The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-10-10
PATERSON, N. J.,
UNDER WATER.
Great Flood of 1909 Has Been
W Surpassed.
Two Hundred Houses Flooded
and Many Carried Away.
RUNS INTO MILLIONS.
Damage and Destruction Has
Been Very Great.
Town of WaIlington Several
Feet Under Water.
Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn,
Torn Open by Flood.
TWO CHILDREN DROWN
Flood Extends Over a Very
Large Area.
Delaware River Never Before
So High as Now.
Flood Extends Over a Very
Large Area.
Delaware River Never Before
So High as Now.

Paterson, N. J.. Oct. 10.-The flood in
the Passaic river surpasses the NAM
moth inundation of March. 1902.
The river has overHowed hundreds of
acres of streets and hundreds of faml-
lies have been driven from their homes,
many being rescued from upper Win
dows in boats.
Mayor Hinchliffe today appointed .
committee to organize RELIEF move
ment- a dam of timber and sandbags
Is being built to keep the swollen river
above the falls from breaking its banks
and pouring into the city through a
ravine, in which it is feared frightful
damage will be done. The gas works
are flooded and there will be no gas
light tonight. Scores of mills have shut
down. The damage in the city In prop
erty is already estimated at haIr a mill
lion dollars.
The flooded district comprises Water.
East HoIsnan, Washington, BrIdges,
River, Straight, Goodwin, Patterson ana
North Mann streets. the lower part of
Hamilton and part of Hamburg avenue.
About 200 houses have been flooded.
LOSS OF LIFE FEARED
New York, Oct. l0.-It is feared there
mas been. considerable loss OF life in the
village OF DuttonvilIe, N. J., through the
bursting of the West Brook DAM Pas
stlc river in yesterdays flood. The VII
lage was in the path of the flood which
swept down upon the town of Passaic
a score of houses were carried with it
Ihere were about 25 persons belonging
IN the village who had not been fully
accounted for at an early hour today
and it is thought likely at least ten
were drowned.
During the night guns were being
constantly fired by persons surrounded
on the roofs of their houses in the Wal
ungton flats to attract the attention of
reScuer and scores were taken OF in
boats.
The town of Wellington is from two
10 six feet under water and 300 families
are homeless. Volunteers in boats res
eued many Inhabitants from the roofs
OF their homes. They We're cared for in
fasSaic, where many houses were
thrown open to the sufferers AS re-
ports of the storms havoc accumulate
about Greater New York grow to start
ling figures and undoubtedly the total
loss Will run far into the millions
An extraordinary occurrence was re-
ported from Greenwood cemetery,
Brooklyn. AS the result of a half dozen
land slides on the hill sides of the beau
tifUl burying ground tombs were open
ed and headstones torn from their fast
ehings. Portions of coffins were scat
tered about over large area and in
ing many tons, had swept away the
monuments and buried scores of graves
so that it may be impossible to again
locate them.
TRAIN SERVICE ABANDONED
Philadelphia, Oct. 10.-The following
notice was posted at the Pennsylvania
railway station today:
The Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany announces that on account of the
high water at Trenton, N J., the train
service between Philadelphia and New
York City Will be temporarily aban-
doned, except to Bristol. Pa
No trains have reached this city
over the Pennsylvania railroad since
midnight last night because Of the flood
at Trenton. where the tracks of the
company are under six feet of water
The flood at that point is caused by the
high water in the Delaware river back
ing up the waters in Assanpink creek.
The Pennsylvania Railroad company
has not had any other reports of dam
age along its lines.
At the Delaware brealxwater today
the wind is still blowing at the rate Of
80 miles an hour. The heavy seas are
breaking over the telegraph lines. but
thus far no disasters to shipping have
been reported.
DELAWARE IS STILL RISING.
Trenton. n. J.. Oct. 10.-A heavy flood
which last night caused the suspension
of through traffic on the Pennsylvania
had subsided somewhat at 10 o'clock to-
running of trains. There is no interrer-
ence with traffic between New York and
this city. but no trains are running be-
tween New York and Philadelphia. Five
trains which should have passed
through Trenton last night are stalled
here One of them is the midnight ex-
press from New York city Special
trains containing cars of the Barnum q
Bailey circus are among those stalled
One of the cars of circus train. Pull
man sleeper, was derailed. Ladders had
to be used to rescue the passengers
During the night heavy freight trains
We're used to hold down the bridge, of the
railroad company spanning the Assam
pink creek. The waters of the creek
overfowed the track and rose as high
as the fireboxes of the engine.
The Trenton Street Railway company
whose power house was flooded by the
rising OF the creek expects to resume
travel by noon.
The Delaware river is still rising and
the southern section of the city is in
danger of being flooded. Scores of Gel
lars of houses along the river front
streets are flooded and on Fair street the
water is up to the first floor of the