The Irish standard., 1907-03-16
BRIDGE, Carrying
TRAIN, C0LLAPSES
THREE MEN DROWNED IN Al.
lEGHENY RIVER WHEN
STRUCTURE GIVES WAY.
DANGER OF FLOODS IN
WEST PENNSYLVANIA
Many Streams Out of Their Banks
as Result Of Recent Heavy Rains
Numerous Towns Under Water
Throughout Ohio.

Pittsburg, Pa. March 1t.-Thrce
men drowned. a railroad bridge washed
away, a county bridge in danger of
following the railroad bridge into the
Allegheny river and an engine and
five freight cars in the water are the
first results Of the rapid rise during
the night of Deer creek, near Harmars-
Vile, Pa, on the West Pennsylvania
railroad. The dead are:
j. r. Mikesell, engineer. 2S years
old, Allegheny; w. j. Cantwe}l, fire.
! man. 25 years, Darlington, Pa; J. NJ.
Johns, brakeman, 25 years, Freeport,
= Pa
EARLY Wednesday morning a freight
train eastbound entered on the bridge
but had not got further than the sec
Ond pier when it suddenly gave way.
Before the engineer fireman or brake
man on the front part Of the train
could realize what had happened the
bridge went down. carrying the en-
gine. trainmcn and five freight cars
with it. So rapidly had Deer creek
risen during the night that it had at
tanned a height of l6 feet instead of
the normal from four to six feet So
great, too, was the force of tho current
that one of the five freight cars, hcav-
lily loaded, was carried down the creek
distance Of over a quarter of a mile
before its progress was stayed. The
fireman, engineer and brakeman had
not the slightest possible opportunity
of escaping but were Immediately
dragged into tho roaring current and
, drowned.
Many Streams Out of Banks.
| Dispatches from all sections of
western Pennsylvania report heavy
rains Tuesday night and rapidly ris-
ing waters. At many places tho down
pour resembled a cloud burst and tho
| streams are already beyond their
J banks. Much territory is submerged
and fears are entertained of danger
GUS floods
| In the Connellsvilc region the
streams are said to be rising at an
alarming rate. Dunbar is inundated
and several buildings have been washed
from their foundations. Numerous
bridges arc threatened. In Allegheny
county, CHARTERS creek, Robinson run.
Pine creek, Deer creek, Turtle creek
and Girtys run arc raging torrents
The towns of Oakdae. Ingram. Car
negie, Wilmerding, Sharpsburg and
Turtle Creek borough arc already part
ly under water. At the latter place
the rise came so quickly that many
persons were rescued from their
houses in shiffs.
4 Pittsburg rivcrmen are preparing
for a flood stage of 20 feet If it does
not exceed this, there will be no dam
age here.
Floods In Ohio Valley.
! Cincinnati, o., March 14.-Heavy
electrical and transforms throughout
the Ohio valley did much damage, ac-
cording to reports received Wednes-
day. The Ohio and tributaries are
rising steadily. the low lands being
already covered with water. In this
city an unprecedented rainstorm burst
over the city. flooding tho streets and
for time checking all traffic Sew
eral landslides covered traction lines
in the western section of the city and
laborers worked all night to clear the
tracks. Much scattered damage was
reported in the Mill creek valley and
other suburban sections. Truck gar
deners along Mill creek lost heavily
All their early spring vegetables were
washed away.
Many Cities Under Water.
Columbus, o., March 4.--Flood sit
uation prevails nearly all over The
state. A report from Bridgeport says
that the worst rainstorm in years Wis
/ tied that vicinity Tuesday night and
"Wednesday all the creeks are out of
their banks. At barton. in Belmont
county. houses and stores are flooded.
Landslides are reported on many cleo
trio roads in eastern Ohio.
At Hamilton, Seven Mile creek
washed away the Pennsylvania track
and freight train No. rs was dtched
near COllinsvillc and IL loaded cars
We're wrecked. No one was hurt.
| At Dayton the Miami river is at a
food stage and hundreds of acres of
farm land are inundated. The electric
railway traffic is delayed. Reports
from GAINESVILLE. Springfield and Logan
say that portions of these cities are
flooded.
AT Crooksville, Roseville and White
Cottage, small towns on Jonathan
creek, hundreds of houses have been
I flooded and the residents are moving
to the hills for safety. Al Roseville
the water on the main street of the viii
lage was five feet deep this morning.
So far no lives are reported lost.
The worst flood since 1873 swept
over Lancaster early Wednesday. The
south and west ends of the city are
/ inundated by the overflow of two
weeks and the water is over the pike
for the first time in years.
| Bomb Kills Six.
kharkavo, Russia March 14.-While
the police were searching the rooms
occupied by student a bomb ex-