Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-14
GREAT FLOOD
At P|TTSBURG
Record OF Ten Years Has Already
Been Passed. and Rivers
Are still Rising.
STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS
Highest Stage OF Water in ScScnts-ii,e
Wears Mas he Eestctied--Nine
Deaths 50 Far

pittsburs, March lf---Pittsburg il In
The record OF 10 years has already been
passed and the rivers are still rising
if the rise continues at the present
rate the record of 1854, when the water
reached the highest stage since 1885,
will have been passed before nightfall-
The stage in 1854 was 80 feet, 4 inches
Today al 10 o'clock the marks re-
eistcred 80 feet, with the water creep
ing up at rate OF six inches an hour
and SKILL rising at all hendwater points.
Every tributary along the upper river
is swollen, and dispatches from all sec
lions OF western Pennsylvania report
the smaller streams are beyond their
banks and the surrounding districts
merged
Weather bureau officials predict "a
feet or over at Pittsburgh Ii this
stage is reached, the Hood viii not only
be the greatest in 40 Years, but the most
disastrous in the history of the CITY,
Warm, heavy rams throughout the
entire section for nearly two days, add
ed TO by the melting snow from the
hills and mountains. caused all the
-
Until an early hour today. however.
food OF unusual proportions was not
expected and the rushing waters caught
the people nnprepared-
AS a. result OF this the damage will
be much heavier. 1t was estimated
early today that the loss from the
closing down of manufacturing plants
alone would exceed half n million
dollars, and the damage to property
from high water would be as much
more.
Nine deaths are attributed to the
flood SO far, These include the three
trainmen who lost their lives by the
collapse OF the Harsnersviile bridge
yesterday, and two men drowned last
might when the tcwhoat Cruiser cap
sized In the Ohio river.
The other fatalities reported are:
Lloyd Weyiand. aged 80.
William Beers 40 years. drowned In
Laurel ELL Creek, near Somerset.
George Johnston, aged 5 years.
drowned at Millvale.
Annie Shutti, aged I; drowned in Blue
Baker creek, near Hastings.
DROWNED IN FLOOD.
GAINESVILLE, o.. March 4---Tbree Hum
garians were drowned here as the re-
suit OF the. flood this morning. a score
OF foreigners were living In house that
was surrounded by the Mu skingum riv-
er overlooked during the night. When
they started TO wade TO land three We're
caught In the current and swept out
into the river
Flood conditions through Muskingum
county are unprecedented and growing
worse hourly. The Muskingnm and
Licking rivers are out of bounds In
this city and more than a hundred
homes have been invaded by the water.
1t is believed that 800 families will be
homeless here by tomorrow.
The high waters have crossed West
Main street to depth of four feet.
FAMILIES FORCED TO MOVIE.
Lima, o.. March 1.-THE heavy down
pour OF rain in this section has raised
the ottawa river beyond it's bounds
the small waterway being unable to
drain the district upon the crest of the
Ohio's watershed. Fifty families were
forced to move out of their homes here
last night.
Pipe lines have been unearthed and
oil plants rendered useless by the high
waters.