Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-03-06
RIVERS ARE RAGING TORRENTS
DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE THAT
CANNOT AT THIS TIME BE
ESTIMATED.
MANY CASUALTIES IN THE sOUTf
SoT IN YEARS HAVE GULF STATES
EXPERIENCED SUCH A
DISASTER.

SnlCaBo, March z, - Chicago Is the
center of a general storm area which
covers most of the entire country.
The barometric pressure is less than
any previous record, and rain or snow
is falling practically from the Atlantic
10 the Pacific coast.
1t Is said hat the interruption of tel
egraphic communication has never be-
fore been so general or so long contin-
ued. In the vicinity Of Philadelphia,
where the storm of last Friday was
most severe, the companies are still en-
deayoring to restore their wires, but
the damage was so extensive hat the
work is not vet completed. South of
Washington is
Practically Cut on
n h interior of Pennsylvania is in
q similar condition. In Ohio the rain
storms have also hampered telegraphs
seriously. Torrantial rains, reported
to be of almost cioudburst severity,
have occurred in the South Atlantic
states. Mississippi and Alabama and
that region is practically without COM
IlunicaIion. Severe thunderstorms
have accompanied the rainfall. In many
sections of the East end Middle West
rivers are out IF their banks and caus-
ing not only arrangement of wires but
much interruption to railway traffic.
Floods in some portions of Kentucky,
Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
are becoming serious
Entire East Catches IL.
New York, March /. - The storm
which ragged yesterday over h entire
eastern half of the United States gave
a generous share of its attention to
New York city. During the afternoon
for a short time the rain fell in torrents
and the wind blew a gale at the rate of
sixty-eight miles an hour. The storm
made the waters on the bay very rough
and interfered with shipping consider
ably. From New Jersey points reports
OF Hood and damage are coming in.
Bridges are being washed away and
farms are under water. eports of a
like nature come from Lambertville and
Belvidere. where tic silk mills are
flooded and many families were taken
from their homes IN boats.
Worst Flood iR Many Years.
Philadelphia, March I.-Heavy rains
and melted ice and srow during the
past week have resulted in the Schuyl-
kill river going OF its banks and
causing the greatest food in that wat
erway since 1894. From its source IL
the lower anthracite coal regions TO
this city, where it empties into the
Delaware river, a distance of 120 miles.
Damage has been done that cannot at
this time be estimated. Swollen creeks
have acded to the flood and the river
is still rising. Beginning with Potts
vile. the largest ovn at h upper end
of the Schuylkiil, every town on its
banks to Thu city reports more or less
damage.
Terrible Flood Threatens.
Pittsburg, March i. - Pittsburg and
vicinity is threatened with q disastrous
flood. The great ice gorge In the Al
legheny happily passed u yesterday
without doing any serious damage, but
the great volume of water behind 1t.
which. Is being augmented every mo-
ment by swollen creeks and mountain
streams, make 1t apparent that much
camage must result before the waters
subside. The residents Of the down.
town districts rave been preparing for
months for the flood which they
thought inevitable. All have moved to
second floors. epcrts from Johnstown.
| McKeesport, Bedford, Connellsvilie,
Newcastle, OIL City and all other near
by points report like conditions with
ir dications OF big floods.
Disaster in the south.
Atlanta, Ca, March mot in many
years have the Southeastern Gulf
states experienced damage SO wide
spread b. a storm as that which on
Thursday visited Georgia. Alabama,
Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina apd Florida. As far as
known seven lives were lost and several
persons injured. The damage is enor-
nous, the railroads being particularly
heavy sufferers. The rains raised the
water to fool heigh. in h Chatta-
hoochee, Alabama, Comulgee and Sa-
vannah and the two Oconees, but ate
last night the stage In all Of them was
stationary except at Columbus, Ca.
where the Chattahoochee was rising
slowly. Columbus suffered severely.
One bridge was washed away and an