The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1904-01-24
Flood Situation Along the Ohio
Not So Serious
MANY COAL BARGES SUNK
Many Factories Along the River Are
Flooded, However, and Work VIII
Have to Be Suspended for
Several Days.

Plttsburg. January 9s-The flood dam
ger at this point has passed. All day
long both rivers continued to rise until )
o'clock this afternoon, when stage Of
oO.1 feet was reached at the Monongahela
wharf. At that hour the waters receded
slowly until at 10 o'clock the gauge regis
tered 29.9 feet and stationary. The tenn
perature has gone down considerably and
a slight snow is falling.
From the headwater points on both the
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers the re-
ports tonight show them to be either sta
tionary or falling.
The actual damage done to property Will
not reach the high figures at first given
out, and will probably not exceed half
million dollars.
AS yet no loss of life has been reported.
but the suffering in the flooded portions
of Pittsburg and Allegheny has been
great.
The continued rise In the Allegheny river
toeay caused the water to force its way
into no less than forty-three manufae-
turing establishments, including mills,
furnaces and factories of various descrip-
tions that line the banks of this stream.
Owing to its being Saturday. the operas
tions OF the plants were not affected much
for the day, but it will be two or three
days before work can be resumed in most
of the plants. Forty thousand men will
be idle, and the loss to them in wages ia
estimated at 100000.
Many Coal Barees Have Sunk.
The Monongahela River Consolidated
Coal and Coke company had thirty-fiya
coal boats, each holding 25,000 bushels of
anal aud fWo barUaa aaph bo1dfpg rs 01
bushels sunk The damage 70 the mil
property cannot be known until the wat
ers us flteed9d The loss to the Mon
ongaheia itiver consolidated Coal and
Coke company property will be about
$l00 900. The Model barge and It's cargo
was valued at $4,000. The Hornet No.
and the tow boat Winifred which sank
al Marietta, were valued at about $4,000.
1t is expected that Tuesday afternoon
the waiter will have fallen enough to
permit a shipment of coal to southern
points. There are in the neighborhood of
100000 bushels of coal awaiting ship
ment in and near the local harbor. Al
ready preparations are being made to get
out this product Cincinnati and other
down-river points have been threatened
with coal famine for the past week. but
aid is now assured them.
Not SO Alarming.
Wheeling. W. Va, January 23.-The gen.
eral flood situation at an early hour this
evening is not so alarming as reports
circulated earlier in the day would have
Indicated although the high water has
entailed good deal of privation and in
convenience.
The wholesale business section of tho
city will be submerged by midnight The
lower part of the fashionable residence
section of the city known as the Island.
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water
The steamer Lizzie Townsend. owned
by the Baltimore and Ohio, and used as
transfer boat, was burned at her moor
lngs at West Wheeling about 3 o'clock
this evening The watchmen escaped
the flames by floating down the siream in
one of the steamers barges They nave
not been heard from.
Business at a Standstil.
East Liverpool, o.. January 90 Busi-
ness has been practically at II standstilI
all day here because of the nigh water in
the Ohio river. Hundreds of families hers
and at Wellsville. o. have been COM
PEELED to move on account OF the overflow.
some being taken from second story win
dows. The city water works have been
forced to shut down.
Gauge Shows SO Feet.
Bellaire, o., January 23.-The Ohio river
gauge showed 80 feet Of water in the
channel at o'clock tonight, and fur
ther rise of five feet is expected. The
lower part of the city Is submerged The
Wheeling Traction company's line on the
Ohio side of the river is under water fur
nearly a mile and much damage has re-
suited
Food Worse Than Ever.
Meadeville. Pa, January 23.-1he flood
this evening Is worse than ever. and
threatens to become even more serious.
French Creek gorge Is fully two miles
wide and has entirely filed the channsl
of the stream. Valencia. on the west slda
of the creek, is entirely undated, In some
places to depth of six feet, and the gas
and water supply is shut Off
Many families have been taken from
their houses in boats and great hardship
has resulted, but thus far without any
loss of ire. All work has been aban-
doned at the Erie freight yards, and
many manufacturing industries.
Great Damage on the Maumee.
Toledo, o.. January 23.-The Ice in the
Maumee river has caused more damage
this year than this city has experienced
from that cause since the flood Of 1893.
The gorge today carried 200 feet of Fassetr
street bridge away. AS the ice moved
down through the city, considerable dam
age was done TO shipping. Three steam
ers were torn from their moorings. Three
hundred feet of the new bridge of tho
Toledo Terminal railway, crossing the
river between Manhattan and ironville,
has been crowded out by the ice.
One span of the Wheeling and Lake Erie
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