The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-02-08


PlTrsDURoH, Feb. 7.-The flood that
threatened disaster to Pittsburgh and
Allegheny has, it is thought, been
checked by the cold weather, and at IL
o'clock tonight the worst is believed to
be over. The sudden risein the Monon-
gahela and Allegheny rivers was unex-
pecled, and when it was announced
this morning that volume OF water
that would inundate the low lands was
on its way here, there was consterna-
ton among the residents Of the aass
and the merchants and manufacturers
doing business along tho banks OF the
streams. Preparations were at once
made to remove goods from the lower
floors, and many residents hastily lett
their houses for safer quarters.
At 10 o'clock in the morning the
water touched the lS.foot mark and all
day kept creeping steadily up the
guage until at II o'clock tonight the
marks showed % feet. The rivers were
still rising, but from = inches OF rise
an hour they had dropped to less than
8 inches, and it was confidently expert
cd that q few hours more would again
see tho water falling. Tho stage
reached was two feet above the danger
line and tho result was that the lower
parts OF Allegheny and the South Side
were submerged and the merchants and
manufacturers along the river fronts
were greatly Inconvenience by the
flooding OF cellars. The damage, as fur
MS known, was not large, but the poor
people who were forced to leave their
homes suffered greatly from the cold.
GREAT DAMAGE DONE.
Tho high water seriously affected the
railroads, and nearly all through trains
were delayed. The trainmen had many
stories to tell of damage along thelin
The famous Conemaugh is swollen so
that it has broken over its embank.
mHnts at several places causing fear and
CONSERVATION among many who have
residences along tho stream.
Turtle creek ia also raging torrent
and Is causing Inconvenience to resi-.
dents along the Pennsylvania road at
that point, Tho Lake Shore limo has
also suffered and has been compelled to
transfer mail and express matter to
other lines. Over thirty miles OF tele-
graph lines on the Franklin division Of
the Lake Shore road, east OF Youngs-
town, was destroyed by last nights
storm, many OF the poles being washed
away by the force Of water,
The Pittsburgh 4 Lake Erie road is
seriously embarrassed on account OF the
sudden rise OF the Beaver river. For n
distance OF three miles between Beaver
and College station the tracks nre re-
ported TO be under wator and no tickets
have been sold to points beyond Bea-
yer since o'clock last evening. AT
Wampum, tho ice ls piled 40 feet high
on the railroad. The telegraph lines
arc in bad shape along tho Lake Eric
road and the western divisions Of the
Pennsylvania Company.
All the factories along the river bank
Nt Beaver Falls arc driven by water
power, and they have been compelled
10 shut down ior the first time siuce
the high waters OF 1884 The Pitts
burgh Y Western tracks are submerged
between Bethel, Pa, and this city aud
tonight trains arc going out over the
West Pennsylvania road.
a SERIOUS SITUATION.
Dispatches from various points
throughout tho western end Of tho
state indicate u serious condition OF af-
fairs, AT Oil City, Parkers, Warren
and Freeport, on the Allegheny, the
flats are submerged and tho water is
still rising, Many people havo boon
compelled TO move out Of their houses,
and others with interests ~ stake are
remaining up all night to watch tho
rise. At Groonville, tho prospects are
that great damage will be done hor be-
ioro daylight by tho high water I'M
mcpse ice gorges ct different points be-
low the town have backed up the water
$50 that the lowor sections arc already
inundated and many families were moy.
ing out in boats hotoro nightfall, Tho
exodus Is going on as tho water creeps
up into plRces that hava been dry for
years A fow OF tho Pittsburgh, Sho-
mango 4 Lake Erio railroNd trains that
wcroabandonod last night got through
to-day, but tho service will hayo to DO
abandoned again for the timo being.
Az Now Castle an ltnmonse gorge that
hnt forpCh above tho city broke this
morning and tho water and leo came
down in q body eight foot high, com.
plctoly flooding tho lower portion OF
city. Several houses wore swept away
nnd mary families wore taltOn from
their homes In boats. All cellurs undor
hnanesH blocks woro flooded and tho
damage will amount to thousands Of
dollars
THE --LATEST.
rlTTnurou, PA, Fob, s.-At9a, m,.--
The @aier'tn tho two rivorp wno rising
vory slowly, Tho marks showed "a foot
" tho Allegheny and "a fact In the
Monongahula
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