Telegram-herald., 1891-02-19
Residents of Pittsborgh snd Ale
ghsa, City Forced &C Aosadoa
Thsir ttomes-E sss.hsf


ptctc1 the ten f,l54 d1f Closing dow q o1
over q hundred iron mills. glass houses
and manufacturing establishments.
large and snail IL has crippled and
delayed trails on every line " railroad
entering ths city II has tied up ever
systera of street railway crossing from
Allegheny 70 Pitts burgh.
The Hoods nave gotten al the rail-
roaas entering Pittsburgh and Ale
gaeny into, sorry mess Traffic on
the Pittsburgh & Western road is a.
most entirely suspended From >harps-
burg the tracks are covered With from
four 20 SIX feet ot water Early Tues
day morning all the available teams
and wagons were brought into rcqui-
s4tion. and such perishable freight
as was stored IN tho box-ears N
the yards was removed as expeditiogsly
as possible However, the rise OF tbs
Allegheny was 80 rapid thai lavce
number OF ears we're 81 bm erged before
the army OF wOrkmen were able 10
reach them, and OF course the contents
OF such ears are total loss. The loss
sustained by the company viii be
heavy, but al present the officials are
unable 20 give any hgures
River avenue. Allegheny. has been
not unlike a street in Venice Boats.
skiffs. rats and hastily-improvised
floats were To be seen everyx here.
Every few minutes sltiff skinned
up To tho door of house
and then, heavily laden with
men, women and children. pushed
of 10 gain some point of safety In
other places furniture was being
hastily removed from second-story
windows. piled on floats and car
ried beyond the reach of the rap
idly-rising and angry waters. Along
all the streets leading from the
river the same busy scene was
presented. The lower floors of
all the tenement-houses which
line either side of Madison, Oak
ley, Cory streets and Isabella court
were filled with boxes, barrels and
chests tloatcd from cellar openings,
and in many instances household fur
niture bobbed around on the muddy
water. On River avenue, between
Saudusky and Anderson streets,
there is at least FIVE feet of water
Tho entire force of employees at the
Pennsylvania cotton mills became a
corps of rescuers, and in short time
hundreds of bales of cotton which had
been stored on the ground floor of the
works were removed. All the express
wagons in the city were busy
from dawn until after dark
carrying household goods and af-
frighted families from their Hooded
homes TO where the rising waters
that fully 5000 persons living along the
river front were compelled to quit their
dwellings. All of them are of the poor
class, and the loss TO them will be enor-
nous in the aggregate. The precipitate
evacuation Of home was not the only
loss they suffered.
All along the Allegheny side, from
Sharpsburg TO Beaver avenue, dis
tance of FIVE miles, countless large and
small manufacturing establishments,
furnaces and mills located on the river
front are in enforced idleness.
On the Pittsburgh side of the Ale
gheny the damage was by no means
slight From Lawrencevillc TO the
Point bridge, where the Ohio takes up
its course. merchants. manufacturers
and the occupants of dwellings have
been heavy losers Hundreds of
storehouses along Pennsylvania ave-
nue., Duqucsne way, Fifth, Sixth,
Seventh and Eighth streets have
had their Easements flooded. At Arm
strong's big cork factory the water was
three feet IN the basement. engine and
boiler-room. As a result the works sus-
pended operations. About IL o'clock
the water began coming into the
foundry az Carnegie's Twenty-ninth
street mill, and in less than half an
hour it was four feet deep, causing a
suspension of work.
The official report from the United
States signal Office in this city at 1890
o'clock a. IN. was as follows: All head
waters Of the Allegheny and Monongo-
hels rivers are falling. At 10 O'Clock
the oficial gauge recorded: Mononga-
hela river. 81 feet inches; Allegheny,
81 feet inches. and stationary in both
rivers. This is the highest poins
reached by this food Il is believed
that all danger from he Good is passed
JoHSsrowE. Pa. Feb. Is The water
Is gradually receding from the streets
aud all danger Of further damage Is
past. The damage done 70 property
WI amount to thousands OF dollars.
Already merchants and others have be
gun pumping the muddy water from
their Easements ard trains have begun
20 ran or tracks thas are still covered
with water more than two feet deep
scaENEcT TADY. \. Y. Feb ls.-There
is a gorge ia the Mohawk river near
here. The river Is rising ten feet an
hour and nothing bit tree tops tel
whsrs the islands are.
wErrGISs. W Va, Feb. is.-The
rreatcst focd IN many years Is expect
ed here Reports from ali sections q
the state indicate unusually heavy
rams. and the streams are rising rap
isIv. All the railroads entering the
city are blocked by isnSslides and con-
rnuaicstion il slmoSt entirely cut Of n
every direction
LorTsvuIx. E7.. Feb - The river
Il begianinz 70 rise here a. FsPia rae