New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1902-03-05
WORST FLOODS YEARS.
Raging Rivers in Pennsy lYania Do
Hundreds Of Thousands Of
Dollars Damage.
.slIUATIoNAI PIITsBUR6 DISTRESSING.
OF WOrlxmen Thrown Ont
Of Employment F Flo a'1I1'lslEI5 q
Mills-SituatiOn I'm the south sOme-
what Improved-Tornad In Ohio
--BIizxard In Northvvest. ~

Philadelphia, March 3 w hat is said
to have been the greatest flood that
has ever been experienced along the
Schuylkill river, certainly the most
disastrous in recent years, tore its way
down that stream Friday night and
early Saturday morning, and from its.
source to its mouth--120 miles dam
age that will reach into hundreds Of
thousands of dollars has been done.
1t was an anxious night for there's:
idents and property owners along, the
river. Thus far only one life has been
| lost in this city. Michael Igol, aged
| a. years, was drowned at7:30 Saturday
| morning in the kitchen Of his home
at Falls Of .Schuylki1l. The height Of
! the flood was reached at six o'clock
| in the morning when the river, which
had expanded to twice it's width, began
to slowly recede. Communication by.
telegraph and telephone with the up
per part of the river early Saturday
was cut off, and inf ormation as to the
conditions in towns situated on the
river banks was meagre. - 49,. ~.
The melting of ice and snow, coupled
with heavy rains of the past "a hours
| in the eastern section of the state was
the cause of the rapid rise in the water.
A few days ago the Schuylkill went
up rapidly, then beganto fallslowly.
The terrific rainstorm of Friday,
however, sent it up again. The flood
was anticipated and as a result much
property in the way of manufa ctured
stock and raw material stored in build
ings along the river banks were moved
to places of safety. - $780, @. .":s..
Manayunk suffered greatly from the
higher water. This district, in which
there are numerous mills, is frequent
sufferer from floods, but it never I'M
derwent such a night as that of Fri
day. The water reached to the Sec
ond story windows, and it will take
some time before the mills are in run
ming order. This will affect thousands
of mill workers. '-.~~ - ,.a.s -.
Flood Along the Allegheny. y
Pittsburg, Pa, March 3.-Western
Pennsylvania is in the grip of the worst
flood since the record-breaker of 1884,
| when the Allegheny river at this point
reached stage of 33 feet 3 inches, and
two-thirds Of lower Pittsburg and AL
| legheny were submerged in from two
| to ten feet of water, causing millions
| of dollars'' worth of damage.
Special details Of police surround
| the flooded district to guard property
| and lives.
Thousands of working men were
idle Saturday and will probably not be
able to resume work for several days
on account of the flood.
Flood Situation in South Improves.
Atlanta, Ga, March 3.-The floods in
the rivers of Georgia, Alabama, North
| Carolina and Tennessee caused by the
unprecedented rains since last Thurs
| day have abated somewhat and the
train service of railroads to the east
and southwest, which has been para
lyzed for So hours, is improving slowly.
Mails and passenger travel are delayed
many hours in all directions, while the
transportation of freight has been
abandoned by most of the roads. 1t
has required their utmost efforts to
move few passenger trains, and
nearly all these have been completely
off schedules. .. =
Ohio at Flood Height. "
Cincinnati, March 3.-Local freight
Official Basster, in review of the con
dition of the river, says: The Ohio has
risen substantially and is now ap,
preaching, and will exceed, the danger
d. lines at all points. Charleston, w. Va.
is three feet over the danger line, and
will continue rising Saturday. A
crest of 1913 feet passed Hinton at
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