The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-17
Loss OF $4,000, 900.
Entailed by the Pittsburg Flood NO"
Slowly Subsding.

Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. 1.-THE an
ual food in this city and vicinity Is
slowly disappearing. AT l o CLOCK eie
stage was "a feet and falling 4-lo Oh
an inch an hour. By evening the wat.
Or will be below the danger marx OF
50 feet and miles of inundated terri
tory will be left a sea OF muo anu
debris
The body of one man was found
floating in the river today ana TWO
others are missing. Two houses ~
the Pennsylvania avenue food dlstrlct
collapsed and one was was seriously
injured. over 10000 men are tenn
porarily thrown out of work and this
great number so suddenly adoeo 70
the army of the unemployed Is res res u 1lt
ing in widespread suffering mo-
sands of persons are living in the sec
ond floors of their homes and patrol-
men in skiffs are distributing the nee
essaries of life. In one OF the MONIES
q woman gave birth to ch1Id To-Day
and 1t has been named Robinson
Crusoe. To reach the house the phy-
eician had to use skiff and ladder.
Conservative estimates place the
damage close to S2,000,0OO. trans
portation facilities are gradually as
Stunning normal conditions and gen.
eral cleaning up of the suomerseu
district is in progress.
Scenes of activity are In evidence
everywhere in the flood district today:
As the water recedeS hundreds Oh
men are put to work pumping water
from cellars and clearing the debris
from the streets. On the north side
Oatrolnen in skifts are distributing
coal and food to imprisoned fam1lles;
For this purpose 1000 loaves OF bread
and 1000 pounds OF bologna were Sc
cured last night.
In the manufacturing district
general cleaning up is in progress.
1Ic c SERIOUSLY Grip
pied as in past floods and majority
of them are in operation today Great
amounts of goods have been destroyed
by water in the Easements OF ousl-
ness houses down town but STOCKS
valued at hundreds of thousands OF
dollars were removed to places OF
safety and the loss in this respect Is
much smaller than in previous years
At western Pennsylvania points
above this city the water has receded
from the lowlands and a restoration
of normal conditions is underway
Wheat Lands Submerged.
Indianapolis Ind, Feb. 17.-Floods
continue in southern Indiana today
The weather has turned clear and
cold, which will check the rapid rise
in streams. At Petersburg, White
and Patoka rivers are higher than
since 1875, and thousands of acres of
wheat lands are submerged. Schools
have closed and trains have ceased
running. Hundreds of men are re-
pairing washouts. At Terre Haute
the Wabash is at 171s feet and Is ris-
ing. The Ohio at Evansville will pass
the danger line before night. It is
rising two inches an hour.
Trolley Lines Out of Commission.
Wheeling, W. Va. Feb. 17.-Al1
trolley lines and railroads. except the
Pennsylvania and two lines of the
Baltimore Ohio are out of commits
sion. The property loss was
minimiZed however, owing to the
ample warming which had been given.
The board of trade and city authori-
ties are furnishing food supplies for
hundreds of the destitute. The river
Is expected to begin receding this af-
ternoon. Conditions are made much
worse this morning by reason Of the
sudden drop in the temperature.