The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-29
WATER IN HUDSON
VALLEY ABOVE
ALL RECORDS
Sections of Troy and Albany
Completely Flooded
NO DEATHS REP0RTE D
Cities Without Lights and People
Driven to Upper Rooms Of
Their Homes.

Troy, March 28.--Troy is in the
throes of the worst food in the his
tory of the city. Thousands of dol
lars worth of damage has already
been caused. Hundreds OF families
have been made homeless. No lives
have been reported lost. The city
| was without electric power last night
Trolley and train traffic has been sus
pended.
The flood covers an extended terri
tory. Practically all of South Troy
below Congress street is under water
River street, from the Manufactur-
ers' Bank to Hoosick street is inn
passable and the water came up to
Franklin Square from Grand street
and flooded Fourth street, south of
Grand.
Rowboats, RATS and other means
of conveyance were used in getting
people to and from their homes. Pub
lie places were used to shelter those
compelled to flee from their homes.
The Troy Union Station was crowd
ed all night.
On Douw street the water stretch
ed as far back as Seventh Avenue
and was more than two feet deep in
some places. Hundreds of cellars
were flooded, as well as the first
floors of some of the houses. The
scenes of the reservoir overflow
were repeated.
At the plant of Cluett, Peabody q
Co the water entered the first floor.
For a long distance on River street,
between Jacob and above Hoosick st.
the water stood in the thoroughfare
and it was impossible except for
teams.
From Monroe street south the
water extends from the river nearly
to Fourth street and in some OF the
other streets the flood reached Fifth
Avenue Row-boats were used most
ly on First street and charged high
prices for transportation. Last night
men carrying pedestrians across the
water at Ida and Fourth streets at
ST. This morning the police of the
First Precinct Station rescued about
forty families and fed them at the
station. Last night the iiremen and
police rescued many people. Cap
tain Cunningham of Truck rescued
an aged man and wife from bed as
the water was within two feet of
them.
The 250-foot suspension bridge at
Glens Falls was swept away last
night shortly after 10 o'clock.
The flood conditions at Watervliet
surpassed all records last night. At
Broadway and Ninth street the water
was five feet deep, and Broadway for
its entire length was under water.
Most of the thoroughfares leading
from the west of Broadway were sub
merged, making it impossible to get
near the main thoroughfare at any
point The electric light plant was
under water and consequently there
were no lights. Among the places !
cut off from the rest of the city was
the police station at Broadway and |
Sixteenth street.
Albany Avenue, Green Island, was
a raging stream last night. A small |
automobile tried to get through to
Watervliet, but the car became ma
rooned halfway to the basin |
bridge.
II was a night of terror in Green Is |
land. Practically all the people were |
up all night Fire wagons were out !
and several incipient fires were ex-
tinguished. Hundreds of people |
were forced to move upstairs or go to |
the houses of friends. The only dry !
spot in the village was on the block |
between Clinton and Hamilton SITS, |
north of George street
Both the Boston and Maine and the |
Delaware and Hudson northbound |
train service ran trains. There were |
no locals between Troy and Albany |
because there were three feet of |
water in the Congress street tunnel. |
Local are run as far as Breaker Is !
land.
The famous 1857 mark was surpas-
sed by one foot early this morning.
The Delaware and Hudson bridge |
was closed to ehicles, but this bridge |
and the one at Congress street were !
open to pedestrians.