Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1902-01-01
STORMS IN EASTERN STATES|
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS CLOSED.
Rivers Over Their Bnnks-RaiIwnX
Tracks and bridges Submerged-
Fifteen Feet Above NOrmal--SeS-
ernI Lives Lost In GeOrgIn-Ten-
nessec Also Flooded.

Philadelphia, Jan. l.-lncessant RAIN
since Saturday evening has resulted IN d
dangerous freshei in the Schuylkill river,
which is Is feet above normal. All OF
the big industrial plants along the
Schuylkill at Manayunk and Noriistown
are Hooded and work has been sus-
pended.
The county bridge at Port Kennedy,
Pa, has been wrecked and the tracks
Of the Reading railway at Spring Mill
are submerged. Traffic, however, has not
been seriously Handicapped.
In this city the river is out of its
banks near the Baltimore 4 Ohio rail
road station. the water having backed
out to Twenty fourth street, the 'irst
thoroughftre east of the station, flooding
cellars and doing other damage
Two new brick dwellings in Kensing
ton. in the northeastern section of the
city, collapsed, having been undermined
by the heavy rain. The houses were not
occupied. Many farms at Tacony, Wis
sinoming, Collegeville, Holmesburg aad
Torresdalc. suburbs of this city, have
been seriously damaged by the storm and
the cellars of residences have been flood
ed. Small creeks emptying into the
Delaware river are out of their banks,
and the flat land between Frankfort and
Bridesburg is under several feet of water
Damage mt Pittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 1.-The threatened
Hood. as 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 headwaters report
the waters falling at all points.
Water Goes Down.
Norristown, Pa, Jan. 1.-The Scauy.
kill river, which has been steadily rising
is receding, and the danger is said to be
over. Much damage mas been done to
the mills and factories in this vicinity.
The new bridge being constructed over
he river dt Port Kennedy has Jeen
Washed away.
People Drowned Ia 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.
llicted -erIous damage TO all kinds OF
property. The rains have been followed
by clearing and much cooler weather, ac-
companied by high winds. The weather
bureau announced today that the ChIt.
tahoocllee river would continue to rise
during the next 80 hours, and it is fear
cd 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 &
West Point railroad, was killed in a
freight wreck caused by washout near
Notasulga, Ala.
Thousands OF dollar .orth of prop
erty has been destroyed at West roint,
and there is much suffering. Today the
water in the streets Of West Point was
from one to FIVE feet deep. Many Of the
people spent the night in Fort Tyler No
Trains have been sent through from At
lanta to Montgomery over the Atlanta
& West Point road since Saturday, and
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 Ashevilbe and Knoxville. At Col.
umbus, Ga, the Chattahoochee registered
3S feet The property damage is already
heavy. Nearly five inches Of rain has
fallen in the city Of Rome, Ga. Two
washouts are reported on the main line
OF the Louisville & Nashville road south
Of Montgomery.
Rivers Are Rising.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Jan. l.--An aver
age Of three inches of rain fell all over
the Tennessee river basin since Saturday,
and sent the water over the 80 foot Ian
ger line here. Water is now rising at
the rate Of four inches an hour.
Big Fire in Calvert, Tex.