New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-02
FLOODS UPSTATE
HERKTHER HARD HIT
Damage Widespread, but no
Loss of Life.

ALBANY March The Hudson River to-
night is eighteen feet above normal ieEei'
and Is still rising. The southern portion VI
the city lying along the river is inunda'eu,
and people are vacating the lower floors OF
their houses Steamboat Square is under
water and the river is slowly creeping up
toward the Federal Building. at the corner
OF State street and Broadway. Merchants
and residents OF the flooded district nave
been at work all day removing their wares
and household goods to places of satety-
The high water has greatly interfered
with railroad traffic. The New FORK cen
trail main line, between Fonda and Her
kirner is tied up and trains are being run
over the West Shore. Delaware & hudson
trains are unable TO reach the station mere
and cars of the Albany Southern Electro
Line are held UP by the water south OF tue
city. The United Traction Company Is uh-
able to operate cars on, South broadway
Telegraph and telephone companies are
having difficulty in keeping their lines IN
operation. The water put several teiephone
lines in the Federal Building out of cont
mission to-day, including that of the local
Weather Bureau.
Hotels in the food district have trouble
IN keeping up steam and portable boilers
are in demand.
Utica. " Y. March Without heat.
light or drinking water and with the 1000
supply getting limited. the village or
HerSimer is in sorry plight Tonight. Inc
people Of the village are overwhelmed by
the magnitude of the flood, and there is
little immediate prospect of the water re-
ceding Practically every street in the
village is under water. and few houses can
be reached except By boats
The key to the situation seems to be in
the ice pack which is choking the passage
OF Western Canada creek. under the
bridges of the New York Central Railroad
and the Utica & Mohawk valley Railway.
Hundreds of pounds of dynamite were ex-
ploded there to-day, but the jam Is still
intact. Until this is broken the village will
continue to suffer. The jam has forced
the creek out of its channel. and 1t has
spread over the entire village.
Late this afternoon Mayor Grogan Or
dered the saloons of the village closed,
and there was q prompt response All OF
the manufacturing establishments have
been closed for two days, and nearly all
of the retail stores closed to-day.
The city water has been turned off, and
with water surrounding them on all sides
the people Of the village truly have none
to drink. The food supply is getting
short, and no relief measures have as yet
been taken in this direction. Tonight
the gas supply was turned off. The sup
ply of oil is meagre compared. with the
demand, and most people are now using
candles
Mayor Grogan applied to Governor Hughes
to-day for relief frcm the state and re-
ceived a reply that force of men would
DE sent from the Public Works Department.
They had not arrived this evening. Ensl-
neers from Utica and other places went to
Herkiner to-day and offered their services.
but, after examining conditions. were unaai-
nous in the opinion that they would not I'M
prove Immediately.
The current of the water which is flowing
through the village is strong, and is under
mining many Of the buildings The property
damage. already enormous. is increasing
every hour. E. l.. Jackson, president of the
Herkimer Business Mems association, in
telegra phic dispatch to Secretary J. S. Cole
of the Utica Chamber of Commerce, says: -.
AT this time we cannot measure the
great loss sustained by our people, but can
only say that among those of small and
moderate means we believe the loss by
food will be the greatest ever experienced
pE any community III llIS
/ Hsrk1ner \. Y, March 1.-Mohawk Val
leys is in darkness tonight. except for the
twinkle of oil lamps and candles The gas
supply, which comes from Utica has been
turned off because of a break in the main.
Herkimer was particularly hard hit, be-
cause many residents used gas for fuel and
cooking.
The water in the village streets subsidized
a few inches tonight.
Employees of the State Department of
Public Works and of the New York Cen
trail Railroad reached here tonight and be-
gan preparation TO break up the ice jam
in the Mohawk with dynamite in the morn
ing.
ithaca. y. Y, March 1.-The Cornell boat
house was threatened by ice foes to-day,
which came down from three creeks into
the Cayusa Lake inlet and piled high
around the quarters. Mr.. Courtney, coach
of the crew. was on the scene all day, and
said he never saw the ice so high.
The lower part of the city was flooded
from the overflow of CascadilIa Creek The
New York, Auburn & Lansing 1nterurban
line was open to-day for the first time
since last Wednesday. the snow having
drifted SO high that an engine and SNOW
plough were thrown from the track.
Binghamton. \. y, March six o.
eight immense ice gorges at different points
along the Susquehanna and Chenanso riv
ers above this city have caused much ap-
prehenSion and some damage.
The large highway bridge across the
Chenapgo River at chenango Bridge. five
miles north Of Binghamton. was taken out
this afternoon. when an ice gorge above it
broke A new highway bridge across
Thomas Brook, near chenango Bridge. was
carried away. The rivers are still rising
tonight and are the highest since the big
food in 1902
The chenango broke over Front street
lit this city at o'clock, inundatins the en-
tire 1st Ward, driving many families from
their homes and doing many thousands Of
dollars damage to several hundred houses,
house of Frances Black, on Mcdonald ave
nue., was undermined and collapsed
Rochester. March 1.-The Gonesee River
went over its banks AT Geneseo al . O'Clock
this morning, and there has leen rise
III it since. 1t is now only eighteen inches
kelow the high-Water mark of July. 1902
\ larGe part Of the lowlands between Cen
CISCO and Mount Morris is under water
The water has entered houses and caused
farmers 10 drive their cattle away
MOORE on FLOODS.