The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-21

ana the hremen xere called cat L, hetr
peepis from their homes They did excei
lent work. A car load of lime in : store
house near the track about Elm stree. b..
came water-soaked and sired the build;n.
vhne UNDERGOING the slacxsnine process
and IN the Hood TO their waists the fire.
msn had further work to do. The rain
yestsrday and last night and TODAY fell a
II from cioudbarst. but this evening i,
mas abated somewhat, and it Is believed
the worst is over.
WIIIiAAsRoRr, Pa, May M.-Darkness
mas settled over the city, and the rain
which has been falling oil day 10 still com.
fng down in torrenta The river Is coming
up rapidly. and b now twsnsy-ons feet
above the low water mark. II vill over.
dow its banks within an hour. and AZ
the certainty of great destruction Of
property Krovs more apparent the
general interest increases. The banks
Of she river and she bridges are lined
with thousands Of people watching the
r'ss OF the water. and those who did
not move during the day are now hurry
ing their belongings and families to places
OF safety. Four miles of track of the Glen
allen railway has been swept away. The
boom at lockhaven has broken. and
1900. coo feet Of logs have been lost The
upper Linden boom also broke at S: 80 this
evening. Il contained 10000 COO feet of
logs, and they have gone down. There are
about 10000. 900 feet Of logs in the main
boom and half a. many more in the city
mill ponds that may 90 on . twenty. five
foot Hood. President Payne and Boom
boss Kinehart have made the boom mere
- secure ~ possible. President Payne
states that ell indications point 70 Z
tventy-iive-foot food here. which viii
reach Its height about II or - o'clock to-
night. Elias Dewer and other experi-
enced iumbermsn agree with this forecast.
In this event the city - far north a. Mar.
ket square. embracing the main business
section. will b. fAsodsd.
Since Friday night steady and almost
continuous downpour Of rain has been
swelling all the streams, and late last
night numerous cioudbursts along Pine
creek and other tributaries OF the west
branch Of the Susquehanna have made It
impossible to contins the water within the
banks Of the streams. II has therefore
spread out over the country. and at every
point 10 pouring into the main river.
Throughout the day rain has fallen con-
tinuously. Advices from al points up the
river ssg the sam6 conditions exist. A
cioudbunt at Ksating. twenty miles shove
Remove, early this morning raised the
river there twenty feet, and the river &C
Remove Ii probably higher than in the
Hood OF 1885, when half the town was
under water. Above there. and extending
to the hsadwaters ct Cisarnsld. syerg
town and hamlet has bseu reduced BY
water 70 the conditions that prevailed In
1853. Along ths Philadelphia q Erie rail-
road between this point and Emporium
traaic has been practically suspended since
last night The trains are running be-
tween Wiliiamsport and Lockhavsn, but
abose the latter point landslldss AMI track
washouts have practically swept the
tracks away, and the loss win b very
The 6usqushanna Hows south Of the
city. and while II has not yet reached the
point of danger it h crawling up q the
rate Of . foot m hour. GrafFns run, .
tributary which empsies into the river
below the city, overflowsd IL banks and
spread over considerable portion Of the
city about noon today, ilooding many
houses and driving the occupants from
their homsa AL Of the houses wsrU oc-
cupied By poor people. aud the rise was 20
sudden that the sufferers lost much Of
their personal property. The fact that the
watd1 from up the river will rush down
upon the city in the dark hours Of the
night adds an additional elsmsnt Of hor.
ror 70 the situation. In anticipation,
however, Of what was expectsd, the firs
and church bells Of the city were rung
10 O'Clock this morning TO notify the
people Of the impending danger. and since
shat hour the work Of preparing for the
worst has bssn in progress. In thousands
Of homes that were submerged Ave years
ago the people are moving out and storing
their goods In the houses of those living
ON the highlanda The business part OF
the city was . complete wreck i've years
ago. and hundreds Of merchants ars
moving their stocks to places Of safety.
Convsyancss Of every description are
hurrying through the streets Of the city,
loaded with household goods and mer-
chandise. The regular church services are
all suspended today, and in aii the houses
Of worship those Who attended confined
themselves to Offering mp prayers for the
assistance Of Providence In the present
grave emergency.
At midnight. with The rain sti II falling,
the river has ovsrAovsd its banks in the
central part Of the city, and the water 10
rushing up Market street and out TO Third
and Fourth street& In the business
parts Of the city the cellars are
now full OF water. the present
height being twenty-four feet. As
the rain shows no signs Of abating.
IL 10 feared tomorrow will bring more sle-
ments Of danger. Lycoming creek, which
brings more wstsr from the north, 10 full
and coming up rapidly. 1t comes In at
the upper end Of the city. and wss the
source Of danger in 1850.
The rain at III p. m. 10 coming down In
heavy meets: the wind 10 blowing furi-
ousiy, and the river II rising at the rate Of
. foot an hour. Graffns run went on an
other rampage and has spread TO larger
territory than when IL ovsrfiowed its banks
this afternoon.
Il continues TO rain and the river rises
steadily. The big log boom which burst
loose did no injury to the three bridges be-
low the city in its passage down the
stream.
JAxxsrowS, n. Y. May D.-All the
trains on the Delaware d Hudson road
have been abandoned. owing to the dam
age to its tracks by the storm. A portion
Of the large bridge at Laons IL washed
away. There 10 heavy landslide covering 8
the tracks for quite distance between
Falcouer and Reggy. and the rsiirosd
bridge at Frswsburg 10 washed out The
waters OF the Canadawsli creek have risen
until the stream is nearly half . mile vide
between Laona and FredoniA At Dun
kirk the lower portions OF the placss are