Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1865-03-21
THE FL0OD AT PIITsBURR ]
The Allegheny on a 8igh-Great Hes.
truetfOn Of Property Rridges, HOus-
es. Eenees, DC, Carried AWay-De-
tentfOn OF the Mails.
IFrom the Pittshurr piapatch, Marnb lsLh.

ElQC6 1904, II We IOCOLoOh
have we hsd such high water IN our rivers
as the pier mark shows today. The recent
mild weather having thswed the snow on
the mountains, it needed but the late heavy
rains to do the work, and food is the
result, more destructive than any We have
experienced for many years.
Along the Allegheny and the streams
emptying into it, the damage is fearfully
heavy, extending to almost every species of
property within reach of the angry waters.
ON THE ALLEGHENY WHARF.
The river commenced rising on Thurs-
day afternoon, and by Friday morning
the water had reached height of twenty
feet, by the pier marks on the suspension
dge. The scene on the Allegheny wharf
was most exciting. Oil which had been
landed high and dry on the wharf the day
previous, was floating about and owners
were required TO work with the greatest
energy TO secure it. Additional lines we're
made fast TO the boats and bsrges, and ev-
erythiDg that prudence could suggest was
adopted. The water, however, still ad-
vanced, and in many instances oil was re-
moved three or four different times to pre-
vent it from being washed away.
At dark the water had reached the steps
of the Scott House, on Duquesne Way,
and pedestrian communication along that
thoroughfare was almost entirely inter
rupted. At the Point the water had en-
tered the cellars, and in some cases the
shops were overhowed. On Irwin street
the water had reached almost Penn street,
! and all the cellars on that as well as those
on st. Clair and other streets running to
the river were filed, necessitating the re-
movAl of goods and property stored there
in. Bailey and Browns rolling mill, cor
ner of Wayne street and Duquesne Way,
is also partially inundated, and the pit
holes Of the manufacturing establishments
in the Fifth and Ninth Wards filed with
water, causing suspension of operations.
The loss of property within the city limits,
as far IS ascertained, is comparatively
light, considering the immense quantities
of oil and other valuables stored on the
wharf
ON THE MoNoNGAHELA RIVER.
The Monongahela did not commence
rising until yesterday afternoon, giving
ample time for the removal of goods stored
on the wharf, so that nothing was swept
away. The water entered the mouth of
Wood street in the evening, flooding the
cellars in the vicinity and necessitating the
removal of property stored therein. ALI
along the wharf, parties were engaged IN
removing property liable to damage from
the cellars of the warehouses, so as to be
prepared for q general overflow.
IN ALLEGHENY.
The damaged sustained by the residents
of the lower portions of Allegheny will be
very heavy. The water filed the cellars IN
the lower part of the First Ward, known
as the "bottoms," early yesterday morning,
and so rapidly did it advance that before
noon the residents were obliged to remove
| heir household goods to the second stories
of their dwellings, and in some cases were
obliged to leave their houses entirely.
Above the Suspension Bridge matters
were in a still worse condition, the water
inundsting all that po:tion lying south of
Robinson street, between Federal street and
the city line. The lower story of the Penn
and Eagle Cotton mills were covered, and
considerable loss will no doubt be occasion
ed by the damage to machinery. Resi-
dents along River Avenue, above the Hand
street bridge, were driven to the second
stories of their dwellings, the only means
of ingress and egress being through the
windows. A large number Of the manu-
featuring establishments situated along the
river bank, above the city, were ovetfowed
and were compelled to stop operations.
THE SUSPENSION BRIDGE u
Was crowded throughout the day by
persons watching the surgiDg food beneath
them. Objects of every conceivable kind
were swept past with fearful rspidity, and
at times the river would be filed from
shore to shore with fragments of houses,
boats, oil barrels, etc. One house,
with q stove pipe, from which smoke
was escaping, passed down, but no
person was seen oD it. In some
instances huge piles of lumber foated
down, and, striking against the piers, we're
broken into splinters. The number of oil
barrels, some full and others empty, was
immense, several hundred being counted
in less than half an hour. One very large
keel boat, with a cabin, struck on the pier
Of the bridge and was broken to pieces,
the fragments flying 10 every direction,
and causing quite panic for some mo
ments among the spectators.
"wRKCKERs AT WORK"
A large amount of oil and lumber was
secured by awreckers," who will no doubt
pocket handsome sum of money in the
shape of salvage. An eddy, at the lower
end of "Smoky Island" affords compar-