Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-03-22
FEAR Flames; LEAP
TO Death IN FLOOD
EIGHT PANIc.sTRickEN FOR.
EIGNERs DROWNED AT
WHEELING, w. VA.
PITTSBURG LOSS is
PLACED AT MILLIONS
Rivers There Return to Their Chan.
nels Hundreds Driven from
Homes by High Water in the
Ohio Valley.

nels Hundreds Driven from
Homes by High Water in the
Ohio Valley.
Wheeling, w. Va, March 1S.-Panic-
stricken as a result of an explosion
and fire at the Warwick pottery works
in the flooded district early Saturday,
eight persons, all children but three.
lost their lives by jumping from the
windows of their homes into the wa
tiers of the flood and drowning before
they could be rescued. The victims
are Mike Bretries, married, aged 80
years; Anna Nesbit, aged 20 years;
Chas Holman, Waterman; Allen Bret,
ries, aged nine years; Simon Allis,
aged two years; Badsay George, aged
ten years; Badsay Thomas, boy, aged
five years; Effie Nimas, aged three
years.
Surrounding the pottery is colony
of Syrians. The explosion occurred
about one o'clock this morning and
was followed Immediately by fire
which enveloped the entire plant in a.
few minutes and threatened adjoining
property. Fearing death in the flames
the frenzied foreigners leaped from
the windows into the water and were
drowned.
The police worked heroically and
rescued many of the Syrians from the
water, but the eight named are known
to have gone down.
The pottery was completely de-
stroyed and the four-story building of
the Wheeling stamping works was
100000.
Pittsburs's Loss s1o,ooo,ooo.
Pittsburg, Pa, March lS.-The
rivers are again back to their channels
and the greatest flood ever known
here is matter of history. For "a
| hours the water has been steadily re-
ceding and the stage at ten o'clock
Saturday was 81 feet and still falling
at the rate of about six inches an hour
| With the receding water the extent OF
| the damage caused is laid bare and
there is no reason to change the esti
mate of property and business losses
The most conservative figures are $10,.
100000 and they run from this all the
way to $20,000,000. The loss of life in
| the past three days is not yet definite
ly ascertained. At least a score of per-
| sons met death in the flood and many
are said to be missing.
Few of the army of workmen who
were thrown into enforced idleness by
the flood will be able to resume before
Monday. Early in the day the entire
force Of the health department de-
scended upon the recently submerged
sections to make an inspection with a
view to ascertaining the result of the
deluge as touching the matter of pub
lie health.
May Reach January Record.
Cincinnati, o., March 18.-At the
rate of a little more than one-tenth Of
a foot an hour the Ohio continued to
rise throughout the night and Saturz
day there was no indication of any i'm
mediate relief from the flood, which
has crept up over the lowlands and
| into cellars and houses. That the river
will pass 60 feet when the crest ar
| rives here. seems certain and fears
are still expressed that the GEL
feet reached in January may be
passed. At noon the river was above
58 feet and steadily rising one inch an
hour. All points south of Parkersburg
reported continued rising, Point Pleas
ant being Is feet above flood stage and
| others well above but not so high.
800 Driven From Home.
Ironton, o., March 1S.-Three hun
dred people were driven from their
homes Saturday whom the Ohio reach
ed stage of 56.2 feet. The river is
rising two inches an hour and stage
| of So feet is expected.
| Told to Leave Their Homes.
Louisville, KY, March 18.-The
Ohio, which has been rising rapidly
for three days, Saturday morning in
vaded Shipping port and that section
of the city known as the "Cut Off"
Mayor Barth has notified all residents
of the Cut Off" to leave their homes
at once and the board of public safety
ordered firemen and details of police
with a number Of patrol wagons to
go to the threatened sections and re-
move the people by force if necessary
The crest of the flood is expected
some time Monday, when a stage o.
| 40 feet, just one foot lower than the
January flood, is predicted.
| Levee Breaks; Town Flooded.
Portsmouth, o., March 1S.-Bach
water forced it's way into the NORTH
end of the city at an early hour Sat
urday morning by the levee, which
was weakened by the January flood
giving away. The water spread over
an area of five squares, but the people
had vacated their homes in advance
Water is on the ground floor of the
Front street wholesale houses. The
Portsmouth Steel company's plant
other industries between here and
Sciotoville are all shut down.
Fear Great Flood in New Jersey.
| New York, March 1S.-The Passaic
| valley of New Jersey is again threat
ened with disastrous floods A warn
| rain carried away vast quantities oil
snow, sWelled the brooks to torrents
and flooded the lowlands. There is
still foot of snow on the mountain
sides. This has been loosened and {
| few hours Of rain would set the whole
mass moving into the valley. Similar
conditions caused the great flood Of
II ono whjcb did dornopa ~, Dot