Telegram-herald., 1891-02-20
WASTED BY WATER
Enarmeas Losses Caused hy the
ksaent Flsoag
sn Ptuseasgh enc Nsossss Thss Arc
Estimates az % 600 600 Danger
Near esaassii.s. lna-

fFTTsnrR6n. ia. Feb ~ The riy-
ers reached their highss1 p.alai al 10
e'eiook "Wednesday morning when the
gauge showed thlFts-eae ieet ten inch
o. AT 10 eess,ck p "a. they As4 i4llcn
t~enfy mine feet The rain has
ceased ~ up-riser points A
cold wave has set IA, sna both
the Nonengshels ana Allegheny are
falling rsplds up Aroand the heaa-
waters AZ far a. known there has
been ne lass 81 life u is estimated
that the experience since Monday viii
cost the two cities 81, aoa .Qao, a. say
nothing u the suffering ana iacen-
senieEoe. and many people claim
the correct figures IL is claimed
that from rs 600 70 sc. eep men
viii lose CD an average three days from
their isbors because of the suspension
of work in the mills Figuring the
average wages al - 90 n dsy. fair
total would ee $500 600 The less ~
business "a railroads, the damage 10
freight aus the cost Of repairs Il is
thought viii reach see, GOO
The big downtown merchants cnlcu-
late that $500, ,00o viii hardly make
good the dsmage 10 goods and the cost
81 placing ali tie flooded ha.iness g.
tablishments hack in the former cond 9
tion. This includes the expense of tar
ing property our ana into hasemeHta
again. pumping cellars out ana making
necessary repairs - damages
IL viii probably require $500. zoe 10
make good the mills and manufactnr-
ing plants that have been submerged
in dozens of instances machinery has
been badly damaged, stocks destroy 81
and buildings eonxdersely wrecked.
The loss 10 families can only be guessed
at IL is co.ceded on al hands that
fully s,GS0 homes have been loodea
some of them badly. The cost ~
moving twice IN hundreds of instances.
loss and damage 10 household effects,
repairs to buildings many of which
have been considerably wrecked, re-
placing of fences and outbuiaings car
ried away. pumping out cellars. etc,
will certainly reach sseQ, 600
JoHSsTowN. Pa. Feb. I9.--it IL found
that the foundations Of many houses
are undermined and ioosened. thus en-
failing great loss. The bones Of g food
victim were found al ,se point Nednes-
day, having been washed up 10y the
waters They were taken 10 the morgue
and then inferred in the unknown"
plot at the cemetery.
DAvoEB Al EVANSVILLE. IND.
EVANSVILLE. Ind, Feb. 10 - The
river. has commenced rising again
and now registers forty-nine feet on
the gauge, placing i, three fee; above
the danger line. An immense
amount of bottom land above snd
below the city lie under water. and
the greatest anxiety exists among the
farmers along tho river, as il - general.
~ believed that tle water viii reach
the highest point sincs 1854. The locx1
packets are busy removing stock from
the endangered points, bat the water
has already reached many places and
rendered aid impossible Al several
points between iais city and Owens
boro many OF the farmers have been
slow about moving their stock and
are now cut OF by back water.
At a number of places the stock
are standing IN the wafer and unless
removed by ferry soon will be
lost. An immense amount of corn Is
also in danger in the bottom lands.
where the owners have generally neg
lected 20 take the precaution 10 build
their pens above the high-water marx
Many of the farms in Union township
have already been deserted. the farm
ers having removed their families 70 the
high ground for ssfesy.
At WHEELING.
WHEELING. W. Va. Feb. 1a.-About
one-fourth Of The ares Of The city is sub
merged by the food iD The Ohis. which
has reached height of IS feet inches
Many families are flooded out. and the
aggregate loss VIII be about Slge,oeo
All the mills and factories were com
PEELED to close dosvn. and Thousands of
men are temporarily thrown out Of
work