The diamond drill., 1895-04-13
RUINED BY RAIN.
Floods In Eastern States Cause a
Great Amount OF Damage.
nigh Water Causes Complete stoppage
Of Many Industries-- washouts Along
Railroads aud Canals im-
pede Trnfic.


EAsroS, Pa. April il.--Not since De-
cember II, 1878. has the Delaware river
been as high as Wednesday morning.
At that time II reached 20 feet
above low water mark At 10
o'clock Wednesday 10 was 81 feet
above and still rising. The old
Delaware bridge built i'm 1905 is in
danger. The Edison electric light
plant, which furnishes power for the
transit company, Is partly submerged
and the entire electric road is tied up.
Only the incandescent portion of tho
plant can be operated.
Front street, between Spring Garden
and Church streets, is flooded and resi-
dents Tuesday night moved out in
boats The retaining wall along
the Delaware has been greatly
damaged. All industries along
the Delaware and Lehigh have been
compelled TO shut down. Navigation
on the canal Is suspended. Numerous
small buildings along the banks of
both rivers loated away during the
night. The Lehigh Water com
pany has been compelled To
stop pumping, but there Is wa
ter enough in the reservoir 10 last
for several days and no water famine
Is expected. The loss to property in
this vicinity will be heavy. The Della
ware has backed up the Bushkill and
all flour mills are shut down.
Dispatches from the upper Delaware
report the water rising. The Lehigh
river, backed by the Delaware, at
Easton, overhowed It's banks and
flooded all the storehouses along the
Easton water front.
KINGSTON, n. y, April 1.-THE indi-
cations are that IL will be a week
before business can be resumed on
the Delaware & Hudson canal.
The freshet has damaged the canal
almost It's entire length from
Eddyville 10 Honesdale. In dozens OF
places for miles the towpath has been
washed away and there are several bad
washouts, the one at Eddyville being
1000 feet in length. II Will be at least
two or three days before the high wa
ter falls sufficiently 20 allow of repairs
being made. Telegraph wires are
down aud the fun extent of the dam
age cannot yet be learned.
TRENTON, n. j., April ll.-There is
an extraordinary freshct at this point,
as well as throughout the state gem
orally, the volume OF water being the
greatest for seventeen years The
lower floors of many mills have been
flooded, but the damage is only to the
machinery, as the goods were removed.
AZ Washington, y. j., during the
worst storm Of the night, sixty-iive
houses were damaged by lightning,
and Jacob Harring, while at work on a
canalboat, was struck and probably
fatally injured. No further damage is
expected, as the waters are receding.
DUNmnK, y. ", April IA serious
flood was threatening Tuesday, but the
rain ceased during the night and the
danger is over for the present.
Nearly 100 cellars were flooded
here and considerable damage
done. The Canada Way creek
overflowed between Fredonia and Bou-
lands farm, near the lake Fences
were carried away and several hundred
feet Of valuable garden land was
washed out and carried into the lake.
RUTLAND, VT, April IA heavy
rainstorm prevailed in this valley
all night and all streams about
here are badly swollen. caus-
ing a good deal OF damage. Thou
sands OF acres of farmland arc
flooded and some mills and resi-
denccs are in peril. Al Bellows
Falls the Connecticut river Is the
highest known for years. The base
ments Of some mills are flooded and
the machinery is stopped.
LONDON, April Ia dispatch TO the
Daily News from Vienna says that
serious floods are prevailing in Hun
gary. Szegdin. capital of the county
OF Czongrad, which is on the Thesis
river at the influx OF the Marc. Is
threatened with an inundation. The
water now almost covers the dikes pro-
tecting the town. In 1879 the town
was nearly destroyed by a great flood.
In PceslSa $40 houses are flooded and
many OF them have collapsed. In
SzcrbbolSa 200 houses are flooded and
roo people are homeless. The town of
Coftsa is submerged. Scores of villages