Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1901-04-22

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 la
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 We're to the effect that the dam
age was great and food general
Every railroad entering the city on
Sunday suffered from trouble of some
kind, including landslides, washouts,
snowfalls and foundations, causing
dangerous distractions to traffic and
great damage to roadbeds and tele-
graph lines.
The borough of Carnegie was prac-
tieally inundated Sunday and the
damage done in this thriving little
borough will reach thousands of dol
lars.
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 a number Of
cellars.
Up West run, in West Homestead,
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 Neshannock
rivers threatened great damage to
property. Yesterday afternoon the
Shenango overfiowed its banks near
the center of the manufacturing dis.
triet and caused the Shenango tin
mill. the largest in the world and the
Baldwin & Graham stove foundry to
close down. A few hours later the
big steel mill was also forced to stop
work. as the water drowned out the
fires,
Canton. O., April 22.-=Snow, which
began to fall, resulted in almost a
suspension Of business here Satur-
day Local passenger No 40, west
bound. on the Pittsburg, Ft. Wayne
and Chicago. was stalled two miles
west Of this city
There were % passengers on board.
Some OF the men worked their way
to farm house and secured food.
Two shifting engines sent to it's re-
lief were ditched. and an eastbound
freight was snowbound near the pas
senger.
A passenger train on the Carrolton
branch of the Wheeling and Lake
Erie was tied up near Osnaburg. All
trace was lost of a northbound Cleve.
land Terminal and Valley passenger
train about 10 miles south and en-
gines were sent from here to hunt for
it.
DANGER LINE EXPECTED
AT CINCINNATI.
Cincinnati, o., April 22.-There
was alarm throughout the Ohio val.
ley Sunday on account of the floods.
Most Of the inhabitants Of the valley
epent last night in anticipation of the
worst flood ever known in the valley.
as some would not know until today