The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-12-30
UNDER WATER.
Tracks of the Philadelphia &
Reading Submerged.
Schuylkill River Out of Its
Banks at Quaker City,
CELLARS ARE FLOODED
Work Suspended at Many Manu-
featuring Plants.
WissahickOn Drive in Fairm0nt
Park Out of Sight.
RAINS IN TORRENTS.
Four Lives Lost by High Water
i'm the South.
Great Damage to Property and
Much Suffering.

Philadelphia, Dec. 30.-The rain which
has fallen almost necessarily since Sat
urday evening has resulted in a danger
Gus freshet in the SchuyIkill river and
today the water of that stream is 151a
feet above normal All of the big in
dustrial plants along the SchuylkiIl at
Manayunk and Norristown, near here,
are flooded and work has been suspend
ed.
The county bridge at Port Kennedy,
Pa, has been wrecked by the flood and
the tracks of the Philadelphia & Read
ing railway at Spring Hill, about eight
miles from here, are submerged. Traf-
fic, however, has not yet been seriously
handicapped.
In this city the river is out of its
banks near the Baltimore & Ohio rail-
road station. the water having backed
out to TWenty-fourth street, the first
thoroughfare east of the station. Gel
lars of dwellings are flooded and many
residents along the river early today
sought safer quarters.
The Wissahickon drive, through Fair
mont Park, which runs along the
Schuylkill river for miles, is under wa
ter.
Two new brick dwellings in Kensing
ton in the northeastern. section of the
city collapsed early today, having been
undermined by the heavy rain The
houses were not occupied. Near by
farms at Tacony, Wissinoming, College
vile. Holmesburg and Torresdale, su-
burbS of this city, have been seriously
damaged by the storm and the cellars
of the residences are flooded. Small
creeks emptying into the Delaware river
are out of their banks. and the nat
land between Frankfort and Briaesburg
is under several feet of water.
FALLING AT READING.
Reading, Pa, Dec. 3O.-A 13-foot flood
was raging in the Schuylkill river early
this morning a result of the heavy
inf fa11 of l1a Cf n No
rious damage was done, however, and
the water is receding.
FLOOD IN THE SUSQUEHANNA-
Harrisburg Pa Dec 3O-The Susdue-
hanna river is again rising and there
are indications of another flood if the
rain continues to fall as heavily it
has. during the last two days
At midnight the river stood at Az
feet above low water mark, and this
morning it was slowly rising.
Paxton and Conologuinot creeks in
this locality, and the Yellow Breeches
creek below Harrisburg, are bank full
and rising. The indications are that
similar conditions exist in the creeks
above this city. as the heavy rainfall
has been general throughout the state.
MUCH DAMAGE TO MILLS.
Norristown, Pa, Dec. 30-The Schuyl-
kill river, which had been steadily rising
for the past "a hours, is receding and
the danger is believed to be over. Much
damage has been done to the mills and
factories along the river between here
and Conshohocken. At the Woodstock
wooden mills, the first floors are under
water and 300 employees are thrown out
of employment in consequence. The new
bridge being constructed over the river
at Port Kennedy has been washed away.
Along the Perkiomen creek much dam
age resulted, as the water rose Ia feet.
Street car traffic between this city and
Swedeland, which was suspended last
night, because of the flood, will be re-
Sumed late today as soon as the debris
can be cleared away.