New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-22
DELUGE IN NEW-YORK STATE.
IMMENSE DAMAGE DONE BY THE RN'N0'
cprr,s AID RIVERS BURST THEIR BANKS AND
VALLEYS BECOME GREAT LAKES -FARMEkS


Dapsvine. y. Y. May 2l.-1'he water In the can
asernga Creek rose steadily last night ana Is ~"
two feet above the hgh-water marx Oh I'VE Ye'l"
400 Tho valley is n vast expanse OK water az
far as the eye can reach. and foatins e't'Y""e
are immense trees all sorts OF timbers anu "re'"
oro TIE destruction OF growing crops - cum
,le,e and the loss 10 farmers VIII aggregate nun,
drcds OF thousands Of dollars Bridges ARE o'''','
away and the highways are washed out Tor 'ou'
&, many rloces rendering them impassaNe III
stony pr,ok Gen the gorge Is dam.hed III s''
oral places and great damage Is Delhs uohe W ''e
inundatlon. At Cummnsvhle the hi"o''c' 80
hos swept everything along It's banks Inc ro"'
between here and Mount Morris Is under "",e' ~.
miles The big bridge Just below mere !" III '''7''
~ being undermined and washed away
LYONS ~ y May H.--Wayne County Is SUD"
merged A terrible storm has Deeh r"s'"s ''"N'
Thursday evening. The clyde River Is BOOMING
sewers are flooded and farming lands are SUP
merged or washed out The Lyons D'''"'e az"
,s In such condition that the opening meeting OK
,bo Central New York Trottng Circuit. which was
- have begun Tuesday for four days In Lyons.
,,m have to be postponed The track Is sea or
mud The sun out for q Few minutes ui'
morning and was followed by the heaviest r"''l'"'
- tho storm which ls coming now In torrents
caneseo n Y May 2-The placid Geneseo III
,,ooro,,o ard flooded to n greater height than for
nearly nftv wears Nothing can be seen OF FENCES
y, farms within n radius OF FIVE ~ twenty h'ieS
north and south Of this village The oahBe, mint
hoa been passed and It still continues 10 ram anu
tho river f. rise at tie rate OF four lhchrs Il"
horr Horses cattle and other stock are being re-
moved 10 the high ground and farmers OF the mats
- ra,.or,r, to move out Hundreds Of ncres OF
oos rlanted and almost In blossom. are washed
ou, and the damage to growing crops VIII be im'
mense -
| oIoan. y Y. May 2l.-Oean Creek Is now sew
ora, inches higher than five years ago Inc ionN''n
ha
factory and the electric street railway are s""'
,own Water has nfte1 ny one end OF the Ceh'rhi
vovyo-k and Western Railroad bridge at baN-
tors Mills: the other end stays down pong ne''
| -, s,r,o cars which were run on, yesterday Inc
| bIc Russell icehouses are a total ruin. me oeah
brick works are entirely out of signt-in thC' e'e''
| ,niry on the east and south SIDES IL under water
| ., so, o., afteen feet The Naiona' Transit
pump station T. submerged. ana the ~ ", 'bo
works pump station ana s.N'ra. 'r,,J ou night
| taking peop,e from their homes as soon a. me
! srci@nt The water would drive them out Sy,ne
,ari hv heir goods until an carly hour th' morn,
| ING Severa, bindings are pici w %" Wv "N" ''''
| between the city and south o"'h' ,
rr,n here 70 Porivlle Il Il one vast h'dy 81
u,.or and in the streets Of Portvii.e the water
IA from one to four feet deep. good many house,
| have from few inches 70 three get 81 "a'.i ~"
| iSe,r ground doors The trains have h.In aoi"-
| S,n.d on all roads as far as can be learned
At CarroN,on much damage Is being done t. the
| Chamhcriln manufacturing Company worms "''
| 81.
| EMMY cars are floating about on the s"'''"'S'
~, ,Iss q, m. has thus far been reported. re.
tor. was received here a. o'clock MS M ~, a.
iha the nix reservoir y Gne. na b,oSn and many
people ncd from heir bones 70 h's"''
the report proved - be i'S'' ,..,
| Dp,kirk y y May 2-Reports ~ the deVas'a-
| tn y,-,urht bv the hoods yesterday are coming J"
from every quarter. II VIII take many tho"fa'''
., dollars q, cover the damage IN this CITY @one'
while reports from the surrounding e''"''y -, -,
that acres OK garden anG- were ,orn g.' a., were
banks OF the creek. and bridges. cuiv.is, s' ,dss
carried away. At Freionh the w h"i IL hai,
was nfiel ron ~ b,Trow escapes rom browning
re ren,rfel While Henry THEY, or We ,D,h a.,
sTn b %In ,e threeyearcd boy wandered from The
| house and was carried away by we Ls 9, or.
d3 1e bsaiy crippled on account OF the wa'hon,,
The damage - crops a'o"e wiz
| thousands ~ dollars 18Th :,
salamanca. May 2i-The heavy rain wh'ch be
Gan here on Thursday night caused the Allegheny
| River 20 overflow last evening. and water "''
William SITS were submerged. Families oocnpy'"'
| ten houses were obliged 20 move out lrA'nS "''
| deioved ON all the railroads ana washoutB are r.
ported both east and west on ne irc. - ' Wt
| hurst fooled Wolf Run on the Western Ne" J orr
and Pennsylvania Railroad. sa"nl, WI" I 49,
avav and houses and barns were bhdiy dhmhHeui
several families went 90 tho hills 10 remain nh,l
the danger Is over At Carroton tne "a nrh b ho
| ,urned many families out OF their homch anu hu
| caused much destruction or property
Rushford n Y. May 2i.-The Genesee Valley Il
again the scene Of n food fully equal to the srea
,r.shet Of June 1850 and the loss 10 farmers on h
lou.l,nds cannot be estimated. Acres or crops ar
washed out completely miles OF fences are carrie
away. and many farms badly cut "p py the r"sH
ing waters . 40
, Auecanv y Y May 2.-Th, wLler In the ALE
onv River I'm this place Is within six Inches OF IN
high water mark Of 1859, and stu rising AZ IN
rate OF two inches an hour Great damage Is beln
| done 10 crops along the river bottoms lhuica
Z | ,,"ns are his will be the highest water sine
/. 1865 and II may exceed that.
y | Batavia. y. Y. May 1.-THE Tonawanda Cree
- has broken It's banks and farms in the vicinity ""
s | suo.r greatly The water is over the road lead
Ing TO Alexander Il depth Of two feet Several SINAI
Z buildings have been carried away
. Lockport y. Y. May Att has been raining her
d almost necessarily since THURSDAY Iowlands 1
the valley north OF the city are submerged. an
= | crops have suffered severely.
: Cburchville ~ " May 2l.-Black Creek IL rag
0 ing torrent Lowands all along the stream ar
= under water and farmers viii lose heavily on the
early crops
Corning. ~ y May A.-The water In the Che
mung River at this point Is within four feet OF IN
- | birh-water mark OF the disastrous food OF june
q 1850 Tho Iowlands and n large area OF cultlva To-
l. financial loss. The baseball park and the drVin
park are under six feet OF water. Trains on IN
l. Eric Railroad are all late. The Pine Creek diviso
e OF the Fallbrook Railway has numerous heav
andslides and no trains have passed over II sine
=, | saturday At noon the rain was st falling
n Buffalo, May 2l.-The food at South Buffalo sui
It sided this morning. The principal sufferers al
market gardeners whose little farms badl
u washed out Among the railroads the worst snffe
W | ers were the Western NewYOrk and Pennsy
k yania and the Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg.
At NARROW ESCAPE OF TRAIN.
- Iaona. n Y. May 2l.-The northbounl Dunkir
20 Allegheny Valley and Pittsburg train due here
- 555 last evening had narrow escape last nigl
!, | from taking "A sheer drop OF eighty feet into n
:, Canadaway Creek. The bridge which cross's Il
" stream AT this point has been undergoing repai
re for some time past The high water has be-
ne gradually weakening the bridge. and when the
ID sttempfed II began rock and settle TT
H. passage was safely accomplished. but no soon