The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-15
ENORMOUS DAMAGES
Done by the Floods That Have
Swept Cities in New Jersey
and Pennsylvania.
AGGREGATE REACHES MILLIONS
At Paterson Alone Going Above 3d.
OO,OOO-Hun1reds in Peril
Industries Paralyzed-
Total Loss of Life.

paterson, n. j.. Oct. l2.-FOr near
" forty-eight hours Paterson was at
the mercy of the Passaic river. The
waters maintained height sufficient
to cut the western half of the city
from the eastern, and almost all means
Of communication by bridges have been
destroyed. Tive bridges above tie falls
remain, but approach to them Is i'm
possible. Three bridges below the val
ley of the locks still stand. but 1t Is
impossible to reach them. Seven 9TH
er bridges in the city have been car.
ried away, and their loss alone Is half
a millions dollars. The inundation of
the low lying districts of the city has
resulted In inconceivable damage TO
property.
Flood washing Hill Away.
The flood, however, Is beginning to
recede. A number of buildings have
dermined. If they Go not fall they
will be at least untenaLable. Spruce
street hill Is falling, away piecemeal.
and only little more than two feet of
dirt and stone separate the fails basin
from the big black race through which
millions of gallons of water are rush
ing every hour. The gate house Is in
very weakened condition. ard is liza
BILE TO 60 IL Spruce street hill breaks
much more.
Many People Put I'm Peril.
Mayor Hinchcliffe. who was at this
point all night the work
of strengthening the dykes and wat
er gates, regards the situation as most
critical. One hopeful sign at this place
IS that the water has fallen sever
al inches. All day long boatmen have
been at work rescuing people from
the flooded districts. The suffering IN
the First and Second wards has been
intense. as 1t was almost impossible
TO reach the residents here. Several
hundred persons were removed from
houses completely surrounded by the
hood and ready to collapse at any mo-
ment. A dozen or more of these houses
later did collapse. and foated down
the stream
The damage to mill property is
chiefly from the SUBMISSION of por-
tons Of the plants and great guam
titles of products. Thousands of men,
women and children will be out of en-
ployment for a long time. and it seems
altogether probable that this flood Will
cause to the city Of Paterson a great
er direct loss of money and property
than the fire of nearly two years ago.
The gross loss then was $6,OOO 600.
with an Insurance OF more than $4,-
100000. The present loss Is estimated
at considerably more than $1,000. 900,
with no Insurance.
Five hundred families are homeless.
OF these about $50 fam les are being
sheltered in the Apollo hall, while the
others will be taken care of in the
armory, Governor Murphy having is
sued orders that the armory be thrown
open for this purpose. Suffering in
Wellington and Duttonville has been
very great. as no relief has been able
to reach these places.
seven men are now in great peril
Of their lives I'm the Kearns Bros dye
house on the river margin near Pate--
son. Al part of the works has been
carried away. The men have been in
that part which remains standing since
Friday at noon. While they were try
ing to save thousands Of dollars worth
of silks by carrying them to the top
Of the building the structure was sur
rounded by water and the men were
cut off from all assistance because Of
the torrent that has been rushing by
ever since.
Passiac is greater sufferer from the
flood than even Paterson. Twenty
mills In Passiac are under water and
5000 workers are out of employment
Ten thousand persons have left their
homes. Eight hundred houses are
flooded TO the caves. and In all 1000
acres are covered with water from a
depth of few inches to twenty feet.
I.ater.-Seven men who had been
imprisoned in Kearns Bros dye house
on the river margin since Friday with
out food have been rescued.