The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-01-30


The Monongahela riveisis onla ram.
1 page. The flood here IS tho highest
since 1888 when the stream made a
Il Y fecord that has never been broken
sairmont Is so situated that there can
~ be little damage result within the city
Z on account Of a flood but the high
water has done much damage In the
n surrounding communities ant. there
has been much Inconvenience expert
encel In the passenger traffic over the
interurban lines. a.
on3the Fairmont & Clarksburg trac-
tioni line the first interurban car from
Clarksbnrg got as far as Vlropa this
ssmorning. Fwher it encountered a slip.
This car had to return to Clarksburg.
..srhc next car out or that city. leaving
sssEsat 80 O'clock, arrived In this city at
nInet,thLrty O'clock.
phere were three landslides and a
stone on this llne. These were re-
moved and the service was; establish
~ ed swithin6a short time. n %% ~ I.
N The Fairmont & .Mnnnington line.
less fortunate, because the slips
oil that line were larger: A9 force Of
wenty: y:five men we're PIT ID Work on
/ 3 ii Isl neat: tlle Old snga 6csaais d L ne
lss farm. ( otber J n Fge slips cbstrpcts
!. -
the power house ut sJay yenne the
pumps are submerged and the dynamo
4fhad Ito be e&raised on chain blocks and
u was clearing tie water by twcnty.rour
inches. iIftthls dynamo is submerged
the power house will be put out Of
& commIss ss
The Shaft mine,, Monongah No. 2
aud Shaver mines Of the Consolidation
Coal Company were shut down today
j OH account of the food. While none
Of the mines were flooded there was
5 possible danger Of the water raising
n SO as to. flood the mines and the com.
X pany; would not work these mines to-
y L.
is day, on that account. i5
Z !, ,sss$S There were many slips on tho.M.. r.,
srallroad and It took a long time this
morning to establish service between
here and Clarksburg. Train No. 8
from Pittsburg, had to be detoured by
way Of Grafton to clarkshurg. By II
o'clock theron was cleared. Track
hands worked part.of the night in
ii order to get'the tracks cleared. +.
The pawpaw 'branch was blockaded
near Riyesyille:and the track was not
Z n cleared until this afternoon.
AT Pennington the town was cover.
s,$sed with water and many Of the people
d lost property that washed down Buff
s9s falo creek 4. -. x
Y AT aannington Buffalo creek was
wild The Baltimore & Ohio railroad
S tracks were submerged under two
4 Il feet Of water. Most Of the business
q sSsscctionsis under water. The damage
to- that town Is considerably over
N SSO,OOO.tg,, The bridge over Buffalo
N creek was damaged and about one foot
rs of water stood on the Bartlett hotel
floor. \
The Fairmont and Mannington Rail
N road Company's road at this poin. is
6Sintact. The electric plant was put out
s OF commission. Houses were, washed
themiddle Of the street and the
sssSf5townt@as badly torntup.
M At ,Rlvesyillc.
II. is The Inlyesyille bridge, on the county
N .SsToada US you enter the village. was
& out last night about midnight
tiSsix tnoh rise this morning would
a, lave nut the water through the VII.
s|lnse, but Instead OF rising the water
tssbegan 10 rcceds about ten this morn.
Ing. Out OF door work was practically
N suspended this morning on account OF
u the water conditions.
a county bridge above Riyesville on
sPaWpaw creek went down with the
food. 4
MI At Monongah, the county bridge
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