Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-07-25
A FLOOD COMING.

Warning Signals Sent out from the Pitts
burg Weather Bureau The River Ris-
ing
Pi.tSburg, Pa, July 25.-1 a. n
La,e tonight Forecaster Ridgeway. of
the local weather bureau. sent out
warning bulletin that a fCOd Is coming.
A. y o'clock midnight the marks at
Davis Island dam showed II 1-10 feet Of
water in the Ohio, and il was rising
several inches an hour. The weather
bureau says there Will be al least %
lee here. This will make h.gh water
az points below river towns md cause
great damage.
The people Of Pittsburg and Ale
gh a-y Were ColgrsJulatipg themselves
-0-G-y that -hey narrowly escaped d
4Cci. i appears now that the con-
g.s-u!atiCrs were premature The
rainfall in tbs Immediate vicinity,
while IL was heavy. was bur as a drop
c-mpircl with che torrents which fell
over the be2dwaJers Of the MonOnga-
hel3 river. Reports from every point
this s.de Of the Was Virginia line are
90 che effect that during Thursday
night ana the succeeding day there was
The heaviest ran in
A QUARTER OF A CENTURY.
Roaring torrents are coming down the
GC-ongshc,a and the YOugh.Ougteny.
surprising in volume the strong rise
OF Wednesday. AZ the same time there
have bs5l heavy rains On the Ale
gheny, which WI cause a strong rise
in that river on IS eastern tributaries
Toward the mountains the rain has
S5aI harder than On the main stream
and the Clarion, Nahon.2g and hiski-
.lin.as Will add greatly 10 the flood.
Rain ieil heavily al day along the VAL
l5ys eff the Kiskiminit2s and Cone
rIugb. and those streams were rising
very rapidly this evening. The CHIEF
G1mage. however, is from the MonOn-
gahela. A mes sage received last even
ing by the w. Devices Wood Company
at McKeeSpor,, from Greensboro. stat
ed that ,he river was then % feet at
that place and rising rapidly. The
YOugliOgheny is also
RISING VERY FAST.
The rain has been exceedingly heavy on
the mountain slopes over the valleys
OF the COsselman and the South Fork
az Confluence. there was an inch and
one-th.ri from eight O'Clock in the morn
ing until p. 10. The river was then
rising q foot an hour.
A bulletin from JOhnstown says the
Consmaugh and KiSkiminitas are over
flowing their banks. There is no South
Fork dam TO burs, this time, but all the
mountain streams are pouring ,thoUs-
auas of tons of water into the COnem-
augn valley. This IS finding its way in
to the Kiskimiritcs and then 10 the Al
iegheny, which
is NOW KEEPING PACE
with the Monongahe,a. Local river
men are alarmed and every effort to
save The shipping ir0m destruction is
being made. The danger Inc is now
n.rue.n fses. This viii put water in
the cellars and inundato everything Cn
the ,owl&nds. especially The mills lin
ing the river. Part OF them have al
ready been compelled 10 shut down
owing TO water in fly wheels.
During the high water Of Thursday
some damage was done at the w. De-
Wees wood works al McKessport and
JbC officials Of the company were on the
e,ert this evening to prepare for a Sec
oud Hood. Part OF the mill had 10 close,
az Gl9ssporJ. across the river from Nc
KeesFor,. The foundations Of the new
glass factory being erected by the Unit
cl States Glass Company are under wa
ter. The residents OF lower Allegheny
have
TAKEN ALARM.
and are moving their goods 70 upper
stories. Rain fell here to-day but stop
ped early in the evening. About tx
O'Clock this afternoon a train on the
Washington and Waynesburg Railroad
was stopped between Sycamore and
Waynesburg. The wacer Of Ten Mile
creek rose so suddenly. because OF the
heavy Gownp0ur, that the fire box OF
the engine was flooded and the engine
was killed" The water receded after
the rain ceased and the train was pushed
back 10 Waynssburg. Great damage is
reuor-ed IN many parts Of Greene ccun-
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