The San Francisco call., 1901-12-17
FLOODS CAUSE
HEAVY LOSSES
Hundreds Of Thousands
Of Dollars Worth Of
Property Destroyed.
In Middle Western States PeO-
pie and Stock Perish in
the Blizzard.

PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 16.-Advices
from all sections Of the eastern halt of
Pennsylvania, over which area Saturday
nights storm ragged furiously, are to the
erect that the waters covering the flood
ed districts are receding and that railroad
and telegraphlc communication are slow
iy being restored. From Towanda to-
night comes the announcement of three
deaths caused by the flood near that
town, ana the additional statement that
two others will die from the effects of
exposure. The damage 10 property and
Ine pecuniary loss from enforced suspen-
s4Un OF many industries Will reach many
hundreds Ot thousands of dollars Dozens
UI coal mines are Hooded, along with
lIunuTeQS u industrial concerns located
along Waterways, throwing ldle tnou-
sanos OF men. II is estimated lhat more
Cnan $1,000 persons have been rendered
iQle-
1ales of narrow escapes from drowning
come from ali the noooed districts. HUN
dreds OF families IN little hamletS nave
been deprived OF their homes for the time
being ~ swollen streams, and the eX-
tremely cold weather that has set in adds
much TO tie suuerlngs. At Newport,
small village hear Allentown, 5OO Italians
are surrOGuGeu Dy water and were prlS-
Oners in their homes Tor thlrty-slX hours
At Jersey Snore 2UU Italians working on
the ralIrUad there were driven from Ihelr
snantles Dy the oVertiowing OF Pine
Greek.
Industrial Plants FLOODED.
HARRISBURG, Pa, Dec. 16.-Many in
dustrial establishments in South Harris
burg have been forced to close down on
account of the freshet, the water In that
locality being higher than at any time
since the great flood of 1889 Many houses
in that locality were surrounded with
water and it was necessary to use boats
to carry food and fuel to many residents
who were unable to leave their homes.
IRE damage, however, Will be very Sllgnt.
l. ;c fhof the water will TpCP6A
during the next twenty-four hours and
that The factories will be able to resume
operations.
SCRANTON. Pa, Dec 16-Communi
cation with the outside world is being
gradually opened. At 10:4O p. m. train
started for Philadelphia and New York
over the Delaware and Hudson and the
Pennsylvania Railroad, via Sunbury and
Harrisburg, carrying some of the dele
gates who had attended the American
Federation of Labor Convention. The
others left tonight. The Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western got its road
clear from Binghamton to New York at
daybreak with the exception OF the
stretch at Delaware Water Gap, where
tracks to the depth of seven feet. The
waters had receded from the tracks at 3
P m and a train was 81; started f4r FOR, New New
feet of water on the Lackawanna tracks
at Avondale, Luzerne County.
SHAMOKIN Pa, Dec. 16.-Fourteen
thousand men and boys have been rem
dered idle because of yesterdays flood in
his district. There are fourteen collieries
IN this region and all of them were mood
ed by the heavy downpour The property
loss in these works is estimated at $2OO,-
600.
Many Herders Perish.
CHEYENNE, wyo., Dec 16--The storm
that set in last Tuesday night has in
creased to a blizzard in this state and at
many points business is almost entirely
suspended The railroads are keeping
! their lines open to traffic with much diff
Guilty and blockade is threatening-
/ Reports from the ranges IN southern
/ wyoming tell of the decentralization OF
/ the sheen business, f1ocks being scattered
! in all directions and the herders dead and
missing Many conflicting reports OF the
/ it is that no one could live long out of
/ doors in such a storm as is now raging
! throughout the State, and when the fury
( of The blizzard has finally subsided 1T is
! expected that bodies of dead herders will
! be found at numerous points in the Red
4 Desert country where number OF nock
/ tenders are now reported missing.
! Reports from the ranges say that the
present storm is the worst that ever visit
+ ed this section of the country and that if
/ it continues for another twenty-four hours
! the losses will be heavy
! OMAHA Neb, Dec. 16.-Another storm
/ struck Northern and Western Nebraska
/ this afternoon and in some parts of the
State it is the worst experienced since the
! great blizzard of 1888. The most serious
! reports come from along the line of the
I Fremont Elkhorn and Missouri Valley
4 railroad. which traverses the length of
! the State along the northern border. From
/ along the line of that road and as far
/ west as Casper, Wyo., come reports OF a
/ binding wind Several trains are tied up
| in the western part of the State.
! At Lyons twenty-five miles north of this
| city, John Gunderson was caught out and
| was frozen to death.
| In this city the weather began to mod
| crate last night and continued mild until
| noon to-day, when the temperature began
/ to fall again, and tonight 1t is ten degrees
! below zero.
Found Frozen to Death.
| LYONS, n. Y. Dec. 16.-WiIliam H
1 Walker, a painter, was found frozen tC
death to-day near here.
GREENSBORO. Ala, Dec 16.-Ed Jack.
| son. a farmer, lost his way while going
home Saturday night and was frozen tc
] death.
ITHACA. n. Y, Dec. 16.-Latest devel
opments in the flood situation in Ithaca
show that the loss from damage to prop
erty was underestimated- The origina
estimate of $1,000 will be almost doubled
the principal sufferers being the munic
pality and the street railway companies.
GUTHRIE, o. T., Dec. 16-Another colC
wave struck Oklahoma early this evening
and following so closely on the first it will
do greater damage to the extensive cattl'
interests of the territory. Reports from
the ranges state that the stock Is perish
ing, weakened by lack of feed and by tn
intense cold.
ported from all points on the Rock Island
Atchison and Missouri Pacific railroads ii
Missouri and higher temperatures. Snov
is urgently needed by wheat