Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1901-04-22
CHICAGO SWEPT
BY THE STORM
Lake Michigan is Lashed by the
Wind and the Sea is Running
High.
SERIOUS DAMAGE WAS DONE
The Ohio Flood Has Reached the Danger
Line and tho City of Cincinnati is Be-
ginning to Suffer From the
High Water.


wind and rain which prevailed in the
middle east on Saturday sWirled around
uneX pectedly ON Sunday and swept over
Lake Michigan into Chicago. 1t dld
damage ITO property, blew down trees
and shrubbery in the parks and ooule-
wards, crippled the electric Wires anu
whipped the lake into the heaviest sea
of the season.
COLD IN TENNESSEE
Huntsville, Tenn, April 22.-There Is
fc,.. to siv INCHES of SNOW on ground
here. Much fruit was killed by the cold.
A COW froze to death in the streets yes
teraay.
TRAIN SERVICE RESUMED.
Cleveland, Ohio, April 22.-For the
first thine in more than As hours, trains
began arriving in Cleveland today on
scheduled aime from the east. Between
this city and Buffalo al limited number
of wires has been restored. Between
Cleveland and Pittsburg all direct tel
egraph LINES are still down.
FEARS ALLAYED.
Pittsiburg, Pa, April 22.-Forecaster
Ridgeway of the local weather bureau,
saws there will be no recurrence of the
flood.
At II O'Clock it ceased raining. Both
rivers We're falling at THE rate of about
two inches an hour. The rivermen
have lirttle apprehension of another
flood
THE FLOODS RECEDING.
Washington, April 22.-11:45 "a. m.-
The weather bureau issued the follow
ing special river bulleitin: During the
last "a hours the Ohio river has fallen
A feet att Pittsburg and 5.S feet at Da-
Wis island dam 1t has risen four feet
at Pamlxerslburg, II feet at Cincinnati.
44 feet AIT Louisville. The Eiver will pass
below the danger line, % feet, at Pitts
burg today The crest of the flood Will
pass Parkersburg today. The river will
pass danger lime, so feet, at Cincinnati
by Tonight and the crest will pass that
place tomorrow. AT Louisville the dam
ger lime of 2S feet will be reached by
Tuesday might There are mo present
Indications of a change i'm conditions
sufficient to check the falling waters
of the upper Ohio.
A DISASTROUS FLOOD.
Springfield, Mass, April 22.-Reports
from the BOSTON, and Albany inspection
train indicate that washouts ON the
east bound track from this city Ito HUM
tingtom renders it practically useless
until extensive repairs are accomplished.
BY the breaking of the reservoir dam
at Middlefield last might, many houses
were flooded, but only a few were
wrecked. AS far as learned mo lives
were lost. In Chester tIhe people fled
to the hills. The Boston amid ALBANY
stone arch bridge ait Middlefiled was
washed away The flood lis THE worst
since 1874.
SHOWING IN GEORGIA.
Atlanta, Ga., April 22.-The weather
bureau reports a light FROST this norn-
ling i'm the vicinity of Jacksonville. Fla,
Meridian, Miss, and Charleston, S. G.
Snow lis reported at Gainesville, NORTH
east Georgia.. Albany, south Georgia,
reports the estimated damage Ito cotton
at 50 per cent. -
CINCINNATI Is FlAOODED.
Cincinnati, April 22.-The danger lime
was Reached here today by the Ohio
river flood. In the lower part of this
city THE sewers are blocked and cellars
are filed with back waiter.
"A great portion of Dayton, KY, lis
Submerged. Ait Parkerslburg, w. Va,
the first floors of business houses are
filled with waiter. In tine river side and
south side suburbs the water ds nm the
SECOND stories, arldh undreIds are ihonne-
less. Mayor Vandervort has appointed
a nelief committee. AT Portsmouth, O.,
hundreds of Residences are abandoned.
.Hhe public schools were dismissed SO as
ito use the buildings for sheltering THE
homeless.
STILL RAINING IN PENNSYLVANIA
Pittsburg, April 22.-While western
Pennsylvania was fairly out of the
clutches of the flood this morning the
weather conditions are mot reassurifng.
Tt is a,g,ain raining and advices from
the headlwaiters of the Allegheny this
morning showed IA renewed rise with a
continued downpour. AT O'Clock This
morning tl1 Allegheny was falling about
three inclleis per hour The estimates of
losses vary from $1,OO0,OOO to 100000,
but the first figures will probably come
NEARER THE correct amount The mills
along the river fronts will not be able
TO resume before tomorrow.