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Show The Havoc of the Floods. Habeisbueo, Pa., January 6. The railroad wreck at Duncannon was caused by the collapse col-lapse of a pier bridge over Sherman's creek on account of the flood. It was visited today to-day by thousands of people. All of those known to have been on the train at the time it went down have been accounted for, except A. C. McCann, fireman, and T. B. Baldwin, conductor, who were drowned. Engineer Noel, whose death was reported last night, was rescued alive, having floated j on a railroad tie to a point about a mile be- low the scene of the wreck. The water in j the river at this point has risen an average ' -77" ' of six inches per hour all day, and at 10 o'clock last night had almost reached the Cumberland Valley railroad bridge. It registered reg-istered eighteen feet three inches, and is rising at the rate of three and one-half inches per hour. The creek in the lower section of the city has overflowed its banks,' and people have been compelled to go to their houses in boats. : . . WrxMAMSPOBT, Pa., January 6 The river here, after reaching thirty-four feet and a half, began slowly falling. Reports from up the stream announce a rapid fall at afi points. In this city the water backed up to Market Square, and reached within a few feet of the court-house. The damage is very heavy, but no reasonable estimate can yet be given. SpEiNGriELD, Vt., January 6. The high water of Black river carried out a 50-foot dam of the Vermont Novelty Works Company Com-pany yesterday. The water is the highest since the great flood of 1869. Atjgusta, Maine, January 6.-r-Two 172-f eet spans of the railroad bridge across the Ken-nebeo Ken-nebeo river at this place were carried away by a freshet at 8 o'clock this morning. Late in the fall repairs were commenced on the bridge, and at the time of the accident the two spans rested entirely on trestle work built up from the bed of the river. Much delay will occur to travel. |