Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-30
KILLED IN The | MAD FLOOD,
Three Persons Die il Mononga-
hela Overflow.
SEVEN DIE in LAKE ERE,
Hundreds of Families Homeless md
Damage to Property Il Widespread
Roster OF the Dead--ThrillinE Scenes
and Escapes,

Damage to Property IL Widespread
and Escapes.
Pittsbufg, Pa, Nov. 2S-After three
days Of incessant rain flood unprece-
denied for this season of the year and
unexpected swept down the Mononga-
hela and Allegheny rivers last night.
In their mad rush the waters ruined
hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
worth Of property, caused the loss OF
at least three lives, temporarily threw
out of employment thousands of work
men by the forced suspension OF the
many industrial establishments lining
the banks Of both streams, and made
hundreds of families homeless.
Roster of tho Dead.
The fatalities are: ~.
FREDERICK KOPPMAN, 66 years
old, tripped and fell, breaking his neck,
while removing goods from his home.
JOSEPH DAVIS and JOSEPH
FLOCKER, mill workers, drowned by
the capsizing Of skiff in the Ale
gheny.
A November flood is common, but 1t
rarely reaches the danger line, and for
this reason the steady rains of the last
few days caused no alarm. The preclp-
itation had been heavier than usual
in the mountains at the headwaters
Of both rivers, however, and 1t was
not until late yesterday that the warn
ing came. &c.
Caught without Notice.
The message was sent out that both
streams were getting beyond their
banks and that there was dangerous
food threatened. The fast-rising wat
ers caught many persons wholly I'M
prepared and much valuable property
was carried away. The danger line is
"a feet, and this was passed about 3
a. m, and seven hours later the marks
at Davis island dam registered rs feet
inches. s.'" "a H. ..... V
Both rivers were stationary and it
was thought that the worst was over
and before nightfall the waters would
be receding. The low lands in Pitts
burg, Allegheny, South Pittsburg,
Sharpsburg and McKeesport are inun-
dated and nearly every plant fronting
the two rivers has been forced to shut
down.
Upper Floors and SklfTs Used.
Hundreds of families in these dis
tricts have either been driven from
their homes or are living in the upper
floors and using skiffs.
There were many narrow escapes
from drowning and several men are
reported to the police as missing.
Davis and F1ocker with three COM
panions attempted to row across the
Allegheny in skiff which became un-
MANAGEABLE and collided with a coal
boat, The men were thrown into the
river and Davis and Flocker drowned.
The Others chung to the upturned boat
and were rescued after being carried
two miles down the river.
At Neville island a four-span rail-
road bridge in course Of construction
was swept away. 1t was being erected
for the American Steel and Wire COM
pany, and was also to be used for pas
senger traffic by the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie railroad company.
Seven Meet Death in Lake Eric.
Toledo, O., Nov. 29.-The entire
crew of the schooner Maumee Valley,
which sunk in shallow water on the
Point Au Pelee middle ground, has
been lost. There were seven of them,
including the officers. Tho schooner
was owned and commanded by Captain
Henry Seaman. The rest OF the men
are not known. Seaman lived here,
but it is not known where he shipped
his crew.
The northwest gale Of yesterday fin
ished the schooner Chicago Board of
Trade, ashore on Niagara reef.
Tell Tales of Awful Peril.
Columbus, O., Nov. 29.-Eleven men
and two women shipwrecked, cold and
almost perishing of exposure, were
brought into port at; .Sandusky late last
night victims Of yesterdays terrible
storm on Lake Erie. They constituted
the crews OF the lumber barges Mel
vina and Charles Spademan. Half
,rozen and drenched to the skin by
waves which rose twenty feet high, the
crew of the Melvina were found cling
ng to the rigging, the vessels upper
works and deck load Of lumber having
been carried away. The sailors were
landed on Cedarpoint beach. Then
he life-savers put out again and res
cued the crew of the Spademan.
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