The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-21
RAILWAYS SUFFERED.
Tracks BlOcknded by LandsIides-The
Flood i'm Northern Pennsylvania.

PITTSBURG, Pa, April pa flood.
widespread and disastrous, has inundated
all the lowlands in western Pennsylvania.
eastern Ohio and northern West Virginia.
Streams both great and small have passed
the flood line and are still rising. Pitts
burg is the center of the storm-stricken
district, and the effects of the flood are
probably worst in its immediate vicinity.
Rain has been falling necessarily in and
for many miles around Pittsburg for sixty
hours, and all precipitation records are
broken. Parker's Landing, up the Allie
gheny, reports nearly four inches, and
Greensboro, on the Monongahela river,
over three inches. Down the Ohio over
four inches fell at Wood Junction, and
about three and one-half inches at Beaver
West and north of Pittsburg heavy falls
OF wet snow are reported. Up. the Allie
sheny valley reports come of two feet of
snow on the level at many places This
had the effect of breaking down telegraph
wires and Gripping railroad service. Mails
are either delayed for hours or not arriving
AZ all. Railroad officials cannot estimate
the cost OF repairs, but say it will be the
heaviest in the history Of railroads running
INTO Pittsburg. Tracks are torn up, bridges
weakened and telegraph wires and noIas
down in all directions. Six landslides have
occurred on the Panhandle between this
city and Steubenvile. two of them very
SViiOuS- Ht tndTlltTS DraQcn Is COmDletp-
" submerged and no trains can reach
W as hlngton. Pa, over this line.
Al Jones Ferry, on the south side, a
huge powder tell on the Panhandle tracks
ana trains had TO come into the city over
the Ohio connecting bridge, a detour of sew
eral miles. Beyond Steubenville the PAN
handle tracks are almost buried in snow.
me Pittsburg, Fort Wayne a. Chicago
Railroad is crippled by snow OF unprece-
denied depth west of Orrville where. in
the cuts. there were drifts five and six
feet deep. The telegraph wires were torn
down by the wet snow. The Baltimore &
Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads east are
In better condition. being troubled only by
small washouts and few iandslides. TIL.
Cleveland & Pittsburg is in a serious con
dition. owing to the loss of a number OF
bridges, and the Buffalo & Allegheny Val
ley is almost tied UP by landslides At
Valley Camps the tracks are entirely under
water The wreck trains Of all the roads
are all at work. but after the water sub
SIDES 1t will take two or three days to get
the roads into their normal condition
BIG PLANTS CLOSED
New Castle reports that both the She
mango and Neshannock rivers threaten
great damage TO property. This afternoon
the Shenango overlooked near the center
of the manufacturing districts and caused
the Shenango tin mill. the largest in the
world. and the Baldwin & Graham stove
foundry 10 close A few hours later the
big steel mill was also forced TO stop work.
The rivers are yet rising and indica tons
point to the enforced idleness of almost
every industrial plant OF the city through
the flood. The water is higher than II has
been for years. and people who live near
the streams are moving their goods ont
and deserving their homes. The railroads
have suffered severely and not one train
reached New Castle since morning over fhe
Pittsburg & Western from any direction
The Allegheny valley trains south bound
came through New Castle this afternoon.
as they could not reach Pittsburg over
their own tracks.
The Pennsylvania was this afternoon
badly crippled by big washout near
Rock Point. when several thousand cuhic
yards of the roadbed let so and sipped
into Beaver river. Reports from the rural
districts show that the storm has caused
heavy damage in the farming communities.