The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-24

/ ly damaged.
Dayton. O.. March 2S.-Dayton is in
/ worse danger than at any time since
7 1866. when the central part of the city
! was flooded. The Miami river shows
i 1S.2 feet at the government gauge, and
/ is rising. Last year, when about 500
Z Coo damage was done, the rivers high
Z est mark was 1874 feet. North Dayton
is completely under water, and about
300 houses are almost covered
The water is in the cellars in the CEN
trail portion of the city. and large and
valuable stocks of merchandise will un-
dCubtedly suffer, so that the loss IN
that direction alone viii be tremendous.
a thousand families are suffering
Pittsburg. Pa. March 23.-The Ale
gheny and MonOngahela rivers will
prcbabl reach a stage of 30 feet of
at al points in the two upper valleys
last night, and the water is rushing to-
ward Pittsburs at a rapid rate. EX-
teTsive districts are already flooded in
Allegheny.
Canton. o.. March 23.-One of the
heaviest rain storms in the city's his
tory was experienced last night, and
the greater part of the east end of the
city is under water today. Heavy dam
age will result.
Columbus, O., March 2S.-The worst
local food in the history of the Scioto
river is in progress here. Thirteen OF
the 10 railroads cannot get trains in or
out Of the city. Fifty families at least
are homeless. and 500 more houses are
flooded. No lives lost so far
St Louis. March PA regular Da-
kCta blizzard prevails in St. Louis and
vicinity. extending down into Arkansas
and in part of Illinois. Last night the
temperature began to decline. and to-
day at O'Clock a fall Of IS degrees
from the highest point registered yes
terday was reported by the local
weather officials.
The heavy rains of the past few days
have caused all rivers in Missouri to
rise rapidly The Usage and GascOnade
especially are pouring floods of water
into Missouri. which. in turn, flows into
the Mississippi.
Indianapolis. Ind. March 23.-FlOods
are reported throughout the state OF
Indiana. Many important towns are
temporarily cut off from cOmmunica-
ton and trains have bsen entirely aban-
doned on some railroads.
1t is reported that $1,000 damage
has been done at GreensbUrg. where
at noon today. eight heavily laden pas
senger trains had been stalled for 16
hours, owing to washO1ts-
GAINESVILLE. o.. March 23.-Since mid
night Muskingum and Licking rivers
have risen 10 feet and all the Eighth
ward and part of four other wards are
submerged. Four thousand people have
been driven from eir homes and very
few OF them have saved any of their
household effects.
Wheeling, W. Va, March 23.-Wheel-
ing will suffer heavily from the flood
which is row invading both the whole
sale and retail districts. Manufacturing
establishments emp Dying 10000 to l5.cS0
men have shut down, either for want
OF natural gas, which was shut off to-
night or too much water.
Pi tsburg. March 23.-Three great riv-
crs-the MOnOngahela, Allegheny and
ChiO-are now in a flooded condition.
and there IS every indication that the
loss 10 coal o9er-. tors. manufacturers
and prOperty-holders in general viii
eclipse that of the freshat of 1891. Al
ready river coal interests have suffered
losses aSgreSating 500. co., and great
inconvenience must necessarily follow
Reports received from towns on either
side of the three great valleys show
great damage to the valuable property
on the lOwla-ds. and with the water
still rising. grave fears are entertained
of even heavier losses.
Mills along the three rivers are silent
and merchants and families in the
lower part of the two cities have been
ccmD PEELED 20 remove their goods to
higher ground. The less cannot be es-
timated tonight, but it will reach high
fEurc.