The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-02
.ITTsBURG, Pa, March lat

DITTsBURG, Pa, March lat mid
night indice tons are that the
L flood has done its work. The
MonongaheIa marks at the SmithfeId
street bridge showed at that time S19.
a. fall of nearly a foot since p. m
The Allegheny at Hers island regis
tered 35.5, a fall of three-tenths Of a
foot since p. m.
At Davis island dam the water stood
almost stationary at 30.1 feet Early in
the evening it was almost a certainty
that 1873 feet, the mark made by the
disastrous food of 1884 would be ex-
ceeded. and that much greater damage
would be done because of the more In
interests affected.
The Dequesne theatre was forced to
abandon its performance tonight, the
water completely covering the par
quette. Although the Alvin was sur
rounded by water, a good sized audi
ence reached the house by means Of
wagons and skiffs and the performance
proceeded While the play was In prog
ress the water was forcing its way into
the building. and almost reached the
feet Of the audience.
Damage is Great.
It is certain that the greatest damage
done by the 1884 flood will be exceeded
by many thousands of dollars, and
many more interests will be affected.
A reliable estimate of the money dam
age cannot be made at this time, but
il will be very heavy.
Already $4,000 men have been made
temporarily idle by the forced closing
down of mills. factories and other in
dustries, and the number is likely to
be greatly increase by Monday. To
the timely warnings given by the gov
eminent weather bureau officials TO all
interested may be credited the lack of
fatalities. IN most instances business
men and residents were prepared. con-
sequently no drownings nor serious ac-
cidents have resulted up to the present
Tonight Allegheny is modern Venice.
and every sort Of impTovised water
craft is in service Every street in the
low lying districts of the city from
Henrys island to the western side has
more or less water in it. In some
| places it is from two TO four feet deep
forging the householders either to
abandon their homes or move to me
upper floors.
Routed Out of Homes.
In numerous cases families have
[ taken their cook stoves to the attic
and have prepared to camp out, as it
were until the waters subside. All Of
the railroad tracks except the Pitts
/ burg, Fort Wayne & Chicago are sub
merged. and many factories have been
! closed down. The western penitentiaTy
/ is in particularly bad shape. The wa
( ter has flooded the underground pOr-
/ ton of the institution. running much
/ fine machinery, including the air reno
waiting and the electric lighting plants.
| The building is now without heat,
and the only light in it is from candles
and lamps. A small sized iceberg has
/ been deposited in the grounds and the
+ WaTden's house has been rendered I'M
| tenantable.
/ In Pittsburg proper, from the Point
to Ninth street and as far back as Penn
| avenue, everything is flooded. SkiffS
/ and wagons are being used by resi-
| dents 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 its basement. while the Vic
/ toria and Boyer hotels are in almost as
/ bad shape. Water surrounds the An
/ dersOn, but no particular damage has
4 been done.
Many Are Out of Work
/ Every mill along the Allegheny river
| as far as Thirty third street IS closed
! down. From Twenty first street, in
/ the Allegheny valley railroad tracks
are submerged and every cellar in the
district has water in it. On the south
/ side many of the mills have shut down
1 the plants Of Jones & Laughlin and
/ the Republic Steel company being the
| only extensive works TO escape
I From Homestead TO McKee's rocks