Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-05-21
Violent Storms.

A violent rain and wind storm swept
Ter the middle states yesterday: which
reached its greatest severity in Central
Pennsylvania. At some points the
fl cd was higher than in the freshet OF
1899. Three persons, two men and 8
boy, fell into the Conemaugh and were
drowned at Jamestown and another in
Huntingdon county, while two others
persisted at Bowery Beach, n. Y. Mrs.
Jacob Miller, at SaXton, Pa, while try
ing to save some property yesterday,
was swept under water and persisted.
The reservoir at Kittanning Point,
which supplies Altoona, broke at mid
night, and great flood poured down
the valley upon Hollidaysburg.
Bridges were swept away, and the
lower parts of Williamsport and other
towns were submerged. Consider able
damage was done along the railroads.
The Susquehanaa river, at Williams
port, broke boom, causing a big loss
to the lumbermen, and many houses
were flooded.
Saturday evening the boom at Lock
Haven broke and 100000 feet of logs
were lost. The Upper Linden boom
also broke, releasing 100000 feet
more. At 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon
the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany's office, in the business centre OF
Lock Haven, was abandoned.
In the Juniata Valley the deluge was
overwhelming, and bridges were swept
away. Southwark the country is mum
dated, and half the population has been
driven to the high land or to the upper
stories of their houses. Railroads were
terribly crippled by landslides and loss
Of bridges. The deadly Conemaugh is
higher than during the historic disaster
of 1889 The dam in the Horseshoe
Curve, above Altoona, broke at 11:30
last night, thirteen feet lit being car
ried away. The people living in the
valley had ample time to get out of the
way of the rushing water. Serious
trouble is feared to-day at Manayunk
from high water in the Schuylkill,
which was rapidly rising last night
Shipping along the Delaware river is
menaced by a stong east wind, which
holds the water back, despite tital ac-
ton.
In Philadelphia the damage from the
storm so far has been slight, the chief
injury being the bursting of sewers I'M
able to carry off the torrents pouring
into them.
In northeastern Pennsylvania a great
deal OF damage was done in some dis
tricts. Hundreds of trees were uproot-
ed, fences blown down and small build
ings were entirely demolished. In one
orchard, consisting of IS trees, more
than half of them were uprooted. AT
Nanticoke the steamer Mayhower,
which phys between that town and Ply,
mouth, was struck by squall and
sunk. The crew swan ashore.
The storm in Maryland caused a con-
siderable rise in the many rivers which
flow into the Chesapeake bay. The
Potomac river at Williamsport was
twenty feet above the normal. The
Elk river, in Cecil, caused freshet.
The Monocacy, the Catoctin and other
streams in Frederick county became
rushing torrents. The Susquehanna
river at Havre de Grace was very high,
endangering the pack of several fishing
shores in that vicinity. There was
bad break in the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal half way between Hancock and
Cumberland. Fears were entertained
for the Chesapeake and Delaware bay
canal at Chesapeake City, Cecil county.
On the Jersey coast the rain and
wind created havoc, and at Far Rocka
way, n. Y, fishing crew is missing.
A severe northeast storm at Atlantic
City, n. j., yesterday damaged the
promenades, pavilion and wharves. At
Perth Amboy several vessels were
driven ashore. The wind blew upon
the Jersey coast with velocity of 10
miles an hour.