Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-05-21
The COUNTRY FLOODED.
Reports Of Destruction BY Overflow
llg Rivers.
Narrow Escapes from Death Farms
tut ~ bs tho Raging torrsntA-
Crops pestroysd,

WGLLiANsrORr, Pa, May 21.--Wlih
the horrors of the disastrous tiooj Of
1859, which spread death aud dus.ru'.
ton throughout ,his valley, brought
back 10 tho memory by threatened
danger OF a swoop Of water that prom.
ises TO be ~ great as that Of i've yoafs
ago. the people Of this city aud all
through tho Wust Branch valley are Ia
a state Of panic, that has turned the
usually quiet Sunday into One " 70.
mnrkablu excitement.
Since Friday night a steady and
almost continuous down pour Of "a n
has been swelling all the streams, aud
late last night numerous olnudhursls
along Pine creek Rud other tributaries
OF the west branch OF the Susqu o
hauna have made II impossible 20 Cou.
iine the waters within tue banks OF the
streams.
Throughout the day the rain had
fallen hero and continues % fall to-
night. Advicrs from all points up the
river say tue same conditions oEist,
A cloudburst nj Heating, tive " miles
above Remove, early this morning
raised tho river there twenty foot anu
tho river NJ Remove TO reported higher
than In the food OF 1850, when half
the town was under water, Above
there aud extending 10 the head waters
at Cluarneld, every town and hamlet
has brou reduced by wAtOr 10 tho con.
ditions that prevailed In 1850.
Along the Philadelphia * Erie rail-
road between this point and EN-.
porium the traffic has been practically
suspended since last night, The
trains are running butwCon Williams.
port aud LOckhAven, but above the
latter point landslides and track wash.
outs have practically swept the tracks
away.
FAMILIES RESCUED ~ boats.
BUFFALO, NY, May 2O.-A special
10 tho fIprets from Bradford, Pa,
sayE The worst Hood in BrAdford's
history II rushing through Tuna valley
today, Twenty streets contiguous 10
the creek are inundated and hundreds
VI families are In the swim.
In the Sixth ward twenty families
were taken out OF their houses In boats
during tho night and ON Clarence,
River aud Hilton streets rescue corps
Of skiiis rcacuud many more.
CROPS WASHED OUT.
JoIrNsrOwS, Pa, May 2l.-rho
rainslorm aimee tho big Hood OF 1859
ceased this morning and early lignt
disclosed iOOlud streets anu all tho
| alleys nud cellars full NJ water. The
merchants hero worked all night get
ting their goods out Of tho cellars.
Reports from EdenbuTg az 10 O'Clock
tonight say The heaviest rain sitce 1885
10 falling there aud tho streets are
under water. Bridges across small
streams are swept away. The report
says farm crops are washed out,
RAIN FOLLOWS THUNDER.
RusHrURE, n. y, May Goth,
heavy thunder storms Of Thursday anu
| Friday were followed on BatuTdaylanl
sunday by almost continuous rains
aud to-day the Gpueseu valley again IA
the fceue VI lil1d fully equal to IN,
/ froshet OF June, 1850, nuI tue loss on
the lowlhnds cannot be estimated.
/ Acres OF crops arc WASHED out clm.
| plotgly, miles OF fencing have gont
down stream, and farms ago cut up by
/ the raging waters,
Several families between Cauedea
! aud Oumet were surrounded by the
/ water before they could got out. At
! H0ughtun thu creek OveTlllwsI aud
made river OF 10 main Hgroam, mn.
Ing cellars and carrying Oh all llJsp
| property,
At Fillmore md Gold creek IA,
Hoods took away the highway bridg,
about noOn, aud families weru taKu1
rom thelr houses Ia wagons la thp
lower part OF tho town.
HOMES suRROuNDED By WATER.
HUEIINGToN, Pa, May 2J.-Wllhin