Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-03-23
OUTLOOK is NOW VERY DARK.
Whole Towns and Villages in Ohio and lndi-
ana are Under Water.
FLOOD CAUSES FATAL R. R. ACCIDENT.


PIttsburg, Pa. March 23--The Allie
gheny and Monungahela rivers will
probably reach stage of thirty feet
Of water tonight. Tremendous rains
| roll Mt all points in the two upper
valleys last night and the water is
rushing towards Pittsburg at rapid
rate. Extensive districts are already
! Hooded In Allegheny.
The reports from the upper river
stations 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
are entertained that the flood will be
az great as in 1854. About five o'clock
| this morning there was sudden rise
In the Allegheny river and clean
sweep was made on the Allegheny
SIDE between Chestnut street and the
railroad bridges. All coal floats coat
boats shanty boats, RATS and every
thing ailoat were swept away. wrecked
or sunk, entailing loss of many
thousands OF dollars. While no lives
We're lost there We're many narrow es-
capes from drowning.
The heavy rains have caused many
landslides and washouts on the rail
loads and the through service west
of this city is badly delayed AT
Carbon, Pa, a Pittsburg & Western
freight train went through a bridge
Midened by the Hood Engineer Lake
was killed and Fireman Bradley ia
tally hurt.
! The Panhandle road is practically
| closed to trailic. The bridges between
! SteubenVile, Columbus and Dennis
ton are covered WIN water and II is
feared they will be swept away. All
through trains are coming in over the
| Fort Wayne
The Wheeling branch of the Pan
handle is In bad condition and no trains
| are being run on the New Cumber-
land branch. The CHARTERS branch has
not been interfered with to any extent.
Al Dubois the water is higher than it
has been since the Johnstown flood.
~ Leader dispatch says Sabula dam,
about four miles above Dubois, is ex-
| pected to break. II 1t should many
lives Will be lost The railroad tracks
are washed away and traffic is COM
| pletely blocked.
on the Fort Wayne road, Lutsdale
! Considerable damage is reported to
! private property. Much damage is be-
ing caused In and about Braddock.
Many families haze been forced to leave
their homes and several manufactures
! suspended operations. The Westlug-
house works at East Pittsburg and the
Braddock wire works are both flooded
| and shut down.
Scores of families In the Turtle Creek
valley are leaving their houses and are
moving their furniture to the hillsides.
In many cases the water has reached
| the second story windows.
At ! o'clock this afternoon the water
was still rising here with 26 feet, 9
inches on the marker
After summing up his up-river re-
ports today local forecaster Frank
Kidgway gave out the following river
bulletin:
"The Monongahea will rise to thirty
feet and the Allegheny to thirty-two
| feet which will equal the flood of 1891
The Ohio river below Wheeling will
reach "A stage that Will be nearly us
high as the flood of 1884. This is "A
conservative forecast"
HEAVY RAINSToRM.
Canton, o.. March Gone of the
heaviest transforms 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
| damage will result.
The Fort Wayne road is unable to
move trains either east or west. the
tracks being In many places under
water. a cloudburst seems to have
struck the Cleveland, Canton & South
ern railroad near Shsrrodsville, as
portions of The track are entirely
washed away.
PEOPLE DRIVEN FROM HOME.
Richmond, Ind. March 2S.-Iioavy
floods are doing incalculable damage.
The large bridge over Whitewater
river had been destroyed bv lire and
water. The city electric light plant
tory and the Nixon paper mill have
suffered heavy loss Many people
have been driven from their homes.
The streets are badly damaged.
HUNDREDS OF HOUSES IN
WATER.
Dayton, o., March Clayton is II,
worse danger than st any time since
1866. when the central part of the
| city was flooded. The Miami river
shows 49, feet at the government
gauge and Is rising. Last year when
about $4,000 damage was done the
rivers highest mark was 1874 feet
North Dayton Is completely under
water and about 300 houses are almost
covered. There were several narrow
escapes but no lives are reported lost.
| The bnckwater is doing great DANCE
| below the city. Three NJ the six troll
| ley lines in the city are blocked and
the steam railroads north of the city
are demorall2ed.
At this writing the levees protecting
| Miami city and Riverdale. popuous
| sections, are in danger and every effort
is being made to strengthen the levees.
| The water Is in the cellars In the cen
! trail portions OF the city and large and
valuable stocks of merchandise will un-
doubtedly suffer go that the loss in
that direction alone will be tremend-
Gus.
| Riverdale IL flooded by the breaking
| OF the levee OF hydraulic canal
| Miami City leyees are leaking and In
| danger. The damage will be trem-