Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-16
Low TEMPERATURE SAVES PlTTSBURG.
Rivers Are Falling and the Mercury RsingMary Cellars and
Houses FloodedRepos From Flooded Districts in Penn
sylyania Say the Water is Recedng.

the railroads report trains very much
delayed
THE SCHuYLKILL GOING DOWN.
Reading, Pa, Dec lG.--At 10 O'clock
this morning the food IN the Schuylkill
river had receded five feet but 1t is still
ten feet above low water mark, The
dixie along the river front Is heavy.
,FREsHET IN THE DELAWARE.
Bordentown, n. j., Dec. l6.-The hea-
West freshet in many years Is now run
ming in the Delaware river here, The
docks and piers In the vicinity of the
Delaware and Rarltan canal and the
aiands of Pennsylvania, opposite the
~ are under water The Pennsylva-
MIA railroad tracks between Borden
town and Trenton are covered with
water for a distance of three miles.
COMMUNICATIONS CUT OFF.
Pottsyille, Pa, Dec, l6.-The flood
which visited the Schuylkill valley yes
terday has receded and Is now below
the danger mark
Communication with Schuylkill, Ha-
ven. Orwigsburg. Minersvllle, Middle
port and st. Clair has been cut off be-
cause of the destruction Of the road
bed.
Nearly every collIery in the district
was forced to suspend work because
Of the food and all the mules in the
Pine Hill, Duncott and Bast colllerles
at Ashland were drowned.
Joseph Curry, Philadelphia 4 Read
ing railroad brakeman, alighted from
the Buffalo express on the Reading
tracks yesterday and has not been seen
since. II Is feared he fell into the
schuylkll river and was drowned.
THE LEHIGH HAS FALLEN.
Mauch Chunk Pa Dec. l6,-The Le-
high Valley railroad is open from New
York to Mauch Chunk the paper train
this morning being the first train
through. II viii be several days before
the company can send trains 60 Buffalo
on schedule time The water In the
Lehigh river has fallen ten feet since
yesterday at all points above Easton.
BUSINESS STOPPED IN ITHACA.
Ithaca. n. Y. Dec. Robustness was
practically suspended in Ithaca today
on account Of the flood All street ear
lines were tied up, no mail was received
and none was sent out IL was hoped
however, that the tracks OF the Lehigh
Valley RAILROAD TO the west would be re-
paired sufficiently today 20 enable
trains TO operate between Ithaca and
Buffalo. Every available labOring man
IN Ithaca was given work and efforts
were made to secure men from OswegO
and other nearby towns. Brockton, five
miles east, suffered much by the food,
several buildings being carried away.
GREAT DAMAGE AT MALONE.
Malone, n. Y. Dec. 16.-The storm Of
Saturday did more damage than was
reported yesterday, the washouts on the
Adirondack division Of the New York
Central numbered "a and the wreck
train which left here yesterday morn
ing for Fulton was stalled beyond
White Lake. Heavy financial loss was
caused In all outlying districts.
$4,000 DAMAGE.
Syracuse, N. Y. Dec. i6.-The over
flow OF Onondaga creek Saturday night
and Sunday did about stb0. 900 damage
in this city. Today the water has re-
ceded from all but the lowest ground
about town.
THE MOHAWK LOWER.
Rome, n. Y, Dec. i6.-The Mohawk
river has fallen TO It's normal volume.