The age-herald., 1901-12-16
FLOODS CAUSE GREAT DAMAGE
 IN NEW YORK Rains and High Winds Inun- date Towns and All Traffic
 is Suspended RESULT OF WARM WEATHER While South and West Suffer from Cold New York is Victim of
 Warm Weather - Snow
 causes Landslide.
RESULT OF WARM WEATHER

New York December 15.-Warm wealth CT and rain followed by high winds have resulted in fearful damage all over New York state On Saturday the snow in the northern section thawed rapidly causing the rivers and creeks to rise and the valleys were inundated Heavy rain followed during the night, accompanied by winds of great velocity Trains were blocked for many hours, landslides were frequent, and in the lowlands and val leys hundreds of dwellings were flooded while the damage to farm lands and buildings Is very great. Few lives so far have been reported lost
 Corning reports that the Chemung and Canisto 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 and the water is two feet deep in most of the dwellings. The Erie, Lack awanna and New York Central roads all suffered from washouts and landslides.
 $2o0,ooo Damages at lthica.
 AL 1LnaCd LIc QdIIldBt IS SSliihshNSo e'N $20O OOO dwelling house was swept away and today no trace of it could be found. The power and lighting plant was washed out and two trolly cars swal- lowed up in the flood. All street car traffic is suspended and the city is in darkness. Lumber yards and buildings suffered immensely, and the wreckage, blocklts tha channel of Six Mile creek, turned the stream from its course and the whole lower part of the city was overt1owed. Miles of the Lehigh Valley and Lackawanna Railroad tracks were washed away and no trains reached ltha- ca Several bridges were washed away. Percy Field at Cornell University was turned into lake and the university power plants were abandoned The low CT floor of the City Hospital was over flowed 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 to come in.
 At Waverly great damage was done, roads being washed out, cellars filled and buildings undermined and fallen. It is believed no trains can get through on the Erie before Monday night
 At Syracuse the sudden rising of Onon- dadaga creek caused great property dam age and drove several hundred people from their homes.
 At Binghampton the rain storm caused a flood in Chenango river which has not been equalled for twenty-two years. Much damage was done to business houses on the river front
 Trains Are Stopped.
 Not an Erie or Lackawanna through train has passed through the city since D. m. aturday. High water moved a pier of the Lackawanna bridge from it's foundation.
 At Oneida the Oneida creek overflowed and the water was from one to three feet deep on the first floors of residences.
 At Troy the damage from wind and rain is estimated at s5O,OO0 and the elec- tric car service to Albany is suspended.
 Considerable damage has been done throughout Northern New York by the HlSH WiiNh ASe0NhNo eihS velocity of a tornado.
 At Middletown large landslides occurr- ed on the Erie railroad In a collision between two trains one man was killed and several injured.
 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 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 railroad south of Auburn, were washed away. Bssides this the track was under mined in Rany places and blockaded by landslides. All traffic from that city south over the Lehigh railroad has been suspended.
 At Morhssa twenty miles south of Au- burn the entire village was under three feet of water when the rain ceased.