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PITTSBURG, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1891 TEN PAGES.
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After Reaching Within
Two Feet of the Great
Mood of 1884 the
MYERS ARE RECEDING
A Load of Suspense Lifted
From the Minds of Thou
sands of Citizens.
BUSY SCENES DOWNTOWN
Multitudes Gather to Watch the
Waves Eippling Through
Abandoned Streets.
NOVEL-METHODS OF TRAYEL USED.
Some Forced to BraTe the Dangers of the
Deep, While Others Dare Them
Just for Fan.
EKIFFSAND WAGONS IK GEUAT DEMAND
Jluy cf tie LtnLrg EtUUijlntntJ Fcitci to Sti
pend Bsshtss.
IE ATE PEACTICALLT BEOUGET TO A STAKDSTILL
T noon yesterday the Al
legheny river reached its
greatest height, 32 feet 9
inches, only about two
feet less than the great
flood of ISSi. The Mo
nongahela was about a
foot lower.
Like an unchained
gKS demon the angry water
n through the long night
trjgap r na(j been spreading con-
: sternation ana terror in
x tne flooded districts of
-- the two cities, driving
the frightened people be
fore it At 12 o'clock it
had spent its force, and slowly and sullenly
commenced to retreat.
Far the first few hours the depression was
slight, but it was sufficient to produce a
5h of relief from the stricken inhabitants.
Between 2 and 3 o'clock it dropped in sud
den jerks, as it dying hard and making
desperate efforts to return to the attack. At
4 o'clock the fall had receded 10 inches, and
by evening the water was going down
rapidly.
The High Water Wart of 1801.
Then it was that the older citizens made
marks on ttfeir houses 2 feet under the
record of 1SS4 to chow future posterity how
the wicked rivers had overflowed their banks
in 1801, and produced untold suffering.
In the morning and during the day the
lower portions of Pittsburg and Allegheny
were under water. The main streets to the
bridges were covered with six feet or more,
and were impassable to persons on foot.
Boats and skins were in demand, and
ferries soon were established. Owners of
livery stables and cab lines, with both eyes
Jin Enterprising Young newsdealer.
on the almighty dollar and the convenience
of the public ranked as a secondary consid
eration, were early on the scene with their
Tehicles, and for 5 cents apiece did a rush
ing business, carrying people to and from
the bridges.
A Busy Day for tlio Business Men.
Business men were wading in the water,
wearing high-top rubber boots, or navigating
the flood in boats, trying to save what prop
erty they could on the first floors. Syphons
and pumps were at work pouring streams of
dirty water into the streets as fast as it
rushed back into the cellars and on the
lowcrjstores, in a vain endeavor to keep ont
the flood.
The pretty parquet of the Duquesne
Iheatre, from which the chairs had been re
moved, looked like a miniature lake, with
the water almost even with the stage. The
big pump that captured the medal at the
Exposition last year was puffing away in,
the rear, sucking the flood into itself and
then throwing it out in disgnst. It was no
use. The water was there, and there to stay
for awhile.
Misery loves company, and the theater
owners had the satisfaction of knowing that
eiery cellar all around the house in Pitts
burg and away over in Allegheny was full
to overflowing.
The Day After a lone Nhjht of Toll.
All night long business men had been
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.working.jis Trojans never toiled, in storesjjonsines was done in tho stores. Nobody
homes, mills and factories, while the water
rose beneath them, moving property to
higher places and ont of danger. Much was
lost and spoiled, and they turned away leav
ing it as trophies to the victorious waters.
With the first trains, like the early bird
in spring, the rustic appeared on the streets
to see the sights. The flooded districts
down town were jammed with people who
stood on the pavements watching the water
and wondering bow much damage had been
done. In tho afternoon the ladies with
their sealskin sacaues ventured out ,
and added to the pandemonium and
crowds on the pavement. Business was
practically suspended, and it was impossible
without a boat or rubber boots to get into
some of the leading stores. Penn avenue at
different points was lined with fnrniture
ALLEGHENY POLICE EIVEK TATEOL AT WOEE.
that had been taken out of the houses, and
during the night a guard tramped up and
down, restlessly keeping his eye on the prop
erty. It was snch scenes that greeted Pitts
burg and Allegheny yesterday, and will be
partially repeated to-day.
SCENES ON THE STREETS.
GEEAT
CEOWDS VIEW THE FI00D Off
PE1TH AVENUE.
Drunks at the Tolnt Furnish Some Amuse
ment Feoplo Anxious to Seo the Rivers
Back and Skiff Men Slaking Money
With Rapidity.
The amusing features of the flood were
not wanting. At the Point, where the deni
zens in the little tenements had been driven
out to seek shelter in stables and the larger
honses of neighbors, some of the heads of
families and the young men filled up on bug
Captain Silvis in His Element.
juice. They were in a glorious humor and
wallowed aronnd in the water to the great
amusement of the crowds.
Those who were running the boats at the
foot ol Penn avenue couldn't stand their
good fortune, and as fast as they yielded to
the rArsnasive influence of Bacchus, other
anxious candidates took their placas.
On the Pittsburg side Penn avtnue and
the bridces were the prospective points.
Men and women tramped from the Ft.
Wayne Railroad to the Point trying to get a
view of the river down through the water
covered side streets.
Not Afraid ol Wet Feet.
In front of Home's store-and along by the
Anderson Hotel the water was high, but the
peonle didn't mind that. They hugged the
buildings, trying to pass by without wetting
the feet, but that was impossible. The water
poured over the shoe tops, but still the
crowds tramped from point to point. The
horses in the streets splashed the water, evi
dently enjoying it, onto the pavements,
sending drenching showers over "the pedes
trians, but floods don't come often, and the
average man and woman were prepared yes
terday to put up with any inconvenience
rather than lose such an opportunity.
The crowds were good natured, and while
they regretted the losses of their fellows,
the water was snch a novelty that it was the
chief attraction.
The wild, rushing Allegheny, indeed, was
a majestic sight, and more than one' timid
woman, as she stood on the bridge and
looked down at the swift current, shud
dered at the thouclit of falling into the
seething mass. A twig in a whirlwind
would be as light as a body in such a volume
of water.
A Rush for Theater Seats.
With two theaters rendered hors du com
bat, and no matinee at the Grand Opera
An Oarsman Who Earned Sit HickeU
House, there was a wonderful demand for
seats. When it became apparent
abont noon that the water had reached the
limit, a large streamer was thrown across
the street in front of the Bijou,
announcing that "Kajanka" was high
and dry, and could be seen in the even
ing. -At 6 o'clock the water had fallen i
that persons could cross Penn avenue at
Sixth street, but Colonel Dawson was ready
to build a board walk, if necessary.
With all the people on tha streets, little
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was ont to buy. Danziger's store was
lighted with lamps, and in Fleishman's
basement the clerks occupied skiffs.
The skiff and .hack men vied with each
other in pulling in the shekels. They were
divided between Ninth, Seventh and Sixth
streets, but for some reason the Seventh
street route seemed the most popular.
Hustling for Passengers.
The boys howled for passengers until they
grew red in the face, and, as Chief Brown
bad laid down no limit, they rushed belter
skelter soliciting to carry everybody in sight
across the wafer to the bridges. They were
a pretty decent set, had fair conveyances
and few complaints were heard.
The people who live in the section of the
city between Penn avenue and the Alle
gheny river got up yesterday morning to
find their homes and places of business sur
rounded by water. Beginning at the Ft.
Wayne bridge and running to tho Point all
the side streets were covered with water and
impassable. On Ninth street the water was
nearly 8 feet deep, and it varied in depth on
the other thoroughfares. Duquesne way, ex
cept at the high approaches to the bridges,
was buried, and the ripples in the swift
flowing current marked where the street was
located beneath the flood. The cellars of
the houses up to Liberty street were fu.ll of
water, and the flood even backed through
the sewers into the basements of the Fifth
avenue stores.
DOWN AT THE POINT.
AH ESTIMATE OF THE PEOPEETT LOSS
PLACES IT AT $50,000.
Tho Poor Tenants Will Be the Sufferers
Many Forced Out of Their Homes Abont
85,000 Will Cover the Exposition.
From Fifth street down to the Point the
damage to property will be heavy. Along
Duquesne way the water was very deep and
swift. At the Randall Club it was about
6 feet, but as the house is on high
ground the water hardly reached to tin
ceiling of the first floor. The adjoining
houses of Mrs. Judge Jones and Mrs.Laugh
lin and Mr. Ewing were in the same condi
tion. It was impossible to get into any of
these houses excepi by skills, and the Ran
dall Club had a half dozen to accommodate
members.
Much valuable lumber on tho wharf ber
longing to Stewart Ss 'Mcfilvaino was car
ried away. The tenement houses on
Fourth, Second, First and Fort streets were
in a. .sorry plight. The tenants were
livinz on the top floors, and many
of them had moved out. Four families
were living in the Hygeia Ice Company's
stable, and seven had quartered themselves
in a big brick house on Penn avenue. Tho
avenue between First and Fort streets in
the afternoonwas covered with a few feet of
water.
Superintendent Veatch, of the Hygeia Tee
Company, a very intelligent and well posted
man, estimates the loss of property, from
Sixth street to the Point, at $50,000. Tho
damage to the mills will be heavy. He
said there was no suflering among the peo
ple, as they were well supplied with food, and
all those who had to move have been pro
Tided with homes. The company kept skiffs
on First street for the imprisoned
ALLEGHENY POLICE IN
tenants, and when a woman wanted to leave
a surrounded house she howled from a sec
ond story window and a boat was sent for her.
The galleries of the Exposition building
were thrown open, and the property of these
poor people has been stored there.
Mr. McElherron, custodian of the Expo
sition, thinks the loss to the buildings will
be about $5,000, but others claim it will be
more. The depth of the water around the
place yesterday afternoon was oyer
six feet. Big holes were driven
through the restaurant floor, and
the bnilding was tied down with ropes 70
keep it from floating away. The- floor be
tween the main hall and machinery de
partment has been turned up by the water
and will have to be relaid. S. S. Marvin's
stable near at hand was flooded, bnt his
horses and property were moved out of dan
ger. The loss of the Hygeia Ice Company
will be about $1,000. Mr. Brass, the lumber
dealer, is also a heavy loser.
CHHJJBEN OP A LARGER GB0WTH
Delighted In raddling About in Gam Boots
Yesterday.
Anxious mothers who wonder at the fond
ness displayed by their young sons for pad
dling in a paddle would have found an ex
planation of their children's penchant by
visiting the submerged part of the city yes
terday. The children's liking for puddles was
shown to be hereditary by the faottbat
every man who could beg, borrow or buy a
pair of gum boots was walking knee-deep in
the muddy waters whether he had business
requiring him to do so or not.
WATEREDTHE STOCK.
Downtown Business Men Suffer
Severely by; Flood-and
Loss of Trades
LOTS OF MONEY LOST..
Unable to Take Inventories Until the
Bivers Drop a Few Pegs,
VALUABLE GOODS OUT OP DANGER.
The Allegheny Eiyer 'Eunning Through
the Cellar of a Hotel.
DAMAGE DONE ALONG THE WHAEYES
Hie actual loss to property in the two
cities, caused by tho high water, will run
into hundreds of thousands, and if the
money dropped during the suspension of
business be added, the amount will leave a
big hole in the combined wealth of thoso
who suffered. The inconvenience and an
noyance to merchants and the various in
dustries affected has resulted in plenty of
swearing, and if mental worry can be meas
ured by dollars, then it will take a mighty
round sum to cover this feature of the esti
mate alone.
A Dispatch man in the afternoon
started at Seventh street to work his way
down to the Point, making a house-to-house
canvass, in an attempt to get an estimate .of
the losses sustained in this section. There
was at least six feet of water on the street,
and boats and wagons were used to get on
the bridge. It was impossible to reach
many of the houses, on account of the
water, and the owners could not be seen.
Waiting Awhile for an Inventory.
Those who were interviewed had a very
poor idea of what they had lost, and were
Sixth and Penn Avenue Any Time Yesterday,
waiting for the water to subside before thev.
could telL In the main, everybody affectajr
Was prepared ..or the rise, ana vaiuaws
property was moved in, time from the cel
lars and lower floors to higher stories.
On Seventh s treet a part of the river was
running through the cellar of the Boyer
Hotel. Colonel Boyer, however, was as se
rene as a June rose, and said his loss would
not be more t han $1,000. "It all goes with
the business," he said good-naturedly, "and
it will be in the profit and loss column at
the end of the year. My storeroom is
flooded, but it is filled with odds and ends
that would have yielded 25 cents on the
dollar, and will probably bring 10 cents
now. The machinery is buried out of sight,
but a little oil and a few men will brighten
it again when the water goes down. The
elevator couldn't be run, and really I am
more annoyed at the inconvenience than by
CHARGE OP THE PEBBIES.
my actual loss. I had nothing of great
value in my cellar, and I am happy."
Damage .to Dnqucsne Way Cellars.
The man in charge of the" Seventh street
bridge said that little damage had been done
along the wharf, outside of the flooded
cellars and lower floors of houses
on . Dnquesne way. In the morn
ing a small frame house with
its furniture" floated down the river from
some point and was smashed to pieces
against one of the piers. A remnant of the
wreck conld still be seen last evening cling
ing to the stones. The bridge attendant
said that, so far as he conld see, nobody was
in the house, and the inmates undoubtedly
abandoned the tenement before it was
moved. A shanty boat was knocked into
kindling wood on the Alleghenv side, "bnt
no lives wero lost. On the Pitts
burg wharf, above and below the
Seventh street bridge, little damage
was done. A barge of inch boards was sunk,
but it will be recovered. About a month
ago the bank was lined with lumber, but it
was sold and removed before the flood came.
On Seventh street the water covered the
first floors for several feet in James M. Fnl
lerton's undertaking establishment, J. F.
Meieher's tobacco store, B. Gersenleiter's
livery stable, several small houses and
stores, John Dorris & Son's livery stable,
Georse Aul's steam scouring place, James
A. Dill's house, W. T. Bown Ss Bro.,
brokers in produce, and the Grocers' Supply
and Storage Company. The latter concern
had considerable valuable property in the
cellar, and they place, their loss In the
neighborhood of $10,000. It was estimated
that several hundred dollars apiece would
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replace the loss sustained by the others liv
ing on this street.
SIXTH STREET DAMAGE.
LOSSES PUT AT A HIGH FIGTJBE BY
BUSINESS TILLS.
Wnnamakor Ss Brown and Danziger Suffer
the Most The Anderson and Schlosscr
Swamped Goods Moved In Time From
Cellars.
Sixth street and part of Penn avenue near
it is one of the centers of business in the
.city, and this section suffered severely from
the water. A business man estimated the
loss on Sixth street at $76,000 alone,
but he did not say how he figured. From
the Anderson to the Fifth National Bank
on this street, the water was several feet
deep ou the floors of the houses on the lower
side of the street. It touched the pavement
on the Bijou side, but did not run over it.
The cellars, of course, maintained the level
on the street.
Manager Edwards, of Wanamaker &
Brown, puts the los3 of his firm at $5,000,
and Mr. Danziger thinks his damage will
Milkman Doing Business on Water.
reach $7,000. Mr. Edwards said the water
came up so rapidly that the summer goods
stored on the upper shelves could not be
moved in time. He secured a skiff and with its
aid got out the spoiled clothing. Danziger's
basement is full of house furnishing goods.
The valuable goods were moved. T. O,
Jcnkin's wholesale house is nearby. His
cellar is full of water, and he says his
loss will be about $1,000. Henry G.
Hale, the tailor in the Jackson, building,
saved his stock from the water, and his dam
age will be nominal. It will cost $1,000 or
more to put the building in shape. Gold
stein, the shoe man, had shoes spoiled to the
amount of $1,200. The losses of Joseph
Home Ss Co., Groetzinger, W. P. Greer,
china . store; J. P. Diehl & Sop,
wall ' p'aper; Boissel & Wagley,
Dravo & Wilson and Joseph Buka willnot
amount to much. These firms moved all
their goods from the cellars, and they think
a few hundred dollars apiece will replace
them. Hay, the caterer, said be had valu
able ovens and other property which
water would ruin in the cellar. The
ovens were hot when the water came in, and
he was afraid they were badly cracked. He
could not say what his loss would be, but he
added that it costs money to build ovens,
The Hamilton Hotel was swamped with the
other houses, but the main damage will be
'to the building. The clerk figured on a loss
of $1,000.
The Anderson with theic pumps and
.siphons succeeded in keeping the water ont
fntil 3 o'clock yesterday morning, when it
oured in ffre?ib"top of f&fpattfme'ti and.
iilled the cellar to the ceiling. The prop
erty had been moved from the storeooom,
and not mnch damage will be done to tho
machinery and laundry. Captain McKin
nie put a stationary engine at work in the
street to pump out the water. He said his
loss wouldinot be much. The cellar of the
Schlosser also was full of water, and several
thousand dollars will cover the damage.
The Anderson was without gas, and the
guests had to go to bed with candles. Ken
nedy, the catcrerr is ont about $200.
Other business houses badly flooded on
Sixth street were the Louvre Glove Co., L.
Mueller's, J. Diamond, opticion, J.-& H.
Phillips, H. Hannach & Bro., the New
Economy and Ruckeizen's saloon. It was
impossible to reach any of the above houses
except by boat or wading.
RESCUED FROM THE RIVER,
Ono Little Sufferer Dying From Pneumonia
in a Shanty Boat.
The Allegheny lockup was filled with
drunken and disorderly men last night, who
had been taken in during the day in the
vicinity of the flooded district. Patrol
wagon No. 3 made ten trips during the day
for these cases, and 14 men were
arrested from one box alone.
During the day a man named Flanagan,
who lives in a shanty boat, was arrested for
fighting with his wife. They were moored
in their boat away out on the line of the
, river bank and had to be removed from the
boat in skiffs. Both the man and woman
were drunk, and although having whisky
in the house had no food. A little daugh
ter aged about 13 years was lying sick at
the time and nearly starved.
The man and wife were locked up in the
Central station and tho child sent to the Al
legheny General Hospital. There it was
developed she was suffering severely with
pneumonia. She will recover, but if she
had been allowed to live on the. water an
other night her case would have been hope
less. She said she bad had no food since
Tuesday noon, and that her parents were
drunk constantly from that time. She
found a little bit of coffee in the house, which
she brewed from the muddy water she
dipped up out of the river which was the
only nourishment she had in 30 hours.
All THE HOTELS C20WDED.
Tho High Water Stops Outbound Travel
and Keeps Drummers Inside,
The scenes around many of the hotels dur
ing the past 3G hours, while the rivers were
at flood height, were very animated. Those
hotels which were fortunate enough to be
located above the high water mark had
about all they could do to take care of their
guests while those which are surrounded by
water were practically closed until
the rivers abated in the evening and per
mitted access to them. The almost com
plete stoppage ef through out-bound trains
prevented visitors leaving the city, and the
general suspension of business at down-town
stores kept the drummers about the hotels,
and the lobbies of the different resorts were
crowded all day with belated travelers.
A FAMILY ALMOST LOST.
An Incident That Accompanied tho Fall of
tho Herr's Island Bridge.
Ono of tho most startling incidents of the
present flood occurred just below Herr's
Island early yesterday morning; When
the wreck of the sawmill and the bridge
came down it struck the house of Joseph
Scott. The side was broken in and the
structure shoved off the foundation.
5 The water rose to the windows in the,
second story, where Mr. Scott, his wife and
four little children were sleepinir. For an
instant it seemed as if they woujd all be
lost, but a boat in charge of James Oinsloer
shot out from the bank and followed the
current with the house. The half drowned
family were ouicklv transferred to the boat,
The boat had not trotten ten feet awav before
the house went to pieces and. disappeared
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MUCHLDSS
NMLLS
Iron Men Place the Total Dam
age to Their Works
af Half a Million.
FORTY LARGE WORKS IDLE
Throwing Out of, Employment Over
25,000 Skilled Workmen.
EXPECT TO KESUME ON
MONDAY.
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Oil Operators Heavy Financial Sufferers by
the Floods.
DEEEICKS AND ENGINES SWEPT AWAX
The damage done to the mills of the two
cities by the flood is hard 'to estimate until
the waters recede sufficiently to permit an
investigation. The situation can be sized
up briefly, when it is considered that nearly
two score of large establishments were sub
merged; at least 25,000 men thrown nut of
employment, and the losses through dam
age to property and delays in j operations
will reach at least half a million and proba
bly more.
The peculiar situation of the milh located
along the river fronts renders them the first
to be visited by the rise in the rivers. Each
mill his a communication with the river for
HESCUING THE EEM2TANI3 OF A LtTMBEB XABD.
the purpose of draining the surplus water
'from the establishment. This outlet is
usually low and permits the water to reach
the mill and stop operations before any
other damage is done.
Jones (c iiaughlm, of the Southside, was
the bnly firmlhat profiled by theiioDdof'
1884. They placed valves at 'the heads of
the outlets to their works, and, while the
American Iron Works are situated lower
than some other mills that were partly un
der water yesterday, Jones Ss Laughlin
were not compelled to suspend work. They
were put to no inconvenience whatever, and
kept all departments in full operation.
Greatest Damage to the Furnaces.
The greatest damage to the mills will be
in the furnaces, which are sure to be
cracked if the water reached them while in
a heated condition. The machinery will
not sustain mnch injury, and the greatest
loss, outside of the furnaces, will be where
wooden patterns wero swept away. These
cases, however, were fortunately few.
A Dispatch reporter started out yester
day afternoon to investigate the damage
done the various iron and steel works.
Some of them could be reached by skiffs
and some of them could not. At Schoen
berger & Co.'s the mill was found to be
over six feet under water, and the members
of the firm conld scarcely get into the office.
They have 1,200 men out of employment,
and their loss will exceed $15,000.
The damage to the mills of the Carnegie
interests will reach from $20,000 to $10,000
possibly. AH their works out Penn avenue
are under water, and it is thought that
many furnaces have been totally destroyed.
Several thousand men are thrown idle, and it
will not be possible to resume operations be
fore the first of the coming week, if them.
The Keystone and Pittsburg Bridge Works
are completely flooded out and no informa
tion could be secured regarding the loss.
No More Work Daring the Week.
The plow works of A. Speer & Sons
were 2 feet under water. The firm em
ployes 200 men, who will not get back to.
work before Monday. It is not thought the
loss will exceed $5,000, although some im
portant patterns may have floated away, the
value of which could not be estimated yes
terday. Wcyman & Bro. will not sustain such a
heavy loss, although they had a considerable
araonnt of stock and material submerged.
They were compelled to suspend operations.
The mills of Zug&Co.were"out of sight,"
and no one could be seen to estimate dam
ages. The works of the Pittsburg Steel
Casting Company were la the same shape.
The worst damage to the cork works of
Armstrong Bros. & Co. has been done to the
boilers. However, it is thought they can be
in shape in a few days to resume operations
with their 1,200 employes.
It was reported that Hubbard Co., the
ax and siw manufacturers, were shut down,
but their works are above the high water
mark, and were in operation yesterday.
The Standard Oil Company were not heavy
losers, but a large force of men were kept
busy all dav exercising precautions against
fire. They 'have neariySOO men idle, who
will not get to work again for two or three
days.
The furnaces of the Malleable Iron
Works of McConway, Torley & Co. were
flooded. The loss could not be estimated, as
it was impossible to tell, to what extent the
furnaces were iniured.although it is thought
they are total wrecks. In the latter caethe
damages will pierce the thousands of dol
lars. Five hundred men are out of employ
ment. One EatamlshmoiitGcts Off Easily.
The water reached the furnaces of the
Crescent Steel Works, but no particular
damage was done.
Ont at Soho the mills fared better, al
though, the water got high enough to stop
operations. The open hearth fnrnaces of the
Linden Steel Works are destroyed, and it
will require several days to get the whole
mill in shape again. A portion of the mill
is running, however, and the damage will
be confined, it is thought, to the furnaces.
The Pittiburg Tube Works continued
operations through threatening and, con-
.jidered by some, dangerous ..circumstances,
They had no loss, and their men will lose
no time.
The inconvenience caused at the Pennsyl
vania Tube Works was so slight that the
900 men employed by that firm will get to
work to-night.
On the Southside all of the mills belong
ing to. the Oliver syndicate, except the
Fifteenth street mill, were under water. The
loss will run into the thousands. The new
machine shop at South Tenth street was
damaged some, and the furnaces in the mill
at that point are in bad shape.
A representative of the firm of-Dilwortb,
Porter & Co. said they could not begin
work again before next week. Their lur
naces were all flooded and are supposed to
have been completely destroyed.
Robinson, Rea & Co. got off lightly, the
water only filling the large fly-wheel pit.
Their 200 employes will go back to work
to-day.
Great Loss of Money in Delay.
Abel, Smith & Co., the glass manufact
urers, were the chief sufferers in their line.
They will not sustain a heavy loss, except
as' a natural result of delay. They employ
600 hands and will be able to start up again
about to-morrow.
In the West End both the mills of Singer,
Nimick & Co. and J. Painter & Sons were
stopped, and Manager Harper, of the latter
place, shut off the gas to prevent a possible
explosion. Over 1,000 men are employed in
the two mills.
At the coffin works of Hamilton, Arnold
Ss Co., in Manchester, the employes were
engaged nearly all night Tuesday getting
stock out of the reach ot the water, and last
night was spent In cleaning up the place.
They had a considerable amount of light
material carried away, bnt their fancy and
valuable trimmings and other stock were
fortunately stored in an upper story.
Other mills in the lower portion of Alle
gheny, among others Lindsay & McCutch
eon's, the two mills at Wood's Run, and the
saiiworgs 01 raiier, lieeK es uo., were dai
aged heavily.
uable castings and patterns were ruined.
Hillard, Sterrett & Co., the Dnquesne
Foundry, will drop at least $3,000 in mak
ing the repairs needed and in cleaning up
the machinery.
The Duquesne Engine Works of James
Keese were lull of water up to tne windows.
A member of the firm thoughfthe loss would
be $3,"000 on the engine works'and"$r;000 or
more on the boiler plant.
Ranzer & Jones' West Point Foundry, es
caped withont damage.
The big flywheel and the stables of the
Carroll-Porter Boiler Works were flooded,
but the damage will not be much. Hugh
M. Bole, pattern and model maker, will
lose $1,000. Henry Henk had some-of his
lumber carried off. The water got into the
chemicals of the Phcenix Galvanizing Com
pany, and spoiled a considerable quantity.
The chemicals are expensive, but the loss
has not been estimated.
DAMAGE TO PIPE LINES,
THE OH, EEGIOH AHOUG THE HEAVIEST
OF THE' SUFFERERS.
Thousands of Barrels of Oil Gone to Waste
Derricks and Tanks Swept Away No
Way Now to Becin-"To Estimate the
toss.
The damage the oil interest in Allegheny
county has sustained by the flood amounts
to many thousand (tfollars. Oil and gas
lines were torn apart, and many derricks,
engine honses and tanks which were located
on the banks of the Allegheny and Ohio
rivers bodily swept away, and nothing bnt
the conductors were left to mark the spot
where a complete rig stood only a short time
before.
Bnll wheels, tanks and parts of derricks
sailed majestically down the seething Alle
gheny, which indicated that there oil fields
along the valley must have sustained con
siderable damage.
The heaviest loss caused by Hhe raging
waters was to the Southwest Pipe Line
Company, whose six-inch line was broken
Tuesday night a halt mile northeast of Ems
worth, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago road. The company s unable at
present to determine just how much oil was
lost, bnt as the pumps were running most of
the night the amount must be considerable.
The company's pump stations at Coraopolis,
Chartiers and Ewing were rendered in
operative yesterday, and cannot be started
again until the water subsides.
The Bridgewater Gas Company had just
finished an eight-inch line from Legionville
to Rocnester, at a cost of 54,000. At the
point where the line crossed the Ohio it was
broken about the middle, and the gas es
caped with tremendous force, and was soon
icnited by a towboat, illuminating the
heavens far np and down the swollen river,
and presenting a picturesque and romantic
scene.
The Fort Pitt Gas Company also sustained
considerable damage by its line being
broken near Coraopolis, while another gas
line running from Stoops' Ferry to Shous
town parted about midway in the river, and
will reqnire a large outlay to repair.
The Forest Oil Company's well which
was nearly completed on the Hogbar, oppo
site Coraopolis, was completely carried
away, and not a vestige of the rig or ma
chinery is to be found.
Many exciting and ludicrous scenes were
observed Tuesday night, in different sec
tions of the oil field. In one instance two
men sleeping in -t shanty were unceremoni
ously awakened about midnight by an en
forced cold bath. They jumped out of bed
into water up to their waists and one ot
them planked his foot through the window
and made his exit in fine style but bis part
ner, in following suit, had the misfortune to
get his feet tangled, and -was held a pris
oner, while his head was submerged in the
water. The furious splashing arrested the
attention of his bedfellow, who returned and
rescued him from Lis perilous situation.
On'a Telejrraph role.
A young man floating on Robinson street,
Allegheny, yesterday afternoon, on a rajt of
logs, struck a telegraph pole. His raft
went to pieces and he had to climb the tele
graph pole- and wait half an hour until a
skiff was rowed up to him, in which he was
jretcaedt .
Jp&fatt. .4r
y fhe Point. jP
AttheV&y-fjfShor YajfoArr loses
$5,000. A dJ&J-tM NjrfGCnight said
they would notV. 'YfL OW'NKifor a week
because the sandJvS'jl& ilrv. v-il-
TBIBUTETOTHETIDE
Awful Ravages of the Raging
Floods in Allegheny's Homes
and Factoriesi
HERR'S ISLAND LAID WASTE,
Three-Quarters of a Million Worth of
Property Is Destroyed
A LONG LIST OP THE HOMELESS.
Incidents That Lend Erightnes3 to the Drear
Picture.
HAI0E WIMAN ISSUES NO CALL FOB AID
The destitution and damage in the river
wards of Allegheny are even worse than
was estimated Tuesday night. The total
loss ia that city, so far a3 can be gathered
before the flood subsides, is $750,000.
Although on Tuesday night 1,500 families
were homeless, when Wednesday morninsf
brokaiSt least 2,500 houses were flooded.
MafiV had disanneared altogether. From
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oiucrs lue lounuauons uau ueen wasueu
away, and the walls hung tottering,
ready to drop at any minute. Immense
piles of lumber were seen to collapse a3 if
by an explosion, and then disappear in the
foam of the river. Mills that had the'day
before taken all the perishable goods from
the basements found their labor had been in
vain, for the waters surged far above the
first floors.
The Herr's Island bridge, on the Alle
gheny side, had let loose from its moorings,
and blocked up a portion of the river bed
200 yards below. The island itself was en
tirely submerged, and only a few gaunt 1
structures marked the place where that rib ,
of land lies.
31 Street Scenes in Plttsfcurs's Sister City.
The street scenes were but a repetition oft
Tuesday, with the addition of more wreck-.
age and boats, and a greater supply of
wagons to transport people to and from the '
bridges. The crowds especially were fari
greater than on the first day of the deluge. '
Of course, the water kept the crowds away
from the scene of the Hazlett disaster 03
River avenue, but at the scene of the Hub
bard explosion on Lacock street at least
200,000 people gazed on the dismantled
buildings yesterday.
The scenes at the approaches ta the'
bridges were even more strange in the glare
of daylight. At each bridge at least one or
two wagons were left deserted in the flood,
and the horses were only rescued by tha
combined efforts of all the boatmen.)
Although wagons and boats offered the onlyj
Relief for the Imprisoned Allegheniam.
means of passage from the bridge to Lacock
street, on Federal, on Sandusky and An
derson streets narrow pontoon bridges were
thrown across by the Pleasant "Valley Elec
tric Railway Company. The boatmen and
teamsters made vigorous objections, and
even tried to tear up the bridges, because
passage overthem was free.
Horse Car Transit Again Besomed.
The street car companies also resumed op
erations, and by scattering tanbark very
liberally managed to jnmp from one track
to the other at the points where the water
stopped farther progress and made their re
turn to the stable necessary.
Tha, direst workot the flood 3at.Herrd
Island. It is a waste of water and wreck
age, and at the lower end only the new
brick abattoirs stand out like towers
above the water and show that the island
itself still exists. Above is the wrecfc of
the stock yards and cattle sheds, with here
and there an upturned house that has
caught against one still standing, while
the water line laps the windows in the sec
ond story. A part of the stoekyard hotel
remains .above the water, but the side is
smashed' in. The bridge is gone, and with
it a six-inch gas main. Only a part of tha
Allegheny abutment shows where it stood,
and from the base the gas is roaring out in
great bubbles in the already disturbed
waters. Taking it all in all the scene is a
perfect miniature of the picture presented
the morning the sunlight first burst on
ruined Johnstown.
The great destruction at Herr's Island oc
curred at daybreak vesterday. A few min
utes before 6 o'clock" the $18,000 sawmill of
William Dickey, at the head of the Island,
moved from its foundations. At the same
time the steamer Robert McCreighton,owned
by Mr. Dickey, snapped its moorings. They
crashed down the river, taking with them,
hundreds of thousands of feet of lumber. A
row of small dwelling houses that had been
deserted by the occupants next melted in tha
river. A part of the stock pens followed, to
gether with the many switches that are ele
vated on trestles. The floating mass next
struck the Stockmen's Hotel, and tore away
the one side.
Crashed Against the Iron Bridge.
The front end of the now mighty raft of
debris struck the iron bridge. It quivered
for a moment, and then, with a deafening
crash, went down, was caught by the cur
rent, turned over on its side, and left
grounded on the lower end ot tha island,
with its skeleton-like girders waving like
arms above the flood. The lumber yards
from that down suffered heavy losses, for tha
stacks of boards faded away Ilka so much.
sand.
There were 300 head of cattle and 1,5 00
hogs in the pens and yards, but as a portion
still remains it cannot be told how
many have perished. There was a
watchman on the steamer Robert
McCreighton when it went down.
Whether he escaped is not known. His
name could not be learned. Another feat-
ure of the wreck there was the Pittsburg
and Western station which was turned over .
by the flood and tha receding waters have
left it lying there on the side.
Among the losses oa Herr's Island are (
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