The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-02
FLOOD SUBMEUGBS HEUETMEU
WOHAWk VAELET VILLAGE N
GREAT DISTRESS.
AHLIshss cut. 80 water esrply. Esunareds
- Hsmes Abandoned aud the Peopse
N Great FeaP-BSat PatFel IN streets
-RaIIVsaa Tracks washed A~ay

IN the history Of the Mohawk Valley.
the village Of Herkimer tonight 10 Ia
a state Of great distress. With the
electric lighting plants out of commission,
me gas shut on ~ the nains. no water
supply available for domestic purposes
md food 81 premium. the situation
confronting the villagers 10 desperate
Hundreds are sitting in the upper rooms
q their dwellings while the water runs
through the lower ioor- and men in
hosts paddle up and down the streets
ready 20 carry away such Of the residents
- elect "a abandon their dwellings.
Mayor GrogAn tonight issued an order
closing the saloons % the town AZ the
same time . large forcs Of deputies was
s~orn IN TO maintain order and prevent
POSSIBLE eo,inS 81 the hundreds Of hcu,e-
~hoss owners have abandoned them
until the hood Subsidies. Thee cficer.
are patrollng the village IN rowhoats
snd on rats Hundreds OF people left
heir homes to-day and toni h' IN boats
% Geek safer quarters Water which
sn,s red The cellars put cut furnace frrs
where Il did not reach 10 the first floors
Among thcss who were taken away from
homes in this manner were justice ~ the
supreme Court Devendorf and the mem
hers Of his family and the Rev Mr. ,efer-
son. The members Of both families had
narrow escapes
The water tonight varies N depth
from eight 20 ten feet II sw'rl- through
'he village tearing smaller buildings
from their foundations. uprooting trees
And carrying away fences and all lighter
property no. securely anchored No
immediate relief 10 at hand. '7r xi,h the
present mild weather conditions The crest
~ the hood will hardly 10 reached before
another thirty six hour-
Already four Eft hs ~ the town - under
water. The property loss ALREADY eJ-
ceeds 500 Oco
3 Herkmer ~ IN position ~ peculiar
helplessnsss On one side u the attack
- West Canada Creek and on the other
eide the great volume ~ water ever
Sowing from the banks ~ tho Mohawk
River A short distance up West Canads
Greek 70 big ice lam over which no water
can pass and all efforts to break IL hav..
failed. This Jam sets the water back
into Requisite Brook. which flows through
tha village on its way Co the Mohawk
Theamands Of rounds ~ dynamite have
been exploded IN ths Wess Caaaass zoe
jam without agreeable effect. To-day
Mayor Grogan nO'ifed Gov. Hushsa 81
the situ' ton and asker for assistance
Tho New York Central authorities
nave also been csll~d upon for ard /,
beins believed that II part 81 the New
Work Central tracks were blown away
some rellef would ~ given. Tonight
track number one. the eRstbound pssser-
ger track Of the New York central.
washed ont and the other tracks az Her
km~r ana most % the ioadbed there
may 20 oft before morning
The railroad IL sndeavorin IN anchor
'ks tracks with trainloads Of stone an
sand, hut the rails are being rapidly
undermined. Tonight the Central i
detouring all ~ trains over the West
shore line on account of the fool a.
HeTkimef
SCHENECTADY. March The Mohawk
River has b~en cutting up all sorts ~
capeTs in tho last twenty -four hours
II IL nov an angry torrent The tribu-
taries % the river are also torrents.
notably the SchohArie River and Canada
'reek. The ice gorEe- in these tr,bu-
"a ries have given way and the enormous
volumes Of water and ice pouring down
INTO the Mohawk have raised the river
toS height greater than In rnAuy years
The ice held until about ~ o'clock this
morning. The nver. which Was already
Twelve feet above tide. rose RAPIDLY until
~ = . clock this afternoon u mad risen
-INte~n feet above low tide. rise q siN
let N four hour-
The great cakes ~ re. many ~ them
weighing tons. piled up in enormous
heaps across the scotia dyke On the op-
pos'te side ~ the river They crashed
szainst the great stone piers ~ the Glen
Vile bridge snd against tho iron kirder-.
oausIng the big structure 10 shake and
tr-mble The wafer, which Was running
- m" rate - ten miles an hour wac within
foot ~ the plank flooring of the bridge
For the frs, time ~ many years the
water entered CELLARS IN Washington ave-
me. which runs down IN the bridge. ana
q ~as up 70 the second story ~ln,iowS of
the boathotlse hack u the residence. of
Judge Austin 4. Yates AZ Washington
Avenue
The electric cars running bet ws.n this
"Ity and Amsterdam. JohnstoWn and
Gioyersville and also ihoss running l.-
'ween Schenectady and Scotia all cross
he Glenvll" bridge. These we're all dis
continued to-day Since O'Clock this
afternoon the water ha- recadsd slightly
and No further dnmsg. - an'iCipr tod
unless an Ics gorge should form ct IT tLs
r7ty and force TIE water hack
~ Rotterdam junction. nine m'l... Wss'
~ Schenectady where th. EIi.. Canal aud
me river Tun clos, together both are
formed into one Barge osu.t work ~
ale yicrnity uA- h--n damaged 10 the
"Nteur 81 several Thousand dollars
irHANN. MarUh ! Gov Hughes shortly
7sfor~ noon received telegram telling
~ . s~Ticus state 81 sfsIrs m the village
- HsrkiHsr. in IA" NohaWk Valley
10 telegram vac from President VI
',rogan ~ the village aud pa,d that the
-IllaRs was foUr-fi''h~ under water An
appeal Ia send aid WA appended
CIV. Hughe- sent this Telegram to