Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-03-15
RAGING WATERS \
FLOOD P|TTsBURG
Entire Business Sec
ton of City Inun-
dated
DAMAGE REACHES MILLIONS
Thousands Rendered Home
less-..Fire Adds to Horrors
Traffic Cut. Off.

mcnsity OF the food in the Mononga'
hela, Allegheny and Ohio Rivers which
has submerged ten square miles in
the downtown section of the city. At
ter reaching the highest stage ever
known, 81 feet the flood waters slowly
receded.
Damage Will Reach Millions.
Enormous damage has been caused
by the food Over 100000 persons
have been temporarily thrown out
of employment, every transportation
company in the city is crippled, and
skiffs are carrying hundreds Of people
to their places of business, Twenty
fatalities have occurred in Allegheny
County, directly due to the high water.
Massive Bridges Wrecked.
Four massive bridges were threat
ened owing to the heavy ice gorge
which came down the Allegheny River
last night and ii is believed that they
have been greatly weakened. That
the bridges were moi swept away is
considered marvellous by river men.
Heart Of City Flooded.
Guests in the Lincoln, Cononial. An
mex and Anderson Hotels, located in
the midst of the flood zone are ma
rooned and are watching the high wa
ter from their windows. Four thea
tres are flooded and these will be
dark for several days. At the First
National Bank building the basement
| is flooded to a depth OF several feet
and strenuous efforts are being made
to protect the dynamos which gener-
ate power for the Western Union Tele-
graph Company. The Office Of the AS
sociated Press is located in this build
ing and 1t was momentarily expected
during the night that the wires OF the
company would fail. The strenuous
efforts of a force of men assisted by
fire engine saved the dynamos. but
shortly before o'clcs,, today the
electric lights dynamo succumbed tc
the effect of the waters.
Flood Conditions General.
Outside of Plttsburg the damage
will run into millions of dollars
Many towns are entirely cut off from
this city, thousands of families have
been forced from their homes and il
is expected that these conditions will
prevail for several days
All Communication Cut of.
! At Wheeling, West Virginia, grea
| damage has been done and all trail
and telegraph service has been shu
off. The crest of the food has no
Iyet reached that point,
Fire Breaks Out.
! To add to the confusion in Pitts
burg two early morning fires brok,
out. The firemen experienced grea
difficulty in fighting the flames owing
to a shortage of water in the main
which when caught by the volume o
! Four Drowned at Parkersburg.
4 Parkersburg, W. Va, March 49,
four We're drowned here late las
night in an effort to escape from
tottering home at the river bank t
a place of safety from the food. Will
lam Francis, his wife, daughter ant
son were the victims. They had pro
ceeded but few yards from thei
home when the torrent overcame then
and overturned their skiff.
4 Crisis Passed at GAINESVILLE.
4 GAINESVILLE, Ohio, March 18th
crisis of the food has doubles
lpassed this city. The river reache
stage of thirty.two feet. Six hur
dred families are homeless.
l Great Damage at Liverpool.
J; East Liverpool, Ohio, March 15.-
river here is higher than at any tim
since 1884. One pottery plant and
! large brick works burned this morr
! Ing. All the potteries here have beel
: closed. The electric light plants ar
I flooded, the water works out of CON
! mission and the reserve supply Of wa
+, er is running low.
I TWenty-four Streets Under Water.
:. Wellsville, Ohio, March 15.-Twe1
: ty-four streets here are under waite
, and about 800 houses have bee
flooded.
Ohio Still Rising.
! Cincinnati. Ohio, March 18th
J Ohio River continued to rise slowl
, today, recording 4 1-2 feet above tn
| danger line Cool and clear weathe
gave some promise but the fullnes
of the rivers above hold the thres
: that the worst is yet to come.
Z WAR IN CENTRAL