Western Pennsylvan ia Flood Toll Mounts
Western and northern Pennsylvania and parts of West Virginia face catastrophic flooding as the Susquehanna surges over its banks. At least a score of homes flood and deaths rise. property losses are pegged near 3 million dollars. Pittsburgh reports 31 feet of rise and widespread plant shutdowns leaving over 30,000 workers furloughed. Wheeling and surrounding towns suffer isolation with multiple fatalities and extensive damage as trains and telegraph lines fail. Disaster crews race to assess casualties and secure flooded mills, with casualties among foreigners reported in Sharon and New Castle.
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Pittsburgh
Pennshania
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Pennsylvania
Wheeling
Sharon
Newcastle
Shenango
W. Va
Ohio
Aleady
Wyoming Valley Flood emergency near Wilkes Barre
Susquehanna River rises to twenty two feet at the government gauging station causing flooding through Wyoming Valley. Wilkes Barre and nearby towns lose traffic as lowlands flood and residents evacuate five hundred households. Boats rescue women and children as damage extends to Westmore Edwardsville and West Nantyke. Badhamton and points north report rising waters threatening further disruption.
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Wilkes Barre
Government
Wyoming Valley
EdwantsciMe
Kingston
Westmoor
West Nanty
Westmost
Udwardsville
West Nanteohe
Badhamton
N.Y
Cloubburst in Penna Governors Flood Mines and Towns
A March 28 report from Siranion Pennsylvania describes a violent flood that breached riverbanks and forced the shutdown of several mines. Homes were flooded and residents marooned as water surged through the Froshie area, with hundreds displaced and cattle and goods carried away.
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Siranion
Dicheon
Farah Drug Store Slogan Sparks Recall Of Old Town Ad
A fragmented OCR reads Farah Drug Store as a historic line in a town ad and triggers memories of a long vanished pharmacy. No date or event details are clear, but the note preserves a local business marker.
Beaver River Floods Valley
Beaver Falls Pa area inundated as Beaver River rose flooding the valley from the Ohio River north. New Brighton Fallston and Beaver Falls hit hardest with damage at Rochester Hledneght. power plants out and flow shut off. No lives lost. Reading Visited by Cloudbursts. Shenandoah miners flee as rain floods rail and collieries. water main washed away forcing shutdowns. flooding threatens mines and waterways.
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Beaver River
Beaver Falls
Ohio River
New Brighton
Fallston
Rochester
Fas
Shenandoah
AL Kehley
Batcolliery
Girard
Worhuies
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Cc. E. Cline
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Frederick, Md
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North Market Street
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Heerma
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Frederick Md
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Lowenstein & Wertheimer
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Market and
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Shipley
Devon
Victor Records
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Colgate
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Landreth
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