The sun., 1902-07-07
FLOODS IN WESTERN new YORK
HALF TBE CITIES AND VILLAGES
HAVE SUFFERED.
AZ Arcade sax Hssses were Carried Ava,
ane One woman Wa Drowned In Her
Heme--wiscey. Ptkc and Othcr VIZ
iases invUdsied-A Dosen Iron bridges
wsshesi Away and Fe~ Wooden
BrsdEcs Left-Many Small Mills Conc.

buffalo. ". Y, july e-Half tho cities
and villages of western New York have
stories of food To tell to-day. IL had rained
every day for q wcek but th. rivers and
creeks held their own until midnight on
Saturday, when there was tremendous
downpour. almost n cloudburst which
sorgcd the streams and gullics. The
Gcn.see and its tributaries and the Cat
taraugus and Tonawanda creeks, which
drain a great territory. have risen higher
than their waters had gone since the week
u tho Johnstown food
The towns at the headwstcrs Of Cat
taraugus Creca suffered most severely
At Arcade the food carried six hous'-s
down stream. Miss Minnie Lopcr, who
kept a bakery. was druwncd In her home.
Her body was found this afternoon in
willow tree a mile below the village. Her
neghbor. DR.. Henry sharp. heard the
sound 10 rushing water a, O'Clock In the
morning and rushed out ~ his front door,
not realizing that the house had been carri''d
from its foundation. He escapcd 10y SWIM
ming In Portage all the houses In the
lower part Of the town were abandoned
by their tenants and all about the farms
have becn laid wa9eoA
The village Of PIKE found NseN under
four feet II water At daybreak Much
damage was done In Hume. and the village
~ Wircoy might a. well be on the map
for all that Is left Of IL. Tie damage IN
Pike il put at t5iooO
The 1onawanda Creek rose fifteen fe"t
at Batava. When the Sheriff of Genc--c
county received word that the Attica Water
Company's reservoir had broken he drove
to all the imperilled houses up the river.
warning the occupants To escape. Then hc
hurri.d hack TO Batavia. where he had
plenty 20 do. for the water had already
crcp, into the Jail sheriff HiSley took
the prisoners upstairs.
The villages Of Alexander and Rush
Vile. near Batavia. were delused Two
thirds of Hornellsville was under water at
6 o'clock In the morning, AMI no trains
moved uut of Hornell-vill" to-day.
On the New York Central Railroad 10
tween Middlcport and Medina there Is
washout two miles long, with freight
train di,chcd az one end Il u. " would
L., iinpo<,ibl. to estimate the numt.r of
Nashout-. but they hsy" t..'n So numerous
that traiic IL almost suspended In Cat
taraugus. Wyoming and G-net"" counties
A dozen iron bridges have hs~en washed
away and there are few wooden bridges
left. The small mill owners have. for the
most part. been put ou' Of business. their
mills being broken up and washed down
stream OF el=e dislodgcd from the founda-
tions ChautauGua country reports the
loss OF eleven bridges and All immense
damage to crops
In the vicinity ~ this city tho farmers
hhve suffered greatly The downpour wa-
o. fierce tina, lake Como. near Lancaster,
overfIoved. and the fields thefeabou,s are
covered with mud Most 81 the streams
In Erie county empty into Buffalo River,
a. 4 as a result there vas q severe food h.
South Buffalo. III" streams bring down
hundreds of dead cattle and fowls and
cords q wreckhge, H." damage probably
amounts 20 more than two millions.