The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-04-22
Fr..hot in the Allegheny and Mononga,,eI,

Fr'shet in the Allegheny and aIonongaileIa
River--Irent Loss OF Life and Property.
| PlTTsDuWGH, April l9-2 7 NJ On last Sn,ur.
day Tie nrad w.ters oI The A leghrny aud Munnu-
gaurln river commenced rising. and ytslerdd,
murnlmg the litterrose ut Brownsville at the rale
oI about two feet per hour.
Abou ten O'Clock last night the river ai TIN,
point commenced rising al the rate of seven lnchr,
per hour aud increased during the night with M.
examplrd rapidity
| THIS morning the marks on the Munnnauhrhl
bridge were all covered the walrr having reach
ell thirty lcet aud The river il nuw rising at the
rate of sew II inches per hour
! Al the Point. On the sttnln mill the wal er j.,
within six feet aud n halfnflhe high water MAJ k
ni the great iluod oi 1872 aud as lne river is still
rising MS rapidly Hs al the commencement. it is
leared the ilood will even exceed that Of 1882
1t has been raining since Friday night amps!
necessarily aud sliIl continues.
| The piers nj the aUlruct over the Allegheny
are greatly injured by RATS coming in contact with
them.
A large number Of raIts have been nj ea,ly
smashed to pieces and the nen un them have in u
malOrliy ul Instances been lost.
| nuuber ut men werS seen on parts Of rals
floating down.
| ralt without a sweep strnck against McChnlI.
les street bridge aud was shattered lu pieces.
| Az IN bnnrd were lnSi 10 sight of thousands ui
spectators WIN We're standing IN shore. but unable
Ia Render any aid.
The cl,izrs in the lower part of Allegheny city
are removing tler furniture.
The dwellings in Ihs city on the streets near
the liver are nearly NIL submerged
| At The foot u Wood street the water is in the
cellars aud merchants are hoiStine their goods inro
! The npper slnrieS.
! The rivers hrlOw are Oveltl0wlng.
The wall nI tue curve Of the Uhrn and Pennsyl
vnnia Rail Road, near Beaver has sunk one f,ot.
aud is IN great danger uI falling. which will stop
travelling IN that rnnl
WE.LsvILLE. April 20--The rccen heavy rnins
have caused u lnrI in the Ohio eqlIling tile me
mnrahIe one Of 1872 which has sieadiI y,ndvsnced
i'nr iuchcs er hour
he destruction Of property is ncnlcnlHble
We have reports Of many lives being lost The
Occnl ants ol houses on the low ,audS. not havin
heen disturbed during the last twenty years Hat
tered themselves with future security. aud had
made many expensive Improvements much of
which is entirely swept away or nearly ruined.
Numerous small buildings huye already tnatpd
pnsi ,aml at the present moment good sized frame
house is pnsSng.
The river conme ced rising IN Saturday morn
ing aud continued tn advance ut the riie nf niur
inches per h, nr dnrIus Sunday aud M"nduy. du
ring which time large quantities Of timber lnm
her amt ,llili cnverei lis srrince.
BY this time it had broken over its banks, aud
rose 0nIy live inches per holir.
Oar iuwn is completely submerged. Our rver
is now a Mississippi, in its grandeur md masnIi
cence. aud u no; only from bank tn bank. hu
from hill side to hill side, aud the current is flaw.
Ing III The rate u eight 10 ten miles an h ur.
Great ieurs IRE ene laiued for the Sandy and
Beaver Canal Reservoir Reports say il cannot
stun, the pressure of the water.