Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-28
Near Mark of 1899.
IN NEW YORK
Central Uses Other Tracks-Live Stock
Swim to High Ground.

UTICA, N Y. March 2S.-Although flood
conditions are very much better in the Mo-
hawk valley. 1t is impossible for the New
York Central to use its line east of here.
and trains are run over the West Shore
from Romans to this city, where they
again take the Central tracks.
The telegraph lines are down along both
roads and considerable delay Is experienced
in running the trains. All are from three
to four hours late. and number of the
local trains have been annulled.
The greatest trouble Is at st. townsville
and Fort Plain, where great piles of ice
cover the track. This is being blasted out
as rapidly as possible, and it is expected
that traffic will be resumed some time TO-
night on the Central
Receding at Rochester.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y. March 2S.-Water
i'm the Genessee river is receding, and no
further damage is anticipated.
Iron Bridge Out at Plattsburg.
PLATTSBURG, N. Y. March 2S.-The
ice gorges and floods are causing consider
able damage in this county.
Iron bridges at Woods Mills and at Cadi-
VILE were carried away and many rods of
sidewalk and fences were torn up and
smashed by the ice. Dynamite was used
in attempts to break the ice jams in the
city, but with very little success, and men
are still at work.
At Champlain an ice gorge caused the
highest water in eighteen years. The
Chasey river rose ten feet there in as
many minutes, flooding all the stores. no.
tells and many residences. Merchants had
no time to remove goods from their cellars
and many residents had to make their
horses, cattle and other live stock swim
from the barns to high ground.
Loss of Stock in Missouri.
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo-, March est is
feared that the loss of stock resulting from
the rise and overflow of Black river will
be enormous. The river is six miles wide
and thousands of acres of bottom land
used for pasturing stock, are under water.
The entire east side of the city is under
from two to ten feet of water, and many
residents have been forced to abandon their
homes. The railroad telegraph operator at
Williamsville wired: water is IN to or
Grating table: will have to leave"
Indianapolis Suffers.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. March 2s.-White
river which last night overfiowed West In
dfanapolis and covered the first floors of
1000 houses, has receded rapidly today The
power house Of the street car companies
and the water works pumping station have
resumed operations. The crest Of the Wa
and is above Sullivan, where the waters are
still rising.
There are $4,000 acres of farm lands un-
der water. Westport has been totally aban-
doned. the inhabitants going to the. high
lands back of the valley.
At vincenens on the lower Wabash the
levees have given away and all bridges
across the river are closed The river is
twenty-one feet and rising.
The crest of the food is expected to reach
there tomorrow. when all records, 1t is be-
Heved, will be broken. The Hazleton tres
tie OF the Evansville and Terre Haute rail-
road is being guarded by armed men.
Reports from cities on White river and its
tributaries place the estimate of food loss
north OF here at s1000,00O. One-fourth of
this damage was Ia Madison county.
Peru reports 100000 loss and Muncie the
same. Ten thousand persons have had
their homes invaded by the flood.
Great danger Is feared when the Wabash
and White rivers Join the foods In south