The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-16
THREE TRAINMEN THE VICTIMS
OF A BRIDGE WRECK NOT FAR FROM
WILLIAMsPORT, PA.
Two Drown i'm Ohio-Ohio River Ris-
ing at Pittsburg and Cincinnati
Railway Service Crippled.

NEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Warm weather
and rain, followed by high winds, have re-
suited in fearful damage all over New
York State. On Saturday the SHOWS in the
northern counties thawed rapidly. causing
the rivers and creeks TO rise. and the VAL
leys 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 valleys hundreds OF
dwellings were flooded. while the damage
to farm lands and buildings is very great.
Few lives so far have been reported as lost.
In and around New York city the wind
reached a velocity of forty-eight miles an
hour, but beyond minor incidents no great
damage is reported so far to property on
land shipping.
Corning reports that the Chemung and
Canisteo valleys have had the biggest flood
since 1889. The Chemung and the Canisteo
rivers overfowed their banks and for miles
east and west the lowlands are flooded 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. Lackawanns
and New York Central roads all suffered
from WdSnOulS
At Ithaca the damage is estimated at
100000 The flood was the most disastrous
experienced since 1851. The nearby creeks
became raging torrents by midnight. A
dwelling house was swept away and to-day
no trace of it could be found. The power
and lighting plant was washed out and
two trolley cars swallowed up in the food.
All street car traffic is suspended and the
city is in darkness. Lumber yards and
buildings suffered immensely, and the
wreckage, blocking the channel of Six-mile
creek, turned the stream from it's course
and the whole lower part of the city was
flooded Miles of the Lehigh Valley and
Lackawanna Railroad tracks were washed
away and trains reached Ithaca Sew
eral bridges were washed away. Percy
Field at Cornell University, was turned
into a lake and the university power plants
were abandoned. The lower floor Of the
City Hospital was overfiowed and to-day no
heat or light was available in the institu-
ton.
At Syracuse the sudden rising of Onon-
and. drove several hundred people from
their homes. The water rose six feet In
eight hours, but is now receding. Many
people were rescued by police and iremen
in boats, and no lives are known TO have
been lost
At Binghamton the rainstorm sent the
y
a flood which has not been eQualed for
twenty-five years. Cellars are flooded and
much damage has been done 10 business
houses on the river front. The county
farm buildings are surrounded by water
several feet deep. Not an Erie or Lack
awanna through train has passed through
the city since o'clock Saturday night.
High water moved a pier OF the Lacka-
wanna bridge from it's foundation.
At Oneida the Oneida creek overfowed
and the water was from one to three feet
deep on the first floors Of residences. The
Ontario Western Railroad tracks were
covered for nearly one mile.
At Troy the damage from wind and rain
is estimated at $4,000 and the electrician
service TO Albany is suspended.
Considerable damage has been done
throughout northern New York by the eN-
tremely high wind which prevailed for
twenty-four hours, reaching the velocity
of tornado. The warm weather Saturday
sent the snow out Of the Adirondacks like
magic and many houses on the lower levels
are flooded
At Middletown large landslides occurred
the Erie Railroad. In a collision be-
tween two trains one man was killed and
several injured.
At Rome the rapid rise OF the Mohawk
river caused heavy loss and great distress.
The city and suburbs are under water for
miles. Only one train passed the city to-
day and the tracks are badly washed. Peo-
pie were taken from their houses In boats
and others are entirely without fuel.
Logs valued at $4,000 were swept away in
East Canada creek. north OF Herkimer.
The storm did considerable damage in and
about the city Of Schenectady.
Twenty bridges on the Dehigh Valley
Railway south OF Auburn were washed
away Besides this the track was under
mined I'm many places and blockaded by
landsliGes All traffic from that city south
over the Lehigh Valley Railroad has been
suspended, and II is thought it will be
several days before trains are again run
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