The morning times., 1896-02-07
COAST WAS STORM SWEPT
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rescued the crew of six men. The vessel

| noon, durinE which time the actual amount
was three and four-fiftb inches. The
stfcaHss have all oyerflowed their banks
! washing way road aud railway bridges
| competing u complete cessation OF travel
At siannEikaGhunk. at which is located
the junction OF tie Pennsylvania ansl
Lacka wanna Railroad. three cuiverts ard
| liaIf Il. nile OF track are washed ava y.
1 The LeIligi and Hudson River Railway
has been completely washed est iGd all
| passenger ard freight traffic abandoned
/ Th. loss to the rai,ioad and county IN
waShouts and the destruction OF bridges
viii run into the thousands.
Mobile, Ala. Feb. GA special TO the
| Register from Fort Morgan says: TIE
| Russian schooner Abraham which went
| ashore on 1he west eid cf 5i,,ie Island
| is lying easy. She has been abandoned by
| tie captain and cre,g, who are ashore at
| Fort Morgan. The schooner was head d
in, but d.rin;; last Right there was a heavy
! wind. wiieh s!ewtd til. yessel around and
now she IS heading ont.
| The tugs Nisnrod ard Mary " ttieh are
| at the vessel rendering all the assistance
| they can TO Try ard float her, ard The
| prospects OF getting her Off are very
| fayorable. \ prize crew Of three men
| from the tugs Witch and NimrCd has beea
placed on the schooner.
| Hartford Conn, Feb. 6.-The PhiIadel-
phia. Reading and New England railroad is
closed tonight by five Tashouts. one is at
| Pine Meadow in this State. others across
the line in New Yerk. a washout on the
| Valley division of the New York. New
| Haven and Hartford railroad ut Rocky
Hill has cut that line III two. Passen-
gers are transferred there.
| Pennington. " j., Feb. ga terrific wind
and rain storm visited this place today
! and much damage has resulted. Travel
on ihe Beividere division OF the Pcnnsyl-
yania railroad has been greatly interfercd
with, owing TO the Copper Hill bridge hay-
| ing been washed away.
Traffic on the Piitstown and Lands
down branches of tie Lehigh Valley Rail-
road has been suspended, owing 10 wash
outs, and trains on the main line were
delayed about two hours.
The Pennington iron foundry and the
Pennington Milling Company were forced
to suspend operations today on account
OF tiac high water.
| AT Noshanic Tie large :ron bridge. which
! was used for wagons has been washed
away. ard nearly half mile Of Track
on tie South tIaHcl OF tie Central Raii-
road at Three Bridges was carried off.
The amount of daaagc wrought by the
storm and flcod cannot How l}e estimated.
| Philadelphia, Feb. 6.-I'he cyclonic VIII d
and accompanying rain storm which strGcs;
| Gp Ike ceast today left lis mark beiiiId il
| ia Philadelphia ard eastern Pennsylvania
/ in TIE shape of swollen streams and dis
| maDtlcd buildings.
] With the Invent y-four hours eudipe at s
| O'Clock tonight 3 ST inches CT rain fell III
| Philadelphia, ard at one time tie barom-
! eter sank to 22.65, the lowest ever re-
| corded by the weather bureau in this city.
| The greatest yeiocitg attained by he wird
was forty niles an hour.
/ The Delaware River oycrflowed rs banks
| and tae riger front streets III both fiIiS ciiy
| and Camden. y. j.. We're submerged, and
! much dana ge w2s done To prosperity and
| warehouses along the river frsnt The
! schuyikill River also oyerflc csed its banks
| and in Paramount Park the river front
| drives We're l,ad'y washed ont in many
! places and two BRIDGES spanning small
| streams were carried away.
/ The station OF the Baltimore and Ohio
| Railroad fronting on ehe SChuylkilI River
| was dre wned out as it had never been befor.
! by four feet of water over lis tracks. ana
/ train service from ti;c station was aban-
! doned The company sent its trains
] South over the tracks or the Penns yivania
Railroad.
Up threHgb the anttlrae cite coal regions
| 0f PSnHS yisslnia the storm was particularly
| severe, and AL the rivers and creeks over
flowed if.cir banks. y number of CoIli.r-
les Were drewned Ont. and at Bethlehem
| rapid rise Of a creek drove 2oe families
from their lsoBacS. Numerous washOtts
] also occurred on the tracks of the Pclla-
! sylvania aud Reading Railroad Companies.
/ The water at NerTistown was four feet
deep from the ovcrfiowing waters OF the
1 SchgyisiH, and train service on this diSi-
| sion OF these two roads was temporarily
! abandonea tonight.
At Mandyunk, n great manufacturing
subaria OF Phiiadelphia. great damage was
done by The flood oyerfiowing into the
| lower stories OF the mills that line the
banks OF The scllpsikill.
/ MoTriStown, y. j.. Feb 6.-Owing to the
/ heavy fan OF rain last night and today the
Whippany River has overflowed and to-
4 night that part of this city. between
Spring street and the i-acka WANNA Rail
4 road einbankment. and including Center,
| Cole. River, and the lower part OF Water
streets, are flooded. The water rose so
rapidly that in many instances families were
rescued from the second-stery windows OF
their homes by means OF boats.
AT 3 p. m, the dam of Pocahonta Lake
| broke and tresaeDdoas cakes of ice came
rushing down. destroying houses. barns
| and outbuiidings. A uulnber OF small bridges
| have been washed away. The DANA &c will
undoubtedly be heavy.
Mdsiletown, \. Y, Feb. "a heavy rain
| storm prevailed here all day. There is a
| washelt on The Erie Railroad between
Monroe and Turner's.
1 The dam at Turner's broke al 3 o'clock
/ this e' ening and the tracks OF the Middle
| town and Goshen Traction Company are
| under water. The power house company
| is flooded TO the depth OF about six feet
/ and all the fires have been pat oat.
Highland Falls, ~ Y. Feb. 6.-The con-
staat rainfall to-day together with the con-
! seauent melting of five or six inches OF
snow, is causing havoc in this village to-
night. The streets in various portions OF
town are submerged and nlany cellars are
filled witt. water. The danlagc TO property
i is considerable. The West Shore Ra.iread
| crai places.
Vineyard Haven. Mass, Feb. Ga rio-
| lent eas,crly storm has leen raging here
4 today. No disasters are yet reported in
| this vicinity.
Bridgeport Conn, Feb. s.-m the fu-
/ riors gale To-Day Ike Two n,a>tcd schooner
/ Clara Post. Of New YORK. was wrecked
1 Off this harhor. She HOW lies about half
! howsprit gone stern broken in, aBd her
/ iiaiiI i,;ilf fuil or NNaier Cant IanlcS Mc-