New-York tribune., 1886-02-14
DAMAGE DONE IN NEW-YORK STATE.
RAILROADS AND wAGoN-RoADs ALMOST IMPAssABLE
tn A TRAIN

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ACCIDENT TO A TRAIN.
| SCHENECTADY, Feb. 13 (SpecidD. - lhrty
years ago the breaking up of the Mohawk River csuseu
disastrous aocI in schenectady After the state oan'
was built little way above tho Erie Canal Aqueuoo'
the people were deluded with the idea that heie Wou
be no more high water To-day the schoha''o |Io'A
broke up This always starts tho Mohawk' "i'cn "A
turn breaks up the hudson. At4;Jo p M 'ou"y .no
ice covered Mohawk was rocking like wave theh tao
ics bspan TO glide slowly and easily alOngthe shores
The ice which about foot and half thick peu up
against the bridges and was blocked suuueniy. ANo
water began to rise In less than thfeo minutes ~ VOC
abovs the ten foot mark the Genvie orluSo IePo
walking unconcenedly along the streets Ill 'po
ns1t ot the city were .caught the rising water The
river ken. ou rising steadily and swiftly I'D loss ''
halt an nour it above the twenty loot mara
obovo tbe biehest poiut ever known at Schenectad!
The water continued TO rise t0-nlsh ..,. On the
Washington Is the most fashlonsoie soe ., the
o,v TIC lower end OF It Is covered with water 70 Lne
depth OF ten feet The water is qp 70 ts her NJ
houses The water reached the ancent where
the victims 10 themassacre OF 1890 e Ihs Is stt.e
Wartvrs where the greatest atrocities were committed
at the burning OF schenectady 96 years SsJ "9 oe or
day night The water Ia now flowing VIII inc "a
a cataTact over the Scotia embankment, Wmcn 10
twenty feet high The nSerea GSCrsasp'M MISS Yates
Who Is the most expert oarswoInan on the Monswk
River, is greatly alarmed about her pOas, han M
houses arc submerged and many boats have oee
Mayor Henry s. DeForest went OUT tni, aIso .
visit his farm on mis- return ne wSs While
In the flood and stood upon tho seat Of his
his hor.o several blocks bout the lower
bart Of the city and these are .neif "
enS ,tR for 1he hTndTefi Tsges
~ Roterdam and sootla ia of and people from ln1ss
places who town this afternoon arr oinP over
10 spend the might this city Inc wafer SSsnce OF
tho Scotia dykes s hooding ne "ts Santra nj railroad
tr,cIS are submerged Huge blocks OF Ice are noatns
about sma shing in doors and windows: s ,yorks
in the city because OF the high water az tue gas
yrwprRG Feb. 13 (SPecab. - Country ro"u'
- ,oa, ir,nossable Railroads, farm and wagon
roads are inundated. At Salisbury Mills the "a'oE -
over the Erie tracks Waikiki River at Walden Is sorEe
with ice The gorge II not broken away Will cause il'
,nense damage To-day large gang OF men WIN " ~
mite and powder began blowing up the gorge i.on ~ VIZ
upper end BY a wash.out on the ontario anu "e 49,,
Railroad at Liberty, the night express at . o''O,N
nornnr was thrown into a ditch and Engineer "'oi
ST John and Fireman A. = Lewis "eIo A'''01'
dent delayed trains eight hours .,o,,
uoodno and Guassack creeks arc higher 'hah '"''
ho been in ton years and torrents OF water arc
down into the Hudson RlveF' - ,o ~
tru.c, Feb l3 tSpeciGOFor the last day OF '"' 'n'
ens Of the southern portion of ithaca have Oee SUI
,,, ., = ,ri,,sture deuge. Six Mile Creek overho"t"
nks Cclars kitchens and lawns suffered seEeIe,I ~ -,
, ,n the Frst ward and many persons were colHei0"
leave their houses. 49,. ,os+ tvo
l-,xl.roy Feb 13-The FOG and rain OF the Iast TWO
aov- resulted in breaking up the ice IN Esopu' anu
mi Crsls An icc.eorge In the former Inside the 'S
limit. en-, ed the water to back up over the lo"'"nu'
or many farms arc inundated. In Rond9ut oIs wrre
began moving THIS mora'ns. D,S twenty feet high
and iie gorge l., liable to break at any l"-e'
Increasing frcshct ,,.,,,. ,raother
A., t ,,e M p m to-day dispatch Iron ~ 1
erton tonight states that tbiee oiuSc Ynrr and New
rltl NV road and there have been two Wasuou'' O0
sides the loss being Put ~ SoV'0'0'