The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-03-31
TROY FLOODS ARE
FOLLOWED BY
FIRE LOSS
Fire Department Called Out 6
Times in IS Hours
FLOODS HAVE NOW RECEDED
Water Has Gone Steadily Down and
Business in the Flooded Sec
tons Is Resumed.

Troy, Marcn 3l.-IrOy Hre loss
during the deluge period was estimat-
ed last night at $230.000 with insur-
ance carried to cover practically the
entire amount. That the damage did
not exceed this aggregate is consid-
cred fortunate by officials and proper
ty owners who suffered. This view
was taken after general review of
conditions which almost at every turn
handicapped the firemen and other
volunteer workers who responded to
the call for assistance. The princi-
pal loss was incrred in the fire which
swept the round house and a portion
of the freight yards of the New York
Central railroad company located
south of Adams and River streets.
Early figures run the loss at this
alone close to the 100000 mark, but
this was regarded as exaggerated yes
terday afternoon. Definite figures
were not available last night, officials
of the corporation stating that until
the slips and bookings in the general
Offices were tailed, that the accurate
figures would not be at hand.
The bell alarms answered by the
department from midnight Thursday
night and the estimated losses are as
follows
Round house and freight cars in
New York Central yards, 100000.
Storehouse of Max Grimm, lime, ce-
ment and coal dealer, $4,000
Louis H. Cooper. shoe store ,6S King
street, $500.
Central Young Mems Christian AS
ISOLATION, First street, $1,000.
Mrs. James Raleigh, apartments,
3S5 Fourth street, $50.
Green Island, which was visited by
the greatest food in its history, is
recovering slowly from its staggering
effects. While there is water in every
cellar the flood has receded and no
trace of the water that submerged
the streets, in some places to a dept
of eight feet, remains. The village
is fortunate that very little of the
overflow was through the sewerage
system and the mud that is left in the
streets is clean river soil Statistics
show that there is not much sickness
within the village. The loss by water
has. perhaps, been less to the manu-
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vate property. With the exception OF
the box factory and lime and cement
store house destroyed by fire and the
damage TO two icehouses by water,
the business property of the village
has suffered but little.
After the worst experience of its
kind that this city has ever suffered
the food waters commenced to re-
cede late Friday, and Saturday and
yesterday they retreated steadily, but
last night the dock lines were still
covered Troy suffered great financ-
ial loss and there was much suffering
but Trojans responded nobly to the
call for help and by yesterday every
case of restitution had been cared for
by these many charitable workers and
organizations who answered the first
cry of distress. The waters swept
practically the entire length of the
city, from Lansingburgh to the south
ern boundary, and when the food
had receded the damage caused was
revealed. 1t was apparent that it
would require the expenditure of
many thousands of dollars to repair
the damage. In many of the streets
in the southern section stoops were
torn from their fastenings, doors
were strew about, interiors of houses
were wrecked showing that a mighty
and devastating force had been at
work
Business houses on River street,
where many proprietors had been I'M
able to remove stock from cellars
and convey them to places of safety.
suffered extensively, but the loss in
dollars was as nothing compared TO
the many cases of privation found
when the relief workers commenced
their rounds of the stricken dis
tricts.
The story of the suffering under
gone by babes and men and women
will never be told. In a number of
cases the men conveying food to the
flooded houses found that entire fam
lilies had been without provisions or
heat for more than a day and the ap-
pearance of the men who so gener-
ously gave of their time, labor and
finances was hailed that they were
facing death, either by food or by
starvation.