Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-30
SERIOUS FLOODS
RAGE IN THE EAST
Dangerous Ice Gorge Formed
at Pittsburg, Streams
Rising Rapidly.
HEAVY PROPERTY LOSS
The Amount Of Damage Already In.
f1icted Along the Rivers Will Elk
coed a Million-Poor PEG.
pie Are Suffering.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 25.-Lulled into a
sense OF security in the early evening
by the rapidity with which the Allie
gheny was carrying the ice and water
from the upper stream into the Ohio,
Pittsburg went to sleep with the belief
that the warnings of danger from the
rivers had been exaggerated, but at
this hour q new danger has arisen. The
Monongahela has broken loose. Huge
masses Of ice, less broken than that
which came rushing down the sister
stream all day, are choking the harbor.
Both rivers are steadily rising, the Ale
gheny already Being three feet higher
than her consort stream, and as a con-
sequence a dangerous ice gorge is now
forming between the Wabash and
Smithfleld street bridges, just above
the confluence of the two rivers.
From all points the streams are stu
rising. The worst is to come.
The poor in some of the low lying
sections OF the Two cities may be
hemmed in their homes until Sunday
night. Until the waters subside Ii is
likely the damage will continue, for
there is ice enough in both rivers at
this time to keep both the Allegheny
and MOnongahela rivers well FLIED UNI
til Sunday morning, and perhaps later,
causing the danger that is now mem
acing the twin cities.
Mover Hap?ered Before.
y test was made opposite the Monon
gahela River Consolidated Coal and
Coke company's wharf boat. An iron
rod was showed down through the ice,
| and the gnTpa VOC fp11n1 IN hn rnCtinp
on the bottom Of the river. The depth
at this point was about twenty feet.
Such an occurrence as this mas never
happened before, or not as long as any
of the old river rlCl present last night
could remember.
There was q daring rescue of valuable
property on the Monongahela, when the
model barges, Chester and Mississippi,
broke. from their moorinGs and were
swept out into the ice laden stream, APP
parently to certain destruction. The
barges were laden with railroad iron val
ued at $3.50, coo, and il was the first sweep
of ice down the Mononsahela that tore
them from the shore.
A distre2s signal sounded from the
point bridge, and two tugs, the Little
Fred and the Delta. tried to check them
as they passed, but failed. Another dis
tress signal screamed out over the ice
brought the Tom Lysle to the rescue.
Then for two miles down the ice choked
and raging Ohio the three boats battled
in the rescue. After Il hard and gallant
struggle the barges were brought under
control and landed at the head OF Bru-
not's island.
Barges in Danger.
If the waters rise TO the point that il
expected by many of the river men the
barges will probably be lost at any rate.
During the afternoon Captain Mckinley,
of the transportation department Of tho
Monongahcla Transport and Coal COM
pany, received a dispatch from Sisters
Vile saying that the Hornet No. 2 had
sum in about twenty-four feet OF water
and would probably be a total loss. The
crew saw the impending danger in time to
escape.
The boat was valued at about $40, coo.
The officials Of the coal Combine refuse
to give out any information regarding
their losses, but one OF the men connected
with the company asserted that the flood
had been more disastrous to them than
any other since its organization.
News Of the sinking of the Volunteer at
Browns station reached the local head
quarters of the coal combine. The officers
and crew, whose names could not be
learned, rushed to the rear portion Of the
boat and lcaped to shore. The Volunteer
was valued at $4,000.
The A. II. Budd Coal company, the Dill
worth Coal company, Second Pool Goa
company and other concerns are undergo
ing the same experiences. One river man
stated that the extent Of the damage
wrought by the ice last night could not be
estimated, but it will run high into the
hundreds of thousands Of dollars. This,
coupled with the losses sustained by rail-
roads, business houses, manufacturers
street car companies, government work
and residents, will likely put the loss above
the 81 900, 900 mark.
The Pittsburg and Western railroad was
out Of business, and the Baltimore and
Ohio system was sending it's trains TO
Youngstown over the Lake Erie. The AL
legheny river is over Duquesne way at
Barker Place.
White River High.
Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 22.-Ice in tn,
White river carried off a house boat
today occupied by John Schowe and
wife. The boat was battered to pieces
and both occupants were drowned.
Rollo Morrison attempted to rescue the
husband and narrowly escaped with his
own life.
River Out of Banks.
Logansport, Ind, Jan. 22.-The Eel
and Wabash rivers have oVerfiowed
their banks as a result Of the breaking
up OF the ice, and much property has
been destroyed. At the village of
Georgetown residents were rescued by
boats. At Adamsboro a dam was swept
away and much property destroyed.
Miami on a Rampage.
Dayton, o., Jan. 22.-Wide sections of
the Miami valley south of Dayton are
inundated. Traction traffic between
Dayton and Cincinnati has been sus-
pended.
An immense ice gorge north Of Day.
ton broke away in time to prevent the
flooding of the city.
Heavy Losses in Ohio.
Lorraine, o., Jan. 22.-Great loss has
been caused here by the heavy rains,
Two large steamers broke from their
mooring today and now lie at the
mouth Of the river in a dangerous po-
sition. The Nickel Plate railroad
bridge has been washed away and all
traffic On the road is blocked.
u. New York Suffers.
Buffalo, N. Y, Jan. 22.-Within the
past forty-eight hours western New
York has been subjected to meteorolo-
gical conditions such as have not pre-
vailed here in a score of years, and the
situation is now terrifying the residents
OF low lying sections, particularly in the
river valleys and the flood districts
south OF Buffalo.
After a heavy fall Of wet snow, last
ing all day, the temperature fell below
freezing, then rose again and a heavy
rain set in, which still continues.
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