Evening journal., 1901-04-22
Fruit Crop Of Ohio Valley
Positively Ruined
FEW FATALITIES REPORTED
Enforced ClCSiHg DOWA Of Big Indus:
tries CaHSpi a Temporary CeSSa-
tiOn in Production

Pittsburg, April 22.-Pittsburg and
Allegheny are slowly emerging from
the murky flood, the rivers receding
nearly a foot an hour. Conservative
estimates of the total damage in this
district is between $2.000,000 and So
100000, while $4,000 workers are sur-
fering from enforced idleness.
While there have been greater floods
at this point, there was never one that
caused so much financial loss and dis
comfort. This was due to the denser
population caused by the recent rapid
growth of the two cities. and to the
fact that all the manufacturing plants
on the river banks we're in active oper-
alton, most of them working night and
day until the rising water put out the
fires and drove the workers to higher
ground.
The loss to the railroads entering
Pittsburg from food, landslides, wreck
ed bridges, heavy snow and the inter-
ference with traffic is roughly estimat-
ed at s., 900 600. On the Fort Wayne
the worst trouble was a snow block
ade between Salem and Massillon, o.
This began Saturday morning and tied
up tho road for "a hours. The SNOW
fall did not extend east OF New Castle,
but at Youngstown, o., 1t was two feet
deep and the drifts in the cuts north
of that city were up to the locomotive
headlights. The wreck Of an Erie train
blocked the road so that deep drifts
formed undisturbed
Big landslides occurred on the Pitts
burg and Lake Erie, the Baltimore and
Ohio at Soho, on the Pan Handle on
the south side, the Bessemer at sew
erai points and the Allegheny valley
near Franklin, Pa. The slide at Soho
was $50 feet long, and It required IA
hours work to clear one track.
At Skobo. between Monaco and Ali
quippa, the Lake Erie suffered its most
serious landslide. One hundred feet Of
the west bound track was carried 80
feet down the steep bank, the whole
face of the bank slipping down into the
river. On the lines Of the Pennsylva-
MIA and Baltimore and Ohio to Wheel
ing great damage is reported and Both
lines were tied up for several hours,
Five miles of the Pittsburg, Besseme1
and Lake Erie tracks were either under
water or mud. The damage to tele-
graph poles and lines along all the
roads was enormous.
The submerged districts in Pittsburg
and Allegheny are a scene of abjec
misery Cellars, and in some instances
the first floors Of stores and dwellings
are covered with water Where tbs
flood has subsided It has left behind {
greasy yellow scum two to three inches
deep The damage to furniture an'
buildings in Allegheny is estimated a
about s1OO.O 900. It will take two month";
of hot summer weather to thoroughly
dry out these houses. In Pittsburg tn
loss TO residences, stores and good
and the cost Of cleaning up will amour
to about s25O,OOO. At Carnegie Dor
ough, six miles from Pittsburg, tn
loss is estimated at $4,000.
The report from Rochester, Pa,
that the Ohio has overhowed its bank
and a considerable portion of the cit
lying south of the Fort Wayne rail
road tracks is submerged. The rive
is still rising and a steady downpour {
rain continues. Extra forces Of me
are patrolling the railroad tracks o
the lookout for landslides.
At Beaver Falls, Pa, the damage b
the food and storm was considerabl
and several squares in the north end {
the town were converted into a lax
AT one place the wedding of Thoms
Elmes and Miss Clara Carter was
have taken place, and the driver Of Il
carriage had to wade to the house
Miss Carter and carry the groom, Il
bride and the groomsman and bride
maid to the carriage in his arms,
they could go to the church for Il
marriage ceremony.
The report from Steubenville sa
the Ohio river reached its food sta
there last evening, and after toachil
the 20 foot mark began to recede. II
food has wrought great damage
property in that vicinity.
At Mingo Junction, about 90 fan
lies were rendered homeless by {
high water. Little Italy" in the lo'
er end of the town, where 200 Italia
were housed, is submerged. and I
Italians we're compelled to fee.
At Alabama about 20 houses we
wrecked by the flood.
Along the Monongahela river rain
reported at most points, but the riy
is receding. Morgantown reports