The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-05-25


Strausburger, a Williamsport liquor
dealer, fell down stairs and hurt him.
sell badly while trying to save his ef-
iects from the flood perhaps he was
excited cellars filled also in the dead
hour of midnight the rain fell in
sheets and the wind blew such a gale
as Tom OShanter encountered every.
body on Front street, Williamsport,
driven to their second stories for
safety brewery struck by lightning
at Reading; railroad tracks washed
out at Tyrone; terrible damage
throughout Luzerne county also the
steamer Mayhower loaded with Hun
garlan passengers driven against a
pier and sunk quickly, the Hungarians
didn't, but they narrowly escaped !;
collieries flooded tenements unroof-
ed crops badly damaged extensive
and expensive tramways washed out
at Paddy Mountain people of the
valley near Lewisburg fleeing TO the
hills and mountains tor safety; storm
severe and general along the coast,
doing great damage to shipping and
driving boats aground destruction to
growing crops inestimable upon the
low-lands, and too much moisture for
good fruitage upon the highlands de-
structive winds and terrific rain not
confined to Pennsylvania, but sweep
the Atlantic coast at Atlantic City a
a verltable hurricane blew from the
south-eas ocean piers and handsome
promenades destroyed waves rolling
over bulkheads and flooding the lawns;
everything flooded no boats presum-
ing to venture upon the high seas
mountainous waves sweeping out
across the beautiful meadows and
submerging railroads and checking all
means of travel authentic and minute
reports will verify the fact that the
generally destructive results of the
storm are unequaled.
Two bridges at Williamsport, the
Muncy bridge, the Lewisburg bridge,
were carried off, the latter tearing out
one span OF the bridge at Northumber-
land and the P. & X. railroad bridges
at Muncy and Milton are among the
disasters. The Milton fair grounds
were completely wrecked.
The water flooded Montgomery
Station, and did much damage. The
residence of S. B Henderson, son-in
law of E. 9. wells, had eight feet of
water on the first floor. Mr.. Hend-
erson and family removed to the
hotel. His house had but recently
been repaired. This is the second
time it has been wrecked by the food.
LOCAL STREAMS.
On Tuesday morning, while waiting
the belated mails, the COLUMBIAN
hitched up and took drive around
in order the better to report upon the
true conditions of the Susquehanna
and the historic Fishingcreek. At the
river we found, upon inquiry from
those who claimed to be familiar with
high and low water marks that the
stream then some fifteen or eighteen
feet above low water, was slowly but
surely rising. There was margin Of
some four or five feet yet before the
water would reach the highest known
rise of the river in the past. Of course
the Golfer dam was out Of sight and
under water along with much other
bridge building machinery and ap-
pliances that it is hoped will be found
when the water reCedes.
Looking across the river we observ-
ed quite landslide from under the
Pennsylvania railroad tracks and upon
which men were busily at work to
make it passable. This work and the
click of some stone dressers' chisel on
the stone for the new bridge was
about the only business activity to be
observed. A few fishermen were
there, indeed, but the conditions
seemed to be unfavorable and they
failed to show us their catch. The
river was rising at about the same
rate that we found Fishingcreek re-
ceding, and no great damage was
found to have been sustained by this
vicinity, though much low land that
was unable to absorb the lain as it
fell was found to be still underwater,
1t has continued to rain most of the
time since Sunday, with short intervals
of stops. 1t is raining hard this
Thursday morning, and there is no
telling when it will stop. The river
has fallen many feet, and the creek
also.