The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1902-07-10
DAMAGE BY. FLOODS
Waste of Water Sweeps Over Section
of New York.
TOWNS RUINED; FARMS DESTROYED
Great Destruction at Many Points,
Bridges Swept Away By Whoie-
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Rochester. n. Y. Special.-News
from the Sood-devastateG districts in
this section of the State is coming in
slowly. 4 cloud-burst struck Medina,
Saturday night and early Sunday morn
ing, doing great damage. Monday
Rreckage is piled up along waterways
which have been dried up for month.
Lightning destroyed barns at Shelby,
and other points north Of Medina.
Lightning struck the house OF George
Benns, southwest of Medina, wrecking
it and burying the family in the debris.
A boy was taken out of the ruins so
badly injured that it is doubtful if he
will live. Bowen, Medina & Middleport
Railway bridges were washed away.
The Genesee river, which at this time
of the year is but mere raceway, is
today a raging torrent. Great guam
titles of drift wood and trees are COM
ing down. From up river points come
reports that the low lands are under
water aad that the water Is doing much
damage. The clcud-bursts yesterday
have interfered with railroad traffic on
the Buffalo, Rochester 4 Pittsburg
Railroad and the western New York
division of the Pennsylvania system
Neither system WIS able to get trains
out Monday.
From ChurchvITle come reports that
Black creek is the highest before
known even in spring freShets. 1t is
out rf its channel and causing great
damage to growing crops along its
banks Hundreds of acres OF peas. corn
beans and potatoes, sugar beets and the
other crops are under water and ruin
ed. the dam at Byron is reported bro
ken and the creek is still rising at
great rate Honeoye reports six bridges,
including an iron structure on Mill
creek washed away and heavy damage
to crops.
Penn Yam says that many thousands
CT dollars damage has been done to res
licences along the course of the creek
flowing through Rammandsport. and
cattle ware rescued from flooded pas
lures with great difficulty. Mt. Morris
reports the Genesee at that point easily
two feet higher than the best previous
record al any time of the year Early
Yesterday it broke through its banks
east of the village and has ruined thou
sands of dollars worth of crops on the
flats below here. Many fine farms have
been entirely ruined. Nunda reports
the greatest fcod in the history of that
section. The State foot bridge over
Kishiqua creek has been washed away
and the town Is in darkness. Large
fields Of growing crops have been
washed away, ground and all. Dalton
has also suffered greatly. Portagevllle.
Pike, Lamont, Roseberg, Fillmore and
many other towns have been under
water since Sunday morning. The
farms all about Portageville are laid
waste and field crops cannot be saved.
Houses, barns and live stock are being
sweut down the river. The tracks ut
the Pennsylvania Railroad are washed
away and a new road bed will have to
be laid at many places before trains
can be moved.
Pike reports the loss OF large iron
bridges, the postoffice building, store
house, and opera house, meat market,
cheese factory, drug store, two dwell
ing houses and the village warehouse.
At Lamont, the mill dam has gone
out, washing away bridge. Large
numbers CT dead cattle were seen float
ing down the river during the day.
Stafford reports heavy damage from the
food. The embankme1tS OF Godfrey
pond, a large sheet of water owned by
the railroad, gave way and Sith roal
heard for miles. the large mass OF
water departed upon its destructive
course, carrying bridges and everything
movable before it.
MSddleport reports all dams swept
away in Johnson's creek, with damage
of hundreds Of thousands OF dollars and
all business it al staHdstill. The crop
damage is also considerable. Five
bridges in the town are gone. Bliss re-
ports that the iron bridge of the Buff
falo, Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad
over Wiscoy creek is goine, leaving
gap of Is feet; also that some two or
three thousand feet Of the bank are
washed out from under the track from
two to twenty feet deep between here !
and Eagle, and nearly every small
bridge and cattle pass from here to
Hardys is gone. Four Of the five large
iron bridges on the highways in this
town are in the creek. Every iron
bridge between here and Pike, eight in
number, is down, almost every small
bridge and sIuce is gone and highways
are torn up, making travel Impossible.