The Washington herald., 1908-02-16


Pittsburg. Feb 15.-"The crest of the
food will be here about noon," said
Weather oFrecaster Pennywitt tonight.
''The water will reach a height of at
least thirty feet. The rivers will remain
stationary for some time. and the fall
viii be slower than the rise"
It is estimated that a thousand fami-
| lies have been driven from their home.
Many have been given shelter by friends.
while the police stations are taking care
of hundreds
Previous 10 midnight the water was
rising about half foot an hour. All
/ danger from ice has passed away The
gorges on the Monongahela and Ale
cheney and their tributaries have broken.
and the ice is running out freely. The
/ flow of water is too fast to permit new
/ gorges to form, and. although the tenn
lperature has fallen below the zero point
the temperature viii have no effect on
| the flood
/ As the tuFbid waters poured into the
cellars in the low-lying district and
slowly mounted into the first floors. fur
niture was hurried 40 an upper story,
where women and children fed for safety,
only to be rescued later by the police in
improvised skiffs.
Thousands Of doprs worth Of damage
! has already been done 10 dwellings. and
at midnight the Water had reached the
21-foot mark and was slowly rising.
/ Ohio Reaches Flood Stage.
| Cincinnati Ohio. Feb. 15.-Mnd weather
with quickly melting snow fan at head
quarters, followed by a pretty steady
rain, fell for twenty-four hours or more
Tan along the line have caused the ohio
/ River to assume a threatening food stage
/ Already great damage has been done
/ here and elsewhere. More than half a
mile of track Of the Big Four Railroad at
Harrison, about a dozen miles from here.
was washed i1to the Whitewater River
to-day Other roads, especially the BaIti-
more and Ohio Southwestern. have suf-
feTed loss ash Inconvenience, but there
has been no delay OF consequence, trains
arriving and departing tonight as usual
River front cellars are flooded tonight
and goods arc being removed from eel
lars, Easements, and lower stores in that
district. Many families have been forced
so move out.
/ The market gardeners along Mil Creek
I have suffered great damage already
through having their early crops washed
away.
/ The weather has been much colder for
the last few hours. There has been no
/ rain. and consequently the hope for a
subsdmg Of the waters is strengthening
/ hourly. However. the river has been
/ rising at the rate Of about one foot an
/ hour all day, and late tonight was con-
/ tinuing to rise at about the same rate.
/ with the stage at 10 o'clock tonight
| forty-one feet. Fifty feet is called the
Danger line"
Storm Along the Coast.
/ New York, Feb ia heavy southeast
storm that increased TO gale in the aft
ernoon, raised rough sea outside Of
Sandy Hook, tore the waters of the bay
| into d ferment. and was responsible for
| several marine mishaps. A heavy fog,
and later a drizzling rain also made nav
/ igation at times extremely difficult. A
/ schooner was given ashore on Great
South Beach. and her crew rescued by
Iife-savers with difficulty; a cargo steam
| ship also ashore on South Beach was also
abandoned by her crew, and viii prob
| ably be total loss.
Two ocean liners. the Cedric and ST.
/ Paul. outward, returned after getting out
side the Hook finding things too strenu-
Gus. 1t was lOte in the afternoon before
they finally passed out
Flood Follows Storm.
Buffalo. n Y, Feb. 15.-Lowering tenn
! peerature followed by a snowstorm to-
night relieved the anxiety felt by resi-
dents of South Buffalo, where the over
/ flowing water from the Buffalo River
/ threatened the destruction of much prop
erety and possibly loss of life.
! Residents in the district traversed by
Buffalo River. Casenovia and Scajuguda
creeks suffered considerable loss of prop
/ eTty by the flood, which covered thou
/ sands Of acres. Huge cakes of ice were
/ floating around on streets that looked
more Ike canals than driveways
Hattiesburg, Miss. Feb. 15.-Leaf River
/ IS over its banks at this city, and a rise
! Of three feet above the danger line is
predicted by the Weather Bureau. Resi-
| dents in the low-lying sections of the
/ city are making preparations TO move
| The railroad and telegraph wires are
down in every direction as a result of
yesterdays storm The Gulf and Ship
Island road has fifteen freight cars de-
rallied in a washOut twelve miles north
/ Of here
Indiana Also Suffers.
Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 15.-While the
northern and central portions of Indiana
are swept by snow and wind to-day. the
southern part OF the State is suffering
from floods. Princeton, Vineennes, Ev-
ansville. and other points fear a still
/ higher stage Of water Rivers are out of
bank and IN several counties bridges have
been carried away and buildings in the
/ lUwlands are under water.
At Bloomington the flood is perhaps
Z tho rrTpa facf cfuo1 1880