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CREEK SPAN FAILS;
7 BY WIND AND FLOOD
H. LEHMAN was preparing to
ees of the state" into Hood rescue
'enng scope of the almost statewide
s rain torrents became more and
g rain Monday increased the criti-
in many areas.
rED STEADILY during the day
YO ]mown fatalities with severe
ersons reported missing.
It the early estimate of $10,000,-
believed much too large —was
rct AMC.
rD NUMB were being mobilized
upstate areas an furious efforts
andclot!:"'R hundreds tsaasaer
OUNTY were among the regions
Bath was in a critical poss•gtorm
at of Binghamton were checking
elands of the Southern Tier.
was very serious, two-thirds of
set of water, two hospitals with.
Be homeless.
V, clogged with storm debris or
t service to a standstill in many
aim or buses were entering or
to lost their lives to the storm
of the rain was at its height on
trying to protect his home from
rungs, due to the flood coudi-
torm.
Y"-a Arocfard Ass rid a tow
cwno warning, .1� communmes
%Inter Gory II 1 \' I It ' giver.
►as tanned at Binghamton Monday
fternoon as the Chenaego n:rer,
rngad a: TO:Oe feet, roept out two
e4egis in Btnghamtcn mad oer-
bred several lowlying streets,
The CbIl anso floods Into the $1s-
nehanna $:ra berg. Tte 8•.aque.
lass was ganged at t5:17 feet.
Thoasaads or persons was
arooird 12 tie Binghamton bud-
s section r police closed ail
MOM kedlag to resdental ear_
w..
Residents of warerfront streets were
rood to be prepared to tease at
a, north of tire, the caaango
f pared its crest and Was stow:r
edtng, weather buresa officials re -
Uri.
lere Is a report of the fatautis:
STORM DEAD
nBDaGE 8. T.tnnwr r, of Ithaca,
My known awra. died of es-
rtton In fighting tits flood
W14LI4M &UfOtfa of Utica,
her of four cbl3drea, struck by
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Debris -Filled Lake Four and I lalf
Feet Above Normal -- Taug-
hannoek Boulevard Badly Hit
— Trumansburg Has .$700,(W
Damage — I ligh ways Closed
Skies cleared today over a flood -desolated region
damaged to the extent of $5,000,000, a region where
authorities began the task of reconstructing a county
smashed by uncontrollable streams which also brought
death to 11 persons.
Ithaca was concerned today, not with the streams
which overflowed their banks early Monday morning,
but with a Cayuga Lake level 41/y feet above normal.
Battered cottages lined the shores. The lake was filled
with floating debris.
However, dams are standing the strain perfectly
and are in absolutely no danger of giving way. The
water supply is also in normal condition and pure.
It is not necessary in Ithaca to boil the water before
using. Such precautions outside the city are advised.
Every effort also is being made to bung relief to
those affected by the flood. Ithaca, therefore, can
expect a slow but sure return to its former state.
Outside relief for Ithaca and its environs was
forthcoming from Washington. A representative of
the Rural Settlement Section of the United States
Department of Agriculture had been ordered here.
Two army planes with Red Cross officials and physi-
cians were also enroute to the city.
Scenic Taughannock Boulevard was broken,
humped and in places whole sections of the highway
constructed two years ago were missing. From the
Highways Shattered
Tolman»burg suffered ;: 00,00(i damage to its main
street business district. The State Parma. loss was set at
least $750,600. State highwaym throughr,,,t the county were
undermined, broken and in plan" a iota: loss.
From Groton, Newfield, 0'd, Interlaken, Mecklen-
burg, Caroline, Sheldrake, McKinneya, dyers, Port?and
Point, i Freevilte came reports of heavy dam-
age. Rumors, however, abnot the lose of life were greatly
exaggerated. So tor) were the reports that dispaee was
feared. Health o9lcer� emphatically denied the rumors.
Receding streams in Ithaca and ell+ewhere were crtod.
and the danger of dams collapsing from the great strain
to which they were subjected has passed.
Lice Stirs Rising
The lake was still risieg at noon despite the fact that
the flood gates at Cayuga had been opened wide to carry
off the extra supply. Guy %'. Pinck, district state eneei
neer at Syracuse, said, "The situation is the worst in my
memory and I believe it is the worst in our records"
"Ithaca, muclo of which lies in the lowlands, takes
the brunt of the r:se," the engineer added. He explained
that the Seneca River, closed to navigation yesterday,
was unable to dump Cayuga's waters snflicieutly fast to
keep the level from shooting upward.
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