Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-02-08


WARREN, Pa, February River o
feet, ice passing out freely; weather
fair ando Did
BROWNSVILLE, PA, February T.
River Is feet and rising, weather
| cloudy.
oEGANrowv, w. VA, February T.
River 10 feet and stationary; weather,
clear and cool.
OIL CITY, PA, February There is
no gorge at Franklin and no food at OIL
| City. Everything is clear and the wa
ter not above the danger line. The
river is running ont swiftly, and trouble
is not anticipated.
Last Nights TeIegrams-The End In sight.
PITTsBURG, February THE flood
that threatened disaster TO Plttsburs
and Allegheny has, it is thought, been
checked by the cold weather, and at II
o'clock to night the worst is believed to
be over. The sudden rise in the Mo-
nongaheia and Allegheny rivers was
unexpected, and when it was an
nounced this morning that
volume of water that would
inundate the lOwlands was on its wsJ
here, there was CONSERVATION among
the residents OF the fats and the mer-
chants aud manufacturers doing BUSH
ness along the banks OF the streams.
Preparations were at once made to re-
move goods from the lower floors and
many residents hastily left their houses
for safer quarters.
At 10 o'clock in the morning the wa
ter touched the 1S-foot mark, and all
day kept creeping steadily up the guage
until at II O'Clock tonight the marks
showed % feet. The rivers are still
rising. out from six inches of rise an
hour they had dropped to less than
three inches, and it was confidently ex-
pected that few hours more would
again see the water falling. The stage
reached was two feet above the
danger line, and the result was that the
lower parts of Allegheny aud the South
Side were submerged, and the mer-
chants and manufacturers along the
river fronts were greatly inconvenieRced
by the flooding Of cellars. The damage
as far as known, was not large, but tho
poor people who were forced 10 leave
their homes suffered greatly from the
cold. The high water seriously affect.
ed the railroads, and nearly all through
trains were delayed. The trainmen
had many stories to tell of damage
along the lines.
The famous Conemaugh is swollen so
that it has broken over its embank-
ments at several places causing fear
and CONSERVATION among many who
have residences along the stream.
Turtle Creek Is also raging torrent
and is causing Inconvenience TO resi-
dents along the Pennsylvania at that
point.
The Lake Shore line has also suffered
and has been compelled to transfer mail
and express matter TO other lines.
Over thirty miles Of telegraph lines
on the Franklin division of the Lake
Shore road, east of Youngstown, was
destroyed by last nights storm, many
of the poles being washed away by the
force Of water.
The Pittsburgh and Lake Erie road
is seriously embarrassed on account Of
the sudden rise Of the Beaver river. For
distance OF three miles, between Bea-
yer and College Station, the tracks are
reported to be under water, and no
tickets have been sold to points beyond
Beaver since o'clock last evening.
At Wampum the ice is piled 40 feet
high on the railroad. The telegraph
lines are In bad shape along the Lake
Erie road and the Western division of
tint Pennsylvania Company.
All the factories along the river bank
at Reaver Falls are driven by water
power, and they have been compelled
TO shut down for the first time since the
high waters Of 1884. The Pittsburg
and Western tracks are submerged be-
tween Bethel, Pa, aud this city and to-
night trains are going out over the
West Penn road.
Dispatches from various points
through the western end Of the State
indicate a serious condition OF affairs.
AT Oil City, Parkers, Warren and Free
port on the Allegheny the fats are sub
merged and the water is still rising.
Many people have been compelled to
move out of their houses and others
with interests at stake are remaining
up all night watching the rise.
At Greenvlle the prospects are that
great damage will be done before
daylight by the high water. Immense
ice gorges at different points below the
town have backed up the water so that
the lower sections are already mum
dated, and many families were moving
out in boats before nightiall. The ex-
odus is going on as the water creeps up
into places that have been dry for years.
! A few of the Pittsburg, Shenango and
Lake Erie Railroad trains that were
abandoned last night got through to-
I day. but the service will have TO be
abandoned again for the time being.
AtNew Castle an immense gorge that
had formed above the city broke this
morning, and water and ice came down
in 8 body eight feet high, completely
flooding the lower portion of the city.
! Several houses were swept away, and
many families were taken from their
homes In boats All cellars under bust
ness blocks were flooded, and the dam
age will amount to thousands OF dollars.
THE LUNATIC LOOSE AGAIN.
AT midnight last night Pittsburg tele-
graphed the rivers were IS feet aud
| rising three inches an hour. Late this
morning they said there was q feet, S.
follows
PITrsBURG, February AT , a. m.
the water in the two rivers was rising
very slowly. The marks showed "a