The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-02

to outdo all previous records
The, swhole southern portion of the city
lying on the fiatland, for distance of 200
yards back froaI the river front. is
inundated, bat there is no extensive DANA &c
reported Cellars OF business houses are
all flooded, but smerchants had sufficient
warning from the Weather Bureau and
had removed their goods very largely out
OF reach OF the waters.
The hotels were unable to warm their
rooms tonight for the water had com
PEELED the extinguishment of the fires in
all their boilers. The guests of the Mansion
House, second-class hotel, located nearer
the river than other houses, had to be taken
out IN boats to other places.
Traffic with Greenbush and the other
villages on the East Shore is largely cut
or aS the approach To the bridge is under
water. The Albany and Troy motors can
not run through the village of West Troy
and no belt line local trains are being
operated by the Central Hudson railroad,
the tracks being considerably under water
at several points.
WHOLE FAMILY RESCUED.
An incident OF tie food was the rescue
or family by the Eoiice from South
Ferry street house which had been flooded
up TO the second story.
About twenty tons OF freight stored in
the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company's
freight EouSe, at Montgomery and Water
streets, had 10 he hustled out this after
noon. 1t was loaded into empty box cars
and carried TO Eoint OF safety.
at bdlI 'DIt-tUC UC-HuiSOn, lIt wall OF tUe
East Albany Water Works was crushed by
the breaking OF an ice gorge which had
formed just above the pump house. En-
glDeer Ward had a narrow escape, having
stepped out to take a lCok at the torrent
when the catastrophe occurred.
just about the time the accident at the
pump house occurred tie local train leay-
ing Troy at O'Clock was due
Gioversville. " Y, March lit has
rained here for thirty-siX hours, and with
the rising temperature and melting snow.
the city has been nearly inundated. I'm
mense damage has been done by the
flooding OF houses, harms and cellars
The tracks OF the Fonda, Johnstown aud
Gloversville Railroad are covered with
two feet of water for nearly three-quarters
OF mile All traffic on the Cuyadutta
Electric Railroad has been stopped on
account OF the flooding OF the car house.
Two bridges in this city were carried
away.
whitehall. n Y. March THE high
the Champlain Six Mill early this morn
ing, and 800 hands are thereby thrown
out of employment. A grist mills power
wheel was also destroyed.
Warehouses and Easements are flooded.
and the damage thus far is estimated at
100000. The water is still rising, and
this evening IL is still higher than it has
beeu-ln twenty years before. The cleo
tric light statioR'is flooded, and the town
will he without light untilthe water recedes.
Farms were flooded.
FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE.
Woodsvilie, \. H, March 1.-The con-
tinuous rain for the last thirty-Six hours
has caused streams to become fearfully
high and business will he interrupted for
several DAYS, The White Mountain divis-
ion OF the, Boston and Maine railroad is
crippled in several places. Several wash
outs are reported and number OF bridges
are akcned. The Bath Lumber Com
pany at Bath has lost its new bridges. 1t
is estimated that l 900 600 feet OF logs
have gone down the Ammonoosuc river
today.
Mddletown. Conn, March 1.-The river
| is rising three inches an hour and the steam
boat dock is uEdcr water Water street IS
| covered. The ice cut away the northeast
corner of the trestle work on the center
pier OF the Portland ana AiddletOwn
| bridge.
Country roads are badly washed and
| some small bridges are gone. The new dam
nearly erected for william wilcox at
| ZOar was washed away and the wafer
| washed away a bridge on the Durham road.
| The houses near the river at south
| Farms were flooded.
WeStbrook, Me. March 1.-The PreSump
scott river is rapidly rising. 1t has swollen
| to the height of twelve feet above the aver
| age in twcnty-four hours.
| Two small bridges and a building occupied
| as a club room and a shoe store had been
| carried away. besides the large stone build
| ing of 5. ID. Warren 4 Co.'S paper mills. A
! temporary bridge, used by the Maine Central
! Railroad, during the construction of an iron
| bridge, has been bent ten feet by blocked
| ice, and 1t is thought it Will be carried
| away within ten hours. Tonight the river
| is still rising, causing much fear. The loss
| cannot be estimated now.
HIGH FLOODS UP NORTH.
Troy, N Y, March 1.-The water in the
| Hudson river reached the highest point
| tonight attained since 1857. AT 9 o'clccE
! the mark OF the memorable flood of 1856
| on the bridge pier was lost sight OF, and
| 4 ata
| The docks are submerged TO the shed
| roofs. a II the cellars along the-Evcr
| front have been flooded and much damage
! done. In many of the large collar factories
| the engine rooms have teen invaded and
the fires extinguiShed, so that it will lie
| impossible to reSu me work tomorrow morn
| ing.
/ ia the southern part OF the city many
houses are submerged 10 the second story.
People who attended church at o'clock
| tonight had TO be conveyed to their hCnes
at the conclusion OF the services in row
| boats and inlprOyiScd RATS.
On the west side of the river the DANA Gf
| is even greater. Millions of feet of lumber
| piled along the entrances Of the Erie
| Canal has been washed away. An lmnens'
iron derrick on the Watervliet Arsena
| grounds, used for hosting the huge guns
| was knocked down by the rushing ice anC
| carried some distance away.
The electric light station is flooded ant
the village of West Troy is in darkness
| The water works engines were also stopped
so that the paradox is presented of a flood
yet a famine OF water.
| Fort Hunter, n. Y, March 1.-The ice ha
moved out of the Mohawk River here ant
the water is very high tonight In SOM
places the river has overfOWed its banks
causing much damage. The lowiands aloni
the stream up the valley are under waite
and many cellars are flooded.
VERMONT ALSO SUFFERS.
Ba rre, VT, March 1.-Never in th
history of Barre has high water done 81
much damage as in the last twelve hours
The heavy 4rain Saturday caused vas
amount of snow to melt and at 8 p II
Saturday theiee in the river went out wit
a rush, shaiingl the heaviest blocks an
tearing away many supports along tn
Hi This i2 rush. of ice threw water in man
Easements, and the occupants had no war;
ing. The water then receded, but raj
set in again in the middle of the nigh
and bv = o-tI6ck this morning the street
were submerged. Every basement o
both sides af Main street, cellars on man
side streets, and nearly every grant
shed for several miles around are con
p'Ifedy Thousands and o. dollars worth of good
have been lost by the inundation of angr
waters. The Central Vermont railroa
yards are flooded and there are grave fear
and Montpelier and there are prospects @
others going. Ihe streams are still I'll
ing and the clouds look like rain.
, Waterbury, Conn.,, March The dana e
by the rain storm in the town and cit
OF Waterbury will amount to $4,000. TIL
damage along the Naugatuck valley wi
approach 100000.
Newport, n. H., March The most di
astrous freshet since 1873 visited thi
vicinity today doing a vast injury alon
the banks of Sugar river and to the Coz
cord and Claremont branch of the Bosto
and Maine railroad. The loss cannot b
estimated.
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