Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1904-01-28
ICE is PlLlNG HIGH AND vERv
DANGEROUS GORGE is
FORMED.
LOOKS BRIGHTER AT CLEVELAND
FALL IN TEMPERATURE LEssEns
PROBABILITY OF FURTHER
DANGER.


sense OF security in the early EVENING
by the rapidity with which the A]le
enemy was carrying the ice and waite,
from the upper streams into the Ohio
rittsburs went to sleep last nigh,
Win the belief that the warnings of
danger from the rivers had been ex
asgerated, but at this hour now
Danger has arisen. The Monongahela
mas broken loose. Huge masses Of
ice which came rushing down the sis
ter stream all day, are choking the
naroor. Both streams are steadily
rising, the Allegheny already beine
three feet higher than her consor
stream, and as consequence
Dangerous Ice Gorge
IS now forming between the wahast
ana Smlthfield street bridges. ms,
ABOVE the confluence of the two rivers
Business men, mill owners. resi-
dents and river men are included in
the list OF sufferers. The poor in some
OF the low lying sections of the two
cities may be hemmed in in their
homes until Sunday night.
early In the day, owing to the Wig
orous warnings sent out in regard to
tne Danger from Allegheny, all of the
coal barges and steamboats, were sent
into the Monongahela to gain the bet.
ter protection of the pools. Already
barge containing 10000 bushels of
coal has been sunk, and the whole
heet, with nearly 275,O0O bushels on
board,
Is Likely to Go Down.
Inc ice is ramming with terrific force
and the steamboats, and tugs are pow.
erless now to go to the rescue II the
heet is torn from its mornings.
One river man said last night that
the extent of the damage wrought by
the Ice could not be estimated until
to-day, but it will mount high into the
hundreds of thousands of dollars.
This, coupled with the losses sus.
tanned by railroads, business houses
manufacturers, street car companies.
eminent works and residents.
probably will put the loss above the
81 100000 mark.
Worst Fears Realized.
The worst fears Of the manufactur.
ers along the Pittsburg side of tho
Allegheny river from the Sharpsburs
bridge down were realized shortly af.
ter midnight, when the waters swept
over the banks in many places and
inundated the surrounding districts,
Every mill and factory between the
Allegheny Valley railroad tracks and
the river is more or less flooded. and
1t is estimated that in the neighbor.
hood of $4,000 men will be idle until
Monday of Tuesday.
Situation Brighter in Ohio.
Cleveland, Jan. 24.--The food stu.
alton in Cleveland and vicinity ia
brighter at midnight because of a fall
in the temperature, which will lessen
the probability Of dangerous gorge.
ABOUT ten miles up the Cuyahoga riv-
er, breaking and letting loose a great
mass Of water held in checl; by it.
The three Great Lake vessels that
broke loose from their moorings yes.
terday are still tightly wedged to-
gether and there is no probability of
their breaking away or being moved
until the flood water has completed
running out into the lake. The entire
loss in Cleveland is estimated at $500.
900.
Swept Away by Flood.
Ashtabula, Ohio. Jan. "a. - Yester. |
day three men with horse and cut
ter, while driving across a stream
near Picrpont, this county, were swept |
away by the food. Dexter Smith was
drowned. George !Iazeltine succeed. |
ed in getting out, but he may not re- |
cover from his injuries. Joseph |
Frick, the other occupant OF the |
sleigh. was not seriously injured.
Families Driven From Their Homes.
Buffalo, N. Y. Jan. 24.--With a con-
tinuous fall of rain for nearly twenty.
Tour hours, the immen.e quantity of |
SNOW throughout Western New York
was rapidly turned into water which
soon sent the rivers swirling out of
bounds, flooding great 7r=as.
In Northern New YORK :"l places in
Canada where the ttlsoc".ter,. was
lower the rain turned 49,, s.sct and
snow. prostrating the telegraph and
telephone lines and Gemoralizing rail.
road traffic. Douglas creek has food
ed the lower part of Dunkirk. driving
afty families from their homes.