The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-04-23
Danger Line Expected at Cincinnati and Other
Points Along the River Monday.
WHEELING PEOPLE SHOT AT STEAMERS
Afraid Have Them Approach Their Dwellings, Fear of the
Waves Might EnsuIf the Houses Alarm
Throughout the Ohio Valley Dense Fog at cIeve-
land Succeeds the Storm Much Suffering
in West Virginia Towns.

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said to have been found near Wood.
Vile.
The following railroads were Grip
pied Saturday: Pennsylvania lines,
southwest system (Panhandle); Pitts
burg, Charters and Youghiogheny;
Baltimore and Ohio; Pittsburg and
Lake Erie; Allegheny Valley; Penn.
sylvania lines, northwest system (Ft.
Wayne); Pittsburg and Castle Shan
non; Pittsburg and Western; Penn
sylvania railroad.
The monetary loss cannot be esti.
mated, but may amount to millions.
Dozens of manufacturing plants are
closed down along the two rivers and
thousands of workingmen are out Of
work.
COAL MINES FILLED,
RAILROADS SUFFERED.
The damage incurred by the river
coal company Saturday was the flood
ing along the Monongahela river. The
mines will have to be pumped out,
which will require much time AMI Ia
Dor. Railroads running between the
Ohio, Allegheny and Monongahela
rivers were great sufferers. A land
slide on the Panhandle division of the
Pennsylvania suspended traffic on
that division Sunday, while one at
Copper Works station, on the Balti.
more and Ohio. caused a suspension
of traffic for many hours. and after
much work one track WIS opened. Re-
ports from all surrounding towns Sun
day were to the effect that the dam
age was great and flood general.
Every RAILROAD entering the city on,
Sunday suffered from trouble of some
kind, including landslides. washouts,
snowfalls and inundations, causing
dangerous distinctions to traffic and
great damage to roadbeds and tele-
graph lines.
The borough of Carnegie was prac-
tically inundated Sunday and the
damage done in this thriving little
borough will reach thousands Of dol
lars. o.
Flood and landslides did great dam
age in Homestead and vicinity Sun
day. The Second avenue street rail-
way was tied up most of the day by
severe landslides in West Homestead,
Just above the Mesta Machine com
pany. Several tons of stuff came
down from the hillside. A force of
men was at once called from the
Glenwood car barns and it was late
In the afternoon before the tracks
were cleared. In the meantime pas.
sengers had been transferred.
LITTLE DAMAGE DONE
AT HOMESTEAD.
Little damage was done in Home.
stead proper except by the flooding
of the streets. The sewers In the
town have proven several times lately
to be inadequate to handle the water
that comes down, and yesterday the
streets were filed with water during
the morning. which filled number OF
cellars.
Up West run. In West Homestead
a score Of houses were flooded by the
creek becoming damned and turning
the water into the street.
New Castle, Pa, April 22.-This
city was storm-swept Sunday and all
business was practically suspended
Both the Shenango and Neshannoch
rivers threatened great damage tc
property. Yesterday afternoon the
Shenango overflowed its banks neal
the center of the manufacturing dis
trict and caused the Shenango tin
MILL the largest in the world, and the
Baldwin & Graham stove foundry tc
close down. A few hours later the
big steel mill was also forced to stOI
work. as the water drowned out the
fires.
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