New-York tribune., 1885-08-14
DEVASTATED BY FLOOD.
ropx OF THE STORM IN NETWORK STATE
..unoAp TRACKS DEsTRoYEp-FikLps oo'N"A
WITH ROCKS AND FALLEN TREES
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.r.nv sang. 13-The damage done
...aav.s storn Is much greater than was az hfs'
wsssa,ad Heavy clouds had gathereh IN tns wcs.' ~
so,r the skv grew lighter and 1t was Thought ta'
-" - .,orw had passed away. Soon afterWari "oiu "as
saght that cloud burst had occurred IN o'enN','' "'
.sam and that four tracks OF the Cen'rm roau
ko''e"" "A ,rav at Hofman's Ferry. Ali trains were
s,sd At4 o'clock breeze sprang up from the "eS''
with IL all the indications OF thunder stor'
-. only few drops Of rain fell. Tne wino 'oeio'
.. vu's Then dense clouds extending like two nuge
"a. from the sky to the earth ar proached eacn o'e "
80 north one coming from the southwesrtne o'aei o
.se northeast As they came togesner 'hoy 'e'o us.
s,ug visible for moment space OF clear sky. ih"n
,o.od again. and oppressive darkness settled over
49, seare Tho wind blew hurricane and the wafer
not in drors or streams. but Ne II ahsnco nov"
a. = vo,ume After the collision OF tne t"o c'o'"s,
.ners living in sight Of walton's Creek nocceo '"''
sweer ing down the gully. Upon It's surface we're
horne great uprooted trees heaps or prushwooo auu
fragments OF bridges that had been sweps away.
.Tns two arches of the calvert were chcked with 'ne
- The water flowing down the hillside steadily rose
,.,, Il became nearly level with the railroad tracks
hitch are at this point about fifty feet above the roaa
ay The masonry supporting tracks one anu % .wv s3rht
x~y..,mhle AT the snme moment west pouna iIelgns
70 nassd over track four The train passed the shax
mot IL safety and brakeman was sent BACK . nag a ~
oner s ,psIs oyer sr and the hood he ouyert
one ana vas AGAINST no 1s
m morning the water had .absded and II was ross
~, ~ form fair estimate OF the damage wrougnt.
Where the cuivert had teen there yawned gap A. ,h
ide and from 65 10 75 feet deep tnrougn wnoso ph
Eos~ad muddy stream about i've rect eoep. ~ @ s.o
rorth Of the tracks what had been yesterday Meanvm
sSyeral acres In extent was now Vovefeo VIII T,i ds
boer cobbestones gravel and fallen trees .oat nlf o
ncsr is from TO five feet In depth Io .ne nt
Ss track the scene II thing wilder n its peg
The large stones of which the culvert haa peen su,
law scattered about. some OF them pronaoX ,Sear
sonndaton Pines ropars and elm trees OF large SIG ay
hr the flood had lett them. with their roots On
And their trunks stripped OF the bark RON roos top
The turnpike along the river for distance OF " T iss
Tat vas bockaded by stones eartn ano oRs' Ao"'
~ Chenille farmers Will be heavy -. .,-.. &.,,
Passengers on Central trains are uanserr o.ei D
rorary bridges The delay on the roao " GrcaS vio
hundred and fifty were Mt work To-Day auu ~ M
hoped that trains may be run TO morrow nsns s
tsns were blocked Tho hotels could not
eli the belated passengers Ihe teesrapu "'''0' ~
bekieged by travellers
NORWOOD, Aug. 13.-The damage by the STORM nero
,sst night was somewhat ovcrestlmated. The loss OF
f 40 far reported includes only Michael Martin iarm
hand. and Mrs David Fitigibbons The injured arc
Myra ormsby age eighteen. probably fatally hurt' MIS-
George Cramer, 6. E. Leslie. Mrs. Oliver Lunderman'
Carl and Rufus King and Charles Miner The damase
done 10 growing crops and to fruit cannot Dc es'E
mated The principal losers In Norwood arc the NOT
wood Inrnber Company, the Ogdensburg ana LAKE
champlan Railroad Company. by damage 10 brdge ana
stat,on and A. NJ. H. Pearson. oy damage 70 oroo'n
handle and boep factory Over one nnnareH or
damaged Several "sugar bushes were aes,ioye ~, es'
THE dam age done I'm Norwood and the immeuate Vcm-
tty 10 estimated at 100000