Evening star., 1901-04-22
NOT OUT. OF DANGER
River Falling But Rain Continues in
Pittsburg Vicinity.
WATERS RECEDING VERY SLOWLY
Heavy Loss viii Result to Man.
ufacturers and Employees.
THE FLOODS ELSEWHERE

PITTSBURG, Pa, April 22.-While west
ern Pennsylvania was fairly out of the
| clutches of the flood this morning, fears
| of quick repetition Of the disaster and
perhaps on an increased scale seemed to
| haunt the people. Weather conditions are
not reassuring. 1t is again raining in Pitts
| burg, and advices from the headwaters of
the Allegheny this morning showed a re-
| newed rise with a continued downpour.
| Warmer temperature. acting on the snow,
| was a factor that also caused some appre-
hension.
| The waters at this point have been stead
| lily receding since o'clock yesterday after
noon, but the retreat has been very slow
| indeed. At 8 o'clock this morning the AL
| legheny marks showed twenty-one feet,
and falling about three inches an hour.
Brooms and scrubbing brushes were ma
| nipulated vigorously in Allegheny and
| Plttsburg today, and the after-food clean
| ing was carried on in earnest. 1t is impossible
| to fairly approximate the loss resulting
| from the high waters. Estimates vary from
$1,Ooo,0o0 to $3,00O,OOO, but the first figures
| will probably come nearer the correct
| amount.
Result of the Flood to Date.
A review of the situation would place in
| the foreground $4,000 idle employees. who In
| two days of enforced idleness, will loose
| S20o,OD in wages Damage to plants along
| Penn avenue and to the vast WESTINGHOUSE
manufactory in W-ilmerdfng, with the shut
down Of other big establishments at Ran
kin and boroughs In the Turtle Creek val
ley, easily mounts up to half a million
more. The aggregate loss to railroads is
estimated at 100000 Property In Allie
gheny has suffered injury to an equal ex-
tent. Marshaling with these the manifold
Items OF damage to other adjacent com
| munities, the total of $1,00OOOU can easily
be reached.
The mills and factories along the river
fronts will not be able to resume before
tomorrow. The receding water lef, a de-
post of mud covering the machinery and
the cleaning of this is no small task The
rallroads are rapidly getting into shape
again, and by evening it is expected that
all lines will be running their trains on
schedule time. Thousands of men We're
employed all day yesterday and today. and
lheS nave worked wonders in short time.
b. and o. Tracks Clear
The Baltimore and Ohio has the east
bound track clear to Connellsville and
there is no trouble beyond that point. The
westbuund track Is still blocked at several
places between here and Connelsville, but
will be cleared up some time today They
| also expect to get through to Wheeling
by this evening and open up western and
southwestern connections from Pittsburg
The source of. the greatest trouble is at
Claysvlle. a short distance from the West
Virginia state line
The Washington branch of the Pan
Handle. which had to be practically aban-
doned Saturday account of the flood
and landslides, was put in shape Yesterday
and trains are now running over it. The
only serious trouble now rests with the
Wheeling division. and it Is expected to
have this in shape not later than night.
Forecaster RidReway's Views.
Forecaster Ridgeway Of the local
weather bureau says there will be no sec
ond flood. All three rivers will continue to
fall, and the rise at the headwaters is not
enough to affect the fall In the lower
streams. 1t would take a steady rainfall Of
twenty-four hours, he said, to check the
fall In the rivers, and from present indi-
cations that is not likely to occur
Only a portion OF the wood mill at Nc
keesport resumed operations today on ac-
count of the flooded condition of the mill
by the recent high water. 1t was the in
tention to start the entire plant after an
1dleness of a week on account of the recent
strike, which was anfcably adjusted last
Friday. However, a large number of men
went to work this morning clearing AWAY
the debris, preparatory to starting the
mill, which will be in day or two.
Incident of the Flood.
One of the thrilling incidents connected
| with the flood conditions prevailing
in this state was the hairbreadth escape
from destruction of the Pennsylvania lin
tied train westbound near Tyrone yester-
day. A boy riding frantically at the side
OF the track, wildly waving his cap gave
the warning to the engineer that saved the
train from going full speed into land
slide. Even with the warning the train
ran into large rock, knocking off the
cowcatcher of the engine, and a Pullman
was so badly damaged that it had to be
taken out of the train. None OF the pas
Sengers was hurt.
Some of the passengers said at the union
station last night that they thought the
train must have been running nearly sixty
miles an hour when the passengers were
suddenly jostied in the seats by the applica-
tfon of the brakes by the engineer Some
who were looking out of their windows
at the time saw the boy on the wheel wav-
ing his cap as the train flew by him. The
engineer had a difficult task to handle his
train. The train was not only running
| fast but it was heavy and the rails Slip
perry. which made checking its speed more
difficult.
D. R. Francis. a former governor of Mis-
souri,, was one of the passengers on the
train.
| At IL o'clock it had ceased raining here.
but was still cloudy and threatening. The
Allegheny marks registered 20 feet inches
and the Monoghahela % feet Both rivers
were falling at the rate of about two inch
es an hour The Allegheny rose about two
and a half feet at Oil City since last
night. but as this water will not reach
Pittsburg until some time tomorrow river
men have little apprehension Of anoth-
er flood.
Weather Bureau Bulletin.
Chief Willis 8. Moore OF the weather bu-
| reau issued at l1A5 am the following spe-
ciaa river bulletin:
During the last twenty-four hours the
| Ohio river has fallen "A feet at Pittsburg
and bs feet at Davis Island dam. 1t has
| risen feet at Parkersburg, II feet at Gin
cinnat and A feet at Louisville. The river
will pass below the danger line, % feet, at
| Pittsburg today. The crest Of the food will
| pass Parkersburg today. The river will
pass the danger line, 80 feet, at Cincinnati
by tonight and the crest will pass that place
| tomorrow. At Louisville the danger line Of
28 feet win be reached by Tuesday night.
There are no present Indications Of a
| change in the conditions sufficient to check
| the falling waters over the upper Ohio.''
| River Falling at Elmira