The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-02-16
THE WATERS sUBsIDING.
GREAT DAMAGE IN THE WEST,
Imrnense Destruction I'm Pitts.
burgh and wheeling.

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PTTsBUIsGH, Feb. THE air was
chill and heavy with dampness this
morning and the poor half-staryed,
washesl-out, wfetchess whose homes
have been invaded by tie waters were
rendered in some respects even more
miserable than before. But with the
advent of the morning light, which
enabled people to see what had been
and what being done, there came a
renewal of hope and feeling Of re-
lief from the supense which had
been so terrible during yesterday and
last night. The water Of both rivers
receded steadily all day, and at s
o'clock this evening the Monongahela
was three feet ten inches lower than
when the food reached its height,
shortly before 3 o'clock this morning.
In Pittsburgh the majority of streets
are now clear of water. The gas has
been turned on and there is in every
respect vast Improvement over yes
terday. In Allegheny the improve
ment has not been SO noticeable
Several wards are still under five feet
of water, there is no gas and those
persons who escaped the overflow by
being located on high ground are
now suffering for lack Of water, the
city pumping machines having be-
come disabled today.
1t is estimated that in the cities
and surrounding towns 10000 per-
sons are in need of assistance. Public
meetings were held to-day, at which
measures were taken to relieve all
who are suffering. The majority of
the families who are imprisoned in
the second stories of houses in Allie
gheny were without food or fuel for
thirty-six hours. The Mayor gave
orders early in the day that all per
SONS needing food should be supplied
at the expense of the city, but hun
dreds had no means of making their
wants known. Five funerals took
place to-day from submerged houses.
The collins and remains were removed
in skif's. iea9 efa m9
SEVERAL PERSONS DROWNED.
William Bowman, who lived in the
Eighth ward, 'Allegheny,was drowned
to-day while attempting to get fuel.
Harvey Coming, d boy, living IN the
/ First ward, was also drowned. Thorn
as Kelly, Of the South Side, and John
jacobs, OF Sharpsburg, both married
men, awhile catching drift-word missed
their footing and were drowned. No
other deaths, so far rs is known at
this time, have been caused by the
flood. +ass,. r,s
/ Property about Beaver has been
damaged to the extent of million
dollars. Early this morning the pres
sure of water on the Fallston bridge
4 caused it to give way and the super
structure was carried by the strong
current against the Cleveland and
Pittsburgh Railroad bridge with ire
sistble force, carryingit away bodily.
The water is now six feet over the
railway at Rochester. Three hundred
families in Freedom, Rochester and
/ Bridgewater are flooded out and the
distress in these placesis unexampled
in recent time. All the railroads,
save the Pennsylvania, Baltimore
and Ohio, Allegheny Valley, West
Pennsylvania and Fort Wayne and
Chicago, are still powerless. There
has been no train frem the Southwest
for two days. 80
At a meeting of citizens this after
noon an executive committee was APP
pointed who were instructed to take
immediate steps to relieve all sufferers
lin the two cities. Committees repre-
senting leading business interests
were also appoi nted to solicit dona
tions. Before these provisions cal
be made, however, the suffering vii
. be great among the families who arr
: living in the second stories of theiI
houses and have been without foot
or fire for thirty six hours. "r
Business men who yesterda,
thought they would escape with SIP,
, 600 or SIS, 000iloss, to-day reported
that from $50, 900 $4,000 more cor
rectly represented the extent of thei
| losses. 1t is expected that all tn
J streets Of the two cities will be clea
| to morrow evening, but it will b
impossible to resume work in a ma
: jority Of mills and factories befor
E the beginning of week after mex,
E On this accout $3,000,00O is nov
considered low estimate Of tn
e damages here. At midnight til
: rivers were still falling, with 20 fee
| l inch on the Monongahela mark
and foot less in the Allegh eny.