Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1901-12-19
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DAMAGE
HEAVY RAIN AND MELTING SNOW
= CAUSE MANY SWOLLEN
STREAMS,
RAILROAD TRAFFIC IS SUSPENDED
HAVOC IN THE COAL REGIONS WILL.
COST MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS.

New York, Dec. 1.-THE entire cast
eih section of the country is under wa
.er ana one of the worst floods in vears
| prevails. -" years
me moods extend from Pennsylvania
d auu western New York south into the
sia ana Maryland, and to the
a'u through Delaware, Maryland.
England p- - A~e"
Damage to the extent Of millions ~
dollars has been done. bnt fms far feyv
llves have been lost.
warm weather and rain. followed NV
hlsn winds, resulted in fearful damage.
on saturday the SHOWS in the northern
sectlonS OF New York >thaWed ranidly.
causing the rivers and creeks 70 rise
ana the valleys were inundlt Heavy
ram IolloWed during the night, accom-
panied by winds of great velocity.
Trains were blocked for MANY ho1~s
landslides We're frequent, and in the
lcwlands and valleys hundreds Of
dwellings We're flooded, while the dam
age TO farm lands and buildings is very
great.
In and around New York CITY the
Wlnd reached velocity of forty-eight
niles an hour, hut beyond minor Incl
dents no great damage is reported SO
lSor 10 property on land or shipping
Many Towns Inundated.
Many towns IN the interior Of the
state are inundated. At Ithaca the
damage is estimated at 100000. The
Hood was the most disastrous expert
enced since 1857. The nearby creeks
became raging torrents by midnight
= dwelling house was swept away and
no trace Of it can be found. The
power and lighting plant was washed
out and two trolley cars swallowed up
in the flood. All street car traffic is
suspended and the city is in darkness.
Syracuse, Waverly, Binghamton,
Oneida, Troy Auburn, Rome and other
towns report great damage. Traffic of
all kinds Is practically 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 a tornado. The warm
weather Saturday sent the snow out of
the Adirondacks like magic and many
houses on lower levels are flooded.
In New England the floods are not as
great as they are in New York, but
much damage has been done.
Pcnnsy1vania Is Flooded.
Reports from Pittsburg, Allentown,
Susquehanna, Easton and other points
in Pennsylvania req ort one of the most
destructive floods for nearly forty
years.
Traction company power houses are
Hooded, no trolley cars have been run
at many points since 10 o'clock yester-
day morning, and many towns are in
darkness.
Trestles on a number of roads have
been washed away and railroad traffic
is suspended.
high wind which at many points
wrecked buildings. Many towns report
losses of from $4,000 to 100000.
Pittsburg's three rivers at o'clock
last night passed the danger line and
are still rising, with reports from the
headwaters of the Monongahela and
Allegheny rivers stating that both
streams were still rising. The weather
bureau reports that the cold wave will
prevent the streams from reaching
thirty feet, but that considerable dam
age will result from the unexpected
rise and inability of shippers and river
men to tie craft securely before the
crest of the rise arrived. In the Alle-
gheny river at 9 o'clock the water indi-
Gator showed rs feet inches and
The River Rising.
In the Monongahela the reading on the
gauge was &c inches, while at Davis
Island Dam 81 fec t6 inches and rising
inches an hour was reported. At
Brownsville % feet and rising Is re-
ported, while at all points up the Ale
gheny the stream is rising.
The havoc in the coal regions is enor-
nous and the loss to railroad and min
ing companies Will amount to millions
of dollars. In the Schuylkill valley
forty-eight mines were flooded, and in
the Lehigh and Lackawanna regions
the destruction is equally great. Hun
dreds Of mules were drowned in the
colleries and 1T will be weeks before
many of the mines can resume opera
tions.
In some sections the water reached
the second stories of dwellings,. and the
town Of Westmore, near Wilkesbarre,
is submerged. Many residents have
left their homes in boats. Similar con-
ditiens exist along the Juniata river.
farmers being compelled by the stead
lily rising water to abandon their
homes.
The flood was rendered more disas-
| trous by the melting of the snow on the
| mountain sides. The storm broke with
great severity Saturday after the rain
had Teen falling necessarily for several
DAYS