Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-03-10
The Hoods.

About two inches of rain fell upon
the frozen earth of this section last
Wednesday night. 1t ran off freely, the
streams rapidly became raging torrents,
and in and about Butler the water was
as high as it has been for forty years.
The factories and many of the resi-
dences on the east side of town were
damaged by water, and on the west
side the water covered the greater part
of the Island. surrounding houses and
rising to tie floor of the Car Works.
The street cars could not run, the Broad
street school had to be closed, and for
time all communication with 'Lyndora
was cut off.
The railroads suffered most seriously,
there were no trains between Butter
and Pittsburg that day several b. d u;
bridges were washed away or damaged
along the Pine Creek, and the west
Penn had several rods of track washed
out near Sarvers. The morning train
from the north on the Bessemer had TO
be pushed through four feet OF water
by freight engine, with hlgh nre-
box On Friday and to Tuesday all the
B. & O., B., r. g. P. and Bessie trains
reached Pittsburg by using the
Bessemer, Union and b. q y. tracks,
which landed them at the Smlthheid
station at Pittsburg. The West rem
got itself into running order IN DAY or
two.
At Renfrew the water was up to
Kirkpatrick's store, and the greater
part of the town between the railroad
and the creek was under water.
At Reibold VIM. Myers buggy was
caught in a sudden rush of water ana
washed avay. and he took refuge in a
| tree.
At Evans City the water in the Break
neck rose that morning very suddenly.
A carpenter shop above the town was
carried away and it lodged against the
| bridge. This made dam which threw
the current over the town, and the
water went up Main street as lar as
Burry g. Markets store, and was sever
al feet deep near the bridge. Heyl q
Youpes store was wrecked, Donaldson
nool room went floating down the
| stream, so did Frank Morris cigar shop
| Charley Lynch's horse was drowned
and his two wagons swept away; ooaro
walks disappeared and stone walks were
broken. the race track was damaged
the station has been condemned; Mil
ler's mill was damaged, etc. An Incl
dent of the flood was woman walking
a plank from the second story OF one
house to another carrying baby.
The water in the Slipperyrock was
the highest on record, damaging the
track Of the Hilliard Branch, and wash
ling away one of the bridges at Boyers
| At Pittsburg there were % feet o.
water in the channel, Friday. and The
lower part of Allegheny was under
water, and great floods and ice gorge!
in the Susquehanna, Delaware ant
other rivers to the east of us destroyed
bridges and private property.
County bridges over every creek II
the county have been washed away O.
damaged, and the County Commission
ers estimate the damage done at gu, OOO
Avery Deemer was working for John
Shiever on the north side of the creel
at HARMONY. He tried to cross, wa
caught in the current on the Harmon,
side. was entangled in Boggs' fence, hi
|, horse was drowned, while he saved him
self by getting on the chicken coop.
BRIDGES DESTROYED.
Up to date the County Commissioner
, have received word of the destructlol
of the following bridges
What is known as Allen bridge, Gve
the Connoquenessing. below Zellenople
, was swept off it's abutments and is nov
lying in the creek bed. 1t is an lro
bridge, old style, and an entirely ne'
one will probably be required:
The Bull iron bridge over the Connc
| E1ruvord +xur xral wash
, ed off its abutments and is lying in tn
creek. 1t is a new bridge; and it wi
cost considerable to put it back In II
place.
Besides these, two County bridge
, near Gallery junction over the Breal
neck, the Davis Run bridge in Jefferso
twp. the M. E. church bridge owe
: Thorn Creek in Penn twp; the Monro
station bridge over the Little Buffalo i
!. Buffalo twp; the Mordica Johns an
Martin bridges over Glade Run in Fo
: ward twp the McCormish bridge owe
q Thorn Creek, near Renfrew; and on
of the bridges over the north branch {
the Slipperyrock, near Boyers are gon'
BRIDGES DAMAGED.
s A section of the Hunter bridge |
: Forward twp. was washed away, ID
:, Browns Mill bridge over Glade RIM
damaged.
q Quite number of township bridge
v over the county were damaged and tn
roads washed. 1t will cost at least $50
. TO repair the roads of Middlesex twp.
In Cranberry twp. the roads wer
n badly washed and some townshi
1 bridges across Brush creek were sweI
away.
The Anderson bridge over the Connt
0 quenessing is gone,