New-York tribune., 1901-12-17
FLOODS ARE RECEDING.
-oss OF LIFE REPORTED IN CoNNEC
T70N WITH DAMAGE IN PENNSYL-
vANIA-THOUSANDS OF
MINERS IDLE.
MINERS IDLE

philadelphia, Dec. 16.-Advices from all parts
~ the eastern half Of Pennsylvania, over which
= saturday night a storm ragged furiously, are
- rha effect that the waters covering the flood
- districts are receding and that railroad and
.aragranhic communication are slowly being re-
ICED From Towanda tonight comes the an
-ouncement OF three deaths caused by the food
.asr that town, and the additional statement
,hst TWO others will die from the effects of ex-
rosure. The damage TO property and the pc
cuniary loss from enforced suspension of. many
Industries viii reach many hundreds of thou
.onss of dollars Dozens Of coal mines are
aoo5ed along with hundreds of industrial con-
,srns located along waterways thus throwing
.5ia thousands OF men. It is estimated that
more than forty thousand persons have been
rendered idle
The Susquehanna River, which rose at some
,oints twenty-nine feet above low water mark,
.s goiug down gradually except in the lower end
IF the State, where ii is reported to be rising
.vo inches an hour. The good reports from up
-4ver points however have allayed fear and the
indications are that the southern end Of the
state viii suffer little from the swollen river.
The railroad situation is gradually becoming
better Up to D o'clock tonight. when the Della
ware Lackawanna and Western Railroad
started a train for New-York. direct communica-
tion with New-York was cut off from Scranton
and Wikesbarre, and trains were sent by way
of sunbury. Harrisburg and Philadelphia dis
tance Of $50 miles. The direct route is only l43
miles.
The Central Railroad Of New-Jersey is still
fled I'D as far as through service is concerned
Trains are being run between local points. The
Iehigh Valley Railroad tonight opened It's
through service between Buffalo and Newly ork
City by making a detour over branch lines thus
a-o,,nd tFa Hooded district
Other railroads that are running trains have
+heir schedules disarranged. which is causing
considerable inconvenience to travellers An in
cfdent of the storm was the closing OF the Broad
Street Theatre here tonight. Frank Daniels's
eompany was TO have opened a two weeks en-
gagement tonight, and the company, composed
NJ over one hundred persons. left Buffalo on a
snerial train AT $50 o'clock Sunday morning by
The Iehigh Valley Railroad. The flooded sectloh
was reached, and the train could proceed no
further. The railroad company, in its endeaFor
70 have the actors get to Philadelphia IN tIle
for a performance. had the train transferred 10
three or four different railroads. and finally got
81 to the New York Central al point IN New
York State The train reached Albany TINS az
ternoon. and then proceeded tc Newly ork Clty-
The theatrical company there took tram Lor
Philadelphia, and will reach here early in the
morning. -
Tales Of narrow escapes from drowning come
from all the flooded districts Hundreds OF
families in little hamlets have been deprived
of their homes for the time being by swollen
streams and the extremely cold weather that
has set in adds much to the suffering AT New
mort small village near Allentown, five hun
ared Italians were surrounded by water, ana
were prisoners in their homes for thlrty-slX
hours At Jersey Shore two hundred Italians
working on the railroad there were driven from
their shanties by the overflow OF Pine Greek.