The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1901-04-24
PlTSBURG AND ALLEGHENY
Flooded Rivers Are Recedins But Wide
spread Damage and Much
Misery Remains.

PITTSBURG, April 22.-Pittsburg
md Allegheny are slowly emerging from
he murky food. The rivers are receding
learly a foot an hour. The highest point
reached at Davis island dam was 25.S
Feet at a. m. yesterday, which means
Is feet at the junction Of the Allegheny
md Monongahela rivers. The water re-
NAMED stationary until about 3 p. M,
when it began to fall. Conservative es-
imates of the total damage in this dis
rct is between $2,0O0,O00 and S3,0O0,-
200. Fifty thousand workers are suf-
,cring from enforced idleness.
While there have been greater floods
1t this point, there was never one that
,aused so much financial loss and dis
comfort. This was due to the denserpopu-
alton caused by the recent rapid growth
If the two cities and to the fact that all
The manufacturing plants on the river
banks were in active operation, most Of
hem working night and day, until the
Using water put ont the fires and drove
he workers TO higher ground. The loss
20 the railroads entering Pittsburg from
Hood, landslides, wreck, bridges, heavy
snow and the Interference with trallic
S roughly estimated at 81 ,00O,00O.
On the Fort Wayne the worst trouble
was a snow blockade between Salem and
Massillon. o. This began Saturday morn
NJ and tied up the road in "a hours At
} o'clock yesterday morning the track
vas cleared and trains began moving.
The same trouble kept the Cleveland
racks of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie
ate, i've trains having been blockaded
1t Windsor, near Leavttsburg, for
% hours This snowfall did not extend
East Of New Castle, but at Youngstown,
o., it was two feet deep, and the drift
ng in the cuts north Of that city were
lp to locomotive headlights.
The wreck Of an Erie train blocked he
'oad so that deep drifts formed undis-
urbcd. Water was two feet deep on the
Lake Erie tracks at Sawmil Run. hut
rains got through. Big landslides oc-
cured on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie,
he Baltimore and Ohio at Soho, on the
south side, the Bessemer at several
points and the Allegheny Valley near
Franklin, Pa. This slide at Soho was
work to clear one track.
At Skobo, between Mcnaca and ALI
luippa the Lake Erie suffered its most
serious landslide. One hundred feet Of
he westbound track was carried 30 feet
1own the steep bank, the whole face of
he bank slipping down into the river
On the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and
Ohio to Wheeling, much damage is re-
ported and both lines were tied up for
several hours. Five miles of the Pitts
Ourg, BesSemer and Lake Erie tracks
were either under water or mud. The
oank was continually sliding down oD
10 the tracks and large force of men
could not keep them clear.
The damage to telegraph poles and
ines alone all along the roads was enor-
nous. and it will take several days TO
fully repair. Trains are now running on
all the roads, but no attempts is being
made to keep the schedules.
1ences and stores and goods and the cost
Of cleaning up will amount to about
S250,OOO.
At Carnegie borough, six miles from
Pittsburg, the loss is estimated at $iU,-
300. The Westinghouse Electric com
pany had two carloads Of finished mate
rial for Toronto, Canada, on the tracks
near Turtle Creek. They were caught
IN the flood and water got into the cars.
The loss may reach $4,000.
The Pittsburg baseball park is in bad
condition. At noon yesterday the FIRST
| three tiers of chairs in the grand stand
were under water and the bleachers were
loating all over the diamond. 1t viii
take week to put the grounds in shape