The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1894-05-29
BURSTING Of
THE CLOUDS
Philadelphia Property Is Dlmaged to the EX-
tent Of 100000 By Tho Storm.
notes OF The STORM elsewhere
A Cloud Burst Drenches the North
eastern Section Of the Quaker City
and Causes Havoc-The Reading
Railroad a Heavy Loser by the
Storm-eridges Destroyed Along
the Line-Lightning Plays at Lam
caster.
PHILADELPHIA. Nav

PHILADELPHIA. May 28.
n CLOUDBURST this afternoon
IAN swept the extreme northeastern
IN section Of this city and the south
IL u ern portion of Montgomery
county, and within an hour did dam
age 10 the amount of 100000. The
Reading railroad was heavy suf-
ferer by this storm. bad wash
outs blocking three of its divisions.
James Halls carpet and yarn mill
on Ariminl street, Montgomery county,
was badly damaged by the flood OF
water. The pattern shop, the drug
house and the boiler and engine house
were dashed to pieces and strewn across
the railroad track and into the creek.
The main building of the mill was
flooded to the second f)or, and the
many valuable patterns and nearly
completed order Of carpets for Chicago
were ruined.
The loss to this mill is estimated at
$4,000 The shoddy mills of Charles
Z Markland & Co., adjoining Halls
place, were also badly damaged. A
frame engine and boiler house were
bW6pb AWAY lutO tU6 CTe0k. Inc lO1S
here is estim ited ut $9, 000
A stone dam eighteen feet in height
on Manor creek. which supplied
William G. Hamiltor's paper mill, of
Lafayette, a quarter Of mile away,
was burst by the swelling stream and
tue mass OF water swept down through
the mill, completely running the stock.
nj fni tnp 70
to the second floor and their occupants
fled for their lives.
The loss on Hamilton mill is esti.
mated at $25, 900, and the loss on the
tenements will bs about $500 apiece.
The storm along Mill Creek, in Mont
gomery county, was especially severe,
aud the road was almost obliterated.
A number Of bridges we're swept away,
seven or eight shoddy mills along the
bank were flooded to their second floor
The damage here could not be ascer-
tanned, as the road along the. creek is
impossible,
BRIDGES WASHED AWAY.
The Williamsport express, on the
main line OF the Reading railroad, ran
past Halls mill tracks covered with
two feet Of water IN instant before the
wreckage OF the mill was strewn along
the roadbed and two hundred feet of
track washed away. The train had
not run quarter OF miles before it
was brought to u standstill by another
washout, and tonight the main line of
the road Is closed to traffic. Washouts
also occurred on the Norristown branch
and the Plymouth and Oreland divis-
ion of the same branch of the Reading
road.
On the Plymouth division a bridge
and trestls were washed awav. A
landslide blocked tho Schuylkill Valley
division Of the Pennsylvania railroad
for two hours. The Norristowu branch
of the Reading was repaired tonight
and trains for the main line are being
sent over around the washout.
DAMAGE ELSEWHERE
READING. Pa. May ga cloudburst
at Conshohocken caused terrible havoc
to the Reading tracks near Consho-
hocken. A report received in this city
says that the Gulf mills, located along
Gulf creek near Conshohooken, were
completely demolished by the sudden
rising Of the stream this afternoon,
and the debris was carried down on the
main tracks Of the Reading company,
completely blockading the road.
The damage is reported as very great
and 1t may take all night to open the
road. A new wagon road along the
hill south Of Spring Mill washed away,
and the loose rock and earth were car
ried down the side of the hill and COW
cred the tracks to such an evtent that
the trains were brought to standstill.
Considerable damage was also expert
enced on the east side Of the river and
traffic was delayed several hours.
LANCASTER, Pa. May ga violent
storm passed over Columbia this after
noon. lightning striking the United
Brethren church. The roof was badly
broken and other damage to the amount
OF 81, 900 done. A numbe Of people in
the vicinity were rendered insensible.
In the northern part Of the county the
storm was very severe There was q
large washout on the Reading and
Columbia railroad near Reinholds sta
tion, the road being carried away for a
considerable distance.
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