Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14

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no loss OF life and this is considered al
most miraculous.
The village of Wellington. a suburb Of
this city, was submerged by from six to
twelve feet Of water and the inhabitants
went about in boats. Atleast 100 houses
have been moved from their founda-
tons, and in some cases they have beea
turned completely over.
Two Children Drowned.
On the Morris canal at Bloomfield the
big aQueduct broke, flooding the nsrth
end of the town, while the business dis
trict was waist-deep with water from
a breakage in the bank OF the Second
river. Two children were drowned.
Many Driven from Their Homes.
Paterson. N. J., Oct. lathe food in
the Passaic river surpassed the man.
moth inundation OF March. 1909. The
river had overlooked hundreds Of acrea
Of streets and hundreds at families were
driven from thar homes, many being
rescued from upper windows In boats.
A dam Of timber and sand bags is
being built to keep tho swollen river
above the falls from breaking its banks
and pouring into the city through "a
vine. in which case frightful damage
would be done. The gan works are food
ed and there are fears for tho electric
light station. Scores Of mills have shut
down. The damage in the city in prop
erty Is already estimated at half q mil
lion dollars.
Coast Storm Continues.
Philadelphia, Oct. Ia dispatch to
the maritime exchange says the life-sav-
ing station at Townsend's Inlet, N. J..
reports that tho Townsend Inlet hotel
was inundated by the high sea SATURDAY.
morning, and is breaking up. The hotel
was a small frame structure, and was in
an exposed position.
The storm along the coast prevails with
the Same fury that was reported Friday,
and has apparently not moved from the
territory affected by it during the past
two days.
Property has been damaged to the e1-
tent Of thousands Of dollars in this CITY
and vicinity. Scores of buildings were
flooded and washouts reported on nearly
all railroads. Both the Delaware and
Schuylkill rivers are swollen far above
normal, the latter stream causing seri-
GUS damage to mill property along it's
banks.
Railway Trafnc Suspended.
Trenton, N. j., Oct. ia heavy
flood, which Friday night caused the
suspension Of through traffic on the
Pennsylvania, had subsidized somewhat
at ten o'clock Saturday, but not suf1-
GENTLY to permit the running of trains.
There is no interference with traffic
between New York and this city, but no
trains are running between New York
and Philadelphia. Five trains, which
should have passed through Trenton
Friday night, are stalled here. One of
them is the midnight express from
New York city. Special trains contain
ing cars of the Barnum and Bailey cir
GUS are among those stalled. One of
the cars Of the circus train, Pullman
sleeper, was derailed. Ladders had to
be used to rescue the passengers Dur
Ing the night heavy freight trains were
used to hold down the bridge of the
railroad company spanning the AS
sanpink creek. The waters of the
creek: overf1owed the tracks and rose
as high as the fire boxes of the engine.
= Delaware Still Rising. ~
II Easton, Pa, Oct. 12.-There are no
records which show higher water In the
Delaware river than there was Satur-
day. The. rise was so rapid that many
people were hemmed in and are being
taken out in boats. All morning houses
which had been swept from their founda-
lions came down the Delaware. Many
OF them remained intact until they struck
the bridge connecting Easton and Phil
tpsburg, when they were crushed like
eggshells. Great quantities of driftwood
and trees are rushing down the river. The
strain on the big iron bridge is immense,
but it Is not thought the bridge will 70
out, unless great mass Of wreckage
lodges against it. All the West Easton
Industries are inundated, and the dam
age will be great. The Delaware river is
still rising, though rain ceased falling
about midnight. At the point where the
sLehigh river empties into the Delaware
there Is danger Of the retaining wall go
ing out, IN which event the street, and.
perhaps number Of houseswould tum-
BILE Into the turbulent Matera