New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-12
RIVERS GORGED BY ICE.
FLOODS IN TIE DELAWARE AND MOHAWK.
MILLS COMPELLED TO SHUT rOWN AND MUCH
DAMAGE TO PROPERTY DONE-TIlE
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ONO RISING.
Trenton " j. Feb. little fee gorge In tho
Delaware River remains about the same rs y'S'"r-
| day The bockadcd Ice gave way again this morn
ing but after being carried short distance down the
| river became damned into a solid moss Above
| this city the channel is comparatively clear o.
running Ice The works Of the New Jersey Steel ana
| Iron Company ut this place were compe1ed 10 smut
down today account Of the water overhowlng from
the river into the works and pntting out the fires
Saxony Wilson's NILS also shut down Tor
the
Troy. y. y. Feb. 1.-THE ice in the Hudson River
opposite ibis city and below the State dam broke MP
about O'Clock this morning. and ut 20 O'Clock II
moved south but stopped between this city ana
Albany. Little damage has so far been done ana inc
water IS rising slowly. Above the dam the Ice
IN the river Is still intact but the Ice In the
Mohawk Is broken up. The ice In the Battenkill. a
tributary Of the Indsou broke Yesterday afternoon
about 5 O'Clock ut Greenwich Washington County
doing considerable damage 10 property. number OF
mills being flooded but lives were lost Iele-
graphic communication destOyed and the ra'l'
road partially submerged
An ice gorge formed in the Mohawk River In
the rear of the Riverside Ii Cohocs, last evening
and the ice was thrown back against tho cotton house
of the mill into the lower stories and against the
bat shop OF Joseph Page Il Som carrying away atou'
twenty five feet of the building Tie Ice broke
up from the Cohocs Falls {" the State dam IN the
Mohawk causing immense freshet The lower
floors of the mills and the workshops along the
river are flooded with water. which in many IN
stances reached the depth OF three feet Fears for
the safety Of the state dam In the Mohawk are en-
tertaned the structure having been condemned.
Cincinnati Feb. 1.-THE Ohio River at this point
reached the danger lire. fortyhve feet. ut O'Clock
this morning. and is still rising AT the rate oi two
inches hour.
Down at Rat and Sausage Rows the river is NOV
ing over the curhs, and In few hours will be
within the buildings. The cellars already flooded
and the odd sight Of people carrying their furniture
TO higher localities is again witnessed. The steamer
Carroton IS Just standing abreast OF The rchety
houses at the Broadway Landing. and ether boat have
moved up into the lower streets. a. o'clock ~.
evening The river forty-siX feet three inches. At
Marietta thirtythrce feet four inches ANA rlN
Ing. At Hinton W. Va. the kanawha was four feet
one inch and rising.
At Charleston the Kanawha seven feet seven
this river and indicates that biz Hood Of The ono
likely in a few days. The cStiniorncd Steamboat
and coal m2n predict ,ha' NE river Will rise to n,N
five feet about the middle of next week. Hence they
advising the people In The lowlands 10 prepare FOR
the food
Most OF those having interests in Jeopardy have be
come wise by experience and the experience Of oter
and fays moved everything ont Of the danger InG
kill Crpek. running through this city, has been higher
10 day than for many years. The lrde' across nm
ton ST. was this afternoon carried away by ia" water
The gas mains crossing Catherine and Clinton IS we're
broken leaving part Of the city In darkness. III,
ice has gone out of the creek aud The water Is r."
Ccding.
Birmingham. Conn. Feb. ll.-An Ice f".h"'
bridge six MI above here. Mrs. Nathaniel fr'nch'>
house was moved fifteen feet 10y the ice. IT," VIZ
and daughter OF John Onion were caught IN their
house and Cannot get ont. The ic" l. ph'd mp
thirty feet In som" llaCcs ANA III" river T"ius
all blocked. -
Havre de Grace. Nd. Feb. II lspecal).--The people
along both sides OF thc SuSquehanna for ten miles
above here passed a night Of anxiety. Heavy rains
and high temperature caused the Ice to rot rapidly
and 10 gorge between Lfre and Fort Deposit HE
1900 Inhabitants Of that little town were up all
might moving their furniture and goods The occu-
entirely and will return III all danger Is past.
The most disaS food that ever visited Port Deposit
in and the conditions then We're the sam" q,
row. TIE ice began moving Yesterday morning ana
rains Yesterday caused general breaking mp oil
ice In all the creeks tributary 10 the ~uSqnehanna.
Al O'Clock this morning The whole body OF Ice op-
pOse Port Deposit started With roar that could nc
heard mile or In this movement large blocks Of ice
from twelve TO fifteen inches thick ard eight or ten
feet square massrd together and pushed upward.
Above the break is stretch Of clear water and below
the town In. lGn stretches In an almost unbrnkcn
have been lying neglected all winter have been put
'.lt) order ami placed wher" They can he of
immediate service In an emerg''cy. A number
OF loaded and empty freight ana con.
siderable quantity OF rolling stock IN general were
about The railroad here yes'cTdly. hu hV dav
Hight this morning all Of II had been moved TO Perry
Vile. harrow channel was opened during The day
which let water ont for while. but soon became
choked up with ice again. As the ice has broken al all
points above far Harrisburg and Is coming down
in great the gorge Is constantly increasing the
Ice being piled up thirty Or forty feet high.