The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-03-15
PittsburgerS Use Boats
for Street Travel.
GREATEST FLOODS
Known There in Years ParaIyze Bus
mess and Result in the Loss
Of al Least Ia Lives.

SyIVHlld, West NlfBlula anu Wcsteiu
Ohio is being experienced. At z o'clock
last night the water reached stage Of
34.6 feet at Herr's Island and 3i.4 feet
at Market street. The water continues
at Market street.
At mftlnight the flood situation by
reason of the sudden rise in the ALE.
gheny river took ON more serious as.
pect than at any period in the present
food At that hour the stage was
35.1 and rising q foot an hour. The
sudden rise was due'to the breaking
Of ice gorges at Parker and Freeport.
With this rise the city Is gradually
being submerged. Several newspapers
were compelled to call upon their con.
temporaries to assist In getting out
morning editions because press rooms
were flooded and hre engines were
called into service to pump Easements
in an effort to save property loss.
Conditions in this city are the worst
ever recorded. Tho whole lower down
town district is under water and peo-
pic are moving about in wagons and
skiffs. Duquesne Way, Penn avenue
and Liberty street, running parallel
with the Allegheny river, arc sub.
merged to a depth of several feet
Hundreds OF business houses located
In this district are flooded. In num-
Der Of Instances the water is almost up
to the second floor.
The Gayety, Belasco, Alvin and
Bijou theatres are surrounded by
water and will be unable to open for
several days. Water has destroyed or
greatly damaged the power plants Of
all four theatres.
The guests In the Colonial, Lincoln.
Annex and Anderson hotels are either
marooned or compelled to use skiffs to
and from the buildings.
Trolley service between Pittsburg
and Allegheny was suspended early
Thursday and last night the scenes at
the Union depot Of the Pennsylvania
railroad were almost beyond descrip-
tion. Great placards announcing the
Inauguration Of a special train service
to Allegheny were displayed all
through town. At the depot were
thousands Of people--a chaotic mass
of humanity shouting aud pushing. In
their efforts to board these trains. for
Allegheny or the many suburbs ad-
jacent to the city.
Trolley, elevator and telephone serv-
ice is demoralized in different sections.
Electric light plants In many down
town buildings are out of commission
and candles or gas light Is being used.
Within the last 36 hours IA fatalities
directly due to the food have oc-
Cured.
The damage to perishable goods and
property In the Pittsburg district
alone will amount TO $1,000,000, prob
destruction is being done to property
throughout western Pennsylvania and
West Virginia.
At Connellsville, Pa. the damage ia
the coke region is estimated at $4,000
600.
Over 100000 persons are temporari.
ly out OF employment. The Westing.
house works, employing 10000, a.e
shut down and the damage to machln.
cry IL estimated at $4,000. All the
mines are affected The steel and iron
mills are ct a standstill and fully So.
900 men are idle. Hundreds OF stores
and business houses In the down town
section are partially submerged and
have closed their doors.
In the suburbs Of Aspinwall, Sharps
burg, Etna and Millvale over 500 fami
lies are living in the second story OF
their homes. Many houses In these
suburbs have been undermined and
The foundations weakened and are In
danger OF ,collapsing. The greater
portion OF Monongahela, Pa. is under
water. 9t
Several engine houses In Pittsbure
and Allegheny are out Of commission
and quarters have been engaged al
hotels for the firemen.
The present food Is one OF the mosi
remarkable on record. II came unex
pectedly and there was not suficienl
time TO prepare for It.
Wheeling, w. Va, March 49,
Wheeling Is In the midst OF the wors,
Hood since 1884. Last night at
o'clock the marks showed A feet and
rising four Inches an hour. with the
expectation that the top notch will bt
reached at noon to-day with between
!, At and 48 feet. This completely iso
!, lates the city from the rest of the
world, every railroad aud trolley line
having suspended, and there can be nc
resumption OF communication by rail
road before sunday or Monday.
4 In Wheeling and the surrounding
Z towns Of Benwood, Martins Ferry
bridgeport Bellaire, McMechen .an.
MoundayifIe the food hab wholly I loI
partially submerged fully 1000 house,
and probably $4,000 yeuple hav,
been driven from their homes or I,
upper floors. The situation is nor'
serious on Wheeling Ibland and II
Bcnwood and South Wheeling, where
thousands have been compelled /,
leave their homes and seek refuge ol
higher grounds. Hundreds 0f sicl
persons have been moved from til,
hooded district and every conveyance
in the city is commanding premium
The villages OF Majorsville AM
Vicela, In the Wheeling creek valie,
are reported to have been wiped Oh
by sudden freshet. II Is reported
that nearly 100 houses were aubmsvs
Cd and destroyed. 30 Tar az can h
sseertained there were no fatalities.