The age-herald., 1901-04-22


 not extend east of New Castle, but at
 Youngstown it was two feet deep and drifting in the cuts north of that city were up to locomotive headlights. The
 wreck of an Erie train blocked the road
 so that deep drifts formed. Water was two feet deep on the Lake Erie tracks
 at Saw NH Run, but trains got through. Big landslides occurred on the Pittsburg | and Lake Erie, the Baltimore and Ohio at Soho. on the Pan Handle on the l southside, the Bessemer at several points and the Allegheny Valley near Franklin, Pa The slide at Soho was 150 feet long, 1 and 1t required fourteen hours work to clear the track.
 At Skobo between Monaca and Aliqufp- | pa, the Lake Erie received its most seri-- l ous landslide. One hundred feet Of the l westbound track was carried fifty feet | down the steep bank, the whole face of | the bank slipping down into the river. | On the lines of the Pennsylvania and | Baltimore and Ohio to Wheeling great I damage Is reported, and both lines were tied up for several hours. Five miles of | the Pittsburg. Bessemer and Lake Erie l tracks are under water The bank was I sliding down onto the tracks and large | force of men could not keep them clear. The damage to telegraph poles and lines along all the roads was enormous. and 1t will take several days to fully repair l them Trains are now running on all roads, but no attention is paid to keeping | up schedules.
 Scene of Misery.
 The submerged districts In Pittsburg
 and Allegheny are today scene of ab- | ject misery. Cellars and in some in- stances the first floors of stores are cov- cred with water. and where the flood has
 subsided 1t has left behind greasy, yell l low scum two to three inches deep. The | residents spent all day trying to restore l their homes to some degree of decency 1 and comfort. The damage to furniture
 and buildings in Allegheny is estimated at about s100.0O0 It will take two months of l hot summer weather to thoroughly dry l out these houses. In Pittsburg the loss to l residences and stores and goods and the cost of cleaning up will amount to about
 s25O.000
 l At Carnegieboro. six miles from Pitts
 burg. the loss is estimated at s4o.0Oo The | Westinghouse Electric Company had two
 car loads of finished material for Toronto l Canada, on the tracks near Turtle Creek. l They were caught in the flood and water | got into the cars. The loss may
 reach ss0.o0o. The Pittsburg baseball park | is in bad condition. At noon today the first three tiers of chairs on the grand
 stand were under water and the bleachers
 were floating over the diamond It will
 take a week to put the grounds in shape
 TWO ARE DROWNED IN
 WEST viRGikIA RIVERS.
 Huntington, W. Va. April 21.-At 6 o'clock this evening the rain and snow which have been falling for seventy-eight
 hours ceased. The Ohio has passed the | danger line of 50 feet and is still rising
 3s inches an hour, with the Guyandotte. | Big Sandy Tug and Twelve Pole creeks
 also rising rapidly at all points. Fully
 ten feet more water is expected here. The Kanawha and New Rivers are also
 still rising. Great damage has resulted
 throughout the southern and central DOT
 tions of the state. There is much suffer-
 ing among people compelled to seek quar- l ters in the hills along the 9uyandotte and I Twelve Pole Carter Slatington was
 drowned in Tug river and John Swanson l drowned in Guyandotte while endeavoring l to save property. Cattlesburg, Credo. I Central City. Dingess. Dunlow, Barbours-
 vile and many smaller towns are suffer-
 ing severely Owing to the wires being
 down. 1t Is almost impossible to learn the
 situation in the interior counties, but from the debris in all the river 1t is evi- | dent that great damage has resulted.
 Hundreds Are Destitute. Ironton. O., April A.-The Ohio river is | 5O5 and rising three inches an hour. Sew eral hundred families in the low lying dis trIcts of the city evacuated their homes tonight. The flood will reach the base
 ments of many Destitute sufferers are being cared for at several houses and
 churches