The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-10
FERRY OF WAGONS
,.ssENGERs ACROSS NEW
voRK,s FLOODED STREETS.
RAINFALL OF 1904 INCHES
,,.p,CD TRANSPORTATION LINES
w" AND CAUSED RIG Loss.

ouds of Persons Unable to
Citv at All-RepOrts of
-,,.,s and Interruptions to Traf-
From All Over Jersey ana
,,u Island Broken Dam on
40 Ramapo Flooded Valley for
,,iIes-LOss to Plants in Pa
IAN Alone Estimated at 81 ,OOo'-
ooo-only One Life Lost So Far as
known.
>,.,,. York. Oct. 9.-Torrential rain
.,,,arcing early yesterday morning
~ continuing with scarcely any IN
mission until late this afternoon
,,rirg which time the unprecedented
1~,.;,itation of 1904 inches was re-
rssad at the local weather bureau,
Ia New York city and all the sur
..,rdinq country under a flood to-day,
using damage that will amount to
Inv hundreds of thousands of dol
lars
To-night the rain has ceased, but
.oost storm is reported to be approach
,.u and A threatened hurricane rem
d.rs if unsafe for vessels of any class
10 leave port.
suburban, steam and trolley lines,
Nth hardly an exception, were Grip
,,.d nv the foods and washouts and
IN tbe early morning rush hours thous-
.rds of suburban residents were unable
n reach their offices in this city. Those
rbo were fortunate enough to cross
tho ferries found further progress
hacked by the submerged condition
If the water front streets, across which
thew we're ferried in trucks and wag-
ons.
Renorts of extensive floods and Sc
rous damage to property and inter-
urtions of traffic came from almost
all sections of New Jersey and Long
Island In Newark, Passaic and other
large manufacturing centers many
factories were closed down owing to
the flooding of engine rooms. In many
places electric light and power plants
were shut down for the same reason.
A dam on the Ramapo river at Pomptan
broke. flooding the valley for ten miles,
but causing no loss of life.
Paterson Hit Hard.
4 ferers and for time this afternoon
there was grave danger of a repetition
Of the terrible disaster of last Febru-
ary Tonight the flood is subsiding
and all danger is believed to be over.
great part of the city was laid I'M
der water and scores of plants, includ-
ing those of the American Locomotive
Works and Paterson Steel Company
were flooded and shut down, entailing a
loss estimated at fully $1,000,000. Only
one life was lost-that of a girl drown
ed by the carrying away of bridge
over a creek. Thousands of New Jer-
sey commuters slept in New York to-
8 night, being unable to return to their
I homes.
Flood Worst I'm Years.
Scranton, Pa, Oct. 9.-Reports from
up and down the Wyoming valley CON-
ing in tonight are that the flood is the
worst in years. No. l mine at Carbon
dale and the Greenwood at Mayfield are
filing with water.
Heavy Fall at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Oct. 9.-The heavy
fsinstorm which set in Thursday morn
Ing continues tonight. During the
lastt If-t- Ill tnRhAE
rain has fallen. The storm is accom-
panied by a high wind, which reached
maxim of thirty-six miles an hour
this afternoon. Beyond the flooding
few streets caused by choked up
. Sewers no damage of any consequence
mas been done in this city or vicinity.
The Delaware and Schuylkill rivers are
above normal, but nowhere near the
E Danger point.
AT Atlantic City, N. J., four inches
4 VI ram fell between a. m. and p. m.
Today. Al Delaware BreakWater the
Tlhd reached a velocity of fifty miles
al hour. Hurricane warnings are w
sSong the coast from the Delaware
& Capes north.
Railroad Tracks Covered.
4 Trenton, N. j., Oct 9.-The rising of
he Assanpink creek resulted in the
Troodlng Of the power house of the
trenton Street Railway Company. All
street railway traffic had to be sus-
Pended The water continued to rise
. .Hul Midnight, when it became so high
. maI the tracks of the Pennsylvania
,oau' which crosses the creek at Gin
wi We're SO inundated that trains could
ron pass. Two trains are stalled and
s santoad traffic throughout the city is
t'u rIHiy suspended. 1t is expected that
,sr VIII be several hours before the wa
NJ SuhSides sufficiently to permit the
'ulnlns of trains.
wind Blew Two I'm Water.
Philadelphia, Oct. 9.-Two deaths
me- e 70 the high winds, were reported
s,6olsht At York. Pa, Walter Roger
s SanI,.y1ar-old boy, was standing on the
VIM VIM OF the city reservoir. when the
va a.u swept him into the water and he
( r.co,'.! Wned before his body could be
4 IrOoered John Brown, living at Crun
vas 49, "a d short distance from this city
I'll f' drowned in tba 49,,