Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1893-05-05
FLOODS ON EVERY SIDE
The Country in the East and
West Under Water.
MUCH DAMAGE AND FEW FATALITIES

Driving Out tho InhabItants--very
Heavy Rains Throughout New England
and the Central states-High Water In
the South.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 5.-The upper
Mississippi has been rising slowly and the
register is IA feet, z inches. A few more
families have had to take to the hills and
two or three more factories have been
drowned out
The most serious effect has been among
the saw mills, every one of which from
Minneapolis to Hastings has been forced to
shut down. 1t is expected this delay will
cause a decrease of at least so, 900, 0G0 feet
in the cut of the season. /
To add to the gloom of the situation re-
ports from the West state that a driving
rain storm is raging from Chamberlain,
S. D., east to Tracy, Mimi. Reports from
up-river points are not reassuring. The
water in Lake St. Croix is now two inches
higher than the highest point for five years
and is still rising.
ST. LOUIS, May 5.-The flood in the
Mississippi river has reached its crest at a.
! height of 36. 6 feet above low water mark,
| which is A feet lower than the crest of
the destructive rise of last year. The
water has begun to receds very slowly. 1t
| is thought the river will continue to fall
and all danger of a flood at present is
over.
WINNIPEG, Man, May 5.-The banks of
the Red river are full at this point and the
water is still rising The river front
streets are submerged. South of this
point are several big ice gorges and large
tracts of country are inundated. Farmers
| have left their homes, in some places.
driving their stock with them.
Middle States in Bad Shape.
UTICA, N. Y, May 5.-The streams here
are rising very rapidly. Several small
washouts are reported on railroads in this
vicinity. One on the line between SYRIA
| cuse and Earlville has made it necessary to
| run trains around by the West Shore to
| Clark's Mills. At Oneida, the Ontario &
Western tracks are under water for a con-
siderable distance and two freight trains
are stalled in the flood, the water being so
| deep that it put out the fires of the loco
motives.
The sidewalks in a portion of Oneida are
under water and a repetition of the dam
i age of four years ago, which amounted to
many thousand dollars, is feared. The
canal on this level is at full banks and the
water pours into it SO rapidly from what
were formerly little streams that the waste
| gates have been opened
Fort PLGISySN Y, May 5.-There was
u heavy fall OF rain in the Mohawk Valley
| yesterday and last night The river is
bank high, and the lowlands are sub
| merged. Large trees and a great deal of
| wood is being carried down the stream
The Schoharie creek is also very high,
| and the Mill Point mail carrier had to go
| four miles out of his regular course to
reach Mill Point to Auriesville, owing to
| the water in the roads.
A landslide occurred on the West Shore
| railroad near Amsterdam, and passenger
traffic was delayed. Much damage, it is
| reported, has been done by the heavy rain
| in other parts of Montgomery county.
ALBANY, May 5. The severe rain has
caused the river, to rise here until it COW
cred the docks and stopped traffic on the
Delaware & Hudson railroad along Quay
street. A great deal of damage has been
one to shipping in this vicinity. Several
>analboats have been sunk, and a number
hoated down stream.
| WATERFOWL, N. Y; May 5.-Rain fell
in this city and section almost continually
for 4S hours, and rain gauges show a
measurement of 200 inches. Rivers and
smaller streams are considerably swollen.
| but no damage has so far been reported.
| Washouts are feared on the railroads.
L ELMIRA, n. Y. May 5.-The Chemung
| river rose over nine feet. At Alfred Cen
tire, west of here, the rainfall was extraor-
l dinarily large, and as the waters west OF
here pass through Elmira indications
| point to anoverf1ow.
PHILADELPHIA, May Sat Wilkesbarre
early this morning the Susquehanna wal
rising at the rate of one foot an hour
Travel by electric cars between Wilkes
barre and Kingston is suspended. Al
Easton the Lehigh has overdowed thu
canal tow path and coal yards on the
south side of the stream. :
At Williamsport there has been consid-
cradle washing out of railroad embank.
ments, and the Reading bridge at Mon
louisville was rendered unsafe.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, May "a steady down
pour of rain the past three days in thu
section has done considerable damage
Streams throughout the Schuylkill Goa
region are much swollen and pumps at tn
different collieries are being put to the ut
most strain to keep the mines in working
condition. 1t is feared that work will
have to cease at many of them. In thu
Shamokin region the heavy rains hav'
r caused the stoppage of work at most of tn
collieries.
] LANCASTER, Pa, May 5.--Tha heav
rain turned all the streams in this count
into raging torrents. John DierwichteI
of Euphrata, was drowned in the Cacalic
creek while trying to recover a WACO
which was being swept away by the food
He leaves awife and three children.
SoMERvILLE, N. j., May 5.-The hsav
rains during the past two days have cause
tie Raritan river to rise rapidly and ovel
flow its banks. The lowlands south {
this place are flooded with from four I
- ten feet of water Thousands Of acres G
meadow land are under water.
New England Suffers.
RUTLAND, VT, May GA heavy win
prevailed in this city and vicinity, and
= conservative estimate places the loss at M
} less than $15, 900. Old residents say 4
severe wind has not prevailed Here in
years. Nearly all the roof of the shi
factory was torn off, while about 25 feet
the roof of the Bates house was taken U
bodily and carried some distance. Hard
dwelling house escaped injury, blind
windows and chimneys being destroyet
Telenhole and telegraph Wiros suffers