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Show FLOODS ARE RECEDING' Danger Along Snsquc;; . hanna Is Believed to Be Oyer. WILKESBARRE, " Pa., March 10. The Susquehanna river Is receding rap-, Idly today. Many of the streets are clear of water and people are returning to their homes. At Plymouth and at Nantlooka the v flood has lessened, it Is believed. To- day communication with Bloomsburg . was cut off and It Is thought a gora ' carried away the telegraph poles, flf-' porta from up the river are that Ms flood la receding slowly. . ; The banks on both sides of the river from Shickshlnny to Sunbury, a distance dis-tance of fifty miles, present a scene of desolation. Wrecked bridges, outbuildings, outbuild-ings, telegraph poles, etc, are strewn . everywhere. The new steel bridge at Catawissa is a total wreck. Mines that were flooded are being pumped out and some of them may be able to resume work tomorrow. |