The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-02-25
The Monongahela Receding
and Allegheny Passive.
BIG WATER Is CERTAIN BELOW.
Cincinnati VIII Get sixty Feet by To-
night - The Flood of 1884 Almost
RivaIed About Pittsburg-Tributarie
of the Ohio Doing Damage.

JnlB SeCUlOu, Dub mighty NOluho Va
water will flood the Ohio river below.
AS it is, the flood in this vicinity is a
close second to that of 1884.
Houses aud mills entirely surrounded
by water are common sight along
both rivers. Skiff ferries have taken
the place of streets in many sections
railroad trains are Cancelled street cars
stopped fires in furnaces and mills put
out cellars flooded; small houses
washed away in short the old story of
the rivers on a rampage has been re-
peated all the way from Brownsville to
the Ohio and for a considerable distance
up the Allegheny.
The coal tipple at Browns station
was washed away.
At the other end of the Glenwood
bridge skiffs were introduced to assist
rapid transit. The water washed over
the tracks completely cutting off the
Second Avenue lines South Side
branch, McKeesport and Homestead.
The Homestead passengers were trans
ferred in slSiffs the South Side line
could not reach within mile of the
bridge. and McKeesport's cars were cut
off by several hundred feet. The skiff
was piled incessantly, keeping open
communications between cars on each
side.
The Pittsburg, McKeesport and
Youghiogheny railroad suffered more
than any railroad entering Pittsburg.
From above Hays station to South
Thirty third street in the city, and
from there to the yards the tracks were
entirely submerged except in spots.
Hays station and the valley known as
Six Mile Ferry were flooded up to the
tracks of the Pittsburg, Virginia and
Charleston railroad. The river was
easily twice it's regular width at this
place, and the tracks of the Pemicky
railroad and Second avenue traction
line were feet under water.
The water reached within 90 feet of
Carson street at First street and not a
sign of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
freight tracks were in sight from this
point to the yards below.
The people were compelled to move
out on the lower streets of Allegheny
Plants and dwelling houses we Q
flooded along the banks of both rivers.
The Allegheny Valley railroad yards
between Sixteen and Twentieth streets,
in what is called the "lowlands," were
flooded. The rolling stock was removed
before the water reached the tracks.
Work ON the Twenty-second street gov
ernment dam was suspended all day.
No damage is expected.
The water was two feet deep on Pike
street between Twelfth and Fifteenth
street, and filed the cellars of the
houses of 90 Polish residents. AL
thought the houses were going sure and
moved out. Cellars in the neighbor.
5 hood of Thirtieth street were filled
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Along the Youghiogheny river it was
! reported late last night that many of the
houses were being undermined and
washed out entirely. They are threat
ened with being overturned and washed
down the river or demolished against
other houses.
AT Dravosburg about 100 houses art
half submerged. 1t was impossible tt
get from Reynoldton to Dravosburf
r save by riding through the waters in {
y wagon.
a Residents of McKeesport are unani.
a nous in declaring that the flood in tina
: city is the greatest in its history.
. 1t was strange sight to stand on tht
I Fifth avenue bridge. McKeesport, las
I evening and watch fathers going hom,
. in skiffs and climbing into the window
! Of the second story, to see but the top
Oh DOTCH6S dDON0 tuo IlNeI lcNcl, ull'
, here and there solitary lamp pos
sticking up out Of the water ON SOM
:; street.
q Braddock was in total darkness las
y night, except for oil lamps and candles
- Gas and electric light plants could no
!, be operated. The town is also withou
:, water, pumps are submerged.
East Pittsburg and Bessemer are al
most isolated through the action o
Turtle creek, which has become a will,
river. The town of Turtle Greek is un
It der three feet of water, and at Por
Perry some of the people living close T.
the rivers edge were forced to NOV
10 upstairs. In q number of instance
's the same circumstances exist in Brad
si dock. The Pittsburg and Lake Fri
/. railroad put great trains over trestles t
Z, keep them from being washed adrift.
,) CHARLESTON, w. Va, Feb. 24.-Th
70 river here is 40 feet and rising, and a
A. of the lower part of the city is unde
water. Both the Kanawha and Ell
X rivers are rising. and there is now ev,
" dence that great suffering among tn
N lower classes will follow the receding
,e the waters. At least 1000 people al
n temporarily homeless and hungry.
ne MoNoNGAHELA CITY, Pa, Feb. a..
Much damage has been done at thi
"a place. About 100 houses on East Mai
at street are surrounded by water, an
an many of the occupants have move
X upstairs or into other houses. Thel
al have been no trains running ON eithC
the Pennsylvania or Lake Erie railroad
CINCINNATI, Feb. 24.-In the absenC
of the great cloudburst at headwatel
of the Monongahela river. no Oh
n dreamed the river here would reach
maximum OF over 30 feet. Opinion
tit changed when it was learned that
mt flood in the Allegheny was comm
n lown just late enough to pile in on thi
II. ,f the Monongahela. The signal servi,
ue observer here predicts go feet will
~. reached at Cincinnati by tonight.
n. Reports from points above sho
ha rapid rises from Pittsburg to Cinci
as natl. However, the headwater stream
are falling, stationary at New riv
a. and at Elizabeth on the Little X
ha nawha, falling at Louisa on the b
az Sandy and rising slowly at sever
other sources or tributaries.
m At Cattlettsburg, KY, 100 houses a
~. more or less submerged and IA few fe
~ more will affect every business house
,;s the city. Cellars on Front and Thi
IT. streets at Portsmouth are flooded a
he many people are driven from tn
dwellings. Portions OF Maysville, X
and much of Aberdeen, o., are 81
merged, driving families from tn
homes On the Big Sandy river the '
OH lages of East Point ana Solyerville ha
re b on madC lDinhabitable. lt is report
he that fGnalU of six were drowned
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