Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20


and during the early hours OF the day
reached a velocity Of IS miles an hour
All telegraph communication was sew
cred between Cleveland and points
east and south. a few wires were
patched up to the west but even these
were reported to be working slowly.
In some respects the storm was the
worst experienced during the entire
winter. The heavy wet snow came
down In binding sheets, and the streets
in this city were covered with slush
almost ankle deep, Traffic on many
street car lines was badly delayed.
Telephone and telegraph poles were
blown down across the tracks and the
trolley wires badly tangled up, The
police and fire alarm wires were also
carried down and some sections of the
city were cut off from communication
with the fire and police signal ex.
changes.
out of more than a hundred wires
connecting Cleveland and Buffalo not
one was IN working order during the
early hours Of today, The conditions
between Cleveland and Pittsburg 1t
was said, were equally bad. Telegraph
and telephone officials declared that the
storm has been the most destructive
experienced in a long time.
The long distance telephone lines
were reported down in every direction,
there being no communication with any
outside point
II undoubtedly will be many days be-
fore full repairs can be made to the
telegraphlc and long distance service
Many poles are Frustrated, causing in
Vulnerable breaks In the wires
The electric light companies shut of
their current IN some parts Of the city
owing to the general mix up Of wires
Notwithstanding this precaution, how
ever, number Of persons received Sc
we're shocks and several horses were
killed. James White, contractor,
STEPPED on a live wire on Broadway and
was rendered unconscious. He was
badly burned.
Traffic on nearly all the steam roads
entering the city was delayed TO more
or less extent. In many places the
tracks were reported to be buried un-
der deep slush and It was found impos-
slble to make schedule time.
Lake Erie was dashed into Wild fury
by the violent storm. Enormous
waves dashed over the harbor break
water, sending up spray to the height Of
a hundred feet or more,
A crib 200 feet long and about 25 feet
wide, which was anchored at the end
Of the east breakwater. perpetrators to
bling sunk was torn from It's fastenings
and driven ashore inside the west
breakWater The crib crashed into the
west pier, but little damage resulted.
Information from the surrounding
country districts indicates that the
storm was II unusual violence and
wroueht much damage. In many places
the snow is reported a foot deep on the
level and the roads have been render
ed almost impossible by huge drifts.
Electric railways connecting Cleve-
land with nearby towns found II almost
! impossible to operate cars. Some lines
were completely tied up.
OHIO RISING RAPIDLY.
Ptlsburg, Pa, April 20.--It has been
raining almost incessantly throughout
western Pennsylvania. Ohio and West
! Virginia since 4 o'clock Thursday af-
| ternopn, and as result the streams
| are beyond their banks and the greatest
| flood since 1884 is feared. At 10
| o'clock this morning the Monongahela
! river marked - feet and was rising
at the rate Of nine inches an hour.
! Old river men look for rs 10 30 feet at
| this point, while those not so conserya-
| tive are predicting from 81 to 30 feet.
The danger line Is % feet, ana stage
Of 50 feet would inundate the lowlands
about Pittaburg ana Allegheny, sub
! merging all the mills and factories ly-
ing along the Allegheny and Mononga-
| hcla rivers for miles and enforcing ilie-
| ness on thousands Of workmcn besides
| rendering hundreds OF families tenn
/ porally homeless. 4 stage OF 81 feet
would food the entire lower districts
! IN this city from Ninth street 20 the
| point. The weather bureau has sent
! out a warning 10 all the residents on
I the river fronts 10 prepare for the high
! water. Already great activity pre-
walls. and everything OF a yerlshable
nature is being removed 70 places o.
safety. Dispatches from the head
waters report a rainfall for the 'aat q
| - 4 A OF
streams rising rapidly. a food swept
down on Carnegie and the whole
| CHARTERS valley, six miles southwest of
| Pittsburg. during the night. such, as, IL
IL said, never to have been known be
fore. Already one human life has
| been lost, the body OF an unknown
I having been found floating In CHARTERS
creek at Woodville. at 925 this morn.
| ing. The railroads are washed out
and trains are caught In the food, un-
able TO move either way Carnegie and
the whole valley are In a panic today
with traffic OF all kinds suspended, while
the people are rushing TO places OF
safety and seek TO save their lives With
out caring great deal for their prop
erty.
The main street Of Carnegie as well
as all the other streets are under three
feet OF water, and people are COINS
about In skiffs Trees, boxes. parts ol
fences and lumber OF almost every de-
scription 1oated through the main
thoroughfare this morning. The food
swept into business houses and homes
far too fast for the people 10 save much
Of their property and stock. and the
loss VIII run away up into the thol-
sands Merchants could not pile up
their goods quick enough to get them
out OF the food. for although everybody
expected very high water, the rush of
the food had gone beyond their great
| est fears.
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