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Newspaper
Philadelphia Times
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1902
Page
1
Flood damage across Philadelphia riverfront shows rail and factory disruption. Rail lines reopened after mud and debris cleared. water works remain down with two reservoirs holding enough supply for days.
The Schuylkill River swelled and washed out riverfront structures in Manayunk. Work crews toiled from midnight Saturday into Sunday as the flood receded, leaving badly damaged houses and slowed commerce in the riverfront district.
Water levels fell across the city yesterday allowing families to return from hill retreats to mud coated homes. Crowds watched relief efforts while mills along both river banks prepared to resume operations today after disrupting workers. Only machinery losses are expected to tally the flood damage.
Special to THE PHILADELPHIA TIMES reports renewed flooding in Schuylkill County with Schuylkill River rising higher than in 25 years. Pottsville rail service to Philadelphia resumes as lines reopen via Lizard Creek. Coal mines halt operation with losses of 25 000 tons daily risking a coal famine.
Special to The Philadelphia Timms reports the Susquehanna River reaching record height, flooding basements and homes from Pittston to Nanticoke. Seven deaths are linked to the disaster as residents escape by boat and towns brace for more rise. Traffic and rail service halted, with widespread property loss and mine flooding in Pittston and nearby areas.
Harrisburg reports severe flooding with the second and third piers of the Camel Back bridge washed away. South Harrisburg submerged, 200 people seek refuge in the Cree atjea, Pennsylvan ia Railroad tracks between Middletown and South Harrisburg covered, mills closed, and railroad traffic diverted to Bridgeport. The old bridge, built in 1816, is owned by local capitalists and will be rebuilt.
Norristown reports say since dawn the Schuylkill has fallen six feet by nightfall. Flood damage appears greater than initial estimates with new reports from Omen Valley indicating the flood was more severe than first thought.
Williamsport reports only minor cellar flooding with high water retreating. Railroads reopened as Clearfield records the river at six feet. downstream areas face threats from a thirteen foot rise in nearby streams.
Baltimore reports that Arthur Pue Gorman is seen as a likely Democratic presidential candidate. Friends cite Southern and Southwestern support, with Maryland plans shaped to aid his bid. Analysts note district reapportionment moves to secure Democratic gains in Maryland and Congress, shaping the 1900 map.
The American Telegraphers' Tournament closed at 5 this morning in Atlanta. F. M. McClintic of the Associated Press Dallas won the Andrew Carnegie diamond medal as top telegrapher, with W. White Richmond and J. G. Johnson Louisville third. McClintic typed 517 words in ten minutes, a new record, White 508, Johnson 490. Contests also judged Morse and speech quality. In the five minute message sending, B E. Bruckner Dallas won with nine ten word messages. Johnson second.
Special to Tax Philadelphia Times reports Pittsburg painters decorators and paper hangers set to strike Wednesday morning demanding 3.60 per day for eight hours. Master painters with strong organization will concede 8 per day for eight hours. Workers also well organized.
Montgomery Alabama March 2 Captain Charles A Allen of the Montgomery Blues and his younger brother Thomas Allen drowned today in swollen waters of the river. The incident occurred when the brothers attempted to cross in a boat that capsized after taking fright. Charles A Allen had served as lieutenant in the Second Alabama Volunteers in the Spanish War.
New York reports Cunard steamship Umbria arrives after a rough voyage. Marconi operator Daniel Collins says he did not intercept signals from the Philadelphia and believes the syntonic plan prevented wireless interception.
Abdul Aziz Ben Feysul with 2000 men seized Ehad after a nighttime strike killing the Governor and thirty aides. The garrison surrendered and his Wahabi force advanced, aiming to regain supremacy and dethrone Ibn Rashi of Nedjed. Wahabi movement, founded by Abdul Wahab, numbers about 1.5 million.
Spain's Ambassador to the Holy See Alejandro Pidal y Mon will resign, to be replaced by Senor Aguera. The move follows Premier Sagasta's Concordat reform proposals including suppressing ten bishoprics ten seminaries and almost a hundred canonries. Pidal, a devout Catholic, chose resignation over promoting the plan. Negotiations with the Vatican may resume but likely without a favorable outcome under current Spanish demands.
London Times reports at Brussels on March 3 that British delegates to the International Sugar Conference consented to abolish bounties and adopt a clause pledging no preferential tariff for any sugar producing British colony. Delegates noted abolition of bounties makes cane sugar protected and able to compete with beet sugar in Britain.
A man who described himself as Dr. Ferres a Russian councillor and pro-Boer champion was imprisoned in Vienna on charges of swindling. He lectured in Austria and Germany and collected money, allegedly victimizing many people.
Paris dispatch states M. Clemenceau, longtime political retiree active in the Dreyfus case, has decided to run for a Senatorial seat in the War Department. It is expected he will be elected.
The unidentified man believed killed while attempting to board a freight car on the P W and B Railroad near the Almshouse. He was about 38 years old and 5 feet 8 inches tall. the body was found last night.
The body of Private Frank Ritter of the United States Marine Corps was found yesterday afternoon in the lake at League Island Park. He was last seen on November 12, 1901 walking toward the Navy Yard on South Broad Street. It is believed he fell into the back channel and was carried under ice, surfacing after the flood and washing through Holliather's creek to the lake.
Local forecast calls for fair skies and a drop in temperatures. Winds shift from west to north, bringing a brisk chill across Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.
Weather bulletin from the Weather Bureau notes high temperatures around 82 degrees with sunshine today and a 4 percent excess in temperature for the period. It also mentions a March low around 33 degrees with a circulating deficiency in temperature since a prior date.
Washington reports the President will likely visit Charleston if the people of South Carolina express strong desire for the trip. Senator Tillman says avoid Charleston, but White House evidence shows broad local support for the President's Exposition visit and a decision expected in days.
Mayor Smyth Aldermen Rhett and Kollerick representing Charleston and Expo Board members Wage ner Hemphill left for Washington to press the President to honor his promise to visit. A telegram from Secretary Cortelyou said the President would meet the committee at lunch the next day and arrange details.
Storm floods along the New York Central and Hudson River line halt through trains west of Albany. Bridges washed out and tracks washed away cause delays to Albany, Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo, Detroit, and Chicago bound travelers. Hudson river flooding cripples city streetcars while East Mohawk and creek points recede as boats rescue stranded passengers.
The James River at Richmond Virginia rises slowly with wharves and shipyards flooded. Ohio River at Muntingdon West Virginia reaches 49.7 feet as towns seek higher quarters. In Struveville Ohio river stages update with flooding near buildings and idle steel workers. Saratoga New York endures heavy rain worsening already high waters in lowlands.
Famine of soft drinks and bottled water sweeps Philadelphia as Schuylkill river water is deemed undrinkable. Citizens scramble for beverages. stores ration bottled waters and cider surfaces as an alternative. melted ice becomes a last resort for cooking and drinking. Downtown residents face severe shortages.
The Union Traction Company board meets this afternoon at the Land Title Building to decide on final action for the rapid transit merger. The conference committee’s lease recommendation to a new company controlling Mack and associates’ franchises will be discussed and likely adopted. John B. Parsons is expected to become president and general manager of the new firm.
Henry Bishop Perkins, a prominent Warren Ohio philanthropist and bank president, killed himself in his office adjoining his home. His illness and the death of a favored Yale graduate son a year ago are blamed for possible temporary insanity. Perkins was a leading financier and railway figure with a fortune said to be several million dollars.
The jury convicts Dr. Orville Burnett of murder in Nashville death of Mrs. Charlotte Nichol and suggests fifteen years in prison. Burnett's lawyers plan a new trial. The verdict surprised many as Judge Baker's instructions favored the defense.
A party of nine sailors led by Captain A Brown were rescued from the schooner B R Woodside two hundred miles east of Savannah after a three day gale. The crew lashed to the deck house as the vessel leaked and sank. one sailor suffered a broken leg, while the others recovered.
New York on the steamer Umbria arrival features Frank Rennicks at 21 years old and 8 feet 4 inches tall, who says he is still growing, alongside noted animal trainer Frank C. Bostock and a man named Dumont with a beard reported as thirteen and a half feet long.
The body of an unidentified man, suspected to be a sailor, was found yesterday morning in the Delaware river near Pier 33, South Wharves. Police believe he fell overboard Saturday. He was about 45 years old, five feet seven inches, and weighed 170 pounds. the body was taken to the Morgue.
A dispatch from Lewes Delaware reports the British bark N. B. Morris wrecked on Cape Henlopen Friday. The vessel and cargo were sold for 40 dollars to W. Burgage for 80 cents.
George W. Sutton Jr who killed Gertrude Goethe at 1514 North Sixty third street and then shot himself has recovered from his wound. He will be discharged from University Hospital this week and will be recharged. Sutton talks and jokes with police at the hospital.
Members of Philadelphia's Union League dispute an official program for Prince Henry of Prussia's March 10 visit to the city. The controversy centers on a letter excluding Mayor Ashbridge from a luncheon and labeling him and other "men of affairs" a contentious group.
Pinkerton men and Detective O'Brien arrest a man in New York after a Lima Ohio forged check case. He allegedly used the name T. J. Mullen to steal $1,000 from the Ohio National Bank. He was about to enlist in the navy aboard the Colombia. He married Bernice Rex in July last year and deserted her. his real name is J. C. Huffman, tied to a prominent Texas family.
Conditions at the wreck site have changed little as thick weather and heavy seas hinder tugs returning to Gloucester. The steamer Wilster remains aground, with no significant impact from the sea on the vessel amid persistent rough conditions.
William Leéham a 38 year old resident of 228 Fifteenth street was injured when he fell down a well. Fire department rescuers pulled him to safety and he was treated on scene.
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