New-York tribune., 1902-07-11
BIG FLOOD LOSS UP STATE.
Ru1NATIoN FOR MANY FARMERs-DAM-
AGE MORE THAN A MILLION.
my TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRiBCNE.l

1poc,ester July lO-The exact amount OF damage
wrought throughout Western New orN py @ 1Ns
ne known but from the reports which keep coming
IN from the outlying districts II s safe 10 say the
loss viii make the visitation worthy TO De recorueu
as one OF the great caiamities of the year " nat
,,as once section noted far and wide for It's Ter
tile nelds and fine farms Is now torrent swept
stretch of sodden soil. rent here and there by deep
ruts. ,,
trous work are Orleans County and the region ~
ing about Canandaigua Lake. An estimate OF the
Ioss in the first named locality is placed at SlOVO
and IN the second at 100000. The disparity oe-
tween the two seems remarkable at hrst glance
hut the reason is easily understood ~ OIleaHs
County three townships suffered the most and IN
.b,,r were some OF the finest farms In the State.
These were ruined ard even now, four days atter
the storm has passed are lying two and three leet
Under water Crops of wheat, oats, hay ana 1rult
ara completely ruined, hundreds OF head OF Valua-
HE stock such as sheep and cattle, have been
drowned where they fed in their pastures roads
have been obliterated and fences carried away.
In the town OF Shelby the famous Y. A. Acer
farm one of the richest and most valuable sections
of land in the country, is completely washed out,
the ground in many places having assumed new
form Here two hundred acres Of beans. corn ana
grain were ruined in less than one-haH hour TO
saw nothing Of the numerous head OF stock killed
by drowning There are strips in the county where
for three and four miles at stretch there is not
single green thing TO be except the leaves on
the
In the Canandaisua Valley the most extensive
damage was done to the vineyards. The vines were
tora up by the roots and the frames were flung
broadcast The storm there came in instruments.
torrent following torrent at short intervals for
forty-oight hours The cottagers who had begun
their summer life along the shores of the lake
driven from their shelter. and in some cases had
harrow escapes from death by drowning. The sur
face OF the lake foot in less than twelve
hours and since Monday has continued steadily to
reach higher and higher. the roaring hill streams
bring down their floods. For two nights there was
no sleep possible in the valley. the thunder and
lightning and the roaring rain making any attempt
at rest impossible. The worst effects of the storm
are visible the lake shore from WoodviIle at
the head to Vine Valley on the side and to
Naples, the south.
The Genesee Valley did not escape although
there the damage was more extensive in H.
borhood of the river. The Tribune has been in
formed Of the unprecedented height of the flood
which since Saturday has been raging down the
valley and belching its muddy torrent into Lake
Ontario which is stained for miles and miles bv
the great npour. and has already risen twelve
inches Geneseo suffered extensively The Wads-
worths who own hundreds of acres along the val
ley, alone lost In grain and stocks between 5000
and $4,000. James s Wadsworth lost many head
Of valua bic stock by drowning. Ma ior w a Wads-
worth lost one thousand acres of fine hay T l.
Hall and the Winters & Prophet Canning COMPANY
lost 125 acres Of fine sweet corn and 200 acres of
late peas. The canning factory has been closed for
the season, and all the help discharged