Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-02-19
IN PERIL AGAIN.
JOhnstOwn, Par Threatened with
Another Flood.
The Business Section of the Unfort-
innate City Already Submerged
High Water Elsewhere.
Rr,roREp Loss OF LEE.

| O'Clock Monday night stony creek be-
| gan TO overflow its banks and soon the
water came pouring steaGily into the
streets and flooded the business district
| of Johnstown Both the Allegheny
| and Monongahela rivers were rising
rapidly and feeding the flood Reports
came from different parts of the town
that thieves were taking advantage of
the excitement and plundering right
and left. Mayor Rose got to work
promptly and by his orders armed
men were detailed in all parts Of
the city 10 remove property to
places of safety and TO show no
mercy to anybody who was seen to
steal any thing. A nous ted patrol was
established and worked in eonnec-
ton with the gangs of volunteers in
the rousing of sleepers and the moving
of property The railroad people sent
crew OF men who worked all night
at the stone bridge keeping the
arches clear Seven men imprisoned in
the town jail were liberated because
the authorities found that they might
be drowned like rats in cage. as did
actually occur at the time of the great
flood. Many bridges went down during
the night.
Shortly after | o'clock a. m. Police
man Martin found an old man strug-
CLING in the water on Market street.
He was James Padden, 20 years of
age, and IS employed as a Waterman
and was ON his way home when over
taken by the rising water. All over the
city business men hastily rugged pumps
and are laboring to get the water out of
their cellars. but with discouraging re-
suits. Both the rivers are swelling
from hour To hour. They show depth
of twenty-five feet, which is past the
danger point, and the rain is still
pouring down. Both rivers and all their
tributaries are growing larger. A height
of thirty-three feet at least is looked
for, and the greatest efforts are being
made TO meet this emergency. Should
the water go higher no effort can avert
enormous loss of life and property.
Word comes from the lower part of
Allegheny that house has been swept
away and all its occupants drowned.
but no names or particulars can be OBJ
tanned at present. All the large
stores on Pennsylvania avenue, a
short way from the Allegheny river,
are flooded, and the work of removing
property is very dangerous and slow
All of the railroads are seriously dis
abled hy land-slides and washouts and
all trains which have not been aban-
doned are very late. At Jeanette
many persons have abandoned
their homes 70 the flood and have sought
personal safety on the higher ground
Many bridges and houses have gone
down already. and the water is rising
at that point very rapidly. All railroad
traffic has been suspended at Washing
ton, Pa. since the bridges are not
considered safe. and at Temperance
vile, suburb of this city, the Charter
creek covers half the town and is
spreading Hundreds are homeless, and
since all the trains are tied up they can
only seek the higher ground and take
with them what few belongings they
can carry in their hands.
A message from Bradford tells that
both branches of the Turva creek have
become roaring rivers, and Davies,
Florence, Foreman and Ann streets are
inundated The water has come into
the Bevario and Seifangs mammoth
iron works and all the fires are put out.
The flood is still rising rapidlv.'
PITTsBu RGH, Pa, Feb. ls-At II
o'clock a. m, both rivers were TWEEN
ty-six feet and rising at the rate of
seven inches per hour The high water
was unexpected and all morning fam
lilies have been moved from their
houses in the lower part of Allegheny,
as several streets are flooded to the
door steps. The Pittsburgh and West
ern railroad is covered in the
city, and all travel at this
end is stopped, while many mills
lining the rivers have been forced to
close down. Reports from the head
waters show steady gains, with rivers
still rising and lower towns flooded.
Eridges are being carried away
in every direction, and the
loss is great. In this city river men
say the food will be fully as high as in
1854, when thirty-two feet of water was
reached and enormous losses inflicted
in the low lying portion of the city and
| river towns.
! CINCINNATI, Feb. 1S.-The river is
rising rapidly and great apprehension
is felt. Experienced river men predict
that it will be the biggest freshet
in years, and owners of property
on the river front and managers of
railroads lining the stream an
/ ticipate much trouble and damage to
their business. Thus far very little in
| jury has been done Twenty-Five fam
lilies have movee away from the river
| front.
JEFFERsoNvuLE, Ind, Feb. 1s.-The
news from the upper Ohio river of
an impending flood has caused con-
siderable alarm among the inhabitants
of this city. If the river continues
i to rise at the rate reported not
many days will elapse before the citi-
zens residing in certain portions Of the
city will be compelled to move to the
highlands The people here have a
thorough knowledge If floods, gained
from sad experience, and look forward