The record-union., 1891-02-18
Pennsylvania Towns Suffering
From High Waters.
HOUSES IN JOHNSTOWN FLOATING
AWAY.
The Low1ands Flooded, and Many
People Compelled to Abandon
Their Homes-Bridges in all Di-
! rections Carried Of, and Railroad
Traffic Generally Suspended.
Special to the REcoRp-US1os.

morning both rivers were tWenty-SiX feet
and are rising at the rate of seven inches
an hour. All the morning families have
been moving from their houses in
the lower part of the Allegheny.
Travel on the Pittsburg and Western
Railroad in this city has stopped, while
many mills along the river have been
forced to close.
Reports from the headwaters show
steady rains, with the rivers still rising
and the lower towns flooded. Bridges
are being carried away in every direction
and the loss is great.
The present unexpected flood bids fair
to rival that of 1884. The river has risen
all day and is still going up tonight
Allegheny City has suffered most. Sew
eral streets are under water and at lea st
1000 cellars are flooded and great appre-
hension is felt there, as two natural gas
explosions tonight have endangered life
and ruined property. 1t is feared others
may follow, as the meters and pipes are
several feet under water and cannot be
reached. The mills along the river have
shut down because of flooded fires, and
thousands of men are idling about the
river banks.
On the Pittsburg side cellars and houses
on the low grounds are flooded, and the
people are beginning to move out Any
further rise will do great damage, as the
high-water limit has been passed. Even
now it is reported that the Exposition
and other large downtown buildings
have been greatly damaged. All street.
car lines between Pittsburg and AL
leghany City have stopped running, ow-
ing to the fact that the approaches are
several feet under water. Scores of drays
and boats are engaged in hauling anxious
people through the water to the bridges
The Pennsylvania trains are behind
time, owing to washouts near Come
maugh, and the Baltimore and Ohio had
several bad landslides.
Reports from theltheadwaters of the
Monangahela and Allegheny Rivers
show high water and general distress.
Every house in Cambria City is de-
serted, and a swift stream flows through
the streets. Late tonight the rivers at
these points began to fall rapidly, but
the people will not attempt to return to
their houses until assured that the flood
is over. Railroads all about here are suf-
fering great damage.
JoHNSTowN, Feb. IA heavy down.
pour of rain since yesterday has had the
effect of swelling the streams, and the
water is now higher in the rivers than at
any time since the great flood. The water
receded some during the night, but again
of yesterday. All of Cambria and the
lower part of this city from the Windsor
Hotel is under water. SO great was the
flow of water through the streets in the
lower part of the town that houses fioated
off.
GREENsBURG Pa.). Feb. II. - The
streams continue to rise, and people liv-
ing in the low lands are making prepara--
tionS to move at any moment. The LOYAL
Hanna at West Latrobe is half mile
wide, and much of the town is sub
merged. The second and third stories of
buildings along the creek are being
flooded. The same condition of affairs
prevails at Laramie, Irwin, Manor, Penn.
Harrison City, Crab Tree and other places
Bridges, fences, hay stacks, etc, in every
direction have been carried away.
WILLIAMsPoRT (Penn.), Feb. I7.-Ad-
vices from points up the river are that it
is still raining, and all streams are high.
Lumbermen are very uneasy. Many
merchants commenced to move their
goods from the lower stories of their es-
tablishments The levels of the city show
that a twenty-siX-toot flood will bring
the water up to the courthouse square.
a flood is now reported on the headwaters
of Pine Creek at Caleton. On that creek
a boom broke, letting between eight and
ten million feet of logs escape.
GREENPoRT Pa.l, Feb. 17.-Rain has
been falling steadily for the last forty
hours, and the town and surrounding
was two and one-half feet in the streets
and rising.
WEST NEWTON Pa.), Feb. 1.-THE
Youghiogheny River this afternoon
reached the highest point since August,
1884. Much damage was done to railroads
by landslides.
HUNTINGTON (Pa.), Feb. 17.-Rain has
fallen here in a torrent for thirty-six
hours, and Juniata River is mile wide.
The citizens of PortStown and Smithfield
were compelled to vacate their homes,
and many bridges were swept away. The
loss is very heavy.
The McKeesport iron works and mills
are submerged, and much damage was
done in the lower portion of the city,
many families being compelled to aban-
don their homes.
IN OHIO.
MAssILoN Ohio, Feb. 1.-THE streams
south of this city are badly swollen by
heavy rains the past three days. All
dwellings in the lover part of the city are
surrounded by water. The railroads are
badly delayed by washouts. At Steuben-
vile the river is rising at the rate of one
foot per hour, and the railroads are forced
to suspend traffic IN many places in the
vicinity on account of high water.
CLEVELAND (Ohio), Feb. IA dis
patch from GAINESVILLE says that the Mus
Eingum River is rapidly rising. Two
hundred persons We're driven from their
homes to-day. Railroad traffic is almost
entirely suspended. The rain ceased to-
night and colder weather may cause q
subsistence of the flood.
IN WEST VIRGINIA.
WHEELING CIV. Val, Feb. 1.-THE
greatest Hood in many years is expected
here. Reports from ali sections of the
State indicate unusually heavy rains, and
,he streams are rising rapidly All rail-
'oads entering the city are blocked by
.andslides.
IN NEW YORK.
SCHENECTADY On. W, Feb. 17.-There
is a gorge in the Mohawk River near
here. The river is rising ten feet per
hour tonight, and naught but tree-tops
tell where the lands are.
HEAVY SNOWFALL.
ST. PAUL, Feb. 17.-Advices from the
northern part of Minnesota and North
Dakota state that heavy snowfall oc-
Cured in those States last night and to-
day,
THE DEAD HERO.
General Sherman'S Remains Lying In
State at New York.
New YORK, Feb. 1.-THE remains of
General Sherman, dressed in full uni
form, We're placed in casket in the front