Evening journal., 1901-12-17
FLOOD IN NOW
AT Its HEIGHT
donates Of Pennsylvania
Homes Drowned
Railroads Entering WilkcSbarre Are
Still Tied Up-PGOpIc Live in
Second Stories at EaStOn


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.
Is years old, was drowned while be-
ing CARED from her house. At Green
wood house occupied by William S.
Reynolds and his wife, both over 70I
years OF age, and their grandson Of
JIG 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 10 z o'clock in
the morning, were exposed TO the zero
weather. Both were terribly frozen,
and the woman will die. Charles Mer.
ritt, Is years old, was returning from
neighbors when the flood 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 / 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
/
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.
Shamolkin, Pa, Dec 17.-Fourteen
thousand men and boys have been rem
dered idle because of the flood in this
district. There are fourteen collier
les. owned by the Philadelphia and
Reading railroad and the Pennsylva-
mia railroad, in this region, and all
of them were flooded by the heavy
downpour Some of the shafts con-
tain from 20 to 40 feet OF water Col
liery officials estimate that the opera
tions between here and Centralia sus-
tanned 100000 damage. It will be
several days before all of the collier
les will be able to resume.
Wilkesbarre, 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. No through
, trains have passed over the road since
midnight Saturday night.
Easton, Pa, Dec. 17.-Both the Le-
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
1 for duty gave the contents of their
dinner pals TO the unfortunate West
Easton families who we're imprisoned
by the food. The food was taken tC
!, them in boats.
Harrisburg Pa, Dec. 17.-Many in
4 dustrial establishments in South Har
risburg have been forced to close
r down on account OF the freshet. the
5 water IN that locality being higher
!, than at any time since the great fiooC
n Of 1889 Cellars OF scores Of houses
d in that locality are also filled with wa
o ter, and It was necessary to use boats
+ to carry food and fuel to many resi-
dents who we're unable TO leave theii
homes.
Bethlehem. Pa, Dec. 17.-Insurancl
S and real estate agents agree that tn,
9 loss suffered here by the food. wheI
200 houses and a score OF industria
> establishments were inundated. will
aggregate 100000. Silk mills. cleo
trio light plants. water works and.
dozen other industries are so badl,
!. damaged that It will require a day o
} two to get them IN condition for re
/, sumption. The town was in darkness
last night
Lancaster. Pa, Dec. 1.-THE Sus
} Quehanna. after having attained an IN
I precedented height for this time o
the year, II feet above low waite
, mark at Columbia, began to fall on
) hundred thousand feet OF timber wa
carried away from Billmeyer & Small
. yard at Wrightsville. The Golfer dar
: at the big power plant being erecte
: at York Haven was washed away an
/. other serious damage done at thl
place.
, Scranton, Pa, Dec. 17-Commun
: cation with the outside world is hein
: gradually opened up. At 1.40 p. n
. yesterday a train started for Phil
delphia and New York over the Deli
4 ware and Hudson and Pennsylvani
/. railroads. via Sunhury and Harr
|. burg, carrying some OF the delegate
. to the American Federation Of LabC
= convention.
3 Vacation for Constitutional conVentio
= Richmond. Va, Dec. 1.-THE col
. stitutional convention yesterday by