New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-21
A VILLAGE ALMOST RUINED
HOUSES, BRIDGES AND CROPS INUNDATED.
SUDDEN FLOOD IN HERK1MER coUNTY-Two

- SObbIA-' FLUID IN HERhIMEh
THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND DEVASTATED.
Little Falls, n. Y. July 20 (SpeclaD.-A terrific
rahstorn swept over the southeastern portion Of
this county last evening doing thousands OF dollars
damage. In Little Falls the storm severe, al
'hough there was not much damage done as In the
village OF Ncwvlle and along the Nowadaga and
indian Castle creeks, where houses and barns were
swept away by the torrents, together with several
IRON bridges. The village consists Of about forty
iamilics and is situated I'm the town of Denabe
hethiner County, and lies both sides Of the Nova
daga Creek IL Is about four miles south Of Indian
castle station. the West Shore Railroad. The
waters OF the creek fourteen feet in about as
many minutes. causing food which took every thing
IN lis course. The houses of Norman Lighthouse
James Sanders, Hamilton Jones, Irving Robinson
and Charles Ellis, were destroyed. Much valuable
live stock drowned. The creek spanned
by one timber and four iron bridges, and all these
were carried away. Leaving the narrow gorge OF the
Nowadaga Creek, the water entered the wide
Mohawk Valley. The West Shore bridge which
crosses the stream is iron structure and has tSo
centre masonry piers, and about seventy feet In
LENGTH with clear distance from the bottom OF tho
structure Of about six feet. The passages between
the piers were soon DISTRACTED by the trees. logs,
timbers and other wrecage of the destroyed property.
This caused the water to form lake two miles In
length and half mile In width, washing out the crops
The water soon overowed the West Shore embankment
and undermined the track causing 1t In several places
10 sink four or FIVE feet The waters have subsided,
although there perhaps 1000 acres Of valuable
land which the crops ruined. several hundred
men now employed In the work OF repairing tho
West Shore tracks. The damage TO property Is esti-
mated at $50 900.
Utica, July 2O.-From all that can be learned II
appears that there extraordinary rainfall
throughout the northwestern portion of Osego County
but the extent Of the damage cannot be learned
There was heavy storm IN the southern portion OF
Oneida County At Bridgewater, the embankment of
The Utica and Unadilla Valley Railroad was
washed away and numerous cellars filed. About
p. m. Yesterday the Herlimer Creek, at Schuylers
Lake. otsego County, began to risc and tonight flooded
the village four feet deep, driving people from low
rooms The course Of the creek has changed, and it
now runs directly through the village, between the two
hotels. The damage will be several thousand dollars.
The tracks of the West Shore were washed out at
Indian Castle, Herkmer County, near Little Falls.
The tracks OF the Delaware, Lackawanna and western
were washed out In several places between here ana
Norwich, and work-trans were sent out
IN Richfeld Springs there was also an extra
ordinary fall of rain. evidently from cloudbuist
Cellars overfowed, and on some of the streets
the water was foot deep. In lower Lahest, there
was a raging torrent,
Albany July 20-superinendent of Public Works
shanahan received word from Fort Plain to-day that
two gates and pier of the canal aqueduct there
went out during last nights storm. -,-
Newburg. n. Y, July 20-The fast mail train on
tie Hudson River Railroad ran into small land
slide Sing Sing, at 3 O'Clock this morning, and
some Of the cars were deraed delay of an hour
and fifteen minutes was caused, but damage Of any
consequence was done. landslide occurred on the
West Shore road, New Baltimore, and the Buffalo
express due here at 30 a. NJ. was one hour late:
The slides were caused by the heavy rain-sto Of
last night.