Oakes Republican. (Oakes, N.D.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-29
LOSS IN THE PiTrseuRe DIS
TRlcT ALONE WILL EXCEED
100000
TOWNS. ARE PARTLY SUBMERGED
MANY FAMILIES DRIVEN FROM
THEIR HOMES BY :uDDEN
RUSH OF WAFER.


great measure passed this point, but
portions of Pittsburg and Allegheny
are still submerged. The biting cold
weather that has prevailed increased
the distress that exists in the flood
section.
In Allegheny the fuel supply is
scarce and the distribution of coal
among the poorer sufferers brought
about riotous condition. When the
fuel was dumped on the street men,
women and children fought for it's
possession, requiring strong guard OF
police to restore order. Desolation
remains in all parts of both cities
from which the water has receded.
Wreckage and Ice Floes
strew the streets. Many districts are
unfit to walk through. Huge timbers,
portions of doors, stairways, barrels,
boxes, cans and other debris washed
upon the streets by the flood have
rested where the water left them.
Street car service has been resumed
between the two cities, but is opera
ting under difficulties in some of the
lower lying portions of the roads.
It is believed the loss in the Pitts
burg district alone will exceed the ST.
100000 mark. In addition to this fully
$4,000 men are temporarily out of en-
ployment. The damage in. Allegheny
is not yet definitely known, but suf-
fering in the lower part of the city has
been intense among the poor.
Whole Town Submerged.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Jan. 26. - An ice
gorge has formed in the Susquehanna
river, and from Sunbury to Greasy, a
distance of thirty miles, the river is
entirely blocked and the water is
backed up. Nearly the whole town of
Rupert is submerged, and on Water
street the water comes. up to the
second story. The Pennsylvania rail-
road depot is surrounded by water,
several houses have been moved from
their foundations, and the great ma
jority Of the farms are under water.
At Bloomsbury the ice is jammed
up forty feet high and a report says
the large bridge over the Susque-
hanna at that place has been moved
five feet and is expected to collapse at
any moment.
One-third of the town of Blooms burg
is submerged by the waters -.,of the
Susquehanna and Fishing creek. :,
Espey, two miles north of Blooms.
burg, is partially submerged. The
Columbia and Montour trolley tracks
between Catawissa and Berwick are
entirely under water. Many families
have been driven from their homes by
the rush of waters and many had
narrow escapes. Farmers in many in
stances had all their horses, cows and
other livestock drowned. ~
Many Houses Under Wateer.
! Wheeling, w. Va, Jan. 26. - The
crest of the flood swell was reached
| yesterday afternoon when the stage
was 44.2 feet Fully one-third of the
! homes in the city were wholly or par
TALLY Inundated. and the sharp fall in
temperature, with resultant formation
of ice, accompanied by the shutting of
of natural gas in the flood districts,
has caused great deal of suffering.
Nearly all the mills and factories
are on the river front and the damage
ito them will be the most severe In
many instances resumption of work
will be delayed for days or weeks, and
hundreds of men will be temporarily
out of employment.