Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-10
Estimated Damage by Flood
in Wyoming Region.
RIVERS ARE RECEDING
BANKS ALONG STREAMS PRESENT
SCENE OF DEsoLATIoN.
No Further Danger Anticipated-Rail-
way Traffic viii Be Delayed Some
Days Yet-Bridges Out.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, March 1O.-The
Susquehanna river is receding rapidly. At
0 o'clock today 1t was 26.7 feet above low
water mark, fall of nearly four feet dur
ing the last twenty-four hours. Many of
the streets are clear of water and people
are returning to their homes. There Is no
indication, however that any of the gorges
have broken. The two above this city, at
the WilkesDarre and Eastern railroad and
the Lehigh Valley railroad bridges. are still
intact and were made firmer by the freez-
ing weather during the night
At Plymouth the water has receded en-
tirely from the main street and the situa-
ton is much better, and at Nanticoke the
food has Iessened considerably.
Flood Receding.
The latest reports from Bloomsbury were
that the flood was receding at the rate of
four inches an hour. and 1t was believed
that one Of the gorges below that town had
broken. Early today communication with
Bloomsbury was cut OIL, and it is thought
of the gorges has moved and carried
away the telegraph poles.
Reports from up the river are that the
flood is recedng slowly.
There is no change in the gorge at Nanti-
coke. The bridge there has not been dam
aged, and the officials of the Pennsylvania
railroad feel confident that it will with
stand the flood.
The banks of both sides of the river from
Shickshinny to Sunbury, a distance of
fifty miles, present a scene of desolation.
Wrecked bridges, outbuildngs. telegraph
poles, etc, are strewn everywhere. The
new steel bridge at Catawissa Is total
wreck Not a single span remains
Railway Traffic.
The bridge at Shickshinny is likely to be
carried away should the ice gorge at Haiti
coke break and the river continue high.
The Lehigh Valley railroad announced
this morning that 1t would resume the rum
ming of trains between Wilkesbarre and
Plttston. The Erie road also announced
that 1t will run all trains on schedule time
The Central Railroad of New Jersey has
repaired its roadbed in the lower end Of
the city affected by the high water, and
trains are leaving the station on time
The Pennsylvania and the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western road, however, are in
no ter condition than they were yester-
day, and it is not known when they will
begin the running of trains.
Mines to Resume.
Mines that were flooded are being pumped
out and some of them may be able to re-
sumo work tomorrow. .s.
Communication was established with
bloomsbury at noon today. The news from
there is reassuring. During the morning
the waters subsidized about three feet, and a
few of the families who were driven out by
the high water have returned to their
homes.
Investigation today shows that the Penn
sylvania, the Lehigh Valley and the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western railroads
are badly damaged along the line of the
river, and that it will be several days be-
fore traffic can be resumed. The roadbeds
are washed out in many places and bridges
are torn and twisted by the masses of ice.
Flood Losses.
AS soon as conditions permit the Penn
sylvania railroad will send large number
of bridge builders to Nescopeck and erect
a temporary bridge over Nescopeck creek
SO as to permit the resumption of traffic
between Wilkesbarre and Philadelphia Es-
Inmates are being made as to the amount
of damage done by the flood in the Wyom-
Ing region. The figures run from 81 600 900
to 2.5OOOOO. The total damage In all towns
between P1ttstOn and Sunbury is estimated
at 81, 100000.
At Danville the water has dropped ten
feet, due to the removal of the gorge at
Roaring creek to Sunbury. But the big ice
jam between Roaring creek and Nescopeck
tWenty-four miles long, is apparently as
solid as ever.
The situation, however is not dangerous
unless there should be another rise In the
streams running into the Susuuehanna
river in New York state