Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1901-12-19
P|ITSBURG UNDER WATER
Great Damage Wrought by Floods
in That City and Through
out the East.
COLD WEATHER ADDS MUCH SUFFERING.
Worst Is Probably Over and River
Reported Falling = Situation I'm
Pennsylvania and New York
business Practically Suspended in
Ithaca, N. Y,

pennsylvania and New York
business Practically Suspended 1,
Ithaca, N. Y. RI.
Pittsburg, Pa, Dec. 1.-THE cres
OF the flood and the lowest poin
touched this winter by the mercur,
were both registered at the sam,
hour, eight a. m, Monday, when thu
Smithtield street bridge mark:
showed rs feet inches of water in
the Monongahela river, and the gov
eminent thermometer indicated five
degrees above zero. The rivers are
now falling here and at the head
waters and the temperature is stead
lily rising. ..
flood and cold wave at the same
time is almost unprecedented, and
only the sudden drop in the temper
allure averted one of the greatest
floods in the history of Pittsburg,
AS it was, the lower parts of the
Point district and Duquesne way, and
lowlands along the Monongahela river.
South side, were submerged. In Ale
gheny the river front was entirely
under water, including Pittsburg and
western railroad, Lacock, Robinson,
Hope, Balkan, Walnut, Cherry, Mad
fson and River avenues. The cellars
in many houses were flooded and
people were compelled to move.
An Awful Night.
For the rivermen and dwellers
along the river banks of Pittsburg
and Allegheny Sunday night was the
most fearful experienced in many
years Similar conditions have been
practically unknown to this gener-
alton.
! Hundreds of men toiled all night,
with the gigantic coal lows, tied up
to the landings on both sides of all
three rivers, in the face of bitterly
cold wind Drenched at times with
the spIashcs of foam, their clothes
frozc on them Immediately, and the
suffering was awful.
Never in the history of Pittsburg
was there such flood on such a
H.iglt The rains and snow of the
past three days caused the upper
tributaries of the local rivers to
swell, and the result was a rise al
most unknown at this season of the
year. Warming was sent out from the
weather bureau that a flood stage
was possible, and even probable, but
the -suddenness with which the cold
air descended on Saturday night in
fuenced the minds of the men, who
were guarding the big coal fleets, and
the rise came as almost complete
surprise to them. Usually a cold
snap takes all the life and danger
out of a flood. It failed to do SO
Sunday, and as a result the freshet
will cost hundreds of thousands Of
dollars that might have been saved.
Damage will Reach Thousands.
The damage to goods IN the
wharves, in warehouses. stores and
private houses in the two cities will
never be known. Tt will probably
reach 100000. In addition to this
many mills and factories along both
rivers were forced to close down tenn
porari1y, and thousands of men and
women will be out Of work from one
to three days and much damage
done to machinery and finished stock
At all points along the rivers reports
of damage from the high water have
been received For distance OF
half a mile along The river sat Brin'
ton the cellars of houses were com.
pleteIy filed with water Sunday
night, and in some instances covered
floors Of the buildings. Water stood
two ard 'one-half feet deep in the
pits of the American Steel & Wire
conpany's plant at Braddock, and
the floors were partly inundated
The plant Of the Monongahela Light
& Power company, at Rankin, were
also flooded. At McKee's Rocks ir
all the cellars west of CHARTERS av
enue the water stood three feet deep
Spang's new tube plant at Etns
was closed Monday on account of TIT
high water. About 500 men are idle
The loss to shipping interests was
great. The Monongahela River Con
solidated Coal &, Coke company prob
ably will prove the greatest loser. 4
fleet of 60 empty craft, most OF then
coal boats, valued at about 5000 each
were torn from their fastenings JUS
below the mouth of Sawmill Run.
Between 10 and 20 loaded fiat O
coal were torn from their moOring
at Dusquesne and swept down TIN
river. Every one Of them was fillet
with coal The company reported
that number of the runaway Goa
boats had been captured. ....
In Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Dec. IL Report
from the flooded district in this stat
are to the effect that the water j
receding somewhat. Telegraph an
telephone wires are still down in man
localities and the freezing weather i
interfering with the work OF resto1
ing the service. All the railroads re
y, %Jr1.