Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-03-15
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legheny and Pittsburg there Is no percepa-
BILE change Of conditions
Water Going Down.
The fear for the bridges at 10th and 9th
streets where Associated Press observers
were driven from their posts at an early
hour this morning. were dispelied at Gay
light when the rivers could be seen. In lhe
early morning darkness the cruncnihg Oh
the heavy Ice against the piers OF Inc tne
bridges could be heard. and the cIeahlns
of the structures aroused alarm Whicn was
increased with the information that nun, nun,
dreds of thousands of tons of ice was sum
on the way down the river
The crest of the flood moved out SLOWLY
and did not do the damage that was ex.
pected Because of the quantity OF ice II
had been expected that q numper Oh .ne
bridges over the Allegheny wou.u os
ried away or at least the piers weakenso.
With the present rate OF passing out Vi .ne
waters, however, little damage VIII De SUI
fered by these structures peyenu ING 1851
ing out of masonry, which Is the usual re
suit of the high water every spring.
1t Is expected now that gradual ran OF
both rivers will be recorded throughout Tie
day.
Railroads Abandoned Schedules.
All the railroads entering and passing
through this city were obliged to abanoon
schedules early yesterday and run Trains
as best they could. On the Pennsylvania
lines west the Pittsburg. Fort Wayne ana
Chicago division suffered the most. Whie
this division was the only salvation to
many residents of Allegheny no trains
| could get beyond Ellsworth. about eight
miles down the Ohio river, up to noon To-
| day The Erie and Pittsburg- the Cieve-
| land and Pittsburg. and the P1ttsburg, chi
cago Cincinnati and St. Louis, or Kan
| handle divisions were similarly tied up.
| The Mononga hela and the Allegheny oiVi-
sions of the Pennsylvania railroad running
! south and north were also tied up. leaving
| the only outlet from the city on this ROAD
| the main line, which continued III opeio
| ton to the eastward.
The Baltimore and Ohio road lost all
| its telegraph wires last nlght anu mas
/ run no trains since, although 1t was eN,
pected that through trains would be started
| for eastern points this afternoon. NO local
| trains will be run until wires for dispatch-
| ing can be replaced.
| On the Pittsburg and Lake Erie the same
| conditions prevailed as on other roads
! the worst te-up in years-but with the
| falling of the rivers it was expected at
! noon that trains would be running tomor-
| row.
Fled to Death.
| PARKERSBURG. W. Va. March ID
, Four persons were drowned late last night
| in an effort to escape from their tottering
home at Riverside to a place OF safety.
William Francis, his wife and daughter and
son are the victims
The family had proceeded only a few
| wards from their house when the torrent
| overturned their skif.
Flood Crest Nearing Cincinnati.
| Special Dispatch The Star.
| CINCINNATI. Ohio March 15.-The only
| encouraging feature of the flood situation
| today is the fact that the rains have
| ceased and the sun is shining brightly.
| The river at IL o'clock reached a stage of
| "a feet 6 inches, with several more feet
| bound to come as the great mass of water
| that flooded Pittsburg and headwater
towns is still to pass Cincinnati. The est
| mate today is that about 1,SiW buildings IN
| this city are in the food and about 10000
/ persons have been thrown out of employ
| ment.
Hundreds Are Homeless.
| GAINESVILLE, Ohio. March 15.-The
Muskingum river above the dam Is still
/ creeping up, but the fall in the Licking
| makes the Muskingum in the lower pool at
| standstill this morning. and the crisis in
| the local flood situation has doubtless been
reached The river reached stage of thir
ty-two feet Six hundred families are home
| less and are being cared for by the city.
The churches school houses and fire sta
| tons are filed with refugees.
People Returning Home.
SPRINGFIELD. Ohio March 15-The
| flood has entirely disappeared from the
Buck creek valley, and the people who were
temporarily driven from their homes have
| returned and are engaged in cleaning up.
No unusual damage is reported. though
| the aggregate loss Will amount to several
| thousand dollars.
Potteries All Closed.
EAST LIVERPOOL. Ohio, March 10
| This city is in a serious condition on &C
count of the flood. All business is at
standstill. The river is higher than it
has been since 1884. Telegraph wires are
| down. All the potteres have closed down.
! The electric light plant is flooded. The
water works is out of commission and the
reserve supply is running low.
! Cleveland and Pttsburg railway trains
| have been annulled. Probably no trains
will get out of here before Monday.
Officials Hurry West.
J Special Dispatch to The Star.
! PHILADELPHIA, March 1o.-Alarmed at
the serious condition of affairs at Pitts
| burg. due to the food, which has already
caused some damage to the pennsylvania
as we'll as other lines, General Manager w.
W. Atterbury and Chief Engineer A. c.
Schand left for Pittsburg at 1:1s o'clock
this morning to take personal charge. Re-
ports from the railroad officials along the
| Allegheny Monongahela and Ohio rivers
are disuuieting, and measures are being
taken not only to guard the property but to
| quickly repair damages.