New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1904-01-27

ATTEMPT TO FORD STREAM AT
YANKEE RUN PROVES FATAL

YANKEE RUN PROVES FATAL
Water at PittsburE Registers Thirty
Feet and Property Loss VIII Prob
ably Reach 81 200, OOO-At PhIladel-
Points Helps Situation.
Sharon, Pa, Jan. 25.-Reports which
have just reached here state that the
Sharpsville bridge has been swept away
and that four men went down with the
bridge to death in the sWirling waters.
Victor Durham and three foreigners are
said to have been on the bridge when it
was swept away. The current is very
swift at that point and the four men
struggled desperately for time to
reach the shore but finally sank.
Jacob Hoffman, of Salem, O., was also
drowned in Yankee Run while attempt
ing to ford the stream. Mrs. Hoffman,
who accompanied him, was rescued by
q lumberman
The flood Saturday reached the high
est stage ever known and is still rising.
All trains to Cleveland and Pittsburg
have been abandoned, as the tracks at
many places are under deep water.
Every business street in the city except
State street is under four feet of water.
All the mills at South Sharon have been
abandoned on account of the flood. The
n how axr,fl1 4 y A.
of dollars.
Allegheny Submerged.
Pittsburg, Pa, Jan. 25.-The crest Of
the flood, which is sweeping down the
Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, was
reached in Pittsburg at noon Saturday
when the stage of water registered 30
feet. All the lower parts Of the two
cities and the South side are submerged.
In Allegheny, the entire section south of
South avenue and Robinson street and
extending from Grant avenue to Pine
street is covered with from two to six
feet Of water. Exposition park and the
National League ball grounds are I'M
der nearly five feet of water, and por-
tons of the Fourth and Eighth wards
are also flooded.
Up to this time there have been no
lives lost in the food as far as known.
The property loss will probably reach
100000
Flood at Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, jan 25.-What promises
to be the most disastrous flood this city
has experienced since 1892 is now raging
In the Schuylkill river. Between two
and three O'Clock Saturday morning thu
water rose seven feet This sudden rush
was due to the breaking up of the ics
and as a consequence 16 big mills In
Manayunk, suburb, were forced I'd
shut down. The employees removed all
stock from the first floors of the flooded
mills. Large cakes of ice crashed against
the mills and it is feared several of the
properties will be seriously damaged.
In West Manayunk, River road drive
way is four feet under water and an Ital-
ian settlement in this section is also sub
merged. All of the occupants of the
police tug Samuel G. King was torn
from her moorings and carried down the
river. The tug is complete wreck Six
lighters were also carried down the river
and big canal boat was sunk The
Baltimore & Ohio railroad tracks at
Twenty-fourth and Chestnut streets are
under two feet Of water, and the Penn
sylvania railroad tracks on the west
bank of the Schuylkill are under three
feet of water. Twenty-seven piers along
the east bank of the river opposite Fair
mount park have been washed away.
River Falls at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Jan. 25.-The sudden fall
in temperature Friday night has done
much to remove apprehension Of a
flood. The river here has actually fallen
during the night, and is almost clear of
ice. At Portsmouth, o., the river is still
ten feet lower than here, and while
there has been phenomenal rise at
Pittsburg, there is no corresponding in
flow from the Kanawha and other
southern tributaries. This condition
makes it reasonably certain that there
will be no disastrous flood on this part
of the river.
At Cleveland and Other Points
Cleveland, O., JAN 25.-As result of
a sharp drop in the temperature, there
was a decided improvement in the flood
situation here Saturday. The river is
falling and since Friday night has gone
down nearly a foot and half. tits be-
Heyed that all danger of further extern
sive damage is over. The three bic
steamers that broke from their moorings
and dashed down stream Friday still
lie tightly wedged together against the
abutment of the Superior street viaduct.
Flood conditions in Canton are slow
" but steadily improving.
The water in some parts of Columbus
Grove reached the second floors az
houses, and families were rescued by
boats.
The flood in the scioto river is reced-
ing. The weather observer at Column
bus considers the danger past for the