Telegram-herald., 1890-09-16
UNDER WATER.
Raingas Floods ia New York
Pennsylvania ard Ohio
The LosSes 70 RSif@aS COMPANIES.
all Owners ara Farmers Nj
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eREAr DAMAeE


NV YcRx. Sept 1A-Fhe heaxy
rains q the past teW days have caused
ssrioas damage In paEts o. this STATE.
Pennsyiyaaia and Ohio The noss
serloss matter has been the in
terruptlon oi travel the0axn the
destruction cf railway and other
bridges. Mills and factories have also
been Inundated, and IN some places
farm lands have been washed out Ear
ly fsgit is ret1ng On tae trees. ana the
hep crop has also been damaged Not
in years have the streams been 50 high
al this season OF the year.
PITTsBUR0M. Pa, sept l5-Adviees
froc al sources up The Allegheny &Rd
in tae northern districts show the high
waters 10 be saesidiRg, though no.
without considerable damage having
first been inflicted. The water-spout in
Akron, O., quilted the hill streets.
while streets on The fats have been
badly washed, and the less on property
there viii be so large that special
meeting Of the city council has been
called 10 devise means OF repairing the
extraordinary damage.
Near Akron, O., whole farms have
been washed out; plowing must be done
over again, and fields Of crops must be
entirely resown. At New Castle the
SheHango river is nearly as high as dur
ing the disastrous food OF 1881. though
the waters in both this stream and the
rapid Neshannock are rapidly decreas-
ing. Many head Of stock on bordering
farms are reported drowned by high
rivers, while county fairs IS a rule have
proven failures.
NATERTowN, y. Y, Sept 1.-THE
rain, which has fallen In torrents al
most continually for FIVE days past. has
swollen every stream in this section 10
spring-freshet height, and to-day the
effects are seriously felt hercaboGts by
the almos. complete tying-up Of
the Rome, Watertown & Ogdens-
burg railroad and its branches,
the obstruction OF mills and other
damage 70 farm and manufacturing
property big washout occurred on
the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg
railroad between Mansville and Pierre
pont Manor in this county, the food
carrying away the track for about thir-
ty feet and making a deep channel
across the line.
At Copenhagen, Lewis County, Camp
BELLS machine shop was tipped over
by the flood during the night, and
Lampher & Keys saw-mill and cheese
box factory and Wards saw-mill were
carried away. At New Boston, Lewis
County. the New Boston saw-mill and
away. Many acres OF good farm
land are under water in this vicin-
ity. In the town OF Champion and
elsewhere IN tho Black river valley the
water rose TO such a height that the
cattle took refuge on the knolls and
highlands, and were made 10 swim
through the food at milking time.
Black river is raging, being within four
: inches of the unusually high point
which it reached last spring, and with
frequent showers still coming and tho
water still flowing into the valley
from recent rains. there is a prob
ability that 1t would pass that high
water mark and become dangerous. No
trains are running on the Carthage
& Adiroadacks railroad on ac
cout OF wash-outs. The cause of tho
washing away OF the Conterville bridge
was the breaking of dam above. At5 -
m. there was ten inches Of water over
the tracks al the latter point. and all the
houses and stores arc flooded to the
depth OF three feet. In Carthage many
houses on the fats arc Aooded, and tho
residents on tho Tanaery island arc
moving to the main land, fearing the
break water will give way.
OswEGo. y. Y, Sept IS. The unprc.
ceJcnted rains in this vicinity have
transferred Oswego County CT ieeks into
roaring rivers. salmon river is higher
than ever before and is doing great
damage. Part Of tho village Of Pulaski
is under water. Moro than fifty i'm
poTtant bridges are gone and the water
is still rising.
ZANEsvIILE, o, Sept l5.-Tbe high
waters in the Muskincum valley have
done incalculablo damage TO tue corn in
the lowlands. Hundreds Of acres arc
submerged and tho crop is ruined. The
+ damage TO the Government works has
been heavy.
COLUMBUS. o, Sept IS. tho SciotS
river has reached stage which is the
cause OF moro than ordinary dsmaoe
All the low lands north and south Of The
city are submerged and the loss 70 crop,
amounts 20 several thousand dollars
I The stream as 10 passes through the citJ
/ has had It's channel changed bY levee
( and tho result is the overGow Of seveFs
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