Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1901-04-25
EElNG FROM THE FLOOD
'Stfeams fn Pennsylvania, Ohio and
4 West Virginia Beyond Their Banks.
CHARTERS VALLEY INUNDATED
AIN the Streets of Carnegie
Under Water.
LANDSLIDE ON THE B. 6 0. RAILROAD

\ Pittsburg, Pa, April 2o.-It has been
kaining almost necessarily throughout
AWesteIn Pennsylvania, Eastern Ohio
ahnd West Virginia since O'Clock
HIhursday afternoon, and, as q result,
Nall the streams are beyond their banks,
fnd the greatest food since 1884 is
Feared. At 10 o'clock this morning, the
NMonongahela River marks registered 10
keet and rising at tt& rate OF. nine
Enches an hour. Old rfvermen look for
10 to 30 feet at this poiut, while those
\ mot SO conservative afefpredicting from
A R32 to 30 feet. The danger line is %
4 hfeet, and stage Of 81 feet would inun-
ddate the lowlands about Pittsburg and
| ~ llegheny. submerging oil tho mills
A fand factories lining the A flegheny and
Monongahela Rivers for miles, and en-
N 3forcing idleness on thousands Of work.
linen, besides rendering hundreds of
i lam lies temporarily homeless A stage
n Iof 80 feet would flood the entire lower
u district of this city from Ninth street
4 ITO the point. The Weather Bureau has
\ sent out warning to all the residents
ION the river fronts to prepare for the
khigh water. Already, great activity
I kprerails. and everything OF lerishabIe
4 mature is being removed TO places of
y Safety. Dispatches from the head
| waters report rainfall for the last "a
Fhours of from | to pa inches, and all
STREAMS rising rapidly.
II uHIDENTITIED WOMAN DROWNED.
A flood swept down on Carnegie and
y the whole CHARTERS Valley, six miles
\ southwest of Fittsburg, during tho
4 might, such as is said never to have been
known. Already, one human life has
4 Ibeen lost, an unidentified woman hay.
] ing heen found floating in CHARTERS
NCreek at Woodville at 9.25 O'Clock this
7 imorning. Railroads are washed out,
land trains are caught in the food, un.
liable to move eithtA way. Carnegie and
, lthe whole valley were in panic this
morning, with business and traffic of
fall kinds suspended, while people were
rusning to places CT safety and seek
| ling to save their lives without caring a
Igrest deal for their property, The
main street OF Carnegie. as well as all
the other strests, is under three feet Of
water, and people are going about in
jSskitfs. Tree boxes, parts OF fences and
lumber of almost every description
| hnatsd through ths main thoroughfare
\ this morning. The food swept into
Y ifbusiness houses and homes far too fast
for the people to save much OF their
property, and the loss will run away IN
into the thousands Merchants could
not pile up their goods quick enough
i to get them out of the way of the flood.
ior, though everybody expected very
'Ahigh water, the rush OF the flood had
Ngone beyond their gretatest fears. Car
triages and wagons were hitched up
Yearly today, and immediate steps were
A taken to haul them away to places of
safety. Cars of the S outhern Traction
Y tCo. were caught on the ;streets in the
4 flood, and are standing there now, those
pn Main street in three feet of water,
unable to move either way.
RAILROAD TRACKS UNDER WATER.
A j along the Washington branch of
the Pan Handle railroad the condition
Ecould hardly be worse The road is
lI Practically washed out. There are
Rashouts at Bower Hill, Bridgeyille.
y eadow Lands and Arden, on the
A Washington branch; and on the Bishop
I'D Millers Run branch, which cuts off
" pm Bridgvllle to the mining terri.
n ilry, there is no possibility Of traffic,
A wing to the washouts and the flood
That runs over the tracks. To save the
\ bridges, the railroad company officials
\ Fan cars loaded with heavy stone onto
Ylhem this morning, with the hone of I
lnolding them down by sheer weight.
iVNone of the trains which went up the
N washington branch during the night
Preached their destinations, they being
i 1lunable to get farther than Canonsburr.
1fWhat is worse, these trains could not
come back, and are caught in the
country, unable to move either way
The last train for Washington, Pa.
which left at midnight, is in such
Il lIplight.
Nj The body Of the woman who was
drowned at Woodville was caught float.
A ling IN CHARTERS Creek by some men
Nwno were at work there. lt was draooed
no the bank, but where tine bcdy came
Efrom has not yet been discovered. The
\ llnews of this drowning added 10 the
panic that prevailed at Carnegie, be.
pause it is very easy for life to be lost
Nin that town even in some of the streets
yThe water running through the streets |
siTith great force in some places. Car.
lTpegie lies rather low, but this morr-
hpng HOOD swoOped down on the town
1,more rapidly and with more force than
II Ihny other flood which has been known
l there in many years, and indeed il is
elaimed within the memory of the old
Iest Inhabitants
Rt LANDSLIDE NEAR SOHO.
IN One OF the effects of the heavy rain
llhSio was ihuusIUB at o 'Ol0Ck this
N lImorning Just beyond Soho, which car.
|HEied the houses OF Michael Gull and |
A Edward Collins down onto the Balti. |
llmore 4 Ohio railroad tracks. MIR. and |
Mrs. Gull were thrown from their beds. |
itbut escaped with few slight injuries
III One Baltimore IL Ohio track is com |
llnleiely blocked by the wreckaee. and |
itthe entire hill from Lawn street to tbe |
lIBatimore & Ohio tracks, distance of
lE5oo feet isislipping and may 60 down.
Pittsburg, Pa, April %. - While
lIWestern Pennsylvania was fairly out Of |
ilthe clutches of the flood this morning.
Ifears Of a quick repetition of the dis
lhster, and perhaps on nm increased sale.
Feemed to haunt the people. The
weather conditions were not reassur-
ling. 1t was again raining in Pitts
burg, and advices from the hesdwaters
Vol the Allegheny showed a renewed
trlse. with a continued downpour,
llWarmer temperature acting on the
LBnow was factor that also caused
Fome apprehension. Tho water at tb,s
Point has been steadily receding since
Is O'CLOCK yesterday lafternoon, but the
'retreat has been very slow indeed AT
IN n'Hlnnk tbiu MAJ Al. Il