The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-28
PITTsBURG MENACED.
Ice Gorge May Result in Serious
 Flood.

P;ttsburs. Feb. 27.-At midnight, the AIiephenv River ice at this point had not moved in any great degree ana fittspurs 2 and Allegheny are still menaced with flood and great damage otherwise. Ihe Government forecaster considers the situ- ation critical, but cannot foreteii wnep the ice will move or what 1t VIII do. iti'- CT men are on the alert, but still nope the ice will go out without causing much damage. u,,.
 The disouieting feature of the slght movement above here today is the fact that the gorge continues in solid mass, and should 1t continue in this way until if reaches here great damage Will result as the Fort Wayne brioge at Eleventh Street will surely stop 1t and back the water over the river banks. Should this occur. the lower parts of both cities VIII be badly flooded.
 At midnight the flood situation at oak mount and other points above Is very serious Boat houses have been swept away. boats crushed, and all kinds or river craft destroyed The ice began to move this evening shortly after o'clock. It moved in a solid mass from Logan Eddy to Oakmount, a distance or hve miles It then stopped and began to gorge at Blacks Run, at which place the ice began to roll and toss until 1t was at least 100 feet high. The river at that point is rising rapidly, and shows no signs of receding, but rather Of an in- creased rise, as the gorge above is hold ing back large volumes of water.
 The handsome boat house of l.. M. Morris at Oakmount was destroyed, en- tailinR a loss of several thousand dollars. If was caught between the ice and crush ed like an eggshell. A dozen other peo- ple in the vicinity of Oakmount and Ve- roma lost pleasure boats.
 The ferry at Verona is in great danger and may be destroyed at any minute. At Nine Mile Island the ice Is gorging and threatens the small hamlet of Silvan with a disastrous flood At Hutton Station this ice is gorged a height of 50 feet above the water. Several rafts. boat house and the chain ferry have been swept away Reports from Headwater points tell of rain tonight. but not very heavy. The coal companies at Pittsburg took advant- age of the 12-foot stage of water in the Ohio today and started nearly 2,000,000 bushels of coal southward.
 Damage in Atlanta.
 Atlanta, Ga., Feb. T.-Rain has fal- len here in torrents all day today, the rain fall up to o'clock tonight having been 3.36 inches. The barometer was the lowest ever recorOeu nere.
 Flood warnings tonight were sent out by the Weather Bureau to all points in Alabama and Georgia touched by the Chattahoochee and Alabama Rivers.
 The water damaged many of the of- acas and clustering fell in several build tn1s The ventilators in the dome of the capitol were damaged by the wind and rain.
 In the southwestern section of this State the rain and wind storm almost attained proportions of cyclone, and 1t ia feared considerable damage will result Tn Americus trees and fences have been blown down by the gale. At Savannah, Ga A terrific surf is running tonight and Inc wind is blowing fifty miles an hour on shore.
 At Tampa Fla, hurricane signals are out here, and the wind is blowing thirty four miles an hour. with increasing speed All boats are close in port and a severe storm is raging in the gulf. Indications are fer hard blow before morning. Ad-