The record-union., 1897-02-24
LOElands Along the MOnOnSahela and
Allegheny Rivers Flooded,
Causing Many of the Mills on the
Banks of Streams to Close.

age Throughout the Valley Esti-
mated at a Million and Half
Dollars.
PITTSBURG, Feb 23.-The flood now
raging here viii probably equal the
great flood of 1854, which measured "a
feet. All the loWlands in the vicinity
of the either of the rivers have been
submerged since noon. More than TO-
600 men have been made idle by the
rise, as many of the mills are located
on 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, popular thoroughfares.
A large part of Allegheny has appar-
emily been blotted out, and 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, and
especially in River avenue and Robin
son street. Beginning at Brownsville,
on the Monongahela River. California,
p Monongahela City, Charleroi, East and
West Elizabeth, Port View, Mckees-
port, Turtle Creek and many smaller
hamlets have been inundated, or par
TALLY so, causing much damage and suf-
fering.
The distress of the people the night
before was awful, as many fled to the
hills and remained there all night
rather than trust their homes.
The coal tipple of Brown & Co. fell
with a crash above the bridge Of the
Wheeling division of the Baltimore and
Ohio railway at > O'Clock. and a fleet of
50 coal boats and barges were cut loose
from their mOorings, blocking the chan
mel from bank to bank, threatening all
the craft from there for miles below.
Several of the traction lines in Allie
gheny City are tied up tonight
The Westinghouse Company's motor
plant and machine shops are under
water caused by the backing UP of Tur-
tie Creek Hundreds of houses are also
under water from this cause. The ex-
position building is entirely surrounded
by water.
A score of manufacturing plants on
the Monongahela Valley have been COM
PEELED to shut down.
The United Coke and Coal Chemical
plant at Glassport has just been COM
pletely hidden and probably ruined, in
volving 100000 loss.
At | a. m. the river is almost sta
tionary, and the worst is believed to be
over The damage along the Mononga-
hela Valley is estimated at not less than
a million and q half dollars In Nc
Keesport alone the damage win exceed
$500 600.
HIGH WATER AT CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI Feb. 23-Last night.
in the absence of news of the great
cloudburst at the head waters Of the
Monongahela- no one dreamed the river
here would reach a maximum Of over
80 feet. Opinions changed to-day, when
it was learned that a flood in the Allie
gheny was coming down just late
enough to pile ii on that of the Monon-
gahela- Tonight the Signal Service
observer predicts that 60 feet will be
reached at Cincinnati by tomorrow.
At 9 o'clock tonight it was II feet 3
inches. a rise of > feet in u hours. or
three inches per hour. Reports tonight
from points above show rapid rises from
Pittsburg to Cincinnati.
Al Cincinnati and vicinity the towns
Of Dayton and Bellevue and portions of
Newport Ky, are already suffering
many incOnveniences. The water has
invaded the Central depot and compelled
the Big Four and other roads TO seek
higher ground. Gardeners in Mill Creek
Valley are already losing heavily. If
the river should rise to 60 feet losses in
all places mentioned above will be
greatly increased.
At midnight the stage of water in the
Ohio River was A feet II inches. and
the rate of rise was nearly three inches
per hour. Three mills in Newport. KY,
and one in Cincinnati have been closed
by the food.
FLOODS IN KENTUCKY.
FRANKFORT, Feb. - - Many
streams in Kentucky are clear out of
their banks and doing immeasurable
damage. -Four men were drowned in
Eastern Kentucky ana one man in
Butler County. Much stock has been
lost. fencing swept away and outhouses
ruined. The greatest damage is feared
in the nnouusafns.
News comes from Pineyille. Ky, that
two white men while crossing raging
enue officer, who was in the mountains
looking for moonshiners. Names are
not given. 1t Is feared that the loss of
life and property VIII be large. Stock
dr many sections are drowned
In Perry. Knott, LeJcher and Breath
#tt Counties the flood is doing much
damage. jameson, the county seat OF
the latter county, Is partially under
water.
AT BeattyvilIe much valuable prop
ertv has been swept away. Among the
heaviest losers in the mountains are
the lumbermen, wno have lost thou
sands of dollars worth Of timber.
At Mfddlesboroug.n a cioudburst de-
llrged the locality. James Clrarwell and
children. wlaie en- route home from a
neighbor's. in wagon, We're caught in
uhe cloudburst and all drowned.
At Harrodsburg the water ran over
the bridge. NJ. f. Patterson and wife
ATTEMPTED TO cross. Mrs Patterson
was carried away. The woman caught
q tree half a mile down strsaEn, Neigh
bors made a raft and rescued her.
In this city the Kentucky River is
away out of its banks. and Is higher
than it has been since the flood of 1898