New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-02
HUDSON OUT OF IT'S BANKS.
n,c RISE IN THE RIVER AT ALBANY.
,.pr OF THE CAPITAL sUBMERGED-TRAvEI. ON
THE CENTRAL STOPPED BY TONS OF ICE
cAKEs-pAMAGE FROM TIE FLOOD

,.pr OF THE CAPITAL SUBMERGED-TRANEl| ON
r,,r CENTRAL STOPPED BY TONS OF ICE
c.xrs-DAMAGE FROM THE FLOOD.
Albany. March 1.-The food at Albany this
.,s,,np had attained greater proportions than any
IN wears excepting only that of 1893. when the Hud-
- ,,as swollen 10 a height Of seventeen feet above
tho normal flow. Tonight the froshet is sixteen
foot, and the water is rising all the time. promising
N outdo all previous records
The whole southern portion OF the city lying o"
,,e fat land for distance Of 200 yards back from
the river front is inundated. but there Is no eA-
.o,s,,e damage reported. Many old sheds nave
heen carried away and much damage done IN
small way. which It is Impossible TO estH"'o'
Collars of business houses are all HOODED pu' He'
chants had sufficient warning from the Nea'her
Bureau and had removed the.r eoous eo"''"'' Wv
of reach of the waters. 4.
The water came into the power-house OF ''e 80,
nm, Railway on South Pearl-st.. and an engine
from the Fire Department had to be prouE"' o ,,''
service to pump out the cellars so 'ha' '' t,
coud be kept going in the boilers whl'''
the mower for the electric and street HEi'N o
the entire city The hotels were unape u 49,
,no,r rooms tonight for the water had cohPe'N
Them 70 extinguish the fires under all then
The guests OF the Mansion House ho'ei ,,
nasrer the river than other houses, hau 10 'e "''
out in boats to other places ,,ooa IN
Traffic with Greenbush and the other \l''"H ~
Tho bridge Is under water The Albany anu ~.
motors cannot run through the Nll'ase VI
Troy and no belt line local trains "ic 0 I,,,,
sted by the Central-H ddson Railroad III, 80.
hetng considerably under water al seNe''l sn
An incident Of the flood the rescue ol i",',''s
" o.. 49, ,,oo ,ror, a South Ferry-st house, Which
hoh heen eooded up TO the second story the coohiHs
utensils Of the household being iouhu Hoa''e "''N
In yeyeral feet OF water. ~,
About twenty tons OF freight stored IN ,he De'
ware and Hudson Canal Company He,e",
st Montgomery and Water SITS. had to be huri'eu
ort ,b,s afternoon 1t was loaded into empty oo*
cars and carried to a point OF saie'y'
A, Rath-on-the- Hudson the wall OF the East
Albany Water Works building was crushed py 'he
breaking of an ice gorge which had Ioriheu just
ebove the pumphouse. Engineer Ward had mar
row escape having stepped out to take d LOOK at
tbe torrent when the catastrophe occurred Inc &C
cident happened about O'clock 'ts m o
brick walls were thlck. Dut me zee ~ 80 - ~
crushed in the whole north and west ends OF tle
building The damage WI oe me heaws: wy. sida of the
graph and telephone pole on ihe West siue ,rt Ot %
river bank between the pumphouse ana polht q q
or so badly twisted that 1t Will be necessary 10
Just about the time the accident at the punphouse
occurred the local train leaving Troy at o'clock was
due The Ice was piled al over the tracks coa ior
the ice five feet high The train was seen com, ON,
Ing quite a distance above. Every one present Knew
Ice on the track and the train should dash into them
that serious calamity would be the result Ben,
q lad named Johns ran up the track consideraole
distance. Walker removed his coat and tagged me
train which came to a standstl 100 feet from the
Ice Engineer Brown and Conductor Van Gordon
were in charge Of the train. 1t was found I'M
possible proceed the track 80 the train was
hagged back TO the iron works station where II was
switched TO the uptraCk 1t then proceeded 10 Al
bany arriving there three quarters Of an hour late
The train contained over one hundred passengers
Trains from Albany over the NewYork Central
and Hudson River Railroad. instead Of coming in
pver the regular Hudson River Division. were run
u,ng on the Harlem Division yesterday and last
night. The trains came into the depot only slightly
behind time, and accidents were reported. but
tho Inconvenience OF a washout was encountered.
Water and ice overnowed the tracks above Hudson,
and the Harlem Branch had TO be rcsOrted 10. The
Engines we-e carrying pilots 10 direct the engineers
over the strange road. While some anxiety was
felt at the Grand Central Station. yet the delay
was not enough 10 cause alarm. and the change or
tracks saved the d!scontinUance Of the schedule.