The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-03-25
Several Districts of Pittsburgh and All
gheny Inundated.

several Districts OF ttftsbE--1 ana tiie-
gheny Inundated.
PITTsBURGH. Pa. March 2i.-The
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
will. in ali probability. reach a stage
Of 30 feet of water by night. Tremen-
dous rains fell at all points in the two
upper valleys Tuesday night. and the
water is rushing towards Pitts
burgh at rapid rate. At II a. ~ the
Mono3gahela marks head water AZ
stage of &C feet, ao1 the river is rising
about three inches an hour.
The following districts are already
flooded: Allegheny. south OF Robinson
street and South avenue: River ave
nue. and upper Robinson street and the
upper districts traversed By the Pitts
birgh & Western railroad: the lower
bottoms of Woods Run. lower district
of Saw Mill Run. lower districts of Nc
KEGS Rocks and Esplenborough. and
all the low lands between the Davis
island dam and Beaver; Sharpsburg
and Millvale dis riets. AM the lower
districts of the upper end of Allegheny
and Pittsburgh on the Allegheny river.
including the Allegheny Valley rail-
road track in the vicinity Of Kelley sta
ton.
The reports from the upper river sta
tions in reference to the rainfall re-
ceived by the Pittsburgh weather bu-
reau show that from one-half TO nearly
three inches of rain fell at different
headwater points during the night
Great damage is reported and fears
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as great as in 1884. About a. m.
there was a sudden rise in the Allie
gheny river and a clean sweep was
made on the Allegheny side be-
tween Chestnut street and the railroad
bridge. All coal boats. shanty boats.
RATS. and everything aAoat were swept
away. wrecked or sunk. entailing loss
of many thousands of dollars. While
no lives were lost, there were many
narrow escapes from drowning
The heavy rains have caused many
landslides and washouts on the rail
roads, and the through service west of
this city IS badly delayed. The
Pennsylvania limited was DELAYED
81 hours by washout near
Canton, o., and western trains
are from one to five hours late. The
Niagara express, south bound. is held
up by landslide so miles from here.
At Carbon, Pa, Pittsburgh & West
ern freight train wentthrough bridge
weakened by the floods. Engineer
Lake was killed and Fireman BRADLEY
fatally hurt.
Dayton, o., in Inmlneat Danger-Hun-
dreds of Homes Uader Water.
DAYTON, o., March 24.-Dayton is in
worse danger than at any time since
1866 when the central part of the city
was Hooded. The Miami river shows
1872 feet at the government gauge and
is rising. Last year when about $50
600 damage was done, the rivers high
est mark 1874 feet. North DAYTON is
completely under water and fully 300
houses are almost covered. There were
several narrow escapes but no lives are
reported lost. The baekwater is doing
great damage below the city. Three of
the six trolley lines in the city are
blocked. and the steam rail-
roads north of the city are
demoralized. At this writing the
ieyees protecting Miami City and
Riverdale, very populous sections. are
IN danger, and every effort is being
made to strengthen the levees. The
water is In the cellars in the central
portion of the city, and large and val
liable stocks of merchandise will un-
doubtedly suffer, so that the loss in
that direction alone will be tremend-
Gus.
At Dan ger Line at Cincinnati and a Disas
trous Flood Anticipated.
CINCINNATI. March 24.-The rain still
continues. The river at 10 a. m. reached
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