The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1889-08-08
GREAT DESTRUCTION.


much greater than was at first supposed.
Nearly dozen dams in this vicinity were
washed away. The first dam to break was
nt Feltyillc. five miles north Of here. The
break occurred at I o'clock. and the
rush Of water carried away and alb
.oluteiy ob.itsratcd two smaller dams
below 1t al Seclcy's mill. causing q loss
Df Saa.tiD. The water rushed on down to
Scotch Plains. completely inundating the
village. Cellars were flooded and all the
bridges were swept away The Baptist
church hero is badly damaged and the old
cemetery surrounding 1t is badly washed
out III many places exposing the graves
A. D. Shepard's place WINS complete
~ flooded. The Derby fur mill
here lost $4,000 In stock and E,a-
chimney. Tho great body OF water divided.
q part Of It forcing Its way fer mile across
the fields until it reached Cedar brook,
little stream running through the eastern
portion of piainficld. The brook became a
river and then lake and portion OF Plain
fields choicest resident lots was under
water up to the second story of the houses
The heaviest loser here is Job Mole, the
mayor Of the town, who owns moro than a
hundred OF these handsome residence
dwellings, His property Is damaged to the
,xs,nt Of 80 OCN The Park Avenue Bap-
tist Church was threatcned with
destruction. The foundation ut the
rear was washed out. but the
building is safe. though damaged Many
gallant rcscues we're made In this part OF
tho town OF people who. becoming fright
cncd, attempted TO leave their houses and
were caught in the flood Eugene Lane,
assistant fire chief, wns swept down the
stream while out IN a bOat assisting others,
but wns rescued by means of ropes thrown
20 linn.
The breaking Of the Tiers dam threat
sneI to cut q big swath through the bust
ness portion OF the town, az a brook
place Is bridged over with build
inss ON Somerset street. The space
underneath was not sufficient to carry
o!f the water, and it backed UP into tho
street. Somerset street was six feet under
water. Martins blacksmith-shop and sew
sial smaller buildings were lifted and
thrown in heap into the middle Of the
,trest Frcncn's mill was undermined and
stands suspended over a yawning gap. His
carriage factory Is tott0rin- and may fall
Biimln'a Hotel stands with Its foundations
exposed ut the bottom. Hiram's carriage
factory is badly damaged aud Ryerlson $
carriage repository waS damaged $4,000
On Somerset street there Is q gully thirty
feet wide and twenty deep The gas mains
arc broken and the sewers disconnected
The breaking OF Wilson's dam in Wash
.rgtou valley let down an immense body of
water to the dam at Matumpka falls
Little damage was done until the
masonry, which was built supplementary
20 the natural falls, gave way, when q
srge mass Of water thirty feet high
aiyly lcaped against the falls. Masonry
md rocks tunlbicd together. aud what was
oass picturesque resort Is absolute
~ gone. Ccadington's ice-houses, barns
md mills were swept away, in
volviny loss Of s3O.OOO stony
brook goes through farming country
west OF the town, 80 that the subsequent
iaiaage was slight of tho fitiy-two
large bridges in Union County thirty are
said TO be gone. involving loss to the
county or more thun $4,000. No lives were
lost
The Sam at Van Syckle's mill pond at
Miibmn broke early Wednesday morning.
and the escaping water drove hundreds Of
ncople from their homes. Household goods
and other property were carried away. Tho
people lied in terror. 1t is impossible to
irivc over the thcrorghfarc.
PATERSON, n. j., Aug 1.-The lower part
of tbs city Is partially submerged Huge
powders have been washed down into the
lower streets and front yards Blocks OF
street curbing have been washed out and
sidewalks undermined. The culvert near
the county bridge has been washed away.
The rassaic river il rising rapidly. The
Paterson mills along the river banks have
In = hx, 1xs,ho
lions will ba suspended Tho dam at Hell
cdon is Liable to burst at any moment
NEWARK. n. J.. Aug. l.-RepOrts from
Ill over Essex County indicate that the
storm is sill raging, and that
the damage will be much greater
Than was thought Bloomfield suf-
tered most severely by the breaking
of Tritz's :.m Fifty families were driven
from their houses, but no lives were lost.
The water is subsiding and the
people aro returning to their
houses. The dam across tho river at
Bcllcvile broke Tuesday night and flooded
Mills street and did considerable damage to
property in the low section Of the town. In
the Oranges the water is subsiding. A
confectioner from this city named Mon
chIid was driving across tho bridge
ut NaplewoOd Tuesday night when the
structure was carried away. He was
carried down with the torrent, together
with the horse and wagon. and was
finally rescued by crowd OF men
from South Orange. Trains on the
Norris & Essex road are moving slowly
through the Oranges. The greatest appre.
hcns.on il felt at Milburn A watch ha,
been placed on the dam OF the Orange res.
arrplr, two and q half miles from town. and
10 feet above it The people are prepareS
to move at moments notice.
THE STORM IN NEW YORK.
PouauAEEPsIE, n. T., Aug. The rain
fall continues The doWnpour has beer
heavy all day No damage is yct reported
In this vicinity, although all the stream.
leading into the Hudson are greatly swollen
Trains are running regularly OH all the
roads
IN PENNSYLVANIA
Pn,LaDsLPHis. Aug The heavy rain
which set in early on Tuesday evening and
continued until noon Wednesday resulted
In one OF the heaviest floods which ha
visited tue city for years. The Schuylkil
was converted into u raging torren
and the Hood gradually rosa unit
about 80 o'clock Wednesday night
The water-works were stopped dur
ing tho afternoon, but the machiner,
has not bacn damaged beyond coating o
mud. At Manayunk the water rose to q poin
eighteen feet above low water mark, which
is highor than 1t has been since 1862 A
noon this lslis along the river wer,
stopped and all the employees were set Il
work removing goods from the lowe
floors Twenty-Five mills In all wer,
flooded. but tho principal damage done viii
be through the enforced stoppage Of til,
mills The tracks of the railroad
| along the river below Market street wer,
submerged, and travel was stopped fol
short timc, but no damage to the track
was reported Considerable damage wa
done to the wharf properties along the low
er part Of the city and the meadows wer,
flooded. No loss of life has been rcportcs
except the drowning Of one boy near Gray
Ferry while attempting to take ride ol
tho wrockage floating by. The total lossei
caused by the Hood will probably reach
very large sum-
IN MARYLAND
BALTIGoRE, Nd. Aug. dispatches from
nllOvcr the State show that the rains of tn,
rast few days have done much damage Il
addition to the destruction already re