Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-12-17
In Syracuse Alone the Water
Destroys Property to the
Value of $15O,OOo.
ALL TRAINS ARE LATE
One Road Reports Thirty-four Wash.
outs-Big Drop in Mercury Saves
District in Region OF Pttsburs From
Worst Flood in History.

New York. Dec. 16.-Reports from
throughout the flooded districts of
the state indicate the damage will
reach much higher figures than previ-
Gus estimates.
Utica reports the loss in the valley
west of Canada Creek will reach half
a million donars.
Thousands of Logs Lost.
One hundred thousand logs are
washed away, four railroad bridges
were destroyed and several paper mills
are wrecked at Ithaca. Business is
practically suspended and all the
Isteam and street railway lines are tied
iup.
Thirty-four Washouts.
There were thirty-four washouts on
the Adrironacks division OF the New
York Central
Syracuse Losses $15o,coo.
The financial loss in all the districts
surrounding Malone is very heavy.
| Onondaga Creek at Syracuse has
receded from all but the lowest por-
ition of the city. The damage will
reach $150,000.
Trains All Late.
/ Buffalo reports all the trains from
the east three 10 twenty hours late.
Not train arrived over the Erie or
/ fLchigh Valley roads since Saturday
night. The Mohawk river did $4,000
worth of damage to Rome. There were
c lfs,f ~, In
that city and Utica The first train
since midnight Saturday passed
through Utica at 10 o'clock this morn
ing.
Saved by the Cold.
Pittsburg, Dec 16.-The first food
and the lowest point reached this Win
ter by the mercury were both register
cd at o'clock this morning When the
waters i'll Monongahela river showed
twenty-five feet eight inches and the
I government thermometer indicated
five degrees above zero. The rivers
are now falling here and at the head
waters, but the temperature was stead
lily rising and only a sudden drop of
Temperature avoided one of the great
est floods in the history OF Pittsburg.
AS it was the lower parts of the point
district and Dufuesne way and the
low lands along the M0longahela riy-
er and all of the south side were sub.
merged. The Allegheny river front
Uas entirely under water. The eel
lars in many of the houses are flooded
[: ID the people are compelled to move.
River men and dwellers along the riv-
CT banks say it is the most fearful
flood experienced in many years. Hun
dreds CT men toiled al! night with
gigantic coal tows tied up to landings
on both sides Of all three OF the rivers,
in the face OF the bitter cold wind.
drenched at times with splashed
foam on their clothes which fYoze on
the Immediately, and the suffering is
awful
Rains Cause Havoc.
Rains and snow the past three days
caused the upper tributaries of the
local rivers to swell and the resalt was
a rise almost unknown at this season
of the year.
Loss Heavy.
The loss of goods on wharves and
private houses in the two cities will
, never be known. 1t will probably
reach 100000 In addition to this ma.
ny mills and factories along both riv-
ers Were forced to close down tempo
jrarily and thousands OF men and wcm-
en- are out of work for q few days.
All Points Suffer.
At all points along the river reports
= of damage from high waters have been
received.
Water Recedes.
i Philadelphia, Dec. lG.-Reports from
+ the flooded district in the state and
: New Jersey are to the effect that the
J water is receding somewhat. The
! telegraph and telephone wires are still
/, down in many localities, freezing
weather interfering with the work of
restoring the service. All railroads