Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 December 1901 — Floods Rago in Eastern States. [ARTICLE]

Floods Rago in Eastern States.

Millions of dollars in damage, heavy loss in live stock, and some destruction of human life resulted from the storm which swept over Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Saturday. The storm, coming as a climax of heavy rains that had melted the snow in the mountains, caused floods through the entire district. The Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio, Susquehanna, Delaware, Mohawk, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Juniata rivers and their tributaries were in full flood and rising. Trains were blockaded on every road through the flooded district. Entire towns were submerged, and parts of cities are under water. Bridges were swept away, entire valleys filled with water, carrying running ice. Landslides occurred at many points, and bridges and culverts were washed away on dozens of railways. The storm greatly hampered telegraph and telephone service. While the Western Central states were freezing the Eastern states were submerged.