The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-12-16
THE FLOOD IN NEW YORK.
Fearful Damage Reported to Have Been
Done BY Swollen Streams,

'Se''u. DaInaqe reported to Have Been
Done BY Swollen Streams.
Ne" York December 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 rapidIy
causing the rivers and creeks 10 rise and
the valleys were inundated. Heavy rain
followed during the night, accompanied Inv
winds of great velocity Trains we're
blocked for many hours, landsides were
frequent and and In the lowlands and val.
leys hundreds Of dwellings were flooded.
while the damage to farm lands and build.
ings is very great, Few lives so far have
been reported as lost.
Corning reports that the Chemung and
Canisteo valleys have had the biggest
flood since June, 1889 today, and great
damage has been done
The village of Painted Post has been
under water all day aud the water is two
feet deep In most of the dwellings. The
Erie, Lackawanna and New YORK Central
roads all suffered from washouts and land.
slides.
AT Ithaca the damage is estimated at
$4,000. dwelling mouse was swept
away and today no trace OF 1t could be
found. The power aud lighting plant was
washed out aud two trolley cars swallowed
up In the mood. All street car frame Is
suspended and the city is In darkness.
Lumber yards and buildings suffered i'm.
menseiy and the wreckase, blocking the
emanuel OF Six Mile creek, turned the
stream from it's course and the whole lower
part of the city was overlooked.
Miles oil the Lehigh Valley and Lacka.
wanna railroad tracks were washed away
and no trains reached Ithaca. Several
bridges were washed away. Percy Field,
af 80. ,.Atv 4 IT,.
lake and the university power plants were
abandoned. The lower floor of the city
hospital was overlooked and today no heat
or light was. available in the institution.
Reports of destruction of bridges and
bursting Of dams along all streams in this
vicinity continue 10 come In.
At Waverly great damage was done,
roads being washed out, cellars tled aud
buildings undermined and fallen.
1t is believed no trains can get through
on the Erie before Monday night.
AT Syracuse the sudden rising on Onon-
dtga creek caused great property damage
and drove several hundred people from
their homes.
At Binghamton the rainstorm caused n
food In Chenango river. which has not been
rqnallel tor twenty-five years. Much dam.
river front
Net all Eric or Lackawanna through
train has passed through the city since 9
y. IN, Saturday. High water moved a
pier of the Lackawanna bridge from It's
foundation
At Oneida the Oneida creek overlooked
and the wafer was from one to three feet
deep ON the first floors Of residences.
AT Troy the damage from wind and rain
is estimated at $50,OOO and the electric car
service to Albany is suspended
Considerable damage has been done
throughout Northern New York by the ex-
tremely high wind. which reached the vcloc
ity of a tornado. At Mlddetown large
occurred on the Erie railroad.
In a collision between two trains, ole man
was killed and several injured,
At Rome the rapid rise OF the Mohawk
river caused heavy loss and great distress.
The cAy and suburbs are under water Tor
miles. Only one train passed the city today
aud the tracks are badly washed. People
were taken from their homes in boats and
others are entirely without fuel.
The storm did considerable damage In and
about the city Of Schenectady.
Twenty bridges on the Lehigh Valley rail
road south of Auburn were washed away,
Besides these tho track was undermined
IL many pisces and bockaded by land
slides. All traffic from that city south over
The Lchigh Valley railroad has been sus-
pended.
AZ Moravia, twenty miles south of An
burn. the entire village was uHder three
feet Of water when the rain ceased.