Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1907 — PITTSBURG THREATENED [ARTICLE]

PITTSBURG THREATENED

Highest Water in Seventy-Five Years Is Expected Several People Drowned. Pittsburg, Pa., March 14. —Pittsburg is in the throes of one of its greatest floods. The record of ten years has already been passed and the rivers are still rising. If the rise continues at the present rate the record of 1884, when the water reached the highest stage since 1835, will have been passed long before nightfall. The stage in 1884 was 33 feet 4 inches. Weather bureau officials predict 34 feet or over at Pittsburg. If this stage is reached, the flood will not only be the greatest In seventy-five years, but the most disastrous in the history of the city. Nine deaths are attributed to the, flood so far. This includes the three trainmen who lost their lives by the collapse of the Harmarsville bridge and tile two men drowned when the tow-boat Cruiser capsized in the Ohio river. The other fatalities reported are: 1.10.vd Weyand, aged 30 years; William Beers, 40 years old, drowned In Laurel Hill creek, near Somerset, while trying to ford a stream; George Johnston, aged 5 years, drowned in Olrty’s Run, Mllvale; Annie Shuti, aged 7 years, drowned in Bluebaker creek, near Hastings. Zanesville, 0., March 14.—Three Hungarians were drowned here as a result of the flood. A score or more of foreigners were living In a house that was surrounded by the Muskingum river overflow during the night. When they started to wade to land th.ree were caught in the current and swept out into the river. Flood conditions throughout Muskingum county are unprecedented and are growing worse every hour. Both the Muskingum and Licking rivers are out of bounds In this city and more than a hundred homes have been Invaded by the high water. It Is believed that 300 families will be homeless here.