Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1902-03-04
Raging Rivers in Pennsylvania Do
Hundreds of Thousands of
Dollars Damage.
sl1UA1lonA1 PI11sBURG DISTRESSING.
Thousands of workmen Thrown Out
of Employment by Floodfhg Oh
Mills-Situntion In the South Some
what Improved-Tornado In Ohio
blizzard In Northwest.

early Saturday morning, and from its
source to it's mouth--120 miles-dam-
hge that will reach into hundreds OF
thousands of dollars has been done.
1t was an anxious night for the res
idents and property owners along the
river. Thus far only one life has been
lost in this city Michael Igol, aged
IA wears, was drowned at 1880 Saturday
morning in the kitchen of his home
at Falls of Schuyllill. The height of
the flood was reached at six o'clock
in the morning when the river, which
had expanded to twice its width, began
ito slowly recede. Communication by
Telegraph and telephone with the up
per part of the river early Saturday
was cut off, and information as to the
conditions in towns situated on the
river banks was meagre.
! 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.
IA few days ago the Schuylkill went
np rapidly, then began to fall slowly.
! The terrific rainstorm of Friday,
however, sent it up again. The flood
was anticipated and as result much
property in the way of manufactured
stock and raw material stored in build
ings along the river banks were moved
to places of safety.
Manayunk suffered greatly from the
higher water. This district, in which
there are numerous mills, is a frequent
1>1,f
Herwent such night as that of Fri
day. The water reached to the Sec
tond story windows, and it will take
some time before the mills are in run
ming order. This will affect thousands
of mill workers.
Flood Along the Allegheny.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 3.-Western
Pennsylvania is in the grip of the worst
Hood since the recordbreaker 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
x
and lives.
Thousands OF working men were
Bdle Saturday and will probably not be
able to resume work for several days
bn account of the food.
.Wlood situation in South Improves.
f*.Atlanta, Ca, March 3.-The floods in
khe rivers of Georgia, Alabama, North
Darolina and Tennessee caused by the
mnprecedented rains since last Thurs
.iaay have abated somewhat and the
Arain service of railroads to the east
and southwest, which has been para
lived 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 TIC
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
Hition of the river, says: The Ohio has
risen substantially and is now ap
proaching, and will exceed, the danger
lines at all points. Charleston, W. Va.
is three feet over the danger line, ano
will continue rising Saturday. A
crest of 1913 feet passed Hinton al
nhree a. m. From Point Pleasant tc
xhe Kentucky river the stage will pass
the danger line. AT Cincinnati the
river will continue rising Saturday,
Sunday and Monday.
Destructive Windstorm.
Louisville, KY, March IA four
minute windstorm did $4,000 worth
of damage in Southwest Louisville
friday evening. The winds highest We
aocity was 60 miles an hour. The prin
cipal damage was to tombstones in st
Louis cemetery, several large ones be
dng blown over and ruined. Their,
were no casualties.
Tornado in Ohio.
Rochester, o., March "a tornado
ut New Vienna Friday night unroofet
abe Hotel Feally, wrecked Rice's i'm
plement building, and damaged othel
Buildings. Reports from rural dis
tricts of Highland and Clinton coun
Aies show considerable damage, in
eluding the Gest settlement of 200 ne
eroes. At Lynchburg the electric
Hight plant was destroyed by lightning
10 lives are reported lost anywhere
Blizzard in Northwest.
St. Paul, Mimi, March Especial
from Minnesota and North and Soutl
Dakota points to the Dispatch repor
general storm, in some section
verging on blizzard proportions. Sew
eral freight trains were snowboun,
east of Mandan, N. D., on the Northern
Pacific, but prompt action with snow
plows cleared the track and the storm
in that section was Saturday reporte,
to be abating. Madison and Desmet
IS. d., were sufferers from the storm
while Tracy, Mimi, reports heav
snow and high wind.
Bank at Brussels suspends.
Brussels, March 3.-The bank of Big
wood & Morgan has suspended pay
ment here. 1t was an unilnportan
thanking house, and it's liabilitie
amount to 100000. 1t did bushes
with the British colony in this city.