New
Castle,
Pennsylvania Flood
May
1893
City Under Eight Feet of Water.
NEW CASTLE, Pa., May 18.—The water is eight
feet deep and still rising in a large part of
this city. Several planning mills have been
washed away, houses have been moved from their
foundations, mills, factories and furnaces are
flooded. The raidroad [sic] bridges have been
weighted with cars to keep them in place.
Families were rescued from the second stories of
their homes. A prisoner in the lockup was almost
drowned. The contents of the cellars in the
business part of the city are badly damaged.
The Marion Daily Star, Marion, OH 17 May
1893
Floods in the East.
By Associated Press.
NEWCASTLE (Pa.), May 17.—A large portion of
Newcastle is under water eight feet deep and it
is still rising. All of the boats in the city
are being used to rescue people from the second
stories of the factories and mills which are
flooded. Several planning mills have been washed
away and a number of houses moved from their
foundations. Loaded cars are being run on the
bridges to keep them from being washed away. The
water rose so fast that the prisoners in the
lock-up had to be rescued by the fire
department.
Weekly Gazette Stockman, Reno, NV 17 May
1893
Transcribed by Dorcas
Moseley.
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