The Madisonian. (Richmond, Ky.) 1913-1914, 1914-03-31
FLOODS MENACE
new YORK VALLEYS
Melting Shows and Steady Rains
Cause Streams tG Leave
Their Banks.
HUDSON IS HIGH At TROY
Bridge Across the Mohawk at Amster-
dam Is Carried Away by Water
and Ice-Central Ohio Alarmed
by Raging River Waters.

New York, March 30.-Spring floods
have set in through the valleys of
the state and already much property
damage is reported. The warm wealth
er of tne last few days has melted
much of the heavy snow which fell
eaBlier in the month, and this, with
steady rain throughout the night, has
swollen all the streams, many of which
are out of their banks, flooding the
towns.
At Troy the Hudson river has as
sumed food proportions and, with the
water rising rapidly, merchants along
the river front are removing goods to
safer places.
Bridge Carried Away.
Amsterdam reports part of the
bridge which spans the Mohawk river
there carried away by high water and
ice cutting off the southern section
of the city from the main part of the
town.
The Chenango and SusQuehanna riv-
ers are oxerflowing into the lowlands
about Binghamton. At Syracuse An
ondaga creek is leaving its bank and
flooding miles of territory. Ithaca and
Schenectady also report food condi-
tons beyond usual spring freshet
marks.
Schenectady Streets Flooded.
At Schenectady the Mohawk river
is over the Scotia dixie and the lower
streets of the city are flooded. Ice
is jammed against the bridge connect
! ing Schenectady and Scotia, and 1t
may go out before night. There also
is heavy icepack against the Erie
canal aqueduct four miles east of the
city. The Rexford bridge already has
been carried away. The river is ris-
ing rapidly
Seek Places of Safety.
Albany, N. Y, March 3O.-The Hud-
son river is rising rapidly here and
dwellers along the river front are NOV
ing to places of safety.
River Out of Its Banks.
Binghamton, N Y, March 30.-A
steady downpour of rain all night in
creased the gravity of the flood situa
ton here. Early in the morning the
Chenangc river broke over its banks
flooding the residential section of the
city. The Susquehanna rose to point
at daylight which imperiled the entire
central section of the city.
People Travel in Boats.
Buffalo, N. Y. March 30.-Towns il
western New York are threatened
with a repetition of the disastrou:
floods of afyear ago, when homes were
at several hundred thousand dollars
was done.
In the lowlands of the Tonawandai
people are going to and from thei
homes in boats owing to the overflow
from the Tonawanda and Ellicot
creeks. At Batavia the municipal sew
age disposal plant is eight feet un
der water.
High water washed out a culver
on the Erie railroad near Attica, ne
cessitating the dispatch of trains owe
the New York Cetnral tracks. A
Corning the Chemung river is ten fee
above normal and has flooded tn
highways west of the city, At Oleal
the Allegheny river has over howe
its banks
Central Ohio Alarmed.
Columbus, o., March 30.-With th
Great Miami and Whitewater rive
raging, the Scioto climbing foot a
hour, and the Muskingum and Lickin
rivers cut of their banks along tn
lowlands, anxiety was felt of re
currence of the disastrous floods c
March 1928, 1913.
A cessation of rainfall followed
colder weather has checked the ris
of all of the streams mentioned Dan
age SO far reported has been col
fined to the southwestern section c
u the state, where bridges have bee
, washed out, temporarily cutting O
J interurban car traffic between Cincir
; natl and Indianapolis.