Show FLOOD SITUATION fUCH MUCO IMPROVED Philadelphia Dec Doc 17 riot nor ico In this state 1 to which won badly crippled by tho the Hoods Saturday night and Sunday Is lag Ins tin its 11 horina condition and by this hits afternoon or ur tomorrow morning trains coitus will bo ho running practically on time Umu Thousand of or laborers tote are at lit work re me repairing IQ pairing the thu to roadbeds roadbed and bridges uy by I y tho time rushing waters Tho Thu railroads s that d tho lie most mos are tho th Lehigh Valloy ailey Central of ot New N w Jersey Pennsylvania Delaware Lackawanna Ulta Western estern and thu New York Voik oik Contra Central In n some localities It will wil be c I before tho the damage Is 1 fully full repaired Tho Tue sweep of qt water was wall grater In sections was over ever known bo ho horn fn rn withstood the time floods Ors of of years wera W 9 swept ept away T Th Ti 1 h literature wan waH providential In solute respect as UH It pro pre prevented vented the th flood from spreading but It i entailed great greut suffering on time till or Om more pet sons homeless hOm eHI b V bi i the thc destruction of ot their All Alt on stalled trains were vere re cc from front their uncomfortable lIon Ion last night and this t ls by 11 thu th companies rind and the thu rains are arenow arenow now being tattoo to their de ac la 1 In 1 lower coal co 1 legion eglon I the tho la IA l The mine ot II I ar with writer and It may ina n be lie weeks be ba before fore foro porno lIoma of them cull can be he worked al nl although though h them turn wan a 11 resumption today tolly III In a n tow mines B It Is l estimated that 00 O and mechanics wv Idle as a n result of nf the tho Hood flood Along the Lehigh h Valley and amid New Jet Jei JetSO noy aey SO Central roads hundreds of ot cars loaded with coat coal are Ille lucid held up but there thelO Is 19 no danger of or a n coal coat ns as the he have a 0 large reserve supply aupp at points The Heading railway has hus ben hen com coin compelled to suspend sl on Its Little Schuylkill dl branch between lort Clinton I arid and because of numerous washouts The rho weather today Is not quito so Sll cold as a yesterday and In some sections enol Is falling faIling Conservative estimates place the loss from the Hoods floods nt It from to 5 So far tar reports have been reedy ml oil hero hIo of tho the Jose Josu Jo s of ot nino n O lives In itt var VaZ various or oroua ious bus oua parts of ot tho the state SITUATION AT Ar Pa Dee Deo three l rivers at nt Pittsburg have haVo fallen below heloW the danger Una and the tho work woric of ot clear clearIng r ring Ing away awny tho the debris mud and nud the tho t 0 to 10 claiming of lot loil craft cratt washed away r by bythe I the t waters 10 lulu begun The Tho loss BUS tamed by ity Interests may mayi i each The Tue hoards boards of ot ho health a of ho tho two are lire distributing dl In the tho flooded and this It Ills Is lii thought th will reduce sickness to the tho minimum but It will take e weeks for tor V Inundated houses houe hou e to hI he dried out and made fit for occupancy IN WYOMING VALLEYS fa ta Dec 17 The flood situation In iti th the Wyoming valley QUOY shows some Improvement ment today The water In Inthe the tho river receded re two Inches more luring the night but the lowlands are turo still Ifill submerged and nil all between bet ic II and ana the towns on tho the west vest wo t side of tho tue river riverIA jiS IA Still Atilt out CUt Oft i p The drat hll train on the Le Lo hl valley railroad tram from the UC th ar at arrived rived shortly D after midnight It Il cur car lied lel teul n a number of belated passengers had MIl spent 48 8 hours lit In n the tho cars care In lit the lie lood district near Stony Slony Crook Creek Tho The 11 first ret train bound cant over tho the Lehigh Volley Iley left thle thIs morning i The Central ot of t New Jersey which was Ut the tho heaviest JI by he bo flood nOI 4 11 to III running of ot trains this afternoon AN OHIO AVOIDED A VOID D Cincinnati Dec Doc 17 cold weather linn has Averted a Hood flood In tho the Ohio river at this titis point The Tho rivers cons con to the thu rise rile are all tailing falling THE DELAWARE J LA W PALLS FALLS N J Dec Dee freshet tr III In the Delaware river here hert has hns ha fallen two feet and Is 10 gradually pMs plUS Ing Jag out will probably ba he re ro resumed today Only two trains from have reached to day dy aston Pa Dec 17 Through pas senter on tho the Lehigh Valley rail mu road rond from New York to Buffalo Is prim tl ti aily open oven after a tie up ot ef f nearly 48 hours bours due to the tira Hoods |