The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-12-16
FEARFUL DAMAGE
IN TWO STATES
Nearly All the Rivers of Pennsylvania Are at
FIoodtide and Causing Destruction to
Railroads, Homes and Business
ONE DISASTROUS WRECK REPORTED
Fertile Valleys of New York Are Inundated,
Families Are Driven Out and Towns Are
Flooded to Danger Point

NEW WORK, Dec. 15.-Warm weather
and rain. followed by high winds, have
resulted in fearful damage all over New
York state On Saturday the SHOWS in
the northern sections thawed rapidly,
causing the rivers and creeks to rise
and the valleys were Inundated. Heavy
rain followed during the night accom-
panied by winds of great velocity. Trains
were blocked for many hours, ,andslices
We're frequent, and in the lowlands and
valleys hundreds of dwellings, were flood
ed, while the damage to farm lands and
buildings is very great Few lives so far
have been reported as lost.
In and around New York city the wind
reached a velocity of forty EIGHT miles
an hour, but beyond minor incidents no
great damage is reported so far &c prop
erty on land or shipping.
Corning reports that the Chemung and
Canosteo valleys have had the biggest
flood since June, 1888, today. The
Chen1ung and Cansteo rivers overf1owed
their banks, and for miles east and west
the lowlands are flooded, and great dam
age has been done.
The village of Painted Post has been
under water all day, and the water Is
two feet deep in most Of the dwellings.
The Erie, Lackawanna and New York
Central roads all suffered from washout5
and landslides.
Ithaca Suffers Heavily.
At Ithaca the damage is estimated at
$500, 900. The flood was the most dis
astrouS experience since 1857. The nearby
creeks became raging torrents by mid-
night. A dwelling house was swept away,
and today no trace of it could be found.
The power and lighting plant was wash
ed out and two trolley cars swallowed up
in the flood. All street car traffic is sus-
pended and the city is in darkness. Lun1-
Der yards and buildings suffered inn
mensely, and wreckage blocking the
canal Of Six-Mile Creek, turned the
stream from it's course, and the whole
lower part of the city was overfowed.
Miles of the Lehigh Valley Lacka-
wanna railway tracks were washed away,
and no trains reached Ithaca. Several
bridges were washed away. Percy field at
Cornell university was turned into a lake,
and the power plants were abandoned.
The lower floor of the city hospital was
overf1owed, and today no heat or light
was available In the institution. Reports
of the destruction of bridges and BURST
ing Of dams along all streams in this
vicinity continue to come in.
At Waverly great damage was done,
roads being washed out, cellars filled and
buildings undermined and fallen. There
was washout on the Erie railroad near
Wellsboro, another washout near Otego.
II Is UeleNeu no IIdIIlS CdI get luTOuRn
on the Erie before Monday night.
Syrncusans Driven Out.
At Syracuse the sudden rising of Onon-
daga creek caused great property dam
age, and drove several hundred people
from their homes. The water rose six
feet in eight hours, but Is now receding.
Many people were rescued by the police
and fremen in boats, and no lives ara
known to have been lost.
At Binghamton the rainstorm sent the
Chenango river over its banks and caus-
ed q flood which has not been equaaed
for twenty-five years. Cellars are flooded
and much damage has been done to busi-
ness houses on the river front. The
county poor farm buildings are surround
ed by water several feet deep.
Not an Erie or Lackawanna through
train has passed through the city since
8 o'clock Saturday night. High water
moved a pier of the Lackawanna bridge
from its foundation.
At Oneida the Oneida creek overfowed
and the water was from one to three feet
on the first floors Of residences. The
Ontario & Western railway tracks were
covered for nearly one mile
At Troy the damage from wind and
rain Is estimated at $4,000. and the cleo
trio car service to Albany is suspended.
Considerable damage has been done
throughout Northern New York by the
extremely high wind, which prevailed for
twenty-four hours, reaching the velocity
Of tornado. The warm weather Sat-
urday sent the snow out of the Adiron-
dacks like magic and many houses on the
lower levels are flooded.
LandsIides on the Erie.
At Middletown large landslides occurred
on the Erie railway. In a collision be-
tween two trains one man was killed and
several injured. The bridge over the
Neversink river settled several inches
At Rome the rapid rise Of the Mohawk
river caused heavy loss and great dis
tress The city and suburbs are under
water for miles. Only one train passed
the city today, and the tracks are badly
washed. People were taken from their
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