The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-13
Two Hundred Families Homeless On
the Genesee.
ICE GORGES IN MICHIGAN RIVERS
CAUSE IMMENSE LOSS.
Houses Swept Away by the Hundred
Great Buildings Float on the Waters
Two Million Feet of Logs Creak Loose.

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BUFFALO, N. Y, March 11.-Over 200
families have been made homeless along
the banks of the Genesee river at Mt.
Morris, and the rain which is now falling
threatens to cause the flood to spread
throughout the whole village.
The citizens of that place have been
thrown into state of excitement, and
great damage has been done. This after
noon immense bodies Of ice began coming
down the river and formed huge jam
against the Lackawanna railroad bridge.
40 rods below the dam.
The report of the jam rapidly spread
throughout the village, and soon the
river banks were thronged with people.
Soon after rain began to descend, and,
when more ice came tearing down the
stream, the water began to rise rapidly
and is still oyertiowing the banks.
Residents near the banks were obliged
to leave their homes, which were COM
pletely submerged. So far over 200 fam
flies are homeless, and unless the Lacka-
wanna bridge is torn down the loss to
property will amount to over million
dollars.
Over fifty houses have been complete
ly wrecked and $50 men are out of en-
ployment, as all the mills and manufac-
tories along the river bank have been de-
serted.
A large drove of cattle which had been
wintered in shed near Winters corning
works was drowned.
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HARRIsBURG, Penn, March 1.-THE
Susquehanna river was nearly fifteen
feet above low water mark at noon and
still rising. 1t has risen over four feet
since six o'clock this morning. Should
the city will be flooded and the indus
operations.
Great Damage in Nebraska.
OMAHA, Neb., March 11.-Advices
from points along the north, middle and
south Loup rivers in the central portion
Of the State report great damage by high
water and ice gorges. The same state of
affairs exists at Cedar Creek.
Northeastern iowa Flooded.
WEST UNION, Iowa, March H. North
eastern Iowa. owing to heavy rains for
the last few days, is becoming a vast
marsh. Roads are impossible.
MUIR, Mich, March 11.-An ice gorge
has formed IN Grand river over four
miles in length. The water has come up
eleven and one-half feet in "a hours, and
is rapidly rising.
Lumber and wood yards are afoat.
Factories have three feet of water on the
main floors. Lyons is in great danger
of being washed away.
In Michigan.
GRAND RAPIDS, March 12.-Grand
river rose all day at the rate of six inches
per hour and at 10 o'clock tonight the
waters became stationary This o,ning
the booms contining logs at the Michigan
Lumber Co.'s gave way and 100000
feet of logs started for Lake Michigan.
The huge ware house of the Valley City
Storage Co. was carried a mile and finally
anchored against a tree. The press and
composing rooms of the Evening Press
are covered by two feet of water. The
Quimbly Lumber Co. lost several hun
dred thousand feet of lumber. Loss is
already aggregated at $4,000.
Western Pennsylvania
PHILADELPHIA, March 12.-Reports
received from western parts Of the state
threatened by floods, show abatement
from the danger of a freshet in some
places, while in others the condition of
the rivers remain dangerous.
At Easton. Pa, the river reached 81 1-2
feet tonight, and is still rising.
The Lehigh river is overtlowing the
yards and wharves.
The danger of inundation of the mills
on the banks of the Schuylkill river is
becoming greater.
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