The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-03-27

thought that local trains might be
running between points on high
grounds, but there were no telegraph
or telephone reports either at tho
Western Union, Postal Telegraph cons
pany. American Telephone and Tele-
graph, or private telegraph wires, to
reveal the situation,
All railroad companies with Offices
In the city, whose tracks are in the
districts affected, said today that
meagre reports, bulletins and rumors,
indicated an immense loss by wash
outs. and destroyed bridges. Not a
company could tell the extent of its
loss because it could not receive re-
ports in the city Messages sent far
to the north cirCling to the west. and
approaching the food country. ran
into an impasse at the outer edge
OF the districts. no word could be obs
tanned from the inside. All business.
railroad. and otherwise. had been sus-
pended in the rush to save lives
property would be considered there's
after.
c. & O. Helps Other Roads.
Train service on the Pennsylvania
railroad in the vicinity of Pittsburg
on the lines west. and on the Erie. has
been severely interrupted said an 4
official statement "Alf passenger
trains to points on the Pittsburg, Ctra-
cinnati, Chicago and St Louis rail-
road (the Panhandle), vest of Pitts-
burg. have been temporarily dfscontin-
ued. All trains on the Fort Wayne
route, west of Alliance, O., have been
temporarily suspended. Trains for
-, hal tod
by way of Alliance. Cleveland, and the
Lake Shore route. Arrangements
have been made with the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad whereby passen-
gers for Cincinnati and Columbus will
be turned over to them at Washing
ton"
The Pennsylvania railroad made II
plain in other notices that its latest
information was that Cincinnati was
accessible by way of Washington and
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad.
while Columbus can be reached by
way of the Chesapeake and Ohio and
the Norfolk and Western railroad.
The train dIspatchers east and west
along the Pennsylvania had busy times
merging today. The reports were that
about all of Mondays and Tuesdays
through western trains were stalled
at Columbus. that there was plenty to
eat, and the passengers were COM
fortah bile, considering. They took OIL
! the ST Louis express, as the western
express and ran a later train tonight.
which was to go by way of Alliance,
/ Cleveland and the Lake Shore The
last train to get in over the Panhandle
arrived Tuesday and conditions then
were all right but threatening.
Twenty Trains Stalled.
Twenty trains bound West are stall-
ed at various points, but all were in
big towns, so the passengers will not
suffer.
AS a rough estimate 1t was said by
the officials that 5000, 600. would
not cover the amount of damage.
The Illinois Central railroad CONS
pany received n message Tuesday at
ternoon that the telegraph and rail-
road lines were going. They had not
heard another thing this afternoon.
Reports of the Baltimore and Ohio
came today by way of baltimore. the
headquarters of the system. They
were to the effect that the damage in
the Middle West in the operation Of
trains was more serious than had at
first been thought. No attempt, II
was said. was being made to- operate
Western trains on schedule. and no
estimate of the damage would be poo.
sible for several days.
Area OF Flood and Fire.
CLEV EsL4AND. o.. March 2e.--DraM
line to the south and east from
Cleveland. TO Columbus. diverge
sharply To the west TO Dayton. ana
then drop down TO Cincinnati, ai-s
most directly south. and you have
covered an area, the richest and most
populous OF the State, an area OF
devastation by flood and fire Mora
than i've thousand men and womeM
- las xp3<
cities and small towns along thu
Miami, Sciota, Mad and other small
rivers tonight. but Cleveland cannOt
find out although every possible re-
source that human ingenuity can de-
wise is being employed. A score OF
small towns may be in flames; CleyA-S
land has only rumors to tell; the
property loss may amount to mof9
than $5o,o00.e0e, but no one here
can tell tonight. and there may BE-
hundreds and thousands suffering Tor
want of food.
The great area which has been
transformed into q great theater al
death lis so far as definite informatioAs
Is concerned as far away tonight ~
a European country The telegrapM
wires are down. only an occasionA1
telephone wire can be made to carrx
the human voice, All railroads ara
out of commission.
Damage mt Saratoga.
SARATOGA, n ". March 26.--Wtde-
spread damage from high water is res
ported from many points along tho
upper Hudson river. The 250-foot dana
of the International Paper Company
AT Palmer Falls weakened today, ana
half of the big structure was carried
away. The high banks of the river
al this point, prevented damage. buk
the mills will be closed for q LONG
period, and the loss to the Company
is heavy. Mills at Thompson. ON tho
Hudson. near Schuylersville. have heA5
forced to suspend work. Water undeeXS
mined the Delaware and Hudson rAl1SMs
road tracks near Hadley. and dirA0&s
communication north OF that point No.
been cut Off. sx Fs