The Washington times., 1901-12-16
STORM LEAVES HAVOC IN PATH.
(coniianci irom First Plgc.)

| Continued from First PaseD
Labor delegates who desired to return e
| their homes today are compelled TO re
main in Scranton until tomorrow
the Delaware. Lackawanna and West
ern road has severe washOuts north o.
| Binghamton. and south OF this city a
Elnhurst. and on the Pocono Mountain
| where the water at o'clock tonight was
said to he still oyerflowinE the track
Nothing like that has ever occurred be-
fore.
1t is said that the company will not be
able to move trains there before daylight
tomorrow. Not a New York or Phiiadel-
phia newspaper has reached Scranton to-
day. being held up somewhere on Pocono
Mountain.
Allentown. Pa. Inundated.
ALLENTOWN. Pa. Dec. l5.-Thousands
Of dollars damage to property. fully 100
people temporarily homeless. and the
flooding Of fully a score Of big industrial
establishments is the result of the big
gest freshet that this section of the State
has witnessed in nearly a half century.
The waters of the Lehigh and Little Le-
high Rivers and Jordan Greek. fed by a
heavy rain and tremendous quantity OF
melted snow from the mountains. rose
this morning with such surprising sud-
dcEness that many people who live near
tho hanks found their homes surrounded
by several feet Of water.
Scores of people were held prisoners all
day On the second floors of their houses
The water rose eighteen feet in six hours
and flooded more than thirty private dwell
ings and nearly that many factories. All
tH.
are under water. and traffic is almost at
a standstill.
The Town in Darkness
The power plants Of the traction COM
pany and electric light company are
flooded. and a result there is no trolley
service, and the city is in total darkness.
The water covers several hundred acres
and old residents say the food is more
serious in point Of property damage than
the freshet of 1862.
WILLIAMSPORT. Dec. 15.-Torrenfs of
rain falling steadily for twenty four hours
have turned the small streams of this
part of Pennsylvania into raging rivers
Lycoming Creek overfowed its banks
through a territory thirty-fve miles In
length carrying away small houses. i'm
prisoning hundreds of families. causing
loss Of life. and doing thousands of dol
lars worth of damage.
Twenty Italians Reported Lost.
Communication along the line of the
Northern Central is entirely cut of.
Trains cannot get three miles out OF the
,ity. At Ralston. twenty-five miles north.
an express train ran into water several
teet deep. The fifty passengers were
reused from their slumber and ferried in
small boats 10 the hotel
IL Is reported here that twenty Italians
living on 4 small island in Rnlston have
been drowned. 4 year ago the same col
my was rescued with great difficulty by
means Of ropes thrown from the shore.
A fast freight on the Philadelphia and
Erie. running thirty five miles an hour.
plunged through bridge over Lycoming
jreek at Newberry this morning at
,'clock.
Three Men Perish.
The engineer. John Martz; the fireman.
'red G. Tarr. and a brakeman. George |
Harley. who were on the engine. went |
own with il. and the nine cars following |
He'd on top OF them. The other cars were |
topped by the alrbrakes and the balance |
{ the crew saved
The Buffalo flyer and midnight express. !
earily laden with passengers, were TO /
ave crossed the bridge before the freight, |
ut were delayed by landslide at Hyner |
he landslide probably saved the lives of |
he 300 passengers.
A Philadelphia and Reading worktrain /
urrying 70 a wreck at Columbia, crossed
he iron bridge over Loyalsock Creek. and
fteen minutes later il collapsed. the
butments at both ends giving way stimuli
ineously.
The Damage Mt wiIkc.barre.
WILKESBARRE. Pa. Dec. 15.-Great
amage was done TO the railroad north
nd south Of this city by the severe storm
[ yesterday. and washouts are reported
dozens OF places. some Of them very
Itensive. Not train has reached this
ty since midnight. and the last one was
,veral hours late.
The big tunnel of the Central Railroad
New Jersey at White Haven was
loded at o'clock this morning by the ,
ehigh River overiowing its banks. The
high Valley Railroad is crippled. There
ere many narrow escapes, but no lives
c reported as lost.
Telegraph and telephone wires are down
II one irregular wire TO New York Peo-
e in the town of westmoreland were
scued in boats this evening. and It is
ared the houses viii be swept away Se-
re morning.
storm in Maryland.
CUMBERLAND. Nd. Dec. ia food
hlch has caused more destruction aud
lay than any since 1889 has resulted /.
om the rain OF yesterday. and biting
Id following has added TO its severity
All the railroads running into Cumhcr-
nd are affected and the wires generally
ing down the extent OF the destruction .
mot be estimated. =
The Baltimore and Ohio has suffered Sc
rely west Of Connellsyille. while be-
cen Cumberland and Connellsville there
@ two washouts. one at Foleys being y
eessive. Because Of these troubles all =
aims on the Pittsburg division we're run
a Fairmont and the first train got In
is afternoon sixteen hours late. There !
IS a heavy landslide at Hitchcock Tun- !,
] just west Of Piedmont. and washouts =
CURED at Tunnelton and Rowlesburg.
In the heart of Cumberland the Pennsyl-
MIA and West Virginia Central tracks
re under a food of water caused .,
the almost instant jump in Wilt
eek. The West Virginia Central had i
: slide near Hendricks that caused six "
uTs delay and several washouts. c
Found Frozen to Death. \
william Bulger started from Hamhleton .
otter Greek camp, but was overcome Il
the torrent Of rain and the cold when
c miles out. His body was found this Z
,rning frozen stiff Is
rhe passenger train on the Bedford di- q
sion Of the Pennsylvania Railroad ar u
red today eighteen hours late The o
lroad company entertained the passen- p
rs over night AT hotels at Manns Choice {!
The Delaware Rising.
EAST0N. Pa. Dec. 15.-The warm
lthern rains of Friday and Saturday.