Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-04-01
TRAINS NARROWED
BY RISING WATERS:
MANY WIRES DOWN

office buildings. An Associated
Press operator remained al his post
! in a newspaper office. During the
afternoon he reported that the first
! floor had been flooded. He continu-
ed to send the news and early in
the evening said:
Tn all set for the night"
He explained that felloWflood suf-
fers, in d railroad building across
the street, had provided some food.
They tossed a rope across the street,
and when the operator caught the
life line, they tied on some sand
witches, which he hauled across.
| PARENTS DROWN TRYING
TO SAVE son FROM DEATH
PITTSBURG, Pa, March %
| Scores of families were Vacatlng
their homes in the lowlands here
| tonight, and business establishments
| in tn danger zone were moving
| merchandise to places Of safety, in
an effort to escape the rapidly rls-
| ing waters of the Allegheny, Monon-
gahela and Ohio rivers.
Two flood casualties were record
| ed late today Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
| Kraber were drowned when they at:
! tempted to save their son from the
flood waters Of Saw Mill run. The
| child and his sister, who had gone
to his aid, were rescued by rail
| road engineer.
| Unprecedented rains over the wa
| tersheds and melting snow in the
! mountains caused the rise. and, ac-
cording to the United States wealth
err bureau observers here, the stage
| at the mouth OF the Ohio will be
! a flnAI O
| fore noon. The crest will be 80 feet,
| seven feet above the flood stage,
! the observers report.
! River shipping was at a stand
/ still tonight, the high water making
| it impossible for boats. to pass un-
| der bridges. Little damage to ship
| ping was expected, for the river
men had been warned of the inn
| pending flood and they made all
| craft secure against the swift cur
| rents.
At the point here where the Ale
| gheny and Monongahela rivers
meet to form the Ohio, the river was
rising at the rate of about four
tenths of a foot an hour. The rise
in the Monongahela was exception
ally rapid At lock number z, the
hourly rise was more than two feet.
1t was from the gahela that
most of the flood waters came.
The crest of 20 feet, expected
here, will throw a stage of more
than So feet at Wheeling, w. Va,
and flood stage at Parkersburg.
Practically every small stream in
this region was out of it's banks,
the flood waters from these tribu-
taries adding their weight to the
eVer-increasing river stage.
MINNESOTA CITIES LIE
BURIED UNDER SNOW
ST. PAUL, March 29.-Buried UNI
der a record snow, Minneapolis and
ST. Paul strived tonight to open up
rail and vehicular traffic, paralyzed
for nearly eighteen hours.
Minnesota, North and South Da-
kota, Montana and parts of Wiscon-
sin felt the grasp of the worst biz
card of the season.
Rail traffic was seriously Grip
pied; at a standstill in many sec
tons, while wire communication was
severely handicapped, many small
cities and towns being completely
isolated
Street car traffic was at an alb
solute standstill all day.
Down the business streets, giant
trucks pushed snow plows that
turned the streets into snow can
yons, while throughout, the residen-
tial districts in the Twin Cities,
stranded automobiles and exhausted
pedestrians showed other effects of
the storm.
Most of this section of the north
west went to bed last night with
hInxriYoc If a UOlyp 10
find mountainous drifts blocking
doors and blanleting streets
ENTIRE MARYLAND VILLAGE
INUNDATED BY FLOOD
M'COOLE, Md, March 29.-The
entire village of McCoole, Md, was
inundated tonight by the flood wa
tiers of the Potomac, only one tele-
phone in the village was in opera
| ton, and over this it was impossible
to obtain confirmation of report that
a family Of six had drowned when
house was washed away on the
| river front.
| 1t was raining here tonight and a
| further rise in the river was feared.
| The Western Maryland bridge was
swept away in the afternoon, Just
! before a passenger train reached the
| spot. The train was stopped and
when the water invaded the coaches
the passengers sought shelter in
! houses in the town.
The village was without lights.
f,nG late in the day the gas supply
was cut Off
HIGH WATER CAUSES
DEATH IN JOHNSTOWN
JOHNSTOWN. Pa. March %
! High water caused one death here
! today when Chester Spackman, four,
| fell into the Elk river and was car
ried down the swollen stream. The
body was believed to have been car
ried through q culvert into the
| Conemaugh river. Joseph Rowan,
who was watching the group OF chill
dren play, dived after the chill but
was carried away by the swiftly
mo@ng current and had difficulty
reaching the bank. A section Of
tte city was without gas service no..
night a. main having been br"keu
when a derrick, /lOosed from it's
moorings. washed against it. Both
StOney creek and the COnemauoh
river have overlooked their Banks.
flooding Easements in the lower sec
tons. Street car traffic was sus-
pended in the flooded districts The
/ rivers continued rising.
| TORNADO TEARS ACROSS
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
KANSAS CITY. March 29.-The
number known dead from the severe
, storm that swept the southwest Fri.
! day stood at fourteen tonight with