The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-03-02
Others Seek Refuge in Upper Stories
Mills Are stopped and Thousands
Of Men Are Temporarily Idle.
OTHER POINTS ARE AFFECTED
FROM ALL DOWN THE OHIO COME
STORIES OF DAMAG
The Susquehanna Threatens wilkes
barre-LOwer Mississippi Il a
Broad Lake at Memphis.

PITTSBURG, March 1.-With every trib-
utary of the Allegheny and Monongahela
rivers emptying swirlng torrents into the
banks of these two streams and rushing
down to the point where they converge to
form the Ohio, Pittsburg was given a Wis
itation to-day which forced hundreds of
families to either abandon their homes or
seek escape from the water in the upper
stories, while mud and water dispensed de-
struction and discomfort below. Mills in
the low-lying levels throughout the county.
numbering between fifty and sixty, were
flooded, and 3s,375 men are made idle for
four or five days, with loss in wages of
more than s32s,74s.
The flood is general throughout western
Pennsylvania, the streams everywhere
overfiowing their banks and causing more
or less damage to houses and farms that
lay in their course. Down town In Pitts
burg cellars and Easements Of business
houses which are In the general flood belt
were inundated. while in Allegheny two
railroads were temporarily paralyzed, ow-
ine To the water which covers their tracks.
Peonle In the First and Third wards, Ale
gheny. had to adopt Venetian methods or
going to and from their homes. Gonooias
of the ordinary skif type were commoner
than wheeled vehicles.
Ample warning had been received by most
of the residents and business firms threat
ened i'm time for them to make prepara-
tions to minimize losses.
The highest stage reached by the swollen
rivers at Pittsburg was @.4 feet at the
government dam at Herr's island rms
was at o'clock in the evening. Il became m
stationary at that mark, and gradually be-
gan to subside Three hours later the rec
ord at this point was 2s-1 feet
The Market-street gauge at O'Clock
ntr.f rA20 oh hc|
Monongahela river to be 2s.6 feet. In an
hour after it had fallen little over one
! inch. The government gauge at DAVIS
Island dam FIVE miles below the city.
| showed the highest stage to be 26.5 feet at
| o'clock. when the waters were stationary
| From that time the food began to fail
| The cold weather which set In last nignl
| served to check the flood and prevented
| far more serious proportions.
| Soon after daylight the water took pos
| session of the Point districts In Pittsoure
| and came up almost into Penn avenue
| All of lower Allegheny felt the severest
| effects of the high water and practically
| every house between Isabella street ano
the river from Ninthzstreet eriage d 10 tnt
| The Pittsburg & Western Railroad and the
| Buffalo. Rochester & Pittsburg tracks are
under water. necessitating their temporary
River men took early precautions to place
| shipping under safe control and as a result
| property of this character suffered com
| paratively little damage
From the territory up the Monongahels
and Allegheny rivers comes reports tina
| much damage was done by the flooding o.
| the lower floors OF houses, mills and rae
tories. From all points above. on boil
rivers the waters are reported as eithe
falling or stationary and danger is averted
| Towns below here on the Ohio, however
are still to have their worst experiences
during the present high water Tomorrow
/ or later
| At McKee's Rocks and Coraopolis. fev
miles below Pittsburg. the water to-nlyn
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