New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-03-14
THREEDROWNINW WRECK
WORST STORM IN YEARS.
CIOudbursts and Floods IN PennsyI-
rania. Ohio and Indiana.

Pittsburg, March I2.-Three men drowned rail-
road bridge washed away. a county bridge IN dan
ger OF following the railroad bridge into the Ale
ghany River and an engine and FIVE freight cars
in the water, the first results Of the rapid rise
during the night Of Deer Creek near Harmarsville
Penn. on the West Penn Railroad. The dead are
the engineer, fireman and brakeman OF the train
A freight train east bound entered on the bridge
about 4:5e o'clock this morning but had got no
further than the second pier when the bridge went
down. carrying tie engine trainrnen and five
freight cars with II. The creek had risen RAPIDLY
10 sixteen feet from normal height of from four
10 SIX feet So great was the force OF the curren:
that oFre Of the freight cars heavily loaded was
carried down the creek over a quarter Of q mile
The fireman engineer and brakeman were irnne-
drowned
The NIonongahela. the Allegheny and tho Ohio
rivers are rising rapidly tonight stage of %
teel mas been reached I'm this city and by to-nor-
70" = ieet is anticipated This Is six feet over the
oanger mark and viii inundate the lower nor+ions
% me CITY Reports from uprver points are alarm
Cabeis TsI VIII part OK many towns in the Monon-
nnaIfo~y escaped with their lives TIE ,lo,,ert,
1 ras - heaEy II is raining heavily to-nieI+ afl
over Western Pennsylvania and West yire5i11 al
Oufnberl nd. Nd, March l2-Tle lower section ~
-lnoeiland Is Hooded tonight: water entering five
Sueets' The Potomac River is still rising The
u tore OUT The supports Of a bridge l5o foo,
.ele' ana tonight the entire structure collas,
~. Oh
ShonI w Va and in the Georges Greek ,,,;-i,,-
region A boy living nsar Mount savage While r
ui"ins from school, fell into a flooded stream ana
us crowned. The Consolidation mine q. vi,
ounmt IS flooded. The Western RIa-,Io,5 u Se
- - Neu op by landsdes near Piedmont
'iliclihaU, March l3.-The Ohio River ana ,r,b
uIaries are rising steadily the lov-lanse hairo- ~
READY covered with water In This oity tn 49,,
ram hooded the streets and for a time checked al
uaHlc- Weather Forecaster Basler said TO-DAY, tho,
INC ONO would probably pass forty-eight faat ~,
thursday night, within two feet Of the 5a,go-
me A number Of washouts caused 5als[-s -
various railroads centring here Traction iires
suNered even more than the steam railroads
GAINESVILLE Ohio. March ia cloudburgt oc
CURED i've miles southwest of this city ealy to-day
ana as a result property has been damaged to the
extent Of thousands of dollars Traffic on the
Evansville & Western and the Cincinnati {, Nusl,i,
gum valley railways. and the Southeastern Ohio
SnteTurhan IS completely tied up the tracks being
t,eogeo IN smali towns on Jonathan Creek hun
ofnts are moving 10 the hills for safety Al Rose
vile the water the main street Of the iilaoe
vas i've feet deep this morning. So far no lives
are reported lost.
Lancaster. Ohio March 13-The worst food since
1913 swept over Lancaster to-day. The police and
nre departments with citizen volunteers are work
ing 10 rescue people from the second stories Of their
homes in the west and south ends The Hooking
Valley tracks washed out for more than a mile
near Rockers Station. and other sections are piled
with wreckage.
Terre Haute. Ind. March ia cIoudburst that
dropped fifteen inches OF rain within less than an
hours time broke over Greene County last night
ana old damage aggregating 100000