Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-07-07
Whole Towns and RoadwsyS Are Inundated
by Torrents.
HUNDREDS ARE RENDERED HOMELESS
Live Stock Carried Before Waters ant
Crops Ruined.
TRACKS AND BRIDGES ARE SWEPT AWAY
But One Fatality Reported, Though
Devastation Lies on Every Hand
Idaho and Wisconsin
Struck by storm.

BUFFALO, N Y, July GA. terrific rain
and windstorm swept over western New
York at an early hour today. Rivers and
ereeks rose rapidly, overfiowing their banks
and sweeping away houses and barns and
live stock. The loss will reach into hun
dreds Of thousands OF dollars. Telegraph
and telephone wires are down and com
munication with small towns in Wyoming,
Niagara and Cattaraugus counties Is dificult
10 establish. This city was not In the path
pf the storm.
dispatch from Arcade says the food
Bt that place claimed one victim and did
damage to the oxtent of 100000. Mime
Loper, who kept a bakery on the bank OF
the creek, was drowned early in the day.
The downpour and the cloudburst above
the village turned the creek into torrent.
The water rose very rapidly and was sew
eral feet deep on the lowlands before any
one realized the danger. Miss Loper'
bakery shop was swept out into the street
but 1t had not gone far before It fell apart
Miss Loper's body was recovered
Miles of Roadway Quilted.
There were many narrow escapes. Al
Yorkshire, two miles below Arcade, the ap-
proaches TO the bridge we're washed away
but the bridge is standing. Miles Of road
way are also quilted or buried In derbs ant
they will have to be rebuilt. At sandusky
few miles from Arcade. 1t is reported that
Two houses we're washed away.
From everywhere come reports OF live
Btock killed. The loss to individuals will
be very high and the loss to the town from
the destruction Of bridges and roads will
also be hi=h.
pORTAGE N v J,tlv R-Ths worsi
storm ever known In this section is now
sweeping down the Genesee valley. RaiI
fell heavily for twenty-four hours and al
an early hour this morning a cloudburs
sent the streams over their banks. The river
ls now torrent a mile wide. At s o'cIocl
this morning every one living in the lower
part of town had to abandon their homes
The farms are laid waste and no field crops
ean be saved. Houses and barns were swept
down the river The rosdbed of the Penn.
Sylvania railroad is washed out in many
places. @
Damage VIII Reach Millions.
HoRNELLsvILLE, N. 2, July ga tire
mendous downpour Of rain early toda!
caused one OF the worst floods Of the yea
IN this vicinity. All OF the lower part o
the city was soon flooded. Railroad train
In both directions was completely tied Up al
day and not train arrived In the city afte
a. m. Three houses we're undermined AM
carried away.
PIKE, N. Y. July 6.-At daybreak thi
morning Pike was under three feet of water
Almost every bridge over creeks in Nlagar
and Allegany counties and in the souther
part of Wyoming county was washed away
The damage in this town and in the i'm
mediate vicinity will amount to 81 900 ,0OC
Much stock was killed.
BATAVIA, N. Y, July 6.-The heav
rains of the last six days have swollen Ton
Rwanda creek to a degree never befor
known. even in the worst spring freshets
A torrential downpour fell at midnight
making the situation perilous for person
living near the river.
At $3.50 a, m. the flood came over tn
banks OF the creek. which are nifty fee
high. Hundreds OF acres OF farm lands ar
hinder water and damage will be great.
wFeckSse Fills the Torrents.
ATTICA, N. Y, July 6.-The storm sen
Honawanda creek over Its banks and tn
reservoir of the Attiea Water company, tw
miles south OF here. gave way under tn
pressure. The east end of the dam at tn
Attica mills was washed away. Dead cat
tie, wagons and wreckage OF all kind wer
washed down the stream. Seven iroi
bridges in this town were carried away
Hundreds of acres of hay and crops ar
ruined. The railway roadbeds are badl
washed out.
ELMIRA, N. Y. July 6.-The creates
FainstoTm in years visited this valley yes
terday and today. 3.ss inches OF rain fall
ing from O'Clock Saturday morning to
O'Clock this evening This afternoon a ter
crops south OF the city, uprooted trees
overturned tobacco barns and outhouses an
accomplished much destruction of property
The smaller streams overfowed their bank
and greatly interfered with railroad trafhC
Three Towns Under water.
DUNKIRK, N. Y, July 6.-Canadawa
and Walnut creeks are over their bank
and the towns OF Arkwright. Pomfret an
Hanover are under water. Eleven bridge
Rt Arkwright were washed away.
LoCKPoRT, N. Y, July 6.-Two miles Q
the New York Central tracks on the Mag
ra-Rochester branch were washed out b
the food tonight. An eastbound specis
freight train ran on the weakened road an
was wrecked. Bridges east of MiddlepoI
were dislodged by the torrents and mile
of fences were swept away.
GOWANDAi N. - July o,--Cdttaraugu
creek was higher today than II has been 1
forty years. Thre bridges between Spring
Sille and Gowanda have been washed away
standing Drops Ruined.
WALES CENTER. n. Y, July 6.-sout
bf here Buffalo creek is higher than It ha
risen since the week of the Johnstown fooC
The big iron bridge at Java has bee
washed away. Reisdorf's dam and eide
mill at strykersVille are gone. MeBeth
Erist mill in Wales has shifted on II
foundation and is in danger OF eollaps
Hundreds Of acres OF farm lands are coy
cred with mud and standing crops al
ruined.
WARSAW. N. Y. July 6.-The loss iroi
Foods in this city will reach 500. 900. oatk
creek. flowing through the center OF II
village. burst its bounds and, making
channel through the principal strets, car
+, ried destruction In its wake. Houses an
barns were swept bodily down the stree
y together with an immense amount OF debr
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