Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-05-02
FLOODS AND RUIN.
They Follow as a Result of Ter
rife Snow and Rain Storms.
Ohio, PennsyIvania, Kentucky and
West Virginia Towns suffer Losses
that Aggregate Millions of Dol
lars All Rivers Out Of Their
Banks-Three Lives Lost.


than at any period since February,
1854, when the Ohio river reached its
highest stage of II feet and nine
inches at this city.
Pittsburg. Aprii 22.-Pittsburg and
Allegheny are slowly emerging from
the murkv food. At 5 p. IN. Sunday
the rivers were receding nearly
foot an hour. The highest point
reached at Davis Island dam was
25.S feet at "A. m. Sunday, which
means 2s feet at the junction of the
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers.
The water remained stationary until
about p. m, when it began to fall.
a conservative estimate OF the total
damage in this district is between So
100000 and $3,OOO,OO0. Fifty thousand
workers are suffering from enforced
idleness.
Parkersburg, w. Va, April 22-The
loss by the flood here is estimated at
S25O,OOO. The lower business district
IS under water and many small houses
have been carried from their 1oun-
cations
London, n.y., April 81 he snow
which commenced last FRIDAY mas
not ceased falllng. Inc waters are
higher than they nave peen since
1883. Great damage is Delhg zone
by the drowning OF HVe STOCK: Inc
farmers are also heavy losers by nav
ing all the soll washed on theIr 1resh-
" pIoWed heIdS' Many oriuSeS nave
been washed away Heople HVlnS III
the country nave oeeh uhaple TO
reach town Tor several DAYS.
Cincinnati, April 24.-Whie the
Ohio river is reported as falling from
PittSburg to the mouth of the Big
Kanawha, almost 300 miles, there is
still much distress from that point
to Cincinnati, about 200 miles.
Pomeroy, Middleport, Point Pleas
ant and other places in that district
have been badly inundated, with hun
drcds OF families driven from their
homes. The depots at these places
were under water and the telegraph
OFFICES moved TO higher ground as
early as last Sunday. There was
great alarm last night at Catletts-
burg, Ashland, lronton, Huntington,
Portsmouth and other lower points,
where ialse reports were circulated
about another rise. One OF these re-
ports was that there had Deen
eioudnurSt up the big SANDY serious
~ Affecting Catlettspuf@, Ashland and
other places. 1T turned out that the
ioou hao caused lhe iiat'ral gas PlPe
llnG S"pPlH ing 'ltSe PidctS ~ Out9T
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registered o1.2 teet at O'Clock and
was stlIl rising with heaVy ram
falling.
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