Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-02-15
-Four Days of Rain Have
Caused All Streams to
be Out Of Banks.
DANGER is INCREASING
No Lives Lost According to Re-
ports From Many Places,
but Loss is Heavy.

Pittsburg, Feb. 15.-With the stage
at 15 feet at this morning, and rising
at the rate of a foot an hour, the Allie
gheny. Monongahela, Ohio. Youghiogh-
ony and Kiskiminetas rivers are slow
ly spreading over the lowlands of the
Pittsburg & Western Pennsylvania
points today.
Al Danger Mark.
The danger mark of % feet will be
reached by noon. The weather bu-
reau predicts a stage of 80 feet by
nightfall. Rain continues to fall to-
day. Damage to river craft and prop
erty located near the rivers is already
large, and large ice goTges in the AL
legheny and Youghiogheny rivers about
the city are momentarily expected to
break, wrecking and demolishing craft
in its path.
Many Families Move Out.
At Wheeling, W. Va, and Steuben-
vile, Ohio, a serious flood is expected
to occur, but not before Sunday night.
Thousands of families at Sharpsburg,
Etna, Aspinwall, Charleroe, Oakdale.
and numerous other places have been
compelled to remove their household
goods to higher floors.
LandsIides Occur.
Several heayY landslides occurred
along the Pittsburg. Virginia &
Charleston railroad delaying trains and
making transportation dangerous.
At McKeespo't I the water is rising
gradually and unless the cold spell
predicted for tonight materializes it
will be necessary to close down the
steel and iron mills of that district.
Thousands of wolkmen will be affected
and great hardships will be experience
ed as the men just recently returned
to work after 4 weeks idleness.
COnI Miners Idle.
Many coal mines along the river
bank are flooded and thousands of
coal miners compelled to abandon
work. The Bessemer railroad at
Greenville is out Of commission and
the trolley system demoralized. Teie
graph wires are down, causing much
inconveniences. Many plants at that
place are partially submerged and
hundreds of men out of work. AT
Beaver, Pa, below this city, the Ohio
river has risen II feet in 10 hours and
indications poiSt to a flood stage, OF
dangerous proportions.
Buffalo Swamped.
Buffalo, Feb. 15.-The waters of Buf
falo and Soajaquade creeks in the
southern and northern sections of the
city, respectively, ovcrflOwed the bank.
and stood today from two to thre,
fleet of water in the streets Many eel
lars are flooded and thousands Of dol
lars of damage done to property.
At Springfield, Ohio.
Springfield, Ohio Feb. 15.-Duci
creek is higher than since 1898 ami
fully '110 houses in the city are flood
ed. No lives were lost. but boats wer
kept busy all night carrying peopl
out OF submerged houses. All subul
ban traction lines entering the cit
have been out of commission the pas
IL hours, the power house being fiooC
cd. Steam railway traffic is demon
allied because of numerous washouts
Move to Second Stories.
Lima, Ohio, Feb. 15.-The Ottaw
and Auglaize rivers are out of tn
banks in this city and families in tn
lowlands are moving to the secon
stories. Railway traffic is seriousl
delayed
Indiana SoreIy Beset.
Indianapolis, Feb 15.-While nortl
ern and central Indiana was swept b
snow and windstorms today the soutl
ern part of the state is suffering frol
floods. Reports from Princeton, Vii
cennes, Evansville and other points e.
press the fear of a still higher stag
of water.
Lumber Interests Suffer.
Lexington, KY, Feb. 15.- Stream
throughout eastern Kentucky are ri
ing rapidly as result of four day
:, rain. and great damage is feared |
lumber concerns along the Kentuck
Red, Cumberland, Licking and B
Sandy rivers. Traffic on railroad
running out of the city is delayed b
cause of high water.
THANKS FOR ]. n. M0RG