New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-03-04
VICTIM OF FLOOD
BODY At FORT PL4IN.
Moha7ck and Hudson Riuers
FalHng Genesee Stationary.

Fort Plain, y. Y. March 3.-The recedins
waters of the Mohawk River uncovered to-
day the body of William Baudia, thirty
nine years old the first known victim here
OF the floods II is thought that in helping
10 dynamite the ice he fell into q creYaSse
unobserved The river is still out of banks.
but danger is now thought to be passed.
The disqualification Of industry and com
MERGE however, continues. From the Office
window of a we'll equipped bank, as we'll
from the window OF the postOffce. rusty
stovepipes protrude. In both buildings the
cellars are full Of water and the heating
plants are out of commission, making nee
essary the hasty erection of stoves
The foods IN the Qwasco Valley have
gone down three feet. and only the fields
are now flooded. 1t leaked out to-day that
one Of the men held prisoners several hours
in q willow tree by the food yesterday was
Mayor O'Hara. whose father-in-law. James
Van Duyne. is a cousin of John d. Rookie
Teller
Utica y Y. March S.-The streets of
Herkimer are practically free from water
tonight. and although this condition has
prevailed only a few hours, not a little Of
the debris has beer cleared away.
Give us another twenty-four hours,
said Mayor C;rogan tonight. and there
will be few traces left of the food. The ex-
rerience has been q most distressing one
for the people of Herkimer but we are. all
thankful that il was 20 worse, as il might
well have been. Everybody in the village
realizes this, and all are now lending
hand in cleaning up the village. We hope
10 get along now without the assistance of
our neighbors, who have been so generous
in their offers Of aid. The outlook is now
so hopeful that We feel it would be an in
justice 10 accept outside assistance"
Tsfs same sparit of independence is
manifest throughout the village and the
flcod will soon be only memory. The
ice at the mouth Of West Canada Creek
has been entirely cleared away and the
water is now taking its normal course.
The blasting has practically ceased, and
five tons of dynamite, shipped INTO the
village this morning from Salisbury, was
promptly sent back. Eight and a half
tons of dynamite was exploded before the
channel of the creek was cleared Of ice.
Bath. X y March S.-When the ice
lam in the CGhocton river here broke to-
Gay. the rush of water carried the ice
over the tracks Of the Rochester division
that Erie trains had 10 run over the
Delaware. Iacl<snanna & Western tracks
part Of the day. The breaking Of the
Jam has relieved the FOOD situation here
somewhat.
Albany. March Flood conditions l. Al
bany showed little ch.nse tonight. The
river fell few inches during the day, but
nn apprcciable fall is expected until tho
mass Of ice which is piled several miles
dow! tie river IS broken W. Powerful
boats arc at work crunchng the ice below
fhe Jam. and dynamite viii be used by the
state Department of Public Works in an
effort To open the channel.
Rochester. March ,. Tic Genesce River
lcached its highest point at this time at
O'Clock this Afternoon. hut has been sta
5ionary since. II is still more than two feet
ieIop tho danger mark. and serious dam
age is not expected. Delay in receiving re
ports here OF conditions up the valley in
dicates that the situation there is pract-
caIly unchanged, involving comparatively
small damage in the lowlands.
G1cns Falls y Y. March An ice
gorge has formed Al North CT e.. in the
upper Hudson River and threat,'' great
damage. IS the river is solidly frozen for
twenty miles below the gorge. ike feet of
water covers the highway AMI village
streets People are Vacatrg thoi- houses
and all preparations are being made 70
avert serious damage. It is impossible TO
dynamite the lam. This city a|d Tort Ed
ward are preparing against the l'od.
Schenectady. \. Y, March 3.-TA2 hamlet
Of seven houses on the Saratoga County side
OF tho Mohawk River. known as "ofi"'s Fer
ry shout ten miles below here, y surround
ed by water up 10 the second story windows.
and the occupants have been prisoners until
this morning. when q few IF them v ere res
cueu ~ men in owboats. who worked their
perilous way through the ice from he near
est shore a mile away
COULDN'T WED MUTE; INSANE.