Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-02-19
THE WATERS sUBsIpING.
1t 10 Believed That the Damage at Pittsburg
VIII Reach 81 ,OOO,O 900.

VIII Reach e1.OOO,OO0.
The fying current in the Allegheny river
reached 81 feet IL inches at Pittsburg at
o'clock yesterday afternoon and began to slowly
recede. As even the widest estimate had
placed high water at rs feet the great damage
inflicted in that city is due more to carelessness
in removing goods than to the very high water
With nearly every iron mill flooded and closed
down, railroad tracks washed away. squares
upon squares of streets flooded to the second
story and thousands of cellars filed, the direct
loss by the flood cannot fall less than 81 900, 600
The poor living along the river have suffered
SO greatly that appeals for aid have been issued
by the mayor Of Allegheny. The greatest losses,
Of course, fall upon the downtown wholesale
stores and the riverside establishments out on
Penn avenue. where fully three miles of cellars
are filled to the first floor and goods damaged
beyond repair. Added to this. building in
spectors say the flooded districts have suffered
great injury in the way Of damaged foundations
and buildings. Last night the river had fallen
several feet and trade and street car fines viii
open today. The damage to railroads has
been generally repaired and al trains ruhs
ming slightly behind time. l.7pt
Reports from all up-river points show rapidly
declining waters and people are returning 10
their homes to figure up and repair
the damage, which in every case is far greater
than expected.
DAMAGE AT JoHNsTowN.
A special from Johnstown says: at is found
that the foundations of many houses are under
mined and loosened. thus cntailing great loss.
The bones Of a flood victim were found at the
point today. having been washed up by the
waters. They were taken to the morgue and
then inferred in the unknown" plot at the
cemetery. Street cars are running again, and
1t is expected that the Cambria works will
resume operations tomorrow. The most serious
loss is now felt to be the destruction of bridges,
as the different sections of the city can have
no communication by wagons of trains for
months. The towns below this city are still in
great distress, while farming communities are
heavy losers"
HIGH WATERS IN WHEELING.
A special from Wheeling says: ''The river
has continued to rise here all day, and at 10
o'clock tonight is still coming up, though the
encouraging report comes from above that the
water is falling. The damage has been; very
great here, but it is impossible to estimate the
amount at present. Certain it is that much
city is under water. The whole Of Wheeling
Island, the seventh ward, is flooded. and to-
night most Of Its 900 inhabitants will sleep on
high ground in the main part of the city In
South Wheeling hundreds of houses Of work.
ingmen employed in mills and factories are
Of the Wholesale houses are flooded.
The post office and custom house is partly
surrounded and the basement filled with
water. Business is almost entirely suspended.
No trains are arriving or departing. The
depots are under water. and the railroad Yards
are blockaded the engines and cars standing
In water over their wheels.
The Stamm and Windsor hotels have both
water on their first floors, and guests are
obliged to go in and out of the windows. 1t is
not thought there will be further rise Of more
than foot, which will put the water a little
above the forty-fve-foot gauge"
THE RIVER FALLING AT CINCINNATI.
The Ohio river at Cincinnati last night was
forty feet five inches having fallen. between
noon and O'Clock. four inches.
THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA.
The Susquehanna river at noon at Williams
port was a little over twenty-one feet and will
probably not rise more than foot higher
The weather was colder and the rain has
ceased The tracks of the Reading and Beech
Creek railroads in that city are under water for
some distance. number of logs went down
the stream during the night. but the loss will
not be heavy. The danger is believed to be
past.
portion Of Lock Haven was overhowed yes
terday, as result of a flood in the Bald Eagle
creek. which is within two feet of being as high
as In June, 1889. The business part of the town
was not flooded. The river commenced falling
at noon, having reached the tweive-foot mark
without doing any damage here.
The rains which have fallen recently have
washed out the highways in the vicinity of
Middleton, NY. and have swelled the streams
to unusual heights.
The Big Sandy and Ohio rivers are both
creating havoc at Catlettsburg. Ky.