The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-24
THE FLOOD PROMISES TO REACH
THE MARK SET IN
SS4
TEN THOUSAND MEN IDLE.
OUT OF WORK BECAUSE PLANTS
HAVE BEEN FORCED TO sUS-
PEND.
Tx VICTIMS AT soLLYERvILLA
Whole Family Caught by the Rising
River and All of Them Reported
Drowned.

P1TTSBURG, Pa, Feb. 23.-Th
food now raging here will probably
equal the great flood Of 1884, which
measured thirty-four feet. 1t is i'm.
possible to estimate the damage the
present rise is doing, but half a mil.
lion dollars will be putting it mildly
to Pittsburg and Allegheny alone. All
the low lands in the vicinity Of either
of the rivers have been submerged
since noon, and it is not expected that
the flood will cease increasing until
midnight.
More tina $1,000 men have been made
idle by the rise, as many of the mills
are located IN the banks of the
streams. The water has invaded the
heart Of the city and flooded cellars
and stopped traffic in many places
notably Sixth and Market streets, pop.
ular thoroughfares. A large part OF
Allegheny has apparently been blotted
out, and the exposition park, where the
league ball games are played, has
vanished. exposing a slight fence line
Many people are made homeless along
the banks of the Allegheny river, az
the shore is especially low along River
avenu and Robinson street, Allegheny
and both thoroughfares are thickly
populated.
Beginning at Brownsville, on the
Monongahela river, California, Mo.
nongahela City, Charterio, east and
west Of Elizabeth, Port View, McKees-
port, Turtle Creek, Bessemer and
many smaller hamlets are inundated
or partially SC, causing much suffering.
The stress of the people the night be-
fore was awful, as many fed to the
hills and remained there all night in
the rain and cold rather than trust to
their homes.
The coal and coke tippIe Of Browne
& Co. fell with a crash above the
bridge Of the Wheeling division Of the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad at 8 o'clock
and a fleet Of eighty GAL boats and
barges was cut loose from their moor
ings, completely blocking the channel
from bank to bank, threatening all
the craft for miles below. About half
Of the fleet were saved. Several Of the
traction lines in Allegheny City ara
tied up tonight.
The plants Of the Westinghouse Elec-
trio company, machine shop at East
Pittsburg, covering acres of ground,
are all under water, caused by the
backing up of Turtle creek. Hundreds
Of houses are also under water from
tnIS cause. Inc exposition Building
is completely surrounded by water.
Oliver Wire and Mai company's plant,
Dillworth Spike company's works.
Finch's distillery, MOnongahela Iron
and Steel company, keystone Rolling
mill. part Of Jones & Laughlin's, Howe
Iron company, SchOOnberger's Con-
sClidated Steel n Wire company, w.
Devices and part Of Edgar Thomp-
sons, together with a score Of plants
up the M~onOngahela valley, have been
compelled to shut down. The United
Coke and Chemical plant at G~lasssport
has been completely hidden n prob
ably ruined, involving $500, 900 loss.
At l a. m. the river is almost sta
t1onary and the worst is believed to be
over. The damage along the M0nOn-
Sahelia valley is estimated at not less
h a million and a half. In Nc
KeespOrt alone the damage will exceed
$500, 900.