The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1902-01-03

merged So far the las ~a<F< ard The
electric light plants ale sac Theirs
WI he no very serious d-maxs "a
property.
LuTay reports \ great fvcsaet n thS
Shenandoah which has seriously inter
fsrrei with the running 81 srains
Roanoke Va December 5-Rzii-oad
traffic tn southwestern Virginia has
S~ea seriously iutcTferrw4 asgh fo- fh-
rS-st foTty-eiEht hour. ow snE - the
heavy fan % SNOW and rain during th~
lart tao weeks Many ~EashousR are
reported on the Norfolk AMI Western
main line. the Roanoke and Southern
and the shenandoah VALLEY ra4!waN
John wriEhs lost h!s life in ihiE coaa-
~ last night while attcnv ma to cross
\ swollen stream OF . horse
\ heavy fan Of Elcct and E3ox at
'nT~tstiansSurE iotaY has Frustrated ihc
telegraph 2 telephone lines IT, iha
vicinity.
- telegram from Eadfo.d tonlxh;
says New river has ben noo-ea again
ior the 9Th time this year. breaking
all records The water ruz. twe=ty
feet and spread over the adjacent cnun-
try. partially subrnerEInE tres houses
ana railway tracks
Winston. y. =. Dcccnb,I -o-Thc
Y1dkin river r. thir:, feet zr1,gr ,hr
~ +AAtA'~a a. -fNfA A-AAN -AsNE EAH"Hf
Two railroad t~resiIcs on the a~1oorSvlIls
rad were washed awsy. Tee paSSrn
ser train vas cancelled toIAy.
Two escaped ConNlCts we-, captured
last night at he river. one I'D Jumped.
expecting To swim ACROSS. but turned
t.Ck on account OF h'sA water.
Philadelphia. Decor. Der ---Erao-ts
from all parts Of eastern Pennsylvania
tonight show that the rivers and creeks
which hag4 me Greatly EVEnffz. as -
s-l; OF Saturday nights - sundays
continuous rains, AZ. steadily falling.
There ~ one exception however. the
lower part Of the S~Lsquehauna river
being reported TO be silll rising and
close 10 The danger mark Although
considerable damage MAS done. the
Losses viii not be great. most OF the
flooded areas being low lands llong the
uEIer Schuylkin. Leh.Sh AMI Sasque-
hanna rivers. In tn anthracite sn-.i
district. 4 few OF the mines were flooded
causing a suspension 81 VIOLA for the
day. Along the lower Sus4u,hanua
there is apprehension that damage will
result from ice gorCes. The water is
said TO be rising six Lehca al hour IN
thct vicinity.
The Schuylkill river in this city rose
i feet above normal. which rise has
been passed only once in ~thiriy-twC
years. Manayunk. one OF the mill dis
tr-Cts. situated along the S,nUylkill III
ia" northwestern part OF the city. SUI
f@red most from the Hood. Every miu
along the river was forced To suspend
operations. throwing ont OF work for
the day about 5000 persons.
Petersburg. ". Va. December 30
Two man are missing. on" badly in
tuIcd, an engine and -four cars are at
the foot OF an cmbankmeUt two JihoE
cars are wrecked and n hundred feet
OF track are torn UP as a result OF a
collision with a massive rock by a
W~estbOund freight train on the Balti-
mere and Ohio railroad ut No. 3 tun-
nell near Long Run early today. The
engine struck the rock which had been
rolled down from the hill just as tho
train came out OF the tunnel. The Two
missing men are fireman a. r. Hile
and brakeman +. b.. Putnam, both OF
Grafton. They are probably dead be
meath the rock. Engineer Hope Goudy
Of Grafton. was so seriously injured he
probably will die. Heavy rains looa
encd the rock.
Columbus, Miss. December 90
passenger train on the Southern rail
way was derailed at Ittab"na. Miss.
e&rly today. a tree had been blown
across the track by last nights storm
and when the train struck il the engine
was turned over and the balance OF the
rain left the tract. Engineer MCWn
liams was buried under the train and
killed. No other casualties have been
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