Year: 1875

COLUMBIA, Pa, March Io-At Mari.
eta the loss by the flood is very heavy,
many lumbermen having their rats swept
away. Ice is piled up over the tow path
at some points from twenty to thirty feet
high.


FEARFUL DESTRUCTION IN MARYLAND.


PORT DEPOSIT, Md. March I9.-The
food here is fearful The water is from
five to fifteen feet deep in the street.
Nothing like it was ever seen before.
Nearly the whole town is flooded and
there is great destruction Of property.
No lives have been lost so far. The
railroad depot is full of water and the
telegraph Office was abandoned last
night in boat. At Harve de Grace the
ice has gorged about five miles below
the town. The wharves are flooded, and
whole piles of lumber have been swept
from them. A large number of men are
engaged in saving it. The street next
to the river, above the bridge, is COM
pletely blocked with ice, wood and lum-
Der, and the water is about ten inches
deey in the street, but falling slowly.
The canal tow path, at upper end Of the
town, is covered with ice.


The river has fallen three feet since
morning. The water is now four feet
deep on the railroad track and in the
main street twenty


DAMAGE ALONG THE SUSQUEHANNA.


HARRISBURG, March Io.-The food
along the Susquehanna did considerable
damage between Middetown and Col
umba. At cambridge the railroad depot
was forced across the track. On the hill
the telegraph Office was completely de-
molished. Four canal boats and frame
house we're forced on the track. Six or
seven houses were badly injured. The
track from Collins Station Chickies. is
covered with from eight to twelve feet of
ice. At many points for distance of a
mile or more the telegraph lines were
destroyed for eight or ten miles. A fam
lily on an island above cambridge was
forced to the roof Of residence. The
water rose to the second story. They re-
mained on the roof until the water re-
ceeded and were saved On another is
land family took to the barn for safety,
fearing the house would move. The barn
was forced a distance of one hundred
yards or more. The family were rescued.
1t is reported that a man attempted to 60
to the rescue Of the latter family but was
carried down the river by the ice, and
has not been heard from since. The
whole Of Front street, Marietta, for a
mile and quarter long, is reported filled
with ice to the height Of thirty and thirty
FIVE feet. Many houses we're damaged.


RESUMPTION or RAILWAY TRAVEL.


WMKEsBARRE, March Io.-A force of
three hundred men were engaged to-day
in removing the ice from the track above
Pittston, On Monday all passenger
trains will be put on. The track was
covered for two miles with ice from six
to thirteen feet deep. The road between
here and Pittston is yet partially covered
with ice and water, but on Monday trains
will be running through Attention is
again turned principally to the gorge
above Pittston which threatens more
danger than the one at Wilkesbarre. 1t
begins two miles from Pittston, and ex-
tends to Falls Station, distance of nine
miles, and is formed of heavier and
stronger ice than that which destroyed
the bridge and devastated West Pittston.
The inhabitants of the latter place are
alarmed, fearing that they may have
heavier visitation than before. 1t is the
general opinion that this gorge must 60
first and be precipitated upon the one at
Wilkesbarre, and if such be the case,
THE WHOLE WYOMING VALLEY WILL BE


DEVASTATED.


The Plttston bridges imbedded in ice
three miles above here, were destroyed
to-day to prevent their being swept down
against this one. A force Of one hund-
red men was engaged most of the day in
taking them apart, and removing what
was valuable in the afternoon. What
was left was saturated with benzine and
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GREAT DEVASTATION.


MARIETTA Pa, March 10. - 1t is i'm
possible to imagine the scene presented
here now caused by the ice gorge. For
a mile along Front street, the immense
cakes of ice are piled from ten to forty
feet high, filling the canal and covering
the railroad track, and in many cases
tearing out and bending the rails. Sew
eral canal boats are lying across the rail-
road track, and were only prevented
from demolishing by large trees that
were firm enough to stop them. Humid
reks of men are working to clear the
railroad track, but it is like blasting
through the rock bed. 1t is estimated
that it will take two thousand men from
three to five days TO clear the track. All
the trains are running regularly via the
Mount Joy branch. The water was sew
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