Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-01-28
LOSS IN THE PiTTS5URG DIS
TRicT ALONE WILL EXCEED
$t,ooo,ooo.
Towns ARE Partly SUBMERGED
MANY FAMILIES DRIVEN FROM
THEIR HOMES sv SUDDEN
RUSH OF WAFER.

SNoDu % Jon EUs-lAc iOOu Ddo -
q great measure passed this point, but
portions of Pittsburg and Allegheny
are still submerged. The biting cold
weather that has prevailed incfea-ed
the distress that exists in the Hood
section.
In Allegheny the fuel supply Ia
scarce and the distribution of coal
among the poorer sufferers brought
about a riotous condition. When. the
fuel was dumped on the street men.
women and children fought for It's
possession, requiring a strong guard OF
police to restore order. pesolation
remains in all parts of both cities
from which the water has receded.
Wreckage and Ice FIoes
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 food 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.
1t is believed the loss in the Pitts
burg district alone viii exceed the ST.
600. 900 mark. In addition 10 this fully
$4,000 men are temporarily out Of en-
ployment. The damage in, Allegheny
is not yet definitely Known, but sui.
fering In the lower art of the city has
been intense among the poor.
Whole Town Submerged.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Jan. 26. - An leo
gorge has formed in the S~usquehanna
river, and from Sunbury to Greasy, a
distance of thirty miles, the river In
entirely blocked and the water il
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 repoct a y
the large bridge over he isusque-
hanna at that p'sce has been moved
five feet and is expected to collapse at
any moment.
One-third of the town of Bloomsbury
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 Cataw:eya 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. - Tho
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
IF natural gas in the flood districts.
has caused a 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.