The morning call., 1895-01-08
BREAKUP Oh THE ICE.
Floods Sweeping Down the
Ohio River.
DlYGER on THE LOWLANDS.
DWeIIerS There Fleeing to Higher
Ground.
HiIT COAL BOATS SWEPT AWAY.
It Is Feared at Pittsburg That Great
Damage Nay Follow the High
Water.
HiIF COAL BOATS SWEPT AWAY.


gahela came out with rush this morning
and with tie breaking of the ice IN the
upper pools the damage to boats began,
8Rd Inner Sc coal fleets were threatened
with destruction. The Allegheny is also
fuHof ice and is running like torrent a
great amount Of wreCkage is coming down,
Indicating damage at points above. River
men said to-day that they expected a stage
Of thirty feet, with a prospect of going
still higher. In the flood of 1884 the Allie
ghany rose to thirty-three feet, and great
damage was done.
There was much excitement along the
Monongahela wharf all day. The channel
was full of ice and snow and the current
was very sw #. TIE docks at McKees-
port and the bOat-bO:toms tied up along
the river gave way early this morning
ard went rushing down the river.
Tie ferry-boat II. P. Sinclair broke
away and fi0ated down stream. but
was caught in the harbOr and towed safely
10 shore. The report of twenty-five feet
Of water al lock and twenty-Jbree feet
at Morgantown caused a general panic
among he coal operators, and most of the
CLERKS and employees we're ordered out and
stationed along the river to look after the
craft and make report TO the general Off
GERS. There were several millions Of bush
els Of coal on fatbosts in the barbor here.
and every effort was made to keep the
fleets from being wrecked. Several coal
barges, housebOat and swinging ferry
boat broke from their mooTings and went
down with the current. The most serious
damage in the Allegheny will be done to
the Government work at Harris Island,
where the new dam is now in course of
construction. The water is now over the
coff-rdam, and it is likely all Of the work
Will be destroyed.
The residents OF Etna and Sharpsburg
are alarmed. The lew ground in both
towns is submerged and the water is rising
The railroads, both East and West, are
being troubled by the high water, al
though no serious damage has been done
yet. At Mcdonald, on the Panhandle,
The Union News Compauy's stand was
washed away this morning. The building
was built on piles along the river bank.
and when the Ice broke the piles were
knocked out from under it and the build
Ing daated down the stream. A landslide
Oecu1reI at Connects vile, on the Balt1-
more ana Ohio, which completely inter-
FOrecaster Stewart of the local signal
service does not think the stage in the Al
leghanv River Will exceed twenty-five feet
He says the only danger now from food
IS TO be apprehended from the Mononga-
: heIa.
=: The latest news is encouraging and in-
.dcates that the flood has done its worst
! as far as Pittsburg and points above on
both rivers are concerned. At 10 P. NJ
the Monongahela here registered twenty
three feet and was rising very slowly
Tbs best river authorities agree in placing
the highest stage at twenty-six feet. Adj
vices from up the river points show the
water is either reeedng or stationary.
The heaviest individual loss so far as re-
ported was at McKpespnrt. where fifty
coal barges we're carried from the docks,
entailing a loss OF $40.O 600.
BEAVER, Pa, Jan. 7.-Reports tonight
rBaythat the Golfer at the new Government
dam. just below Van Port, had been swept
away with considerable money damage
ana rhe loss Of one life
JOHNsTOwN, Pa, Jan. 7.-To-night the
rivers here are about ten feet and rising.
Two more feet VIII take the water over
tie banks at the famous Stone bridge, and
three more will food the lower part of the
town. Reports from up the river say
steady rain is falling and there is still
much snow TO melt. As yet everything is
quiet here and there is no excitement.
MCKEEsPoRT. Pa, Jan. IA midnight
tha water IS up on Market street, and all
the families living along Water street have
moved out. Water is in the Adeweese
Company's mill and part of the mill is.
sHnt down. The damage so far to the
plant Will reach $4,000. The Howard
Piate-glass Works at Duquesne had to
shut down tonight, and the Carnegie
Steel Works Is partly knocked out by the
flood. The water is four feet deep on
Main street a Dravosburg, and it is rain
Ing now. The loss in MeKeesport will
reach $4,000.
UEIoNTowN. Pa, Jan. THE food is
sweeping things along the river at a lively
rate tonight. During the past twenty
four hours the river has been rising
rapidly, and at 9 O'Clock tonight there was
stage Of seventeen feet at ConnelsViIle
and seventeen feet six inches at Dawson,
five miles below, and the water was rising
at the rate of foot in four hours. This
is the highest the river has been since the
uOOu u august, 1893, ana Win THIS eXceD-
ton surpasses all the foods since 1850.
The situation tonight is really alarming.
Yowlerville, suburb Of New Haven, is
submerged; two-thirds of the citizens have
already moved out and if the water rises
much higher their homes will be swept
away. Reports from Dawson, Dicker-
sons Ruu, Bannlpgs and other towns
down the river show that they are all al
the mercy of the water and great damage
is being done. The slope mines along the
river are flooded and WORK has been sus-
pended. 1t will require several weeks o
pump the water out of them.
CINCINNATI, Jan. THE unprecedented
rainfall Of 3.47 inches ia twenty four
hours ending at A. N. and Of 3.81 inches
In forty-eight hours has lad the effect of
carrying off the ice from the river, but
without damage. River men say they
never saw safer breakup. The river
here IS expected to 60 above forty feet.
but no disastrous food is expected.
BELLAIRE. Ohio, Jan. 7.-Indications
to-day are that the great ioad of 1894 will
be repeated The river is rising ranidlv