The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-12-20

SIkAtS Aae
Several CasuaIties-Losses Esti-
mated by Millions OF DoIlars-RafI-
way Bridges wrecked-Houses I'm
der Water.
| New York. Decembe. 15.-Wafm
weather and rain. followed by high
winds. have resulted in fearful damage
all over New York state. On Saturday
the SHOWS in the northern sections
thawed rapidly. causing the rivers and
| creeks to rise and the valleys were in
undated. Heavy rains followed during
h night, accompanied by winds OF
great velocity. Trains were blocked for
many hours. while 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 winds
! reached a velocity of IS miles an hour
but beyond minor accidents no great
damage is reported so lar 10 pfopert-
on land or to shipping.
Considerable damage has been Done
throughout northern New York by tno
extremely high wind which prevailed
for "a hours, reaching the velocity or j
tornado. The warm weather SATURDAY
sent the snow out of the mountains
| magic and many houses n the low
| lands are flooded. At Middletown. large
landslides occurred on the Erie railroad.
In a collision between two trains
mar w killed and several injured. L Q
bridge over the Neversink river settled
several inches.
At Rome the rapid rise of the Mo
hawk river caused heavy loss n greaI
distress. The city suburbs are under
| water for miles. Only n train passed
the city today and the tracks are badly
| washed. People were taken away from
their homes in boats and others are en-
tirely without fuel. Logs valued at
$4,000 we're swept away On East CANADA
creek.
The storm did considerable damage in
and about the city Of Schenectady.
Twenty bridges on the Lehigh Valey
| railroad south of Auburn were washed
away. Besides this the track was un-
dermined in man places and
by landslides. All traffic from thai city
south over the Lehigh railroad has been
suspended and it is thought 1t Will bs
| several days before trains are unnin
At Moravia, twenty miles south Of Au-
burn. the entire village was under three
feet of water when the rain ceased.
Knoxville, Tenn. December 15.-At 3
o'clock tonight the thermometer is 3 de-
grees above zero, and the chances are
that it will drop to zero, before morning.
The Tennessee river has reached a 20
foot stage and is rising at the rate of 10
inches an hour.
Philadelphia, December ia storm
which for severity and destructiveness
has not been equalled in this section for
twenty-five years. visited eastern n
entra Pennsylvania last night, causing
almost unprecedented damage and re-
sulting in the loss of at least four hu-
man lives. The havoc in the coal re-
--I 49, l~-- - ~nt
rcad and mining companies will amount
to millions. The Lehigh, Schuylkf1.
Susquehanna and Juniata rivers have
risen as high as fifteen feet above their
levels. and all of their tributaries have
overlooked. inundating the surrounding
country in more than a dozen counties
Allentown. Pa. December 1.-THE
most destructive flood in the Lehigh
valley since 1862 started this morning at
3 o'clock. following a two-day's rain.
which melted the snow in the noun
tains. causing the Lehigh river to be-
come a raging torrent. The traction
company's power houses are flooded
with seven feet of water. which put out
the fires under the boilers. No trolley
cars have run since morning and Allen
town is in darkness tonight.
The Adelaide Silk Nj sustained a los
of over $40. 900 bv the flood. The Ameri-
can Steel and Wire Cempany's wire and
ndll DlduIS are u1lueT WdlST. anu IlOu-
sands Of dollars damage has been done
there. All other Industries along the
course Of streams suffered heavily by
water flooding the Easements and first
floors. damaging the machinery and
stock. No through trains are running
north Of Allentown and communication
by wire is cut off.
Hazelton. Pa. December 15.-Great
havoc was wrought in the Lehigh region
bv SATURDAYS storm. John Burns. a
miner. of Oneida. near here. was wash
ed from a bridge and drowned. Over
100 mine mules were drowned in the
various colleries in this vicinity and the
majority of the mines are flooded. 1t is
not likely that they will resume opera
lions until after the first of the new
year. Railroad tracks and bridges were
damage in this section is estimated at
5000. 900.
Pittsburg, December 15.-Pittsburg's
i three rivers at 9 o'clock tonight have
passed the danger line and are still ris-
ing with reports from the head waters
of the M~onongahela and Allegheny riv-
erS stating that both streams were still
rising. The weather bureau
hat the cold wave will prevent streams
from reaching forty feet. but that con-
siderable damage will result from the
expected rise and the inability of ship
pers and rivermen to tie craft securely
before the crest of the rise arrives.
Elizabethton, Tenn, December TO-
The Virginia and Southwestern rail-
roads bridges at Gardens Bluff, Butler
n EliZabethton, and of the East Ten
nessee and Western North Carolina at
Valley Forge were washed away by a
terrific foo in the Watauga n Doe
rivers. The damage by flood in Carter
county is very heavy.