The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1894-05-25
PENNSYLVANIA WET.
treat Destruction OF Property at
Pittsburg and WilliamspOrt, and
the Eud Not Yet.
rhe Genesse and Other Rivers In New
York Booming-High Tides Along
the Coast.

kopped traffic completely on the Penn
k~lvania road east Of Greenburg, twenty
rht miles from Pittsburg. The tracks
submerged in four feet OF water
pm Conemaugh to Bennington
,btean miles. and fifteen hundred feet
rack together with the Conemaugh
d0e. IL washed away. Pending re-
Ri The Pennsylvania trains go over
baltimore and Ohio road. The dam.
8 will reach 100000. Two lives were
Dc. For three days rain has descended.
here was q great alarm last night when
was reported that the reservoir a.
tittengen Point had broken. Tho re-
brit proved exaggerated. -Four large
~Fevasses were dug down about a foot in
he dam by a wave, probably caused by
cloud burst. Dispatches from many
(oints along the Allegheny river report
|reat damage. At Etna and Sharpsburg
he straits are submerged and thousands
I dollars worth Of garden truck ruined.
Adrain Weichel, aged Is, when trying to
|escne q team near Edna, was drowned.
! boy was drowned catching drift wood.
| WnLLrAMsroRT, Pa, May 21-The river
pntinued to rise during the night and
early the entire business portion Of the
ity is under water. There hae been no
Geographic communication with Lock-
Laven since 5 o'clock yesterday when
he operator was driven from his office
n the flood.
l D. m.-The water has reached thirty
be feet above low water mark, one foot
igher than the disastrous flood in 1889.
he entire city lie under water from four
twenty-five feet. Rain is falling in
>rrents and the water is still rising six
ches on hour. All logs at the boom,
5hich broke at l o'clock this morning,
ave been swept away. as we'll as many
bw mills and houses in the lower part
the city. Not a telegraph or tele-
hone wire is working out of the city,
nth the single exception Of q shaky,
bng distance telephone wire which was
placed at the disposal Of the Associated
Press correspondent. While talking to
Philadelphia he was driven out Of the
flee by the rapid rise Of the water.
The loss has already reached more
han q million dollars. Unless relief
bon comes il will be three times as
huch. No trains have arrived or de-
arted in t%wenty-four hours.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, May 21.-The
)~enesee river is within a foot of high
5ater mark. Cellars in the business part
the city are filling with water and the
rer is on q level with several railroads.
is still rising.
NEw YORK, May 21.-Unusual high
Pes prevsiled along the coast last night.
far as ascertained nc serious damage
s been done.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, May 22.-The losst g
flood foot up 1921 600.
PrTTsBuRo, May :2.-The rivers
ached a:stago Of twenty. five and one
liz feet and are now falling. They are
ported falling at the headwaters.
ANoKA, Mimi, May 22.-The Missis-
ppi river fell four inches last night, but
~ rains this week it will cause damage,
e west bank Of Rum river is being
hhed away. Storekeepers have moved
their buildings have been under.
lined.
WILLIAMsPoRT Pa, May 2l.--The
bod has been receding rapidly since
bidnight. Half the flooded district il
Hear Of water, but mud and debris are
Siled up everywhere. The portion Of
he city that remains under water is in,
Rabited by poor people. A citizens
ommittee has been formed 20 relieve
be pressing necessities Of the homeless
PHILADELPHIA, May 22.-The Schuyl
i'll river at Phenixville is eighteen feet
lbove low-water mark and still rising
The plant of the Phoenix Iron works Il
)ubmerged from three to eight feet. The
banks OF the Schuylkill canal are broker
n q dozen places. A hundred families
pave been compelled 10 move out Of
their houses. The borough water works
ere submerged 30 that no water can be
pumped into the reservoir, which is run,
hing dry.