The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-04-22


two cities and 90 the fact that all the man
ufacturlns plants on the river hanks were
In active operation, most Of them working
night and day until tho rising water put
nut the fires and drove the workers to
higher ground Among the plants flooded
wholly or In part are the Groctzlngcr tam
merry. Gallery tanucry, standard lee com
napy, Armstrong McKeNNy company, Luty
4 Schram Fcking works, McGraw's tam
merry Carlu foundry aud machine shops
Pittsburg Provision company, Walkers
soap works. Charles nut works, Baker Man
ufaeturlng company. Peter Rcssick 4 CO.,
Ilcrzogg Misunderstanding company, Damas.
Gus Brnnze company, Iron city Spring
company. Eagle Paint aud Varuish com
pany, Morrison Bros stone works Hall
rnmp works, Siclian Asphalt ana Paving
company. pipe cutting department OF the
PENNSYLVANIA tube works, Jones * Laugh.
Inns, The National tube works, the Elbn
Iron company, National supply company,
keystone smelling company, Glen shaw
GLASS company, Spong Cholfont company
american steel Hoop company. Columbia
bridge works, superior iron aud steel
works American Steel md Wire mills, nh
worth Porter company, \, II Blcrs \ Coz
oliver steel and Wire company, Benz &
pany, shlfer bridge works, Il. Porter a
Co.'S locomotive works keystone bridge
works Cnrncglc's upper and lower Union
mills Black Diamond steel works, ftNs
burg bridge works, Wayne steel and iron
works Carnegle's Slxty-sccond street fur
races Lucy furnaces Crescent steel works,
Marshall Structural companys works, Arm
strong company, A. Is g. II. Hamilton
company Best box factory, Shoeberger
steel works. Fort Fit foundry and zug's
mill.
The loss 10 tho railroads entering Pitts
burg from Hood landsiides, wrecked
bridges, heavy snow and interference with
traffic Is estimated at Sl,oQe,o00.
on the Fort Wayne railroad The worst
trouble was n snow blockade between Mas
sllon and Salem ohio. This hegnn sat
urday morning and tied up the road In
twenty four hours, Al O'Clock his morn
ing the track was cleared and trains began
moving. The same trouble kept the CieYc.
land trains Of the PittsburB and Lake Erie
late 1--WE trains having been hlockaded az
window, near LeayttsburE. for twenty-five
hours. This snowfall did not extend east
% New Castle, hut at Youngstown II was
Two feet deep and drifting In tho cuts
north OF that clty were up TO locomotive
htauhehln' ine wreck Oh uu hfl' 'i"'n
blocked me road 80 that deep drltiS were
formed Water was two feet deep on The
Lake Erie tracks Mt sawnii run, but trains
got through Dig 'annaH"cH occurred on
the pittshurg and Lake Erie. the Baltimore
and obio -, Soho ,hc p,nbandie nm m,
~" W." ~ ''"'' ~ ''' ~
south side. the bcssemer ~ seVerAI polhts
and the Allegheny Valley near FRANKLIN
IN vba sltIc NJ soho uns I5O font lou,,
"a IL tn,
clear he track
Al sLolo hetwocn Afnuoea and Ailnufuna
'hf LAKE hfle r'crNen iH most serious
lnndslide. One hundred feet of the west.
bound track wag carried nfty feet down
Wv N'c'P p"hh' we "n"e law Vi 'n' p""h
! slipping down into tho river. ON the lines
| Of tho PENNSYLVANIA and Baltimore aud
| oAt ,,,t,, - , l. 49,.
'"i" ~ "n'FhuP' N'e'l "up''s' - r'P"rt
ed aud both lines we're tied mp for several
hours Five mites Of the Plttsburg Res
ser,or ana IoIo Isr,o ,raci.s ara ,,n1or
'''''' "uu L'Nt i'''' 'i"p'N fc "p"oi
water. Tho bank was sliding down onto
| the trarFs and large force of men could
,at ,a,,,, ,ho,,, o,"..
me damhg" 70 telegraph poles ana il0eF
along all he roads was enormous and II
a,'..,
! trains AZ" now running on ail roadS bul no
attention rs paid 10 kcFping M schedules
the submerged districts In l'ittShurg aad
Allegheny are today II scene oi affect ans
! cry. Cellars and In some Instances lie
! dlst floor Of stores nrc covered with water
! Where the flood has subsidized IL has left
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