St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-08-23
The Scene at Pittsburg
One of Great Devas-
tatiOn.
Hundreds Of Families Rem
dered Homeless by the
Raging Floods.
Nine Persons Killed Outright
by the Cyclone That
Swept Maryland.
Esthetic Boston Is Treated
to an Involuntary and Ex-
pensiVe Bath.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Aug. 22.-The flood
has almost reached its limit here, and
will not reach a disastrous height. The
lowlandS, however, are submerged, and
the damage will be very heavy. At II
o'clock this morning the stage of water
was 24115 feet. Both rivers were still
rising, but the water was coming up
very slowly, and experienced river men
do not look for more than 26 feet. The
flood from the Allegheny river was not
as heavy as expected. North of Mahon-
ing there was very little rain,
and all the water from that
stream came from points below
Freeport, Pa. The rainfall at Oil
City was only 1.01 of an inch, and had
but little effect on the river. 1t is still
cloudy and more rain is not improbable.
The rain in the mountains and up the
Monongahela river was almost unpre-
cented. For over twenty-four hours,
the down-pour was incessant and all the
small streams were terribly swollen.
In many places they OverfiOwed their
banks and flooded large districts. Rae
coon creek, which flows through the
central portion of Burgettstown, on the
Pan Handle road, leaped over its boun-
diaries last night and as a result the
lower part of
THE TOWN WAS SUBMERGED.
Gardens were destroyed, while drift
wood and the increasing volume of wa
ter placed many houses in imminent
peril. Reports from the adjoining dis
trlctS state that the valleys are all over
flowed and the damage to crops can
scarcely be estimated. Bridges, stables
and outbuildingS were whirled away
before the rushing flood, and the scene
this morning is one of great devasta-
ton. AT McKeeSpOrt the flats are under
water, and several mills have been COM
PEELED TO suspend operations. The
and the flood swept down
Whites hollow, overturning two houses
on Fifth avenue. The inmates fortu-
nately escaped. An Italian laborer was
in the Long Run cuIvert when it went
down and was drowned or covered by
tons of debris.
At Greensburg the great rain left
many traces of its devastation. In the
fair grounds the water at some points
was eight feet deep, covering the entire
track and overturning the horse stables.
The view on the Pennsylvania railroad
looking down to East Green's
burg valley, seems like a great
river, rushing on as far as
the eye can carry. Nanny people were
driven from their homes, and the water
swamped the feed store of David Nc
Kelvey and the general store of Jacob
Fries. In this city the water got up
into the fly pits of many of the mills
and factories, and caused a suspension
of work. The Polish
INHABITANTS OF SHANTYTOWN
were again compelled to remove their
goods, and are now encamped on the
banks of the river. In Allegheny City
a row of seven new frame houses in
Pleasant valley were wrecked by a
land slide. The loss is about $500.
The exposition grounds and lowlands
are covered with water, but the loss
will be trifling.
The railroads are the greatest suffer-
ers in this section. No trains have az
rived Or departed over the Baltimore &
Ohio since yesterday morning. AT Os-
ceola station, on the Eastern division,
they have seven acres of a landslide,
while every bridge and culvert on the
Wheeling division has been washed
away. The Pennsylvania main line
eastward has had washout at Larimer
and last night trains were run over the
West Pennsylvania division from Blairs-
vile. The tracks of the latter are
now under five feet of water, however,
and no through trains will arrive or de-
part before tomorrow. The Eastern
through trains due at IL O'Clock last
night are still on the road. They are
lying at Derry, Pa, and are being well
cared for. The washout was greatest in
this territory of the road. On the Pitts
burg, Virginia & Charleston no trains
are running south of DravOsburg.
twelve miles from this city. The tracks
are
COVERED WITH DEBRIS
and many bridges have been swept
away. The CHARTERS branch off the
Pan Handle is also Constructed, and no
trains are running. The Pittsburgh &
Western tracks are three feet under
water, but traffic. although delayed, has
not been suspended. The Fort Wayne,
Pan Handle, Cleveland q Pittsburg,
and Allegheny Valley roads have been
more fortunate, and trains are moving
as usual.
The Castle Shannon railroad suffers
the loss of bridge at Smiths station,
and between Fairhaven and Cooley two
heavy landslides covered the track.
The large force of men put on it will
hardly have the track cleared to-day.
All travel is suspended. The telegraph
service is badly crippled. The Hungar-
ian camp below town was submerged
and many of the Huns barely
escaped drowning. At Jeanette,
where the Sellers-McKee glass works
are being erected and have Just gone
into operation, two-thirds of the plant is
under water, and it is reported that
eighty of the houses belonging to the
Western Land & improvement company
are under water. The boarding house
of Hitarias YouergSt, near the glass
works, is reported floating down the
Rush creek, and many
ITALIANS HAD TO SWIM
out to save their lives. The towns OF
Larimer, Shafton, Irwin. Penn and
Manor are partially under water. and
many of the inhabitants are living in
the upper stories of their houses. On
the mountains the head waters of the
Bald Eagle creek, Spruce creek and
Junction river are swollen beyond al
bounds, and an August freshet, great
In destruction, covers the Blair. Cam
bria, Bedford, Centre and Huntingdon
sections Of Pennsylvania.
NINE KILLED OUTRIGHT.
Fatalities Resulting From the
Cyclone That Swept Maryland.