The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-12-17

ATEW YORK, Dec. 15.-Warm wealth
N er and rain. followed by high
winds, have resulted in general
damage all over New York state on
Saturday the snow in the northern sec
ton 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
valleys hundreds of dwellings we're
flccded, 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 Incl
dents no great damage is reported SO
far to property on land or shipping
Corning reports that the Chemung
and CanisteO valleys have had the big
gest floods since June, 1889. today For
miles east and west the lOwlands are
flooded and great damage has been
done
At Ithaca the damage is estimated at
S200. goo. The food was the most dis
astrous experienced since 1851 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
ri hInrI-TnEr
the channel of Six Mile creek, turned
the stream from its course and the
whole lower part of the city was over
flowed. Miles of the Lehigh Valley and
Lackawanna railroad tracks were
washed away. and no trains reached
Ithaca. Several bridges were washed
away. Percy field at Cornell univer-
sity, was turned into lake and the
university power plants were aban-
doned. The lower floor of the city nos
pitaI was overiowed and today no heat
or light was available in the institu-
ton.
Damage at Utica.
At Utica the damage from the flood
in the valley of the West Canada creek
will reach $500 600. From $4,000 10 1907
600 logs were washed away from No
-Four expensive railroad bridges were
DESTROYED. one mill was taken down
stream like a paper box and two others
are badly wrecked. The railroad IN
that valley cannot be operated for four
or FIVE days. The electric power plant
at Trenton Falls was damaged about
$1,000.
The first train east over the New
York Central since midnight Saturday
arrived at 1920 a. N. There are SIX
washouts between this city and Rome
and one between Rome and Omaha.
One track has been repaired Frelght
trains will not be operated before to-
morrow.
Business was practically suspended
i'm Ithaca today on account OF the
fccd. All street car lines were tied up,
m mail was received and none was
sent out. 1t was hoped, however, that
the tracks of the Lehigh Valley rail-
road to the west would be rcpalre,'
sufficiently today to enable trains TO
operate between Ithaca and BuHdiO
[ Every available labOTing man i'm ithaca
was given work and efforts were made
+ to secure men from OsWegO and other
nearby towns. Brockt0n five miles
( east. suffered much by the fioed sew
erai buildings being carried away
/ A dispatch from Malone says: The
storm of Saturday did more damage
than was reported yesterday The
washouts on the Adirondack division
! of the New York Central numbered
+ thirty-fouT. and the wreck train which
1 left here yesterday morning Tor ul-
/ ton was stalled beyond White Lake
/ Heavy financial loss was caused IN al
outlying districts.
At Syracuse.
The overflow of Onondaga creek al
{ Syracuse Saturday night and Sunday
did about $4,000 damage Today the
water has receded from all but the
lowest ground about town.
At Rome the Mohawk river has fan
en- to its normal volume. The damage
in the city viii reach $40 600.