The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-08
A PENNSYLVANIA FLOOD.

PITTsBURG, Pa, Feb. IA disastrous
food from the Mononghela and Allegheny
rivers is apprehended within the next
twelve hours. The rains of the past thirty
six hours have swollen the small streams
at the beadwaters beyond their banks, and
the indications are that there will be from
twenty-five to twenty-eight feet Of water
at this point by midnight. This will inun-
date the lower portion of Pittsburg, Ale
gheny and the South Side, and will force
the manufactures along the two streams
to close down. The people living on the
flats are preparing to move from their
houses, and merchants are removing their
goods to the upper floors. AT noon the
marks on the Allegheny gauge showed
eighteen feet and on the Mononghela
eighteen and one-half feet.
Reports from surrounding towns are to
the effect that the lowiands are submerg
ed and that the water is still rising. The
water in the Neshannock at New Castle IS
higher this morning than for many years
During the night II rosa eight feet. A
portion of the southern part Of the city
was inundated. and several houses were
swept away. Many families were rescued
in boats The Beaver river is also report
ed rising rapidly, and the officials of the
Pittsburg and Lake Erie railway have dis
continued the sale OF tickets 10 points
west Of the river.
The pleasure boat "Uncle Jack" moored
at the Forty-third street bridge was sunk
by the ice this morning and a dozen shanty
boats had their sides crushed in. The
water poured in so rapidly that the occu-
pants barely escaped with their lives.
PITTsBURG, Pa, FEB THE food that
threatened disaster TO Pitts burg and ile-
gheny has. IL IS thought, been checked by
the cold weather and at midnight the
=, haI tn ba The fAYngTES
COnemaugh is swollen so that it has
broken oyer its embankments, causing
fear and CONSERVATION among MANY who
have residences along the stream. Iuttie
creek is also raging torrent and Is caus-
ing Inconvenience t. the residents along
the Pennsylvania at that point. The Lake
Shore line has suffered, aud has been COM
PEELED to transfer mails and express mat
ter to other lines. Two small station
buildings on the Pittsbur2 and Lake Erie
road between Rock Point and Beaver Fails
were carried bodily away by the Hood.
The Pittsburg and Lake Erie road Is serl-
ously embarrassed on account OF the sud-
den rise of the Beaver river. For dis
tance OF three miles between Beaver and
College station the tracks are reported TO
be under water. At WAmpum the ice Is
piled forty feet high on the railroad. The
telegraph lines are in bad shape. All
the factories along the river bank at
Beaver Falls have been compelled TO smut
down for the first time since the high
waters of 1884
Dispatches from various points through
ont the western end of the state Indicate
serious condition of affairs. AT Greenyille
the prospects are that great damage Will
be done before daylight. The Immense ice
gorges at different points below the town
have backed mp the water so that the lower
sections are already inundated. and many
families are moving out in boats. The
exodus IS going uP as the water creeps
upon places that have been dry for years,
At Newcastle the immense Ice gorge that
formed broke this mornipg aud the water
and lee came down ia Il body eight feet
high, completely flooding the lower por-
tion of the city. Several houses were
swept away Many families were taken
from their homes in boats. At Fran Kiln
the gorge ia French eraek broke tonight
and carried away number OF county
bridges,
FREMONT, O., Feb. 7.-The, Sandusky
river has risen ten feet since last night,
and is now level with Its banks. The ex-
tremely cold weather may check Its rise
until the ice gorge formed south OF the
city gives way, when an overflow Will Un-
doubtedly follow.