Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1902-03-07
HIGHEST POINT N Y[II
ALLEGHENY RIVER p,o,.
Fifty Thousand Men r..
Idle by Forced Closing n.
MtlIs-PeOple Were w.,
sheny City n Modern ye.,o. - e'
Protection Unavailable. s

Pittsburg. Pa, March 2-r,
legheny river marks show % Al
the river is still rising. Tho s aaa
marks OF 1884 will. in all |jke,;t uooa
be passed. and 35 feet the h,
point ever reached by the wata. lss
Tin 1882 may be equalled II ~, He's
tain that the great darnsg. d., . W''
the 1884 food will be eyces1as s
many thousands of dollars. ~
able estimate of the money damn ass
can not be made at this tims
1t will be very heavy. Abroad, ". "
900 men have been made temno. :"
lily idle by the forced CLOSING r sas
of mills. factories and Other , as'a
tries, and the number is liko,r
greatly increased by MONDAY y
the timely warnings given hv -. ~
government weather bureau oao.
to all interested may be credited ~.
lack of fatalities. In most inst.,o -.
business men and other reside
were prepared, consequently no dro,,
ings or serious accidents have resnl,.s
up to the present. '
The Allegheny is a modern vo,,..
and every sort of improyised v.,..
craft is in service. Every stree, !,
the low lying districts of the civ ,,on
Henry's island to the western side ~.
more or less water in it. In soms
places it is from two to four feet dozen
forcing the householders either n
abandon their homes or move IN n.
upper floors. In numerous instance,
families have taken their cook soye.
to the attic and have prepared to cana
out, as it were, until the waters sinh
side. All of the railroad tracks ercsn
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chi.
cagO are submerged. and many factm.
les have been closed down. The west
ern penitentiary is in particularly bad
shape. The water has flooded The
underground portion of the institution
running much fine machinery, nclnd
ing the air renovating and electric
lighting plants. The building is now
without heat and the only light ia It
is from candles and lamps. A small
sized iceberg has been deposited in the
grounds and the warden's house has
been rendered untenantable
Pittsburg proper, from the Point to
Ninth street and as far back as Penn
avenue, everything is flooded. Skis
and wagons are being used by resi-
dents to go to and from their homes.
Few Pittsburgers have ever before
seen the water so deep on these
streets. The Hotel Lincoln has two
feet of water in it's basement, while
the Victoria and Boyer hotels are n
almost as bad a shape. Water sur
rounds the Anderson, but no particulI
damage has been done. The DuQuesne
and the Alvin theaters were forced .
abandon their performances tonlgnl
and business in the districts has bees
suspended since noon. Every MIL
along the Allegheny river as faf Is
Thirtythird street. in the AllegneI
valley, railroad tracks are submefsa
and every cellar in the district M
water in it.
On the south side many OF the hAs
have shut down. the plants OF Jones
I.aughlin and the Republic steer or
pany being the only extensive wo's
to escape. From Homestead 10
KEGS Rocks. the Pittsburg & Lake h'
tracks are under water and the To-
handle tracks are being used 10 ~
trains in and out of the city.
Notwithstanding the fact ina. -
south side is literally swampeo' u,.
is not a drop Of water avaiiapN
home purposes or for ire hs.a
should it become necessary Inc Nv.
ongahela Water company supplies =
section of the city and this evening
Monongahela river took possess'V1. 4,
the company's plant, putting ou'
fires under the boilers and ioi''-'
shutdown.
| Later.
Pittsburg, March 4.-The grea' i,
is gone and the turbulent waters
Allegheny, Monongahela and onle
are again within their nautrai e1A ,.-
All the larger mills have resume, M I
tons or will be running as ls''ai '
the next "a hours.
Norfolk, Va, March "a ~ N
500 strike sympathizers nes "a