Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1902-01-04
STORMS IN EASTERN STATES
,spusTRIAL PLANTS CLOSED
over Their Bnnks-Railway
1,s md Bridges submerged
fifteen Feet Above Nor""'-se'-
eral Lives Lost in Georsi"-Ten-
,e.see Also Flooded

Dhaodelphia, Jan. l.-lncessant rain
saturday evening has resulted IN
' ,,,orous freshet in the Schuylkill river,
rhich is Is feet above normal. All OF
w. hio industrial plants along the
s ~ at AIanayunk and NorristoWn
- ~ flooded and work has been sus-
pended. d.. D,
y, has been wrecked and the tracks
- the Reading railway at Spring Mill
oro submerged Traffic, however, has not
bpen seriously handicapped.
In this city the river is out of its
h,nks near the Baltimore & Ohio rail
mad station, the water having backed
ont to Twenty-fourth street, the FIRST
tboroughfare east of the station, flooding
collars and doing other damage.
Two new brick dwellings in Kensing-
ION in the northeastern section of the
citv. collapsed, having been undermined
nv the heavy rain. The houses were not
occupied Many farms at Tacony, Wis
sinoming Collegeville, Holmesburg ald
Torresdale, suburbs of this city, have
been seriously damaged by the storm and
the cellars of residences have been food
ed. Small creeks emptying into the
Delaware river are out of their banks,
and the fiat land between Frankfort and
Bridesburg is under several feet of water
Damage at Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 1.-The threatened
food as a result of the heavy rainfall of
Saturday and Sunday, has been averted
by the cold snap, and the rivers at this
point will not reach over 20 foot stage
Dispatches from the heaGWaters report
the waters falling at all points.
Water Goes Down.
Norristown, Pa, Jan. 1.-The Schuyl-
kill river, which has been steadily rising
is reoeding, and the danger is said to be
over. Much damage has been done to
the mills and factories in this vicinity.
The new bridge being constructed over
the river at Port Kennedy has 3een
washed away.
People Drowned in Georgia.
Atlanta, Ga, Jan. 1.-The torrential
rains of the past two days in Georgia,
Alabama and east Tennessee and portions
Of North Carolina caused the death of
four persons as far as known, and in
ticted serious damage to all kinds of
property The rains have been followed
OYclearing and much cooler weather, ac-
eOmpanied by high winds The weather
bureau announced today that the Chat
tahoochee river would continue to rise
during the next SO hours, and it is fear
ed much damage will result.
Three people were drowned at West
Point, Ga, while attempting to cross the
turbulent Chattahoochee, and Thomas
Russell, an engineer on the Atlanta 4
West Point railroad, was killed in
freight wreck caused by washout near
Notasulga, Ala.
erty has been destroyed at West Ioint,
and there Is much suffering. Today the
water IN the streets of West Point was
ron one to five feet deep. Many of the
people spent the night in Fort Tyler. No
telns have been sent through from At
lanta to Montgomery over the Atlanta
West Point road since Saturday, aud
the Southern railways New York and
New Orleans limited last night was sent
around by Birmingham and Meridian.
a washout is reported on the Southern
between Asheville and Knoxville. At Col
umbus, Ga, the Chattahoochee registered
90 ieet. The property damage is already
aeaVy. Nearly five inches of rain has
'allen IN the city of Rome, Ga. Two
"asnouts are reported on the main line
oi the Louisville & Nashville road south
OF Montgomery,
Rivers Are Rising.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. An aver
aye OF three inches of rain fell all over
'i'e tennessee river basin since Saturday,
"nd sent the water over the 80 foot dam
ger line here. Water is now rising at
tue rate OF four inches an hour.