New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-13
DAMAGED BY SUOLLEN RIFERS.
TIE wATFR-sOAKFD TOWN OF PORT DEPOSIT
TAKES ITS ANNUAL BATII-wOHK
THE FLOODS.

Havre de Grace. Nd. March IL tSpeCiaN.-Thc
SrsQuelanna above its highest flood mark here and
Port Deposit last nsht. Every holse along the
both sides OF the river was Hooded ana
the foundations Of many were undermined II was
a night OF terror In the wator-soaked town OF Port
Deposit. The people after the food Of two weeks
ago though; that the over. Many returned
10 their homes only TO be turned out again In
cold. eastcry ra!nstorn. The women and children
were removed in boats 70 places of safety ana the
men worked all NIGHT carrying out furniture ana
household effects. break In the gaspipcs left the
town In darkness. Al midnight the water was above
the second stories OF the houses the main street
and this morning all tae churches flooded. and
no services could be held. The ice Is gorge1 twenty
fcct high nj the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge
on one side Of the river The breakwater OF the
PHILADELPHIA Wilmington and Baltimore Railrad draw
bridge was torn away by the drift ice. Many por
families on the lowlands lost everything Their
little frame houses swept away aud their furni
lure carried ont on the river. The poor Of PORT
Ionosi. ,rc in sore distress. Many i'll with
pneumonia and other diseases brought on 10y the
cold and exposure which they have been subjected
for the last three weeks. Today the river was
filed with ice for miles above Port Deposit. The
railroad station is still standing. bnt in such
dlaplda,ed condition that it will probably have TO
Be torn down.
Canajoharle. " Y. March l2.-Thcre is an ice
gorge in the Mohawk River below IaIatine Bridge
The ice Is sun firm above the bridge and over Two
fee, thick. The water has been rising sleadliy al
day and the lowlands are flooded
Fonda y. y, March l2.-rhere Is general ina"
In the Mohawk Valley the small streams are er'a'!
swollen and the river is high. In nearly every
village in the valley the cellars are filled with water
Tho country roads are In bad condition ana some
o,y, impossible. heavy rain fell early this morn
ing.
Omaha. Neb. March I2-The big rains and thaws
have created great floods in the basins oi the Loup
and rla,tc rivers bridge was carried ont st
Belwood Friday night. and at Columbus some f"iroau
,rc.tIes gave way washing into the river a man.
,,bo.o name IS not known. Ice cOrgcs wer" FORMED
and abon, a mile Of the track near Columbus Is uhu'r
snow and ice. Late reports promise resumption o
travel by Monday morning
Troy y. Y, March l. (-pecal).-lhe spring ircSho'
here has begun In earnest. Inc n'er Is o'c' w
,,barves and still rising. The Pccscnk IS raging
torrent and has carried away the bridge al MiVi'ie
this noon several houses in the lower portion Vi
the city are flooded Early this evening the oaK"oon
reservoir ovcrfowed It's banks and the water oo"''
down Clcn-avc. In great volume, dmnS consu'n,o n
damage to several houses. Inc ice aDo'e uir % -
&c e%pec,rd to move at any moment, and as there j.
a gorge between here and Albany .He 1o%m.oS , Sn
wards will be inundated by several itoI VI ""'' '
vast damage done.
Flint. Mich, March 1o.-Shortly before noon 10
day the boom at p smiths Lumber C"mpany nm m
here broke from the pressure Of the Ice ana -"o"O
feet of logs began To move down stream u Jam
formed at Hamilton's DAM short distance pe'o" INV
,u rho corc. was broken up with dynamite. but
te tn, gain and carried the dam with It, The loss
viii exceed 10000.
Cn,ra, -rv Ncb March 12.-The wagon bridges
r,,, U,vcr near This city were partially
,;sn.d over ;n hy gorgcd ice today leaving dozens oi
Sners from Hamilton Coun.y stuck here )r an IA
a over The Platte Il strained By pressure oi
nn lila, i, is unsafe run over II and u may 90 o,
ce ~ ', time The Chapmcn and Silver creek br1ds,'N
& al, reported gone out. The warm weather ol ,, ue
,a., i thrce DAYS melted all the snow; which, VIII .
.ao' H.. ,hot hos fallen, has filed all creeks ana
the ran han mil Bottom lands all along the iIattc
River are partially Inundated and nnless there IS "a, an
immediate sutsldence OF the hooiS niuc" u'""s'
done.