, driving the people
from their homes, and In the lower farm
ing districts whole families are imprisoned
in their houses, unable to be reached, owing
to the turbulence of the streams.
Three new bridges spanning the
Juniata and branch have been
of minor bridges and waahouts on public
roads have closed all rural approaches to
this place. The gas company plant here is
submerged and the lower floors of many
business houses are flooded.
Mrs. Jacob Miller was drowned at Saxon
while trying to ssve some property.
A landslide at Rydes station, on the
Pennsylvania covered the south track for
nearly mile, and q portion of the track
was washed away. Great damage to prop.
erty and farm lands is reported.
LEWISTON, Pa. May 20.-The heavy rain
of the past three days has caused a wild
flood In the Juniata river and the streams
Of Mif1in county. Southwark the county
is inundated and half the population has
had to flee to the high land or to 60 into
upper stories of their houses. The McVey-
town county iron bridge is a wreck. APP
prehension is felt for the railroad and coun-
ty iron bridges at this place.
LEw1sBURa, Pa, May 20.-The superin-
tendent OF the LsW1sburg and Tyrone
branch of the Pennsylvania road, running
from here to Bellefonte, reports heavy
wssh-outs. A number of bridges are gone
and the extensive and expensive tramwsy
construction at Paddy Mountain has been
| carried away. The water is two feet
higher at Coburn than 1t was in 1889 and
the people of the valleys are all fleeing to
| the hills.
ALTOONA, Pa, May 20.-The long con-
| iinued and heavy rains are having their
| effect in this section. The Logan Valley
| Electric railway is the heaviest loser. All
| the bridges on the line between this place
sndHolidsysburg have been damaged, much
of the track has been badly washed and
/ Lakemont park is entirely submerged. The
| new Bellwood extension il also badly
washed. Trains on the Pennsylvania road
between here and Harrisburg are running
late and 1t ID reported that several bridges
are in danger.