Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-20
TERRIFIC STORMS
IN MIDDLE WEST
Lake Erie in Fury All Wires Down in
Cleveland Ohio River Rising Rapidly
Fourteen Inches of Snow.

lhere now those on Main street In three
leeJ OF water unable to move either
way.
An along the Washington branch OF
enc Pan Handle railroad, the condition
could hardly be worse. The road IA
practically washed out. There are
Washouts at Bower Hill. Brldgeyllle,
Meadow Lane and Arden on the Wash.
lnBlon branch, and on the Bishop and
Mlllers Run branch. which cuts OF from
hrlageVllle to the mining territory.
There Is no possibility OF traffic, owing
TO the Washouts and the flood that runs
over the tracks TO save the bridges
the railroad company officials ran cars
loaded with heavy stones on them this
morning with the hope Of holding them
down by sheer weight The residents
OF lower Allegheny for the first time in
many years have become anxious at
the threatening prospects Of Hood
Those nearest the river bank spent the
morning IN preparing and packing their
household effects 80 they could be
moved 10 a place OF safety al short no.
tlce AT the Western pententIary,
while the officials profess that they are
not IN the slightest perturbed. consulta-
tons and conferences are being held as
TO the best steps 20 be taken for the
safety and security ~ the many pris-
Oners should the worst predictions be
realized The danger line az the penl-
tertiary bank Is ~ feet and at II
o'clock this morning the Ohio had
reached height of q feet and was rls-
ing at the rate OF ten inches an hour
At noon II was still raining hard There
were % feet Of water in the Allegheny
river at that time, and II was rising
more than a foot an hour Predictions
are now confidently made that the great
food az 1854 viii be reached and pos
sibly pa. sed before "a hours The vol
ume Of water here IS greater than In
1884, and Is rising four inches an hour
faster than IN that year
STORM on THE MOVE,
Atlanta, Ga, April 2O--The storm,
which last night caused a general dis
| turbaule over parts of Kentucky, Ten
nessee. Alabama and Florida has NOV
| ed to the northeast and Is today being
| felt hi eastern North Carolina. Snow
| fell In Tennessee aud Kentucky and
rain In Alabama, Georgia and Florida,
! In Atlanta the winds have been abnor.
| mally high for twenty-four hours
| maximum velocity OF 90 miles being
| reached this morning The temperature
! has fallen nearly 40 degrees, aud re-
ports received today indicate that some
| damage has been done 10 small garden
ing. The weather bureau predicts frost
for north Georgia tonight.
The telegraph companies are seriously
| handicapped by the loss Of wires In ey-
cry direction,
FOURTEEN INCHES OF SNOW.
London, Ky, April 2O.--For twenty
four hours snow has been falling over
eastern Kentucky and has reached
depth of fourteen inches The mountain
! streams are all fun to the banks and
people living upon them are moving out
as when the snow goes of the Hoods
| will sweep everything near the waters.
| Great suffering Is being endured by
| those moving out The old citizens nave
| never witnessed the like, Great dam
age has already been done TO timber
COMMUNICATION CUT OFF.
Chicago April photographic com.
| municatl0n with all points east OF
| cleveland has been cut of early this
| morning by a storm which extends from
Canada to Tennessee and east to the
Atlantic coast heavy wet snow,
driven by gale, has played havoc with
wires and poles and both Western
| Union and Postal companies report
complete suspension of business to The
| seaboard Heroic efforts have been
made TO reach New York by way
of Atlanta and the coast lines ana via
Winnipeg and the Canadian Paelhc
| route but thus far without success
| officials here fear this storm VIII GRIP
ME wire equipment worse than ~ sew
eral years past.
WEST VIRGINIA RIVERS UP
Huntington. W. Va. April 2O.-The
Rig sandy. Twelve Pole. Guyandotte,
Tug and New rivers are at Hood tlde.
Great suffering is reported. All the log
booms I'm Guyandotte and In all the trl-
butariss Of the Big Sandy have been
swept away. causing an enormous loss
Fifteen inches OF snow has fallen W
West Virginia mountains ana hVe
inches throughout the Ohio valley
TRAINS ARE LATE.
Columbus Ohio April 2O.--The storm
has cut off communication by rail- WIN
eastern points Pennsylvania trains
from New York due here at a. ~ nnu
not arrived at noon. Special trans were
made up az Columbus 10 make eohiiye-
I tlops with ST. Louis Cincinnati ana W.
dianapolls. The Pennsylvania company
MAS the only railroad having a my
open east Of columbus anu ''"'
only 10 Trnway ono. -, -,
A, Dsnnlson. Ohio. eleven inches OK
,r,,, ls r4ported Locally large gangs
~ llpamen were kept busy all day re-
pairing damaged lines,
FREEZING IN KENTUCKY
Louisville. KY. April 2o--Reportss
from AN over Kentucky show last hisns
and today the temperature was lo"eI
! than any corresponding Apll III va
wears SNOW fell In the mountains anu
The temperature was DeioN 1919 ~,
The coolest weather was iet I'D lHe oier
-, ssctlou. the best fruit growing
region Of the state Serious uau'asv,
a. a. feared. was caused not alone "
,.or,e ,rut but 10 vegetables ana TO-
bacCo crops.
Rt1zZARD AT GAINESVILLE.
GAINESVILLE. Ohio, April ga biz
zari Is raging here and az street ~
traffic and business generally mas 49,
suspended. Telegraph ana te'tpnon'
lines are crippled and theIt p4S,
ticary no communication WIN ou u..i,.
roints snow has fallen for thiIty-sN
hours continually and all the streets
are blocked. A.. ,,,-.bern
- ~ Inc Nuskinrum valley Indicate
ihat very high water is imminent
OHIO RISING,
Portsmouth. Ohio, April 2O-Raln
ona SNOW. have been steadily falling
here FOR two days and SIN continue.
The Ohio river is rising eight inches an
hour ana a serious foods feared