The Springfield herald., 1907-03-22
SERIOUS FLOODS
WATER AT PITTssuuRe THIRTY
FIVE FEET HIGH.
MANY TOWNS SUBMERGED
A Number Of Lives Lost and Immense
Property Loss Reported-Immense
Ice Gorge Breaks and Threatens


Property Loss Reported-Immense
Ice Gorge Breaks and Threatens
Further Damage.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. flood conditions
prevailed Thursday night In western
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and east
ern Ohio. At o'clock the water
reached stage of BAG feet at Herr's
Island and 34.3 feet at Market street,
and at the headwaters the rivers are
now stationary. This stage Is twelve
feet above the danger line.
At A O'Clock the thirtymile Ice gorge
at Parker, Pennsylvania, broke and is
moving toward the city. The immense
gorge in the Clarion river has also
started down stream.
Many Ohio points are experiencing
disastrous floods. Three persons were
drowned at GAINESVILLE. The damage to
property will aggregate hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
In the Pittsburg district the loss
from the closing down of manufactu.-
ing plants and the damage to machin-
cry and other property is estimated at
many millions of dollars.
Within the last thirty-six hours four
teen fatalities directly due to the flood
have been reported.
Conditions In Pittsburg are the worst
ever recorded. The whole lower down
town district Is under water. De-
quesne way. Penn avenue and Liberty
street, running parallel with the Allie
gheny, are submerged to depth OF
several feet. Hundreds OF business
houses located in this district are
L. of N OF a
water is almost up to the second floor.
The Gayety, Belasco, Alvin and Bi-
jou theaters are surrounded by water
and will be unable to open for several
days.
The guests of the Colonial, Lin
coin and Anderson hotels are either
marooned or compelled to use skihs
TO and from the buildings.
Trolley service between Pittsburg
and Allegheny was supended early to-
day and tonight at the Pennsylvania
depot are thousands of excited people
trying to board trains for Allegheny
and other suburbs.
Trolley, elevated and telephone ser
vice is demoralized in different sec
tions.
At midnight the Allegheny river
had reached stage of 2o.l and was
rising foot an hour.
The sudden rise was reported by the
Weather Bureau to be due to the
breaking of the ice gorges at Parker
and Freeport. -~'
With this lise large portion of the
city is flooded.
Several newspapers lave been forced
to call upon their contemporaries to
assist in getting out morning editions
because pressrooms are flooded. and
fire engines have been called into SER
vice to pump Easements In an effort
to save property.
At midnight the damage done by the
flood is estimated at $1O,O0O,OOO.
Ohio Towns Inundated.
Cleveland.-Many Ohio points are
experiencing disastrous floods. Dis
patches to the Associated Press from
many places tell of swollen streams
and of death. damage and privation as
result Of the flood.
I At GAINESVILLE, where three persons
we're drowned. the Muskingum river
is rising at the rate Of one and half
inches an hour and nears the high
water mark of 1898, when the most dis
astrous flood known in that section
occurred Mayor Deacon swore in
large force of special policemen and
gave orders to confiscate the boats Of
owners found charging excessive ferry
charges in the flooded districts.