New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-29
Flames Destroy Thousands of
Dollars Worth of Property
and the City Is Under
Martial Law.
PART0F ALBANY INUNDATED
Rensselaer,, Cohoes, Watervliet
and Other Cities Under Water
Great Losses and Much
Suffering in the Mohawk
and Hudson Valleys.

dui' tLhNOOI VdlIGVS.
Troy. y Y. March Martial law has
been practically declared in Troy and
members of tv" military COMPANIES are
patrollnc th" streets and relieving. tho
tired drcmen and police. many Of ,vh -,
have heen on continuous duty for FORTY
eight hours. Manor Burns has NOT sion,
i'm two nights. having taken CHARGE in
person OF the public safety department;
Fires to-day added 10 the seriousness
n tho food situation. and hrcmon Woo
kept busy all day answering alarms VI
the flooded district. Damage cstima,,J
at thousands Of dollars was done b, Gro
to-day.
For tho first limo in the history Of TROY.
the newspapers. with ono exception. vcro
unable To- 20 TO press one printed =
four-paco pamphlet on "a hand press -rh,
plants Of all the newspapers were noafcl
There is much restitution among the
flood sufferers and the state Armorv ard
the Young Mems Christian Association
Building have been converted into ~eii,f
stations. Funds. food bedding and -Ioth-
ins have been contributed to relieve their
immediate needs
The flood seems to have reached rs
crest and Is slowly .uhsidinc. but IN,
water is Still high and streets arc under
water.
Albany. March 2>.-Tho Hudson Rive
to-day reached the highest point IN rs
history, when ut y. m. tho locai
Weather Bureau registered ri feet. rho
rest Of tho food. which mas caused cuoi--
nous losses and widespread sunorinS
throughout the Mohawk and Hudson val
leyS. is believed 10 have been reached To-
night the debriS-Strevn water is reccling
slowly. but the indications are that con-
ditions Will not improve much FOR two or
three days
The lower section OF the city is nun
dated Police and Gremcn are patroliinC
tho flooded area in boats. carrying 'oc1
and drink 20 those imprisoned i'm thoir
homes. Much sickness already is r..-
ported. and physicians and nurses ?ie
aiding in relieving tho suffering The
clty's filtration plant has been flooded
and the water in the mains is q muddy
yellow. business in the South End ard
along Broadway IS. suspended. and many
factories and some schools have closed
Railroad service = crippled. mails aie
delayed and telegraph and telephone scr.
vice is hampcrcd. There has been m'icn
damage to property. but no loss Of life
has been reported.
EXccrt on few lines which were oprr-
sted with power from the Schenectady
Railway. streetcar traffic is ~ standsti,l
and automobiles and cairyalls have been
pressed into service The fires under the
Inion station are out and locomotive
headlights are being used 30 heat the
tundine.
The Albany Argus has foot OF
vater I'm Is business Office. but hopes 10
70 ablc to ct out its edition IN the morn
u.. The Troy Times" was published AT
tic Office Of "Thc ALBANY Kn;ckerboeker
ires," to-day. its quarters I'm Troy having
been flooded
Rensselaer,. across the river from Al
hanv. has been turned iuto q modern
Venice. while Coho"s. Natervliot and
other nearby cities also arc Inundated.
Reports from flooded districts in the
Adirondacks are TO the effect that the
wors, j., over and the waters are rccoding
in the Mohawk River.
Auburn. y Y. March 9s-FlOOd cond-
tions here are improving tonight, as rain
and snow have ceased. Owasco Lake is
now stationary At Groton the Monarch
Road Roller plant Is completely shut
down. and two feet of water has flooded
the shoIs Elsewhere in the MOravia Val
Icy the conditions have improved consd-
oiably to-day
No relief can come 10 Port Byron until (
the conditions south OF Auburn have be-
come normal again. The fats west OF
Port Byron. al 90 the celery farms.
which cover q large area: the towns of
Mentz and Montczuma and half q dozen
streets in Port Byron are otil submerged.
Syracuse March 2s.-The food situation
la tho vicinity Of Syracuse j. greatly i'm
proved tonight. Tho water began 10 re-
cedo late in the afternoon. and IT Is now
believed an danger is past. For time
this afternoon il was feared that the dam
Of the Intcrurban Water Company. at
the foot Of Otisco Lake. would go out.
and residents i'm the villages below. IN
GLIDING Marcellus. Csmilius and Marietta
made preparations for a hasty flight to
the hills Tonight. however. the pfesSui
"a the dam has been relieved.
s'uffalo. March 2S-Far weather TO-
day helped tho river towns OF western
New York 20 recover from the floods o.
the last four days The streams are sun
muddy torrents. over their banks an"
fun Of debris but have passed the danger
stage ana arc fast reccdinG
Partial rc-establlshmen; OF falro'"
communication with the flooded distrlcts