The record-union., 1895-01-08
Special to the RECoRD-UyTov.

Special to the RECoRD-UNIoN.
PITTSBURG, Jan. 7.-River men ara
thoroughly alarmed over the probability
Oh Dig Hood at this point. The Monou-
gahela came out with q rush this morn
ing, and with the breaking of tbe ice in
the upper pools the damage to boats be-
gan. Immense coal fleets were threat
ehed with destruction. The Allegheny
10 iuli OF Ice and is running like torrent.
y great amount OF wreckage is coming
GOWN indicating damage at points above.
hlVer men said to-day that they expected
a stage of thirty fesU with a prospect of
going still higher. In the great flood of
1851 the Allegheny rose to thirty-three
1eet, and great damage was done.
Ihere was great excitement along the
MonongaheIa River all day. The chan
mel was tull of ice and snow, and the cur
rent was very swift. The docks at Nc
heesport and the boat bottoms tied up
along the river gave way early this morn
ing, and went rushing down the river.
Inc ferry boat Sinclair broke away and
iioateu uoWh stream, but was caught i'll
Ine harDor and tOwed safely 10 shore
The report of twenty-five feet at Lock
NO. t and twenty-five feet at Morgan
Town caused general panic among the
coal operators, and most Of the clerks
ana employees were ordered out and sta
TONED along the river TO look after the
craft ana make reports to the general
olllces. There were several million BUSH
els OF coal OH HatbOatS in the harbor
mere and every effort was made to keen
the lleets from being wreck ed. Several
coal DargeS, house boat and a swinging
ferryboat broke from their mOUrings and
went down with the current.
lie most serious damage in the Alle-
gheny will be done to the Government
work at Harris Island, where the new
dam IS now in course OF construction.
Inc water Is now over the cOtferdam and
1t IS likely all work will be destroyed.
Inc residents OF Etna and SharDsburp
are alarmed. The low ground III both
towns Is submerged and the water is ris-
ing.
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 build
ing was pullt on piles along the river
bank, and when the ice broke the piles
were knocked out from under it and the
building hoated down the stream. A
landslide occurred at COnnelIsvllle. on
the Baltimore and Ohio, which COM
pletely interrupted tratlic for several
hours.
Forecaster Steart Of the Signal Service
does not think the Stage III the Allegheny
River will exceed twenty-five feet. lie
says the only danger now from a flood is
TO be apprehended from the Mouonga-
hela River.
BARGES LOST.
BELLAIRE (O.), Jan. 7.-Indications to-
day are that the great flood OF 1891 Will
be repeated. The river is rising rapidly,
no 1Fa.AI fl,gA Nh,
broke up and ran out last night. Sew
eral barges were lost. Two bridges Oh
the Cleveland, Lorraine and Wheeling
Hallway We're washed away. Traffic on
the road is completely blocked. All the
snow has melted and is gone. The low
lands will be flooded by tomorrow
morning. The people are moving to
higher ground.
STEAMER SUNK.
PARKERSBURG (W. Va, Jan, Rain
has fallen steadily here Tor torty-six
hours and the river is rising rapidly. At
Grantsville, up the hanawha River. the
water Is twenty-three feet, and rising.
The steamer Oneida, river packet, was
sunk here at midnight. The ice knocked
hole IN her, and she will be total loss.
FLOODS IN INDIANA.
lNDIANAPoLIs llnd.), Jan. 7.-Advices
from southern Indiana TO the NetUS re-
pOlI uISasIlOuS hOOus, resulting from tne
heavy rains.
SAFE BREAK-UP OF THE ICE.
CINCINNATI tO.), Jan. The unpre-
cedented rainfall of 3.47 inches in twenty
tour hours ending at 7 A. NJ. and OF 3Sl
inches IN orty-eight hours, has had the
effect OF carrying Off the ice from the
river without any damage whatever.
River men say they never saw a safer
breakup. The river here is expected to
go above forty feet, but no disastrous
flood is expected.