Out of Water as Flooded Cities See Citywide Spectacle
As the Allegheny River neared 32 feet, downtown Pittsburg and Allegheny flooded streets and storefronts. Boats ferried residents, theatres and Exposition buildings suffered, and business men waded in boots to save property while crowds watched the rising water and chaotic scenes from bridges and high ground.
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Pittsburg
Allegheny
Duguesme
Misery
Pitt
Larg
Pennayenne
Bacchus
Penn Avenue
Ft Wayne
A. Speer & Sons
Weyman & Bro
Zug & Co
Pittsburg Steel Casting Company
Armstrong Bros. & Co
Hubbard & Co
Standard Oil Company
McConway, Torley & Co
Water Rises Flooding Homes Mills And Stores
Citizens crowd streets to view rising floodwaters as property is moved to higher ground. Stores suspend business while skiffs ferry clerks and passengers across submerged Penn Avenue to Seventh Street routes amid widespread inundation near the Allegheny River.
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Brown
Penn Avenue
Allegheny River
Record of Widespread Flooding on Wayne and Ninth Streets
The narrative describes severe urban flooding with Wayne bridge and surrounding streets submerged. Water nearly eight feet deep on Ninth Street, Duquesne Way buried except at high bridge approaches, swift currents marking street locations, cellars up to Liberty Street flooded, and floodwater backing into sewers and basements of Fifth Avenue stores.
Night Patrols Mark Pittsburg and Allegheny Loot Scenes
Residents woke to scenes of property loss as guards patrolled streets overnight. The alert seen in Pittsburg and Allegheny continued into the day, with vigilance expected to persist as authorities pressed measures.
Scenes on the Streets Amid Flood and Floodside Lures
The piece highlights floodtime scenes at the Point with revelers and skiff men making money as rivers rise. Tenement residents flee to shelter in stables and neighbor homes while adults and youths seek amusements and quick earnings during the flood event.
Down at the Point Flood Ravages Waterfront District
Floodwaters from Fifth Street to the Point cause heavy property damage and forced evacuations. At Randall Club depth reached six feet, with several houses like Mrs Jones and Mrs Laughlin affected. Loss projected around $50,000 with mills also harmed while residents seek higher ground and sailors use skiffs. Colonel Boyer remains stoic as repairs and recovery begin.
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Fifth Street
Duquesne
Randall Club
Judge Jones
Laughlin
Stewart & McElvaine
Fourth
Second
First
Fort Streets
Hygeia Ice Company
Penn Avenue
Veateh
Sixth Street
First Street
Jones & Smughtin
American Iron Works
Jones & Laughlin
Schoenberger & Co
Carnegie
Keystone and
Pittsburg
Watered the Stock Floods Hit Downtown Merchants
A flood on the Allegheny River waters filled cellars and damaged stock in two cities. Merchants report losses in the hundreds of thousands with inventories delayed until waters recede. A Dispatch man canvassed Seventh Street to the Point, noting six feet of water and blocked homes.
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Seventh Street
Children of a Larger Growth and the City Flood
Anxious mothers wonder at their boys fondness for paddling. Visitors yesterday inspected the submerged part of the city where the paddle habit appears hereditary as men with gum boots waded knee deep in mud regardless of business.
Damage to Duquesne Way Cellars and Nearby Structures
Floodwaters swept through Duquesne Way cellars and first floors along Seventh Street damaging a frame house near the bridge and several businesses in the area including undertaker James Fullerton’s and J F Meigher’s tobacco store. A shanty boat on the Allegheny side was destroyed, but no lives were reported lost.
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Tom
Duquesne Way
Seventh Street Bridge
Allegheny
Flittsburg
Seventh Street
James M. Fullerton
J. F. Meigher
B. Gersenleiter
John Dorris
Sixth Street Damage Drenches City Businesses in Flood
Water submerged Sixth Street and parts of Penn Avenue west crippling shops from Wanamaker & Brown to Danziger. Losses range from thousands for cellars and stock to dozens for fixtures with pumps deployed and merchants moving goods by skiff.
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Wanamaker & Brown
Danziger
Anderson and
Sehilesser
Sixth Street
Penn Avenue
Anderson
Fifth National Bank
Aeris
Edward Anamaker Risen
Drunken river residents rescued and jailed in Allegheny
The Allegheny lockup housed intoxicated men after a flood day as Patrol wagon No. 3 made ten trips. Flanagan and wife were jailed after a fight and their 13 year old daughter, ill with pneumonia, was sent to Allegheny General Hospital with no food for 30 hours.
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Allegheny
Flanagan
Central Station
Allegheny General Hospital
Hotels Flooded as Drummers Shelter in Place
The city faced widespread hotel crowding as floodwaters blocked travel. Hotels above the high water mark sheltered guests while those surrounded by water stayed largely closed. Through traffic stopped and downtown shops muted, leaving drummers and travelers crowded in hotel lobbies.
Family narrowly saved as flood wrecks Herr's Island bridge
A flood near Herr's Island toppled the sawmill and bridge, striking Joseph Scott's house and lifting it from its foundation. Water reached the second-story windows as Scott, his wife, and four children slept, but a boat commanded by James Omaler rescued them from the danger.
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Herr’s Island
Joseph Scott
Mills Suffer Severe Flood Damage Across Allegheny Mills
Floodwaters inundated nearly two dozen large mills along the river, leaving about 25 000 workers idle and losses likely in the half million range. Factories including Schoenberger Carnegie and Jones Laughlin faced extensive equipment and furnace damage, with many plants not resuming until next week.
Flood Ravages Allegheny and Ohio Oil Fields and City
Floodwaters sweep Allegheny and Ohio river basins destroying oil lines derricks and tanks. Southwest Pipe Line Company six inch line ruptured near Emsworth causing major losses. Pump stations at Coraopolis Chartiers and Ewing knocked out. Bridgewater Gas and Fort Pitt Gas lines damaged. Herr's Island submerged with mills stockyards and a sawmill ruined. City losses in Allegheny reach 750000 with thousands homeless and widespread destruction across the river wards.
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Allegheny County
Allegheny
Ohio
Emsworth
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Oll
Coraopolis
Chartiers
Ewing
Bridgewater Gas Company
Legionville
Rochester
Fort Pitt
Stoops’ Ferry
Shenstown
Forest Diary
Hogbar
Ing
Mation
Isis
Young Man Rescued After Rag raft Incident on Robinson Street
A youth floated on logs along Robinson street Allegheny yesterday afternoon and struck a telegraph pole. His raft broke apart and he climbed the pole, waiting about thirty minutes until a rowboat reached him.
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Robinson Street
Allegheny
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