The semi-weekly messenger., 1902-03-04

are submerged and many factories have
been closed down.
The Western penitentiary is in pretty
bad shape. The water has flooded the
underground portion OF the institution
running much fine machinery. including
the air. renovating and the electric
plants.
The City Flooded.
In Pittsburg proper from the point
10 Ninth street and as for back as
Pennsylvania avenue everything IS
flooded. Skiffs and wagons are being
utilized to get residents to and from
their homes Few Fittsburgers have
ever before seen the water so deep on
these streets. The Hotel Lincoln has ten
feet of water in it's basement. while the
Victoria and Boyer hotels are in al
most as bad shape. Water surrounds
the Anderson. but no particular dam
age has been done.
Notwithstanding tn. fact that the
southside is literally swamped there is
not a drop OF water available for home
purposes, nor for fire r.shtIns should Il
become necessary. Tue Monoheahela
Water Company supplies This section
of the city and this ev-.ning the Monon-
pany's plant, putting out the fire. un-
der the boilers. and the furnaces shut
down.
AT midnight Indications are that !he
flood has done it's worst. The Monon-
gahela marks at the SmitlInali street
bridge showed at that time s1.y feet. a
fall Of nearly a foot since O'clock
p. m. The Allegheny at Herr's island
registered 35.5, a fan OF 3 Of a foot
since 6 o'clock p. m. At I1vis island.
the Ohio stood almost stationery SOL
feet. Earlier in the evening II was al
most a certainty that 1873 feet, the mark
made by the disastrous flood Of 1884
would be exceeded and that much
greater damage would be done because
of the many more intel ests affected.
The Flood at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. March 1.-What is said
to have been the greatest food the I
ever have been experienced along the
disastrous in recent years. tore it's way
down that Stream last night and early
this morning and to its mouth 12O
miles) damage that viii reach into
hundreds of thousands Of dollars has
been done.
1t was an anxious night for tns. resi-
dents and property owners along tie
river. Thus far only one LIE has beer
lost in this city. Michael Igol. aged
forty-four years was drowned In the
kitchen OF his home at Falls Of Schuyl-
kill. The height OF the flood was
reached at o'clock thrS MOI ming whe!l
the river. which had expanded TO twice
it's width, began to slowly recede.
Probably the greatest sufrei er is tbs
Baltimore and Ohio railroad company
whose tracks run along the eastern
shore for a distance of aoout three
nver its main line and is sending its
through trains via the Junction rail.
road, which runs along the western
shore just out Of reach of the flood. Its
other trains are being sent from the
Six ieth street station in West Phila
delphia. The company's waiting rooms
in the main depot at Gath and Ches :nu
streets We're three feet under water
and in the train shed the water wa.
as high as the windows Of the Eassen.
ger coaches.
The Situation South Improving.
Atlanta, Ga, March Railway
traffic to the east and southeast which
has been almost paralyzed for the .as
thirty-six hours by the storm that ha:
covered the southern ates was re-
sumed on nearly all ro-lds today A few
lines. however. are still suffering from
the effects of the storm. and several ac-
cidents have been reported as a result
of washouts and submerged tracks
Rain is falling tonight in some section:
Of the sou h and all creeks and streams
are badly swollen, several rivers hav-
ing passed all previous highwate:
marks.
Near Americus. Ga. today the rear
half of a freight train fell through 8
trestle. several members OF the train.
crew being painfully injured. The Sea.
board Air Line railroads bridge over
the Savannah river near Calhoun Falls
was carried away by last nights storm
and washouts have delayed indefinitely
all trains on that road entering this
city. With the exception of this road
all lines entering this city have re-
sumed their regular schedules. though
the Southern is running its trains
All trains entering Montgomery, Ala.
are running on schedule time. except
the Seaboard Air Line. The Alabama
river at that city is rising at she rate
of eight inches an hour. Low lands