The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1895-01-10
THE RAGING WATERS.
The Entire Lower Portion of Home
stead submerGed.

The Entire Lower Portion of Home
stead Submerged.
HOMESTEAD, Pa, Jan. 8.-The entire
lower part of Homestead is under water.
Driftwood and ice last night knocked the
falsework from under the new Brown
bridge across the Monongahela. The
Carnegie works were compelled to shut
down this morning on account of the
flood, which disabled their pumps. The
plant will probably be able to resume on
Friday.
PITTsBURG, Jan. S.-The floods in the
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers have
reached their limit. and the worst is
over. The highest marks were recorded
about 10. O'Clock this morning, and soon
after the water began slowly to recede.
The great mass of Ice which filed both
rivers during the past "a hours is slowly
disappearing. Locally the loss will be
comparatively light. The general loss
on both rivers is estimated at about $780,
600. hisincludes wrecked coal-barges,
flooded mills and mines, and the damage
to exposed river properties.
BELLAIRE, O., Jan. S.-The river at
this point is 81 feet and rising rapidly.
It is believed the river will leave its
banks tonight. All the lowlands are
flooded The river is tull of ice. The
steamer Phillips and large wharfboat
have been crushed by the ice. Great
fears of loss of property are entertained
here.
PoMERoY, o., Jan. S.-The govern
ment mark at O'Clock this morning
shows 20 feet of water, and the river is
rising six inches an hour. Business
men are moving their stores out of the
cellars. Since 1884 there has not been
so much alarm as now.
STEUBENvILLE, O., Jan. 8.-The river
marks show 80 feet and rising. Thirty
five feet are expected. Six bents of the
wheeling & Lake Erie railroad trestle,
between here and Mingo, have been
swept away, and all traffic is stopped.
South of the city the tracks are two feet
under water.
PARKERsBURG, W. Va, Jan. 8.-The
Palestine boom, up the Kanawha river,
has let go, and thousands of feet of ties,
logs and lumber are at the mercy of the
wind and water. Loss $150,000. River
men look for 36 to 40 feet of water here.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8.-The Ohio at
Pittsburg is 25.7 feet, 81 feet above the
danger line. There has been rise of 1.3
feet the past "a hours. At Parkersburg
the river is 25.3 feet, 1877 below the
danger line.
Exposure to rough weather, dampness,
extreme cold, ETC., is apt to bring on an
attack of rheumatism or neuralgia
chapped hands and face, cracked lips
and violent itching of the skin also owe
their origin to cold weather. DIR. Nc
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