Milford chronicle., 1901-12-20
FLOOD IN PENNSYLVANIA
Houses in Bedford County Tipped
Over Drowning Occupants.
Swollen RIvERs eEeIN no al

'cA 0AOW AAAS OOSu ptt4boa
SWOLLEN RIVERS BEGIN TO FALL
Philadelphia, Dec. ia storm,
which for severity and destructiveness
has not been equalled in this section
for % years, visited eastern and cen
trail Pennsylvania on Saturday night,
causing almost unprecedented dam
age. The havoc in the coal regions is
enormous and the loss to railroads
and mining companies win amount to
millions Of dollars. The Schuylkill
Lehigh, Susquehanna and Junlata r.
ers have risen as high as Is feet above
their level, and all Of their tributaries
have overlooked. inundating the sur
rounding country in more than dozen
counties.
Towanda, Pa, Dec. 1.-THE com
plete story of the damage wrought in
Bedford county by the unprecedented
flood OF Saturday night and Sunday is
coming in slowly. Three lives were
lost, two others will die from expo
sure and the monetary loss to prop
erty is beyond present estimate. The
borough Of Monroeton was the heav-
lest sufferer. Mrs. Hattie Fessenden,
As years old, was drowned while be-
ing CARED from her house. At Green
wood a house occupied by William S.
| Reynolds and his wife, both over 20
years of age, and their grandson of
16 years, was tipped over. The man
was drowned, but the boy succeeded
in getting himself and the woman
into a street, where they tied them
selves fast with strips of clothing.
They had soaking wet bed quilt to
wrap themselves in, and for seven
hours, from midnight to Z o'clock in
the morning, were exposed to the zero
weather. Both were terribly frozen.
and the woman will die. Charles Mer-
rift, is years old, was returning from
neighbours when the food overlook
him. He tied himself to a tree on a
small island, and his dead body was
found there in the morning
The house of Guy Lane was over
turned about 1 o'clock in the night
and the family was not rescued until
morning. His barn, horses, cattle, to-
bacco and tools went with the food.
This town has had no mail since Sat
urday afternoon, and telephone COM
munication in most directions is also
broken. The loss to county and town
ships in the matter of highways and
bridges will reach hundreds of thou
sands of dollars.
Shamokin, Pa, Dec 17.-Fourteen
thousand men and boys have been rem
dere9 idle because Of the flood in this
/ district. There are fourteen collier
les, owned the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad and~the Dennsylya.
MIA railroad, in this region, and ~
of them were flooded by the heav
downpour. Some of the shafts con-
tain from 20 to 40 feet of water. Col
liery officials estimate that the opera
lions between here and Centralia sus-
tanned 100000 damage.
Will1esbarre, Pa, Dec. 1.-THE high
water in the Susquehanna river is
slowly receding. Last night it was
rs feet above the low water mark, or
two feet and one inch lower than
the highest point attained. All the
/ lowlands are still flooded, and the
| people living at Westmoor and the
southern suburbs are unable to leave
their houses without the aid of boats.
Traffic on the Central Railroad of New
Jersey and the Lehigh Valley railroads
is still at a standstill.
EastOn. Pa, Dec. 17.-Both the LIE
high and Delaware rivers are reced-
ing at a pretty rapid rate, and danger
of further washouts are passed The
Industrial plants that were submerged
are still under water and there was a
complete suspension of work yester
day. Many of the men who reported
for duty gave the contents of their
dinner pals to the unfortunate West
Easton families who were imprisoned
by the flood. The food was taken e
them in boats.
Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 17.-Many in
dustrial establishments in South Har
risburg have been forced to close
down on account of the freshet, the
water in that locality being higher
than at any time since the great food
of 1889. Cellars of scores of houses
in that locality are also filled with wa
ter, and it was necessary to use boats
to carry food and fuel to many resi-
dents who were unable to leave theil
homes
Bethlehem, Pa, Dec. 17.-Insuranc,
and real estate agents agree that tn,
loss suffered here by the food, whel
200 houses and a score of industrial
| oc4o b1ichuoopAc uyara in,rdo+od IA
!, aggregate 100000. Silk mills. cleo
trio light plants, water works and
!. dozen other industries are so badl
damaged that it will require day 0
two to get them in condition for re
Z sumption.
e Lancaster, Pa. Dec 1.-THE Sus
, quehanna, after having attained an VI
u precedented height for this time Q
the year, II feet above low waite
q mark at Columbia, began to fall On
g hundred thousand feet of timber wa
y carried away from Billmeyer & Small
q yard at Wrightsville. The Golfer dan
at the big power plant being erecte
% at York Haven was washed away an
d other serious damage done at thi
ID place.
n Scranton, Pa, Dec. 17.-Communi
n cation with the outside world is beini
lie gradually opened up. At lao p. IN
&c yesterday a train started for Phila
lg delphia and New York over the Della
u ware and Hudson and Pennsylvania
c., railroads, via Sunbury and Harris
he burg. carrying some of the delegate
Is TO the American Federation Of Laho