Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-02

his return voyage. though not as severe as
his overcoming voyage, according to the
forecast ~oficials. The forecast is as fol-
lows:
Frequent gales north of the twenty-hfth
parallel, along. the TRANSATLANTIC routes.
Gales along and to the north Of the routes
less frequent than during January and
February. More frequent south of 10 de-
grees. Ice on and near the Grand banks,
field ice frequently west of this area.
worst I'm History.
PHILADELPHIA, March 1.-what is said
to have been the greatest flood that has
ever been experienced along the schuylkill
river, certainly the most disastrous in re-
cent years, tore its way down that stream
last night and early this morning and from
Its source to its mouth-12O mlles-damage
that will reach into hundreds Of thousands
Of dollars has been done.
II was an anxious night for the residents
and property owners along the river. Thus
far only one life has been lost In this city.
Michael Igol. aged a. years, was drowned
at 7:30 this morning in the kitchen Of his
home at the falls of schuylkill. The height
Of the flood was reached at 8 o'clock this
morning, when the river. which had ex-
banded to twice its width, began to slowly
recede. communicated by telegraph and
telephone With the upper part Of the river
early today was cut of and Information as
to the condition in towns situated on the
river banks was meager.
During the day the Schuylkill river be-
gan TO recede and late tonight It had fallen
about three feet. The stream is still out
of its banks, however. and will scarcely
reach its normal level for twenty four
hours.
Thousands Out OF work.
The loss to residences and industrial
plants will amount to hundreds of thousands
Of dollars. II is impossible to estimate the
number OF men rendered idle by the clos
ing of the mills. but in one plant alone, the
Pencoyd Iron Works, at M~anayunk, 5000
men are temporarily out OF employment.
On the Lehigh Valley railroad and the
Central Railroad of New Jersey trafac IL
suspended west Of Bethlehem owing to
washouts. The Pennsylvania railroad and
the Philadelphia q Reading railway has re-
sumed traf1c over most Of the lines on
which operations were suspended last
night.
At least three fatalities occurred during
the day. One man was drowned at Spring
Mill, another at Kutztown and a third
at st. Clair. Scarcely a colliery in the
valley escaped inundation, dwellings were
lifted from the foundations and swept
away, bridges were washed from their sup
ports and much live stock on the farms
in the lowlands was destroyed. The ice
gorge in the Susquehanna river near Nam
tieo moved today and the river has re-
ceded about Eve feet.
Flood spends It's strength.
~PrTTsBURG, March lat midnight in
dications are that the flood has lone it's
worst. h Monongahela marks at the
| GuaffhAald e atra0f hrtdoa eb1uad a. kAot
time s1.s a fam OF nearly a foot since 8
D. M. The Allegheny at Hers island reg
istered 35.6, a fall OF 0.3 OF a foot since 8
p. m. At Davis island dam the Ohio
stood almost stationary at 30.1 feet.
Earlier In the evening II was almost a
certainty that 1873 feet. the mark made by
the disastrous flood of 1884, would be ex-
i ceeded and that much greater damage
would be done because of the many more
interests affected.
No estimate Of the damage can be made
now, but the loss will be very heavy. Al
ready $4,000 men have been made tempo
rarily idle by the forced closing down Of
mills, factories and other industries, and
\ the number is likely to be considerably in
creased by Monday. To the timely warn
ings given by the government weather bu-
reau ohacials to all interested may be
4 CI6QllC0 lh0 AaCh u AoNAiAbACos
Tonight Allegheny is a modern Venice
and every sort Of improvised water craft
is in service. All OF the railroad tracks,
except the P%ittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chi
cago, are submerged and many factories
have been closed down. The Western PEN
itentiary is in particularly bad shape. The
/ water has flooded the underground por-
ton Of the institution, running much fine
machinery, including the air renovating
and the electric lighting plants.
|. Ma Precedent in Allentown.
ALLENTOWN, Pa, March 1.-Allentown
Is suffering from the worst food in its
history. The heavy snowfall OF February
Fl and 20 was followed by thaws yesterday,
which sent the water in the Lehigh. Lit
tie Lehigh and Jordan rivers three feet
higher than in June, 1862. which broke all
, records. Hundreds of thousands of dol
. lars worth Of damage was done here and
. In the vicinity. Many city streets were
turned into rivers and hundreds Of house
Z occupants moved to the upper stories.
T WILKEsBARRE. Pa, March lat . p
: m. the susQuehanna river was twenty-nine
. feet above low water mark. The river Ii
comparatively free from running ice now,
but the volume OF water seems greater
than ever. The Lehigh Valley railroad has
Z Il Dccu uudDtC " 8Ve . - 80 "
. west since yesterday. Tn Central Railroad
= Of New Jersey Is In little better shape
9 The death list, which last night numberet
2 three, has been increased to six today
4 Frank Hushlick was drowned In Tobs creel
. this morning. William Freeh. while cross
/ ing a pond, was thrown in the water and
swept away. William walters, q miner
d attempted to cross a pond here. when h
> fell in and the swift current carried hin
into the river.
woman and Grandson
: READING, Pa, March Mrs. JohI
Eline. aged so years, and her grandson,
: boy of IL years. were drowned today a
Forgedale. this county. in q rush OF waite
resulting from the breaking Of a dam in
small creek.
A bridge spanning Mahoney creek. nea
~sprangsville. collapsed today and Waite
span, aged II years. who was crossing tn
structure at the time. was drowned.
The plant Of the Reading Terra Colt
works, which has been entirely surrounds
BY water. took hre today and was alm0s
completely burned out. the bremen bein
unable to get nearer than a square. Tn
loss Is 3 10000.