Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-11
SPRING FLOODS.
Much Damage to Property and Some LOss
 Of Life Reported.

KINGSTON, N. Y. April ll.-The details of the damage from the spring food in Ulster and Delaware counties are still coming in. John RosepSuGh, keeper of the storage reserve of tho Kingston Water company. was drowned while trying to save his household furniture from destruc- tion. His body has not been recovered.
 WILKEsBARRE. Pa. April ll.-Ths Sus- uuehanna river is still food height. Tho lowlands on the west sldc of tho river be- twcen PIttston and Buttonwood arc flood. ed Many of tho truck farmers had to re- move their live stock to higher grounds in hurry. Tho food was unlocked for, and the farmers on the lowlands will suffer the loss of on carly crop of vegeta bles. John Morritt's farm on the King ston road is covered by four feet of water. The water in the roadway between Wilkes barre and Kingston is four feet deep. The electric street car tracks are under two feet of water.
 At the bend in tho river near Plymouth the water covers enough land to give it the appearance of lako. If the river continues to rise 1t is feared that much | moro damage will be done
 SrROUpSBURG, Pa, April i1.-The re- | cent heavy rains have so swollen the Dela- waIe river at the water gap that a portion | of that summer resort Is under water. The 1 Delaware, Lackawanna and Western tracks are entirely submerged, and the is land opposite tho depot has disappeared.
 Tho landslide on tho W. B. and k rail- road at tho Half Moon switch is moro se- rious than was first reported. About four feet of earth fell in tho cut and large gang of men worked for long time to | clear the tracks.
 | BUEpENTowN. N. J., April 1.-The | Pennsylvania Railroad company has plao- l cd a number of heavy cars on the railroad | bridge over CruSSwick'S \ creek to keep it | In position. Tho engineer and fireman of | tho engine attached to passenger train No | 312, which ran of in the flooded tracts 1 betwccn Bordcntown and Trenton and | from which tho passengers wore taken in | owboats. arc still on the engine. The Bordentown Gas company's works arc flooded. and no gas is to he had. l SUSQVEHANNA, Pa. April l1.-ThC SusquehannA river has reached tho high est point sincc 1865. Half of the Susque hanna Oakland iron bridge has becn wash cd away. Several people who were on the structure at the time had unrrow escapes the most notable being the case of Arthur | Christian, who was carried down the riv' CT with the debris and was rescued after two hours hard work by the people or shoro
 LAMBERTvILLE, x. J., April ll.-Not since tho frcshct of 1899 has the Dclawar' river bccn so high. All tho houses on tht river front arc flooded. and families ar,
 removing their furniture in boats. Int railroad bridge at Martins crock is undel water. and to save 1t from going dowr heavily loaded cars were run on it.
 LITTLE FALLS, N. Y. April l1.-Th,
 Mohawk river is rising fast and if it con
 tinues much damas 70 will be done through
 out the valley, it having already overflow
 ed its banks in many places.
 l GENEsEo, N. Y.. April 1l.-Tho Gene
 sec river has again ovcrtlowed its banks
 Traffic between here and Leicester Is cu | of