Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-12-06
|USHT VICTIMS. |
u LITTLE relief.
Freezing Weather That
III Prevent Moisture From
Z Sinking Into Ground
DHo ceNreRs SUFFER

- q freezing weather that would
ns rain soaking into the ground,
e9ptsssed last night throughout
drought. suffering sections Of the
following the rainfall which. y
II esnefally reported, AFFORDED only
/ ~ Gllghtest RELIEF.
y the northern part Of the State.
\ y Soal mining communities principal
\ where che rain was needed most,
\ IN the least. Even where the rain.
measured an inch or more It had no
ooptible effect on scant sources OF
SQ11e supply.
s. Sohnstown, where the water situation
- esen acute. for. some time, re:
0od that although 1.64 inches OF
d - fell in twenty -four hours, there
jonA be no let.up In conservation
4 1SooUures.
Conditions in shamokin
~ Shamokin, where there was only
Sn4 IN inch Of rain, dams and reser.
1eesu continued empty. The Eagle Silk
NH, employing $500 persons. had to
nut down its power plant yesterday for
lnck Of water. Power Is now being pur.
aAased for the mills from q Shamokin
n,ant. Additional tank trains were put
nto service to haul water from the
uoauehanna at Sunbury to collieries In
n Shamokin. Mount Carmel district.
x Oe6nite information has been received
- q score of counties that the
9Ro0sht has done much damage to win.
~ wheat. The State Department Of
Agriculture said Venango County was
4 - only one making q good showing.
0tAer winter wheat reports from coun.
- are % follows:
\ ASmstrons..Vcry short.
E 6erka-Looks fair.
s 0sadford-Owins to dry. weather
BheAt has not the top It should have.
3 Center-Lats sown grain growing
CHester-very poor.
Il Ctawford-Too dry for winter grain.
n Iancaster-under normal.
Similar reports have also been re.
1olved from Franklin, Lehigh, Luzerne,
0egcer, Monroe, Montgomery. Fayette.
0eAtour, Northampton, Westu.oreland
ahA York Counties.
Cold Change Feared
An early freeze now Is feared by the
hfners. A cold wave Is reported NOV
~ eastward, and the temperature IL
erected to reach the freezing point.
n the ground becomes frozen before
0Aeto are more rains q winter water
fGmine IL a possibility, as the water
Rould not soak into the ground. Crops
G1S vegetable growth would also be
without proper nourishment in this
ovsnt.
d Reports from many sections are that
much more rain is needed to make the
water supply normal in rivers. creeks,
Es1b, reservoirs and cisterns. The
oehuylkill rose two inches after tn.
1UiA, but last night was again subsid.
u apidly; Fcre:ters and woodsmen I,
1T get through the dense underbrush
- Hid not penetrate the layers Of dead
60V4s 20 40 to wet the rocks and mosse.
q the roots OF trees. Tho moisture
0nDe ret through the sub. soil before
VAeee will be any increase In the water
4ahanoy City last night reported th,
Notes situation in that section had
ooached its most acute stage. with thu
Soasby towns Of Girardville and Maha
~ Plane on q ration Of two hour,
Altoona, at the foot Of the Allegheny
8Ouatains, reported .73 Of an inch Of
Sainfall. with q noticeable increase in
- streams feedlng the munlclpal reser
Yoiss there and at Juniata, Tyrone.
Bearing Springs, Bellwood. Gallitzin,
0fooDon and other towns which have
Doon short on water.
Snow In Haxleton
Hasleton, in the Lehigh field, had q
1Wo. Inch snowfall, followed by ram
Considerably more rain was said to bt
1se6sd in that section for relief o,
1rought conditions.
Pittsburgh reported much colder
weather last night, with no prospect Of
Z = further rainfall for some time.
N Reports to the Pennsylvania Rail.
rad, which curtailed freight service II
tAs Pottsville region because Of lack o.
water to supply locomotives, were thai
~ rain had not alleviated condition.
- any extent.
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