Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-04-23
LOSS OF LIVES,
BAD FLOOD AT MARIETTA

Marietta. O.. April 23.-Three per
sons were drowned in the river here.
A boat containing nine men was car
ried under wharf by the swift cur
rent, and Joseph Everett, a glass
worker, was drowned. The others
were rescued Later two boys named
Hanley, aged and IA, were drowned
at the same place.
Cincinnati, April 23.-At Marietta
it was reported there had been almost
a panic in the rural districts, and the
smaller towns of Washington county
along the river where there was no
telegraph service and little warming
was had of the sudden rise. great
portion of Marietta was under water
and hundreds of acres in the county
were covered. Many families had
been driven from their homes to seek
shelter on higher ground. The
Muskingum river did not rise rapidly
and that saved the city. The Ohio
was almost stationary late last night
1t was expected to be falling today.
Losses Heavy About Wheeling.
Wheeling, April 23.-Former esti-
mates of the financial loss by the
food were inadequate, and it was be-
lieved the loss would foot up at least
a quarter of a million, and probably
more. Until the waters recede more
and disclose the situation on the Ohio
River railroad the loss to that com
pany cannot be learned but that it
is very heavy is undoubted. The
Ravenswood, Spencer and Chenille
road, a branch of the Ohio River, is
reported practically wiped out and
will have to be rebuilt The newly
constructed West Virginia Short Line.
from New Martinsville to Clarksburg,
has been visited by number of land
slides. The Ohio River railroad has
not moved train since Thursday,
but expects to resume tomorrow The
Baltimore and Ohio, Panhandle and
Cleveland, Lorain and Wheeling rail.
roads all ran trains Monday.
Reports from the Wheeling Creek
valley were that truck gardeners had
lost heavily on the freshet that swept
along that valley.
About 1900 gas consumers were
without gas in Wheeling last night
The trolley lines were resuming
last night.
The state g. A. r. encampment at
Parkersburg was postponed about two
weeks on account of the flood.
Pittsburg, April 23.-Pittsburg and
the neighboring towns and country
were slowly but surely emerging from
Saturday night and Sunday mornings
flood Large forces of men were at
work at the great industrial behives
which were temporarily forced to sus-
pend operations owing to high water.
while property owners and occupants
or houses which suffered from the
raging waters were cleaning UP the
wreckage and mud left by the high
water
The rains of the past two days
were not heavy enough to cause any
additional rise. according to Frank
Rfdgway, of the weather bureau, and.
While the water at the headwaters of
the Monongahela and Allegheny riv-
ers was rising, it will not be enough
to effect the fall in the local streams.
About midnight the reading on the
gauge in the Ohio at Davis Island
dam was about 1876 feet, a fall Of
about 4.9 feet since Z o'clock yester-
day morning, or about 90 feet since
Sunday afternoon. In the Allegheny
the water was going down slowly,
with about 22.9 feet on the indicator.
wnlle the marks on the gauge in the
Mononganela harbor showed about
22.6 feet The three streams We're
falling at the rate of about two inches
an hour.
Less Alarm In Lower Ohio Valley.
Cincinnati, April 23--Alarm over
the Hood has almost ceased in the
lower Ohio valley. The low water in
the Ohio river below this city, has
allowed the floods from up the river
TO how rapidly toward the Missis-
tippi. The situation was still serious
hst night, notably at Ripley, Mays
vile, Aberdeen. Portsmouth. Hanging
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