New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-24
FLOODS IN THE WEST.
GREAT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY IN SEW
ERAL STATES.
rrAss THAT THE FLOOD IN PlTTsBrRG WILL
,,o,-,. AS SERIOUS AS TIE ONE IN iss4-
wAsHoUT CAUSES THE WRECK OF
BALTIMORE AND OHIO TRAIN
A RIIzzARD IN ST

rOCiS
,,..sh,rr March o3-The Allegheny ard Mo-
,o,rahela rivers will in all proba bility, reach
sage OF thirty feet Of water tonight Ire
,osndous rains fell al all points in the two
,,nAr valleys last night, and the water Is rush
,ne toward Pttsburg ~ rapid rate. At II
n the Monongahela marks had reached a
<,sse O., twenty-six feet with the river rising
about three inches an hour.
The following districts are already flooded:
Al q. Allegheny south Of Robin-st. and South
ue. Hivcr-ave. and Upper Robinson-st. and
re upper districts traversed by the Pittshurg
sra Western Railroad the lower bottoms OF
vocds's Run. lower districts Of Sawmill Run.
,oue- districts OF McKce's Rocks and Esplen-
borough. and all the lowlands between the Davis
Gland dam and Beaver. Sharpsburg and Mil
ale districts. and the lowe" districts Of upper
,uerhe~y and Pi,tsburg on the Allegheny
p,ve- including the Allegheny Valley Railroad
racks IN the vicinity Of Kelly Station
Great damage is reported. and fears are enter
,,,,ed mat the food will be as great as in 1884
About < o'clock this morning there was q sud
A., rise in the Allegheny River. and clean
suesr vas made or the Allegheny side between
Chestnut-st and the railroad bridge All coal
eo,,s coalboats shanty-boats RATS and every
.N,,c aAoat were swept away wrecked or sunk.
s,,ag,ns a loss Of many thousands Of dollars
while no lives were lost. there were many
NARROW escapes from drowning. The heavy rains
caused many landslides and washouts on the
railroads. and the through service west OF this
,,.v Is badly delayed The Pennsylvania limited
was DELAYED Eve and one-half hours by wash
~. near Canton Ohio. and other western trains
are from one 10 1--WE hours late. The Niagara
express southbound. is held up by landslide
A.;y miles from here and will not get away until
late This afternoon At Carbon. Penn. Pitts
burg and Western treiGh, train went through
bridge weakened by the food. Engineer Lake
WIS killed and Fireman bradley fatally hurt
The latest reports received at the office Of
superin,enden, Miller. Of the Pan Handle, show
that The road is practically closed 20 traffic.
-al4rran,s from many towns east and north
4. Pir,shurg Indicate heavy loss from the high
water Kittaring is entirely cut OF from tele-
r-aphic and railroad communication. HAN the
business houses are flooded. At Dubois the
water is higher than II has been since the
Johns,own food. The people are moving about
In boats.
Leader" dispatch says Sahula Dam, about
FOUR miles above Dubois is expected TO break.
Nit does many lives will be lost
On the Fort Wayne road. Lutsdaie and FAR
Oaks are under water. Considerable carnage Is
repo-ted 10 private property Much damage IS
heinz caused in and about Braddock Many
..r,,l,ee have been forced TO leave their homes
ans several rnanufac: ories suspended opera
sons The Westinghouse Works at East Plus
hurr and the BradGock Wire Works are oo'h
flooded and shut down -, ,-uo,
SCoree ~ families in the Turtle Creek valley
are leaving their houses. In many cases the
wa,er has reached the second-story WINDOWS
All o'clock this afternoon the water was stu
-,s,,g bsra with twentv-six feet nine inches on
~ marker Water is in the cellars ~ the Alvin
PHou and Duquesne theatres. and the hoteIs
Arlington Victoria and Anderson but no serious
trouble is Anticipated
After summing up his upriver reports TO-DAY
Frank Ridgway the local forecaster, gave OUT
the following river bulletin: The MononsaheIa
win jtkelv rise 70 thirty ieet az d the Allegheny
70 thlrty-two feet which will equal the 1000
o. 1891 The Ohio River below Wheeling VIII
reach a stage nearly high as the hooo OF 1881.
This Is a conservative forecast