The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-05-27
GREAT FLOODS.
Eastern Ohio and Western Penn
sylvania Suffer.
Tho Damage ny the Loss of Bridges, Cub
verts and washouts VIII Foot Up One
Million Dollars-water on Tracits
Stops the Running of Trains.

PITTSBURGH, May 19.-It would be
hhrd to estimate at the present time
;he amount of damage that has been
sustained by the railroads in eastern
Ohio and western Pennsylvania on ac
count OF the great floods. In the val.
! leys of the Shenango and Mahoning
rivers the railroads are covered with
water to a depth of nearly eight feet in
some places, and for distance of seven
miles nothing can be seen of the tracks.
Along the headwaters of the Allegheny
river the same condition of affairs ex-
lists. Railway communication is cut
off between towns in these sections
owing to the washing out of bridges
and culverts, and at other points It is
impossible to run trains owing to the
great depth of water over the track.
The tracks of all the railway lines
running into New Castle, Warren,
Sharon and Youngstown are covered
with water, and no trains have been
run since Wednesday noon. The officials
Of the Pennsylvania company in this
city say they hope to have the
roads open by Saturday. It is believed
that the worst is over in the section
drained by the headwaters of the AL
legheny, as the water has began to re.
cede. The damage to the railroads by
the loss of bridges and culverts and
the washing out of embankments Is
roughly estimated at $1,000, 900 though
that is probably to low an estimate.
New CASTLE, Pa, May 19.-The She.
mango river is at last at standstll,
after rising to a height of six feet above
all high-water marks. Ten miles of
the New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio
track has been washed away, and q
railroad bridge with twenty loaded
cars was destroyed during the night.
Although the river has reached its ut
most height for this freshet, as the rain
has ceased, all danger is not vet over by
any means.
A break in the levees is threatened at
any moment, and the mayor has sent
policemen and firemen to warn the peo-
pie to flee to the highlands Dozens Of
houses have been swept from their
and the water is four feet
deep on the principal street of the city.
People are taken from tie west side
from the park in boats, and the stores
between the park and the bridge are
all flooded.
Heavy planlzs were nailed to the ties
of the N. Y, p. & o. for several hun
dred feet near the gas works, and the
track was turned over into the creek to
prevent the water from washing
the embanl1ment and flooding
the city. When the water subsidies
and the warm rays of the sun strike
the territory now covered by water,
disease and epidemic are sure to be the
The tracks of all the railway lines
running into New Castle, Warren and
Sharon are covered with water, and no
trains have been run since Wednesday
noon. The Erie and Pittsburgh road is
submerged all the way from New Castle
to Sharon by the overflow of the Shen.
ango river, and there has been no com.
munication between this city and Erie
by rail since early Wednesday morn
ing.
The loss in this city will amount to
100000, of which $4,000 is to the
tracks ana roadbed of the New York,
Pennsylvania & Ohio railroad. The
same railroad lost five miles of tracks
just outside of town that cost $3.50, OO0
10 build.