The Savannah morning news., 1901-04-22
SAVANNAH, GA. MONDAY. APRIL

rect long and it required "A hours work
10 clear one track. Through east bound
trains We're loaded at Thirty-third street
car.
At Skobo, between Monaco and Atio,,in.
pa the Lake Erie suffered its most seri-
Gus landslide. One hundred feet of the
west-oound track was carried fifty feet
GOWN the steep bank the whole face Of
the Dank slipping into the river. on tho
Hnes OF the Pennsylvania and Baltimore
ana ONO to Wheeling, great damage is
reported, and both lines were tied llp for
several hours. Five miles of the pitts
ours' Bessemer and Lake Erie tracks
were elther under water or mud The
pahk was continually sliding down on to
the tracks and a large force of men couId
not keep them clear
ne damage to the telegraph poles and
hnes along the roads was enormous. and
II Will take several days to repair them
Inc ralns are now running on all roads
put no attempt is being made to keen IN
to schedules.
worst Feature of the situation.
The submerged districts in Pittsburg
ana Allegheny are to-day a scene of alb
1ect misery Cellars, and in some in
stances the first floors of stores and dwell
ines are covered with water. where the
HOOD has suhsded, has left behind "a
greasy yellow scum two to three inches
deep. The residents spent all day trying
TO restore their homes TO some degree of
decency and comfort. The damage to
furniture and buildings in Allegheny is
estimated at about 100000 1t viii take
two months of hot summer weather 10
thoroughly dry out these houses IN
Plttsburg the loss to residences, stores
and goods, and the cost of cleaning up
will amount to about $25OOOO.
AT Carnegie Borough, six miles from
Pittsburg, the loss is estimated at S4OOOO.
The Westinghouse Electric Company
had two carloads of finished material for
Toroto, Canada, on the tracks near Tur-
tie Creek. They were caught in the flood
and water got into the cars The loss may
reach $50, coo.
The Pittsburg Baseball Park is in bad
condition. At noon to-day the first three
tiers of chairs in the grand stand were
under water and the beachers were float
ing all over the diamond. It will take
week to put the grounds in shape.
The report tonight from Rochester, Pa,
is that the Ohio has overflowed it's banks
and a considerable portion of the city
lying south of the Fort Wayne Railroad
tracks is submerged. The river is still
tinues. The loss to the various manufac-
turing pants located along the river front
will be heavy Extra forces of men are
patroting the railroad tracks on the look
out for landslides.
A Wedding Under Difficulties.
At Beaver Falls, Pa, the damage by
the flood and storm was considerable, and
many houses stand in two or three feet of
water At one place the wedding of
Thomas Elmers and Miss Cara Carter
was to have taken place, and the driver
of the carriage had to wade to the house
of Miss Carter and carry the groom. the
bride and groomsmen and bridesmaids in
his arms to the carriage so they could
go TO the church for the marriage cere-
mony.
The first direct communication from
Washington, Pa, tonight, says:
Charter creek is a raging torrent and
has overfiowed its banks in hundreds of
places. All traffic on the CHARTERS road
is blocked by bridges being washed away
and landslides, and the Baltimore and
Ohio is seriously crippled. No trains have
been hunning on the Washington and
Wayuesburg narrow gauge and the indi-
cations are that none will be able to get
through until Monday. Waynesburg is
isolated and much inconvenience has re-
this place and Wheeling is tied up and
no trains are running. Many houses are
flooded in the lower sections of the town,
and the water is still rising
Reports From Ohio.
The report from Steubenville, O., says:
The Ohio river reached its flood stage
here this evening and after touching the
29-foot mark, began to recede. The flood
has wrought great damage to property
in this vicinity.
At Mingo Junction. the big plant of the
National Steel Company is idle because
OF high water which flooded the soaking
pits. etc. About fifty families were rem
dered homeless by the high water at that
town.
Little Italy" in the lower end of the
town where 200 Italians are housed, is
submerged. In this city the paper mill,
pot works and iron works are shut down
on account of high water.
At Alabama about twenty houses were
wrecked by the flood.
Reports from up-river points received at
Pittsburg up to 10 p. M, are meager, but
for the most part are encouraging. oil
City is the only point on the Allegheny
river where the water is rising.
Along the Monongahela river rain is re-
ported at most points, but the river is
falling.