The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1894-05-26
WATERS LET LOOSE.
a Big Reservoir Near Altoona, Pa,
Bursts It's Banks.
The susquehanna Valley Swept by . Fu-
rious Observation-Disclosures and Other
Cities Inundated-People Flee
for Safety.
A FLOODS rERRoRs.

FLOODS TERRoRs.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, May 22.-The heavy
rains of the last few days have swollen
all the rivers and streams of western
PENNSYLVANIA to foodtides. Boats,
bridges, houses and other property
have been destroyed. Ten lives have
been lost already. The rivers are
still rising and the damage is be-
coming worse hourly. The cellars
OF all the business and dwelling
houses along the banks of the streams
are under water and people are moving
their goods to upper rooms. Some of
the timid are leaving their houses and
seeking places Of safety on higher
ground. Part of the exhibition build
ing is inundated and the league base
ball park is out of sight.
Losses Very Heavy.
The greatest damage done is along
the line of the Pennsylvania railroad
between Altoona and YOUNGSTOWN. The
loss to the company will amount to
41,O0O,000. Bridge No. 8, which was
washed away during the Jamestown
food Of 1889, was swept down again.
Several miles of roadbed and track
were washed away, part OF it being
the eastern approach of the stone
bridge at Johnstown.
Flood Reaches Johnstown.
The volume of water reached Johns
town about o'clock in the morn
ing and was accompanied by whole
sale destruction. The flood was first
felt at Southfork, where numerous
small buildings were swept away.
stream the water undermined the
track of the Pennsylvania road used
by east-bound trains. For almost 3
miles this track was rendered impas-
sable for trains and it became neces-
sary for trains going either way to use
the one truck All trains were de-
1ayed.
From % to 80 feet of water is expected
in the Monongahela. This will be or
8 feet short of the stage registered
during the disastrous food of ten years
ago. The people living in the lowlands
are moving all their effects to the up
per stories of their houses.
High Water ut Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, May 2S.--The storm
In the eastern part of Pennsylvania
has been raging for nearly two days,
and looks as if it NAV continue. The
schuylkill river began rising rapidly
Sunday and has been gradually rising
ever since with every prospect of q
food. The city fronts on both sides
- ~ - Nhn
Baltimore s. Ohio tracks are
under nearly feet of water
for a considerable distance. ALL
the mills and factories along the
echuylkill river from Reading to this
city, distance of so miles, are closed.
At Norristown the water is % feet
deep in some of the mills. The Della
ware and Lehigh rivers are swollen
considerably and are still rising rapid
~. All navigation on the Delaware
4 Lehigh canal is stopped, the water
covering the banks. The Reading rail-
road between here and Norristown has
4 feet of water over the tracks.
wlliamsport Under Water.
W1L11AmspoRT, Pa, May 22.-The
river continued to rise during the
night and nearly the entire business
portion of the city is under water. The
Western Union Telegraph Office, which
IL situated ON comparatively high
ground, has 6 inches of water on it's
floor. There has been no telegraphtc
communication with Lock Haven since
b,oclock Sunday afternoon, at which
hour the telegraph operator was driven
from his Office by the rising food.
The flood is no receding. The
loss in this city and in Lycoming coun-
ty is placed at $1o,0oo,0oo.
Losses In tho Conemaugh Valley.
YOUNGSTOWN. Pa, May 2s.-As near
as can be estimated the loss by the
food in the Conemaugh valley will be
about 1925, ZOO. A statement of indi-
yidual losses is as follows: Pennsyl-
vania railroad, $50, 900; Eleventh ward,
$4,000; Swank's pottery, $1,000; Gantier
and Cambria works, $4,000; Johns
town Individual owners, 5000; Penn
traffic store, $4,000; damage to city
bridges and walls, $4,000; John Nc
coughey, $4,000. Other losses will
reach $4,000.
In the Genesee Valley.
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DANsv1LLE, N. Y, May 9s.-Road-
ways in the Genesee valley have been
injured more by the present flood than
by any since 1856. The rush OF water
down the hillsides has inflicted almost
as much loss in this respect as has been
done by the overflow of farm lands.
The aggregate loss will be very large.
Seven Men Killed.
PRINCETON, KY, May 21.-A collision
IN the Standing Rock tunnel on tho
Newport News & Mississippi Valley
raj way, 10 miles east of this place,
killed seven men. Two tralnmen had
their skulls fractured and Will die.
Honesty Overcomes Hunger.
CHICAGO, May 2s.-John Roeschlein
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