Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-29
FLOOD takes LIFE
IN pennsylvania.
High Water Sweeps Away Bridge
at Sharpsville and Four Men
Are Drowned.
ATTEMPT TO FORD STREAM At
YANKEE RUN PROVES FATAL

Water mt Pittsburg Registers Thirty
Feet and Property Loss Will Prob
ably Reach 81 200, OOO-At Philadel-
phia-Fall of Temperature at Ohio
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
a 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
damage here will reach many thousands
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 80
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 un-
der nearly five feet of water, and por-
tions of the Fourth and Eighth wards
are also flooded.
Up to this time there have been no
lives lost in the flood as far as known.
The property loss will probably reach
$1,000 900.
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 SchuyllSill river. Between two
and three o'clock Saturday morning the
water rose seven feet. This sudden rush
was due to the breaking up of the ice
and as consequence 16 big mills in
Manayunk, suburb, were forced to
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 Manayunlh, 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
houses had to be removed in boats. The
police tug Samuel G. King was torn
from her moorings and carried down the
river The tug is a complete wreck. Six
lighters were also carried down the river
and big canal boat was sunk. The
Baltimore 6 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
p sharp drop in. the temperature, there
was decided improvement in the flood
situation here Saturday. The river is
falling and since Friday night has gone
down nearly foot and half. 1t is be-
iieved that all danger of further extern
sive damage is over. The three big
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
ly but steadily improving.
The water in some parts of Columbus
Grove reached the second floors OF
houses, and families were rescued by
boats.
The food in the Scioto river is reced-
ing The weather observer at Colum-
bus considers the danger past for the
time.
Youngstown Under Water.
Youngstown, o., Jan. 25.-The Ma
honing river Saturday morning was two
feet above high water mark and the city
is experiencing the worst flood in its his.
tory. At six o'clock the water works
pumping station was compelled to shut
down and the pumps were stopped, the
high water pntfirg the fires out. Tha;
part of the eli ai,t reached by the
stand pipes is II tle mercy OF dres
Should they break OUT