The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-21
Family Washing I PROGRESS sass I lIi;1t

The Big Run. a turbulent stream. which
rises suddenly after heavy rainfalls Is
away over its banks and Cascade Park il
flooded Improvements in the progress
will be ruined. The southern portion Of
the town is also threatened by the stream.
Irwin. Pa, reports that the continual
downpour of rain of the past four days.
and still falling. has done much damage
in Irwin and vicinity. NoughiOgheny shaft
is again flooded and il is feared the en-
tier workings Of the shaft will be drowned
out. The last big snowstorm flooded the
same mine and 400 men We're thrown ou-
of work for a week The same work viii
have to be done over again. and the high
waters have caused the Hockensmith
Wheel and Mine Car company TO suspend
operations. The railroad bridge over
Brush creek is in danger. The big Penn
sylvania Plate Glass Company. in the
southern part of town. is I'm a shaky con-
immediate walls give way. The dam at
present holds about 9eo.e0 gallons or
water. Early this morning a break was
discovered near the overflow. Workmen
are now repairing the weak spot But the
danger is not passed yet. The inlet TO the
dam is raging torrent and the body or
water being sent into the basin is immense.
The dam now contains about thirty feet OF
water. as much as IL can possibly hold.
and should the rain continue 10 fall the
dam may give way and do immense dam
age.
CARNEGIE SUFFERS.
Carnegie, six miles southwest Of Pitts
burg is in a state of panic. To add TO tina
excitement, a number of negroes got drunk
on liquor being carried from the cellers
of saloons. Chief of Police George S. Fos-
ter tried 10 arrest three OF them. when they
attacked him with razors, cutting him
severely The fire bells were rung and the
citizens turned out. They suppressed the
negroes and arrested three OF them. Car
negie is in the worst condition from food
in its history. CHARTERS creek is far over
it's banks and Campbel's run, which emp
ties into the creek at CHARTERS, Is raging
torrent Much trouble at Carnegie was
caused by the breaking OF the Panhandle
Railroad bridge over Charters creek at
Heidelberg The debris fioated down 10 the
Thirds street bridge and blocked there. This
backed the water up into the main thor
oughfares, and skiffs had TO be used on all
The business streets. A number OF works
were compelled to shut down. The Superior
Steel Company, employing two hundred
men. Dunlap Steel Plate Company. one hun
bred men. Columbia Bridge Company. $50
men, and the CHARTERS Iron and Steel Com
pGny, four hundred men, are closed and the
plants are under water.
The damage by storm in Carnegie is esti-
mated at $4,000. including loss 10 mills and
merchants who We're caught unawares
Every cellar in the town is flooded and
many outhouses have been washed away
Several persons fell into the water. but
were saved The town Is in darkness, and
the people are suffering from cold. The
gas and electricity are shut off and the coal
bridge on the Washington branch, two and
one-half miles above Carnegie, has gone
down. The flood has ruined the foundations
OF the Columbia Bridge COmpanyS plant,
In course OF construction, and WASHED
away 200, 900 feet OF lumber. The loss viii
tie $1,000 to $4,000.
At Heidelberg mile from Carnegie. the
two-story dwelling of Peter Tice washed
away. Tice- and his wife, the only ocCu-
pants escaped. Near by the home of Henry
Swartzenberger was threatened Swartzen-
berger, who is seventy years old. refused
to leave, but was carried out by his son a
few minutes before the house was en-
quilted.
A special from Beaver. Pa. says Roches-
ter, West Bridgewater. Industry and
Smiths Ferry are flooded and the RESI-
cents are moving their household effects
and supplies to higher ground. The water
Is expected to be as high as in 1884. which
will result in great destruction of property.
All the glasshouses and manufacturing
The following was received tonight from
Sistersville w. Va: 1.-THE river IS rising
rapidly and much damage will be done an
the interior OF the country all the streams
are on a rampage. Midisland creek the
largest in the county, has been out Of lis
bank for two days and has destroyed al
property within its reach. The OHIO River
Railroad has not run a train since yester,
day afternoon and will not move a wheel
for couple of days vet. Between here and
Wheeling a half-mile landslide has covered
the tracks with earth from seven to ten
feet deep. The residents are moving from
the low grounds "
OIL City, Pa. reports that no business
was transacted on the Oil Exchange. "a
telegraph communication was interrupted
and no quotations could be secured. Al
Cory and points north twelve TO eighteer
inches of snow fell and snow plows hao
to be used the Allegheny Valley Rail
way.
Steubenville o.. reports the river thirty
one feet and rising ten inches an hour.
Forty-eight TO fifty feet Is expected there.
or more than during the 1854 flood. People
on the lowands there. at MingO, Alikanna
and Toronto are moving out tonight.
Cory. Pa. reports great damage done
by wind. rain and snow The warehouse
of Young & Sample crushed by the
weight Of snow, while Thomas Sample was
within. He was carried Gown with The
building. but crawled out from the debris
badly injured. The Pennsylvania trains,
north and south, had much trouble. trains
from Pittsburg and Buffalo being hours
late. About twenty inches OF snow covers
the ground tonight AZ one time to-day
the Postal and Western Union Offices han
wires.
Thirty mines OF The Pittshurg Coal Com
pany were flooded last night and to-day
by the heavy rains. ana the company =
having much difficulty IN pumping out the
water. The mines Of the MOnongahe.t
River Consolidated Coke and Coal CON-
pany are also flooded The high stage =
the water has stopped work az nearly al
mines on the Monongahela river