Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-10-16
FLOOD WATERS
ARE RECEDINC.
No Apprehension Felt Of Further
Damage In Inundated Districts
In New Jersey.
IlNY HOMELESS FAMILIES
ARE STILL BEING CARED FOR.

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ARE still Being CARED FOR
Death List Of Flood Victims of Passaic
erty Estimated at s1,OOO,OOO-Two
More Bodies Found Near Belvi-
ders-Railway Traffic Rssumed.
Paterson, N. j., Oct. 14.-The water
In the flooded districts continues to
20 down and no apprehension OF fur
ther damage is felt All the families
who were In danger have been taken
from their houses and cared for by
friends or the relief committee. About
1000 homeless are being 2lred for by
the relief committee
It will be several days before por-
ton Of the sufferers can return to
their homes, while many will have to
begin all over again, their homes hav-
Ing been swept away. Some of the
mills In the flooded districts, which
had to shut down, started Tuesday,
but others are still idle, the machinery
being badly damaged. Thousands of
mill hands will be out Of work for
some time.
AS the water recedes from the build
angs, damage and ruin are seen every
where. The health authorities will
examine the flooded district as soon
as the water disappears. Buildings
that are found unsafe will be repaired
or pulled down and dwellings will not
be permitted to be reoccupied until
they are in sanitary condition.
Nearly every bridge and culvert on
the highways in this Vicinity was dam
aged or washed away and it is be-
lieved that it will require at least half
Q million dollars to repair this damage.
There is scarcity of provisions on
account of communication having been
shut OF with the outside world since
Friday last. There has been almost a
famine of milk, eggs and kerosene oil.
At noon Tuesday the water in the
flooded districts was only six feet in
depth and receding rapidly and it is
the belief of the authorities that 1t
will all have gone by Thursday.
Boats are still being used in this dis
trict carrying food to the families of
those who are still in their houses
along River street and other streets in
that vicinity.
Water Receding ut Passaic.
Passaic. N. j., Oct. 1.-THE water is
receding rapidly now in the flooded
portions of the city and q majority OF
the homes in the Dundee section will
be high and dry in another "a hours
In the municipal building last night Il
persons were cared for.
No subscription list has been opened
here for the sufferers by the flood, the
expense of caring for them being
borne by the city. It Is thought prob
able that within another day only
about dozen persons will be Deepen
dent upon the authorities for assist
ance.
The death list of the flood victim.
here numbers three. A negro boy wal
seized with At brought on by excite
ment on Saturday and, falling into tn,
flooded cellar of his home, wa
drowned. Two men were seen on
raft in the river Monday, evidently try
ing to save household goods. Sudden
ly the raft turned over and the mel
were thrown into the water and swep
away. It IL believed they wer
drowned.
The loss to mill property here is nov
figured at 100000, and it may g
higher. Some Of the mills are expecte,
to be in operation again before tn
week Is out and by the end of the mex
week almost all will be at work again
A great deal Of machinery is badl.
damaged and will need much repair
ing and some of it will have to b,
entirely replaced.
1t is expected the city will have {
supply of gas before the end of tn.
week. The electric power house will
probably start up Wednesday as re.
pairs are being made rapidly. The
power now used is supplied from
Paterson.
Milk trains are arriving after hold.
up Of three days and there ia no lack
Of provisions.
Two More Bodies Found.
Belvidere. N. j.. Oct. 14.-Two NOR,
bodies. victims Of the food, wer,
found Tuesday in a field near here
The two men, who were Germans
slept in small house on the banks
OF the Delaware river and the great
rush Of water carried the house away
and the men were drowned before
they could get out.
Railway Traffic Resumed.
New York. Oct. 1.-THE main line
Of the Erie railroad is now open be-
tween Jersey City and Sutfern, N. Y.
and 1t was said Tuesday that the dam
age on the Erie by the food had been
repaired except the washouts near
Ramapo and on the Greenwood Lake
division and at Little Falls. N. J.
Traflc was nearly normal on the
other railroads which had been af-
fectsd by the floods.
Negroes Leaving.
Louisville. Ky. Oct. IA special tt
the Times from Paducah, Ky, says: All
the negro residents of the Kevil sector
Of Ballard county left Monday night
Since the shooting Of Sunday night, il