Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-01-02
SCHUYLKLLL WAS A TORRENT
Water in That Stream Is l-2
Feet Above the Normal.
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS INUNDATED
Much Damage is Reported in
Philadelphia.
Indications of Another Flood in the Sus-
quehanna River at Harrisburg and in Its
Vicinity ~ The streams Subsiding Near
LamCastrr-So Damage at Reading.

Philadelphia, Pa. Dec 80 The rain,
VIII CHI has iallen almost necessarily
8 nce Saturday evening, has resulted in
a dangerous frpshet IN the Sohuylkill
River, ard today the water If that stream
is lois ieet above the normal.
All oil the big industrial plants along
tho Schuylkill at Mauayunk and Norris
own, near here, are flooded, and work
has peen suspended.
The county bridge at Port Kennedy
has been wrecked by the food and the
tracks Of the Philadelphia " Reading
railway ut Spring Mills about eight
miles iroin here, are submerged Traffic,
however, has not YET been seriously
handicapped.
ln this CITY the river is out of its
hanks near the Baltimore 4 Ohio rail
road station, the water having backed
out TO Twenty fourth streer, the first
thoroughfars east OF the station. Cellars
OF DIV sllings are flooded. and many resi-
dents along the river early today sought
safer qusrterH. The Wissahickon drive,
through Paramount Park, which runs
along the Schuylkiil River for miles, is
under water.
Two new brick dwellings, in Kensing
ton, in the northeastern section OF this
CITY, collapsed early today. having beer
undermined by the heavy rain. The
houses we're not occupied.
Many farins at Taoony, Wipninoming,
Col .egeyille, Homosburg and Torres
da o, suburbs of this city, have bees
seriously damaged by tho storm.
Small creeks emrlylng into he Della
ware kiser arc out OF their banks, anC
the fiat and between frankfort anc
Br .desburg Is under several feet o
wator.
THE susQuEHASNA R'sI @.
Harrisburg, Pa, Dec 30.-Ths Sus
, quehanna River is again rising, ant
, there will be another food ii the rail-
, continues to fall as heavily as ii ha
fallen during tho last two days. Al J.
, o'clock last night the river stood at 4
, feet above low water mark, and tbi
! morning 1t was slowly rising.
Paxton and Conodoguinet Greeks, il
this locality. and the elbow breeohes
> below harrisburg, are rising with til
> water being cured into them by tn
. continuing rain.
/ The indications are that similar con
. ditions exist IN the creeks above thi
3 city as the heavy rainfall has bee
. general throug hout the State.
suBsIpISG NEAR LANCASTER.
!, Lancaster, Pa, Dec. 81. The stream
! of this county, which were badly swolle
! Yesterday, are subsidng, no specie
damage having been occasioned
, Tins big bridge over the Conestogs
!. south of this city, which was in DANCE
: of being carried away yesterday, ha
= again been thrown open to traffic, an
= no further trouble ia appreh snded there
: The Sus9uenanna River is slowly Ri
' ing, but has cot yet reached the dang
line
Nn DAMAGE At READING.
Reading, Pa, Dec, 30. No sppr
hension was felt from the overflow
the Schuylkill at this Ioint until ear
D. tins morning, when 13foot flood wi
raging, but no damage was done, ar
e the water is nov ieceding.
ID No inconvenience has resulted to IL
7, railroads in this section.