The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-01-08
Much Alarm Felt by the River
Men at Pittsburg.
= so-Foor STAGE ExpEcrens
Aillions of Bushels of Coal on tho
Flatbeats in the Harbor.
IL tbs Monongahela scnda Dawn : Grsao
Volume OF Water There wut no
Much Damage-Gsvernmsnt work
In the Allegheny River Likely 20 No
swept Away.

Pattshurg. Jan. s.-~Rlveraaen are thor.
ougtay alarmed over the prsbalailty af
big flood al this point The AIonon-
gaaeia CAME cut with a rush this nsurg,--
ing, and with the breaking of tho icd
IN the upper pools TIRE damage to boats
began. Immense coal fleets were lhrsat-
eIied with destruction. The As.eShany
IS also fun OF ice. aud is running like
a torrent. A great amount OF wrecks
age il coming down, indicating damage
at points above.
Rivernea say today they expect z
stage OF thirty feet. with IL lsrusaect oe
going still higher. In the great flood
of 1854 the Aliegany rose tc thirty-thrco
feet, ami large damage was done.
There was much excitement along the
Monongahela wharf all day, The cham
mel Was full OF Ice and snow, and the
current was very swift.
The docks at NcKeesport ana th0
boat bottoms tied Up along the river
save way early this morning and went
rushing down the river. The fefryhoat
Sinclair broke away and floated down
stream. but was caught in the harhor
and towed safely 10 shore. The report
OF twenty-five ieeet at T.ock Nc. and
Twenty-Five feet at Morganiown caused
general panic among the coal sspersft-
ors. and NEST of the clerks and ena-s
ployes We're ordered out arid stationed
along the river to look after the craft
and make reports to the genessaI Offices.
Taere We're several millions of bushels
OF coal on siasboats IN the harbor here.
and an effort was made to keep thu;
fleets from being wrecked. Several
fsay
ing ferry boat broke frsnl their moor-
ings and went down with the current.
The most serious damage In shn Alle-
ghany was done to the goycrnncnt
work at Harris island. where the new
dam is now In course or construction.
The water is now over the cofferia1n.
and Il Is likely all the work will b.
destroyed. The residents of Etssa and
Sharpsburg are alarmed. The low
ground in both towns Is submerged,
and the water Is rising. The railroads.
beth east and west, are being troubled
oy the high water, although no serious
damage haa been done yet. At McDon-
aid, on ths Panhandle. the union News
Company's stand was washed away
this morning. The building was built
on plies along the river bank, and when
the ice broke the plies were fioatei
down the stream. 4 landslide occurred
at connnellsviilc. oss the Raitimnrs q
Ohio, which completely inierruptcd
traffic for several hours.
F'urcssstcr Stewart. OF the local signal
service does not think the stage In the
Allegheny river viii reach twenty-fiys
feet lie SAYS the only daneer now
from a fioood Is to be apprehendcd from
the Monongahela river
The latest news Is encouraging ana
indicates that the flood has done itx
worst. 50 far as Pittssburg and points
above on both rivers are concerned.
Beaver. Pa. Jan. 7.-+Reports tonight
say that the eofferdam at the new gov-
elnnent dam below vanpurt has besu
swept away. with a considerable money
damage and the loss OF one life.
Mckeesport, Pa, Jan. 7.--.At ilifdnigh1
the water is up on Market street. and
all families living along Water strcst
have moved cut.
Parkessbnrg, w. Va, Jan. 7.-~-iai1
has fallen here steadily for fovfy-xie
hours. and the river IL rising rapidly.
AT GAINESVILLE. UP the Kenawfa river.
the water ~ twenfy-thrce feet and ris-
ing. Tlnsbernsen predict immense daar,-
age. Steamer Oneida. a river packet.
was sunk herc tonight.
Indianapolis. Jan. T.--lAdvices from
Southern Indiana 70 the News rrp4,rt
disastrous floods, resulting from heavy
rains.
Wheeling. ". Va, Jan. THE riyer1
are still rising and considerable damages
has al-ssady been done. Oii the c,evxs-
land. Isorsline & Wheeling railroad ona
cf the bridges was washed away at
Bruce and one at Wheeling creek rnines.
There have been no trains north TO-
day. and the train due at Brijgepore
al f:5e D. IN. ffes been abandoned az
UlFscbsviiie. This Panhandle, Ea;timors
Il Ohio and Ohio River trains are ali
right 50 far.
Tniontown. Pa. Jan. The sood is
sweeping things along the river AT q
lively rare tonight. and the situation
| is really alarming. Yowierytsie, a sub
urh Of New Haven. Is submerged: fwo-
thirds OF the citizens have already
moved out. and IL the watext rises mueh
| higher tt1eir homes will be swept away.
Reports from Dawson. pfckespon,H
Run. Banninf-s and other towns DOWN
the river show that they are al at shs
mercy OF the waters and great daHlagN
! is being done
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