The age-herald., 1901-04-21

'--.-----.---- of wet snow are reported Up the Ale gheny Valley reports come of two feet of snow on the level at many places. This passed off, breaking down telegraph wires and crippling railroad service Mails are either delayed for hours or not arriving at all.
 Railroad officials say the loss will be the heaviest In the history of railroads running into Pittsburg. Six landslides have occurred on the Panhandle between this city and Steubenville, two of them very serious. The Chartes branch Is com pletely submerged and no trains can reach Washington, Pa, over this line.
 Beyond Steuhenville, the Pan Handle tracks are almost buried in snow. The Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail- road is crippled by snow of unprecedent- ed depth west of Orrville, where there are drifts five and six feet deep. The Bal timore and Ohio and Pennsylvania Rail- roads east are in better conditions being troubled only ty small washouts and a < few 1andslidess. The Cleveland and Pitts burg is in serious condition owing to the loss Of a ntimber of bridges, and the Buff falo and Allegheny valley is almost tied up by landslides At Valley camps the tracks are entirely under water. All the wrecking crews of the road are at work but after the water subsidies it will take some days to get the roads into normal condition A special from Beaver, Pa, says: Rochester, West Bridgemater h. dustry and Smith Ferry are flooded and the residents are moving to higher ground. The water is expected to be as high as in 1884 which will result in great destruction of property. All the glass houses and manufacturing plants will be flooded.
 In Virginia.
 The following was received tonight from Sistersville, W. Va:
 "The river is rising rapidly and much damage will be done. In the interior Of the country all the streams are on rampage. Mud Island creek. the largest in the country, has been out of its banks for two days and has destroyed all pro- erty within its reach. The Ohio River Railroad has not run train since yes terday afternoon and will not move wheel for a couple of days yet. Between here and Wheeling a half-mile landslide has covered the track with earth from seven to ten feet deep. The residents are moving from the lowlands.'
 New Castle, Pa, reports that both the Neshannerk rivers threaten great dam age to property. This afternoon the She mango overfiowed near the center of the manufacturing districts and caused the Shenango tin mill the largest in the world and the Baldwin and Graham stove foundryp to close. few hours later the big steel mill was also forced to close. The rivers are still rising and indications point to the enforced idleness of almost every industrial plant in the city The water is higher than for years, and people who live near the streams are deserting their homes. Railroads have suffered severely and not train reached this city from any direction. The Penn sylvania was badly crippled this evening by big washout near Rock Point, where several thousand cubic yards of the road bed let go and slipped into Beaver river.
 Reports from the rural districts show that the storm has caused heavy damage in the farming communities The Big Run & turbulent stream which rises sud- denly after heavy rainfall. Is way over it's banks and Cascade Park is flooded. Improvements in progress will be ruined. The southern portion of town Is also threatened.
 Continual Downpour.
 Irwin, Pa., reports that the continual downpour of rain for the past four days, and still falling. has done much damage in Irwin and vicinity. The last big snow storm flooded the mines here and four. hundred men were thrown out of work for a week. The same work will have to  caused the Hockensmith Wheel and Mine Car Company to suspend operations. The big Pennsylvania Plate Glass Company in the south of town, Is in shaky con dition and fears are felt that the i'm mense walls will give way. The dam at | present holds about twenty million gal | Ions of water and early this morning a | break was discovered near the overflow. | Workmen are now repairing the weak spot The inlet to the dam Is raging | torrent and the body of water being sent | into the basin is immense The dam now holds about thirty feet of water and should the rain continue the dam may give way and do immense damage. |
 Carnegie six miles southwest of Pitts burg is in state of panic.
 Charles Creek is far over it's banks and | Campbelfs run, which empties into the creek at Charters, Is a raging torrent, Much of the trouble at Carnegie was caused by the breaking of the Pan Han dle Railroad bridge over Charters at Hell delberg The debris foated down to the Third street bridge and blocked there. This backed the water up into the main thoroughfare, and skiffs had to be used on all the business streets. number of works were compelled to shut down. The Superior Steel Company, employing 200 men, Dunlap Steel Plate Company, 100 men; Columbia Bridge Company lo0 men, and the Charters Iron and Steel Com pany, 400. are closed, and the plants are under water