The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-16
IT RAINED LONG
and FURIOUSLY
Unprecedented Precipitation Is Re-
ported from New York City
and Vicinity.
Streets and Cellars Are Flooded
Trolley and Railway Service In
terfered th-FI in the City
of Paterson, N. J.-Damage May
Reach $1,000, 900.

New York, Oct. 10.-Torrential rain,
commencing early Thursday morning
and continuing with scarcely any in
PERMISSION until late Friday afternoon,
during which time the unprecedented
corded at the local weather bureau,
laid New York city and all the sur
rounding country under a food, caus-
ing damage that will amount TO many
hundred thousands of dollars. The
rain has ceased, but a coast storm is
reported to be approaching and a
threatened hurricane renders 1t unsafe
for vessels Of any class to leave port.
Along the river front and in many sec
tons Of Brooklyn cellars were flooded
and an enormous amount of damage
done. A great portion of the subway
was badly flooded.
Suburban steam and trolley lines,
with hardly an exception, were Grip
pied by floods and washouts and in the
early morning rush hours thousands
Of suburban residents were unable to
reach their offices in the city. Those
who were fortunate enough to cross
the ferries found further progress
blocked by the submerged condition of
h water front streets, across which
they were ferTicd III trucks and wag-
ons.
Reports Of extensive floods and seri-
Gus damage to property and Interrupt
tons of traffic came from almost all
sections Of New Jersey and Long Is
land.
Factories Forced TO Close.
in Newark, IassaiC and other large
manufacturing %centers, many factories
were closing down owing to the flooding
of engine rooms. In many places cleo
trio light and power plants were shut
down for the same reason. A dam on
the Ramapo river at Pompton broke,
flooding the valley for ten miles, but
causing 10 loss of life.
Except for the actual running of the
ferry boats the Erie railroad was prac-
tically tied up. No trains were run on
the main line west of P~assaic, none on
the Newark branch west of Newark, none
west of Norwood on the Northern
branch, none west Of Arlington, and alb
~solutely no trains on either the Jersey
d New York railroad or the New York,
Susquehanna & Western railroad.
Flood I'm Paterson.
Paterson was one of the worst suffer-
ers, and for a time Friday afternoon
there was grave danger Of a repetition
OF the terrible disaster of last February.
The flood is now subsiding, and ali ian
ger is believed to be over. A great part
of the city wal laid under water and
scores Of great plants, including those
of the Rogers locomotive works and the
Passaic Steel company were flooded and
shut down, involving a loss estimated at
fully 81, 000,0 600. Only one life was re-
ported lost, that of a girl drowned by the
carrying away of a bridge wei a creek.
Thousands of New Jersey commuters
slept In New York Friday night, being
unable to return to their homes.
Two Deaths Reported.
Philadelphia, Oct. 10.-Two deaths,
due to the high winds, were reported
Friday. At York. Pa. Walter Roger,
a ~12-year-old boy, was standing on the
bank Of the city reservoir when the
wind swept him into the water and he
was drowned before his body could be
recovered. John Brown, living at
Crum Lynn, a short distance from this
city, was drowned in the same man
ner. He was standing on the bank of
Crum creek and was blown into the
stream, which was quite high. His
body has not yet been recovered.
Mines Flooded.
Scranton, Pa, Oct. l0.-The Lacka-l
wanna river food here swept the valley
from Forest City to the Susquehanna.
No. 1 colliery of the Delaware & Hud-
son company at Carbonate, the Glen
wood colliery of the Erie company at
Wayfield and the Myles slope of the Del
aware & Hudson No. 2 at Olyphant are
filing with water. Carbondale's streets
were turned into rivers, and all the low
lands along the Lackawanna's course up
and down the valley are inundated.
Traffic is impeded on all the railroads
and trolley lines along the river.
Driven from Thefr Homes.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 10.-Fourteen
families in North Wilkesbarre were
forced out of their homes by the flood
at ten o'clock Friday night. The New
Jersey Central and Delaware & Hudson
railroads are affected by the high water
at Parsons, three miles north of here.
it is still raining here, and from present
outlook a serious flood is threatened in
the Wyoming valley.
Western Pioneer Dead.