The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-04-26
STORM CAUSES BIG LOSS
Snow and Rain Sweep Over the
Ohio River Valley Leaving a
Trail of Desolation.
THE PROPERTY DAMAGE IS ENORMOUS.
Cities and Towns Under Water and
Scores of Factories Compelled to
Stop Work-TvvO Lives known to
Have Been Lost-Cold Adds to the
Suffering.

StOD 1OrA-4tVO A4tSS AAhONSA ~
Have been Lost-Cold Adds to the
Suffering.
Pittsburgh, Pa, April 22.-The most
widespread and destructive storm in
years has left zone of ruin 200 miles
in diameter. It was unusual in that 1T
possessed so many different features.
Cities 70 miles from Pittsburgh were
tied up by one of the worst snowstorms
ever known. a few miles away from
these unfortunate towns were munich
palities in just as dire straits from
rain. Water overflowed and washed
out railroad tracks and hillsides came
down and buried the rails.
Damage Is Enormous.
The money loss is just as difficult to
foot up. It may reach $3,00O,0OO. The
railroads think they have lost $1,000
900. The loss of wages to the army OF
workers in manufacturing plants up
and down the rivers will mount up to
100000 and the repairs to plants will
be a large sum. The damage to stores,
stocks, residences and furniture in
Pittsburgh, Allegheny and towns and
cities down the Ohio will probably
reach 100000. The telegraph COM
panies have suffered severely, but can
not yet compute their losses.
Railroads Crippled.
Railroad and street car traffic was
badly crippled where it was not aban-
doned entirely. The heavy snow
clinging to the telegraph, telephone
and trolley wires carried down miles
of poles, blockading streets in many
cities and adding to the peril from the
storm. Trains on all lines were many
hours late, and mails will be delayed
in some cases for days.
Ten Persons Perished.
OF the ten persons who met death
as a result of the storm, three were
drowned at Marietta. O., man. his
wife and one child being carried to
the bottom of the river when their
houseboat was torn from it's moor
ings.
One trainman was killed and au-
other injured severely in a railroad
wreck at D!acksburg, S. c. The wreck
was caused by washout. AT Car
negie. Pa, a man who fell from the
second story of house into the flood
ed cellar was drowned.
An aged woman living in Alleghen!
died of excitement when the waters
entered her home. Four Hungarian<
were drowned near Sharpsburg.
Snow In the South.
Cincinnati, April 22.-Dispatches re-
port snow two feet deep OIL the level
and in some places drifted to depth
of six to ten feet in Kentucky, West
Virginia, Virginia and the Carolinas
causing serious suffering. In Ken
lucky especially cold weather pre-
walls, the freezing point being reached
The low temperature prevailed over
the entire storm-swept section. The
unusual weather caught people unpre'
pared, and many found it impossible
to procure fuel.
Fatal Wreck.
Charleston, w. Va, April ga
freight train ran into washout near
here, the engine was overturned and
Conductor Parker's head was cut off
The engineer and fireman were caught
under the engine, but neither was seri'
ously in iured. The Kanawha river is
sc feet above low water and station
AIRY. a large part of the city is under
water. All railroad traffic is delayed
and in some places suspended. Car
ter Slatington was drowned in Tug
river and John Swanson drowned in
Guyandotte while endcavoring to save
property.
Three Drowned.
Cumberland, Nd, April 22.-1n the
Potomac flood at Green Springs Mich
olas Jenkins, Emanuel Smith and Rob
crt Carter, railroad men, were oil
drowned. They were crossing the
river from the Maryland side. The
flood threw up the body Sunday OF
Miss Mary Calan, college girl
drowned six weeks ago.
Meager details of a c1oudburst in
South Branch valley tell of great de-
struction along the Chesapeake and
Ohio canal from Cumberland to Wash
;ngton. 1t will cost hundreds of thou
sands to repair it. Landslides are
numerous.