Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1901-12-20
DAMAaH wnouaHT aE sEOnM
Many Bridges Washed Away and
Roads Torn Out.

Roads Torn Out.
No more disastrous storm has
ever pissed over this county than
the one which visited here last Sat-
urday, Dec. IA, and not since the
memorable freshet Of 1862 has the
water risen higher IN the streams.
Last Saturday the rain fell steadily
nearly all day but in the night it
came down in sheets aud torrents.
The creeks rose rapidly. soon over
flowed their banks and the work Of
destruction began. Instead Of the
usually rnpid and swollen streams,
which they become after a rain,
they became veritabie young rivers,
aud the absence Of frost enabled the
water readily to cut awny the
ground. The bnnks were under-
mined and ovsrfiowed and the rush
lug water tore up the soil and whirl.
ed it away. Bridge abutmeuts
crumbled aud the structures were
swept down stream.
The county bridge across Adams
creek near Laf. Quick's, the one at
Dingman's Ferry below the High
Falls Hotel near Gunn's and the
one at Molineaux mill we're dam.
aged Several smaller bridges in
that township on the Dingman
creek belonging to the township
were washed away The one at
steele's, the one by the old factory,
the one at Adams, the one at the
old baltimore place and the Angle
bridge are all gone. The township
bridge in Lehman near Mrs Spaok-
mans was wrecked. The road at
Connshangh and at Ed. Shepherd 8
was badly wushed and in fact in all
parts of the county roads have been
torn out.
In the township of Dingman the
bridge at Nols' was damaged and
the une near Monthemont's % feet
long, built in 1888 and costing
$247.75, is gone.
The county Bridge at struble's
mill IN this borough, e1-feet long,
built in 1898, costing s12sO,50 is
partly down by reason of the abut-
ment on the township side going
away The abutinent was built in
1898 aud cost &377.
The county bridge near the upper
dam, "a feet long, built in 1888,
with a considerable section Of the
road in Dingman township and the
mill dam of Thos Armstrong, is
torn away.
The county bridge on the turn
pike near the Hamilton place, as
feet long, built in 1895, costing 1854,
and the masonry, is with probably
200 feet of roadway gone.
The county bridge across the Wal
lenpaupac at Cromwelltown, 50 feet
long, built in 1899, costing $3.50, and
the masonry $3.50, has disappeared,
making five county bridges which
have cost in superstructure alone
over $1,000
Five township bridges IN Lacka-
waxer were oarried away aud the
roads made impassable. The dam
at Glen Eyre went out carrying
away the old factory in which there
WIS considerable machinery and
about $500 worth Of ice tools which
J. f. Kilgour had sent up prepara-
tory TO gathering the ice on the
dsm. The cost of reconstructing
the bridges, rebuilding the abut-
ments and repairing the approaches
will be heavy and made more so by
the necessity for building tempo
rary bridges for use this winter.
The townships also suffer severely
Ia tho loss OF bridges aud damaged
roads A. d. Browns race at his
mill in town was broken. the road
torn, two bridges wrecked, the third
damaged, the cribbing to his race
torn out and part Of she underpin-
ming to his saw mill strnble lost
tile entire trunk leading water to
his mill. Wells dam was some-
what damaged. the raceway was
washed out aud the dam filed with
idirt and stones brought down the
creek. Several large trees along
the stream were torn out. Every
where is evidence OF the presence of
the food. The Della ware rose until
tho buckwater crossed the road at
/ lstruble's mill. The road along the
mountain betwesn Milford and Ray
mondskill was several feet under
water. sohanno's lost several pigs,
some Of their ontbuildings foated
away and the water filed the cellar
Of their house Fred Bnnnell up 10
Iackawaxan lost all his chickens,
$50. Farmers everywhere suffered
from loss Of small oulverts. and
washouts on their farms. The
large boat house and swimming
Inlnf form owned bv tho hoVa OF