Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1891 — FLOODED THE TOWN. [ARTICLE]

FLOODED THE TOWN.

Fierce storm at Fottuvllle I'rives People to Their Garrets. A cloudburst broke over Pottsville, Pa., and the water poured down in torrents for an hour. The culverts were unable to carry all the water, and portions of the town were flooded. Fully 400 families were driven to the upper stories of their homes, and the cellars and kitchens were fil ed with water and mud. The bu inert portion of the town .-ufferred greatly, the cellars of stores being filled with water. Railroads and streets were turned into rivers three and four feet deep, and the raging torrents carried all sorts of goods and debris down to the Schuylkill. It was th: worst storm ever known in Pottsville. The damage is estimated Reports from Miuerville, St < lair, i’o:t Carbon, Schuylkill Haven, Girardville and Mahanoy Plane tell the : ame story of devastation and damage by the rain and food.