The Irish standard., 1901-12-21
DEATH AND DAMAGE.
Wrought by Unprecedented Floods
in the East.
Pennsylvania Suffers Heavily and .
Number of Persons Are Drowned
-COnditi0ns in New .
York.


plete story of the damage wrought in
Bradford county by the unprecedented
food of Saturday night and Sunday is
coming in slowly. Three lives were
lost, two others will die from exposure,
and the monetary loss to property is
beyond present estimate. The bor-
ough of Monroeton was the heaviest
sufferer. AT that point and Green
wood, on the Towanda creek, two rail-
road and two travel bridges were
swept away. Mrs. Hattie Fessenden,
As years old, was drowned while being
carried from her house. AT Green
wood house occupied by William S.
Reynolds and his wife, both over 70
years old, and their grandson of 16
years, was tipped over. The man was
drowned. but the boy succeeded in get
ting himself and the woman into
street, where they tied themselves fast
with strips of clothing. They had
soaking wet bed quilt to wrap them
selves, and for five hours, from mid
night to seven o'clock in the morning,
were exposed to the zero weather.
Both were terribly frozen and the
woman will die. Charles Merritt, 10
years old, was returning from neigh
boris when the flood overlook him and
he persisted.
Waters RccedinE.
Philadelphia, Dec. 17.-Advices from
all sections of the eastern half of Penn
sylrania, over which area Saturday
nights storm ragged furiously, are to
the effect that the waters covering the
flooded districts are receding and that
railroad and Geographic communica-
ton are slowly being restored. The
damage to property and the pecuniary
loss from enforced suspension of many
industries will reach many hundreds
of thousands of dollars Dozens of
coal mines are flooded along with hun
dreds of industrial concerns located
along waterways. thus throwing idle
thousands of men. 1t is estimated
that more than 10000 persons have
been .rendered idle.
. At Pitt.burg.
Pittsburg, Pa, Dec 17.-Great loss
resulted from the flood at pittsburg.
The damage probably will reach $780,
COO. The food caught the city unpre-
pared, and in the zero weather that
followed there was much suffering.
The lower parts of Pittsburg and Ale
gheny are under water. Wharves,
stores and private houses are flooded.
An army is busy guarding the great
coal fleets. Over 100 barges, many of
them 1Oaded were SweDt avov md
wrecked. Steel mills Mt Braddocll,
Rankin, McKce's Rocks and other towns
were forced to shut down.
New York State Suffers.
New York, Dec. 17.-Heavy damage
from flood was felt in New York state.
Utica reopened communication with
the world. The New York Central and
Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg part
ly broke the blockade. On West Can
ada creek four big railroad bridges
were down. The mill was swept away,
and the damage along that stream is
estimated at 100000. Business was
stopped at Utica. The town of Broc-
ton suffered severely. Half dozen
buildings were carried away. Malone
reports "a washouts on a division of
the New York Central. The damage
at Syracuse was $15O,OOO and at
Rome 100000. At Watertown the
Black river ragged and all the
mills were abandoned. The paper
trusts plant was damaged, great
stone wall being undermined and car
ried down.