The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1903-10-16
It RANED LONG
and FUR|0USLY
Unprecedented Precipitation Is Re
ported from New York City
and Vicinity.


streets and Cellars Are Flooded
Trolley and Railway Service In
terfered With-FlOod in the Cit!
of Paterson, N. J.-Damage Mn!
Reach $1,OOO,OOO.
New York, Oct. 1O.-Torrential rain
commencing early Thursday morning
and -continuing with scarcely any In
Permission until late Friday afternoon
during which time the unprecedented
precipitation of 1904 inches was re.
corded at the local weather bureau
laid New York city and all the sur
rounding country under a flood, 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 q
threatened hurricane renders it 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 IN 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
the water front streets, across which
they were ferried in trucks and wag-
n ~
Reports of extensive floods and seri-
Gus. damage, to property and-interrap-,
tons Of traffic came from almost all
sections of New Jersey and Long Is
land. 4
Factories Forced to Close.
: In Newark, Passaic and other large
manufacturing centers, many factories
were closing down owing to the flooding
of engincsrQoms. In many places cleo
trio light and .power plants were shut
down for the same reason. A dam on
the -Ramapo river at compton broke,
flooding the valley for, ten miles, but
causing no loss of life.
Except for the actual running of the
ferry boats the Erie railroad was prac-
tied up. No trains were run on !
he main line west of Passaic, none on
he Newark branch west of Newark, none
vest of Norwood on the Northern
branch, none west Of Arlington, and alb
no trains on either the Jersey
Z New York railroad or the New York, |
& Western railroad.
Flood in Paterson.
Paterson was n of the worst suffer- |
us, and for a time Friday afternoon
here was grave danger of a repetition |
the terrible disaster of last February.
The flood is now subsiding, and all dan
ger is believed to be over. A great part
Of the city vas 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 $1,000, o0o. Only one life was re-
ported lost, that of a girl drowned by the
carrying away of a bridge over 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. 1O.-Two deaths.
u to the high winds, were reported
Friday. At York, Pa, Walter Rover.
a l2-year-old boy, was standing on the
BAN 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. 10.-The Lacka-
wanna river flood here swept the valley
from Forest City to the S~usouehanna
No. l colliery of the Delaware & Hud-
son company at Carbonate, the Glen
wood colliery of the Erie company at
Wayfeld 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 III
and down the valley are inundated
Traffic is impeded on all the railroads
and trolley lines along the river.
Driven from Their Homes.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 1O.-Fourteen
families in North W%ilkesbarre 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 waite,
at Parsons. three miles north of here
1t is still raining here, and from presen,
outlook a serious flood is threatened in
the Wyoming valley.
N -
Western Pioneer Dead.
Kansas City. Mo, Oct. Col. Allen B
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