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Domestic News
May 21, 1894
Wheeling Register
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
What is this article about?
Heavy rains and storms in Pennsylvania and New York are expected to cause significant flooding on the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, with 23 feet predicted at Pittsburgh translating to 33 feet at Wheeling, based on 1891 precedent.
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Big River coming.
Telegrams Last Night Announced That Twenty-three Feet Was Looked for at Pittsburg.
The rains of Friday and Saturday were not expected to make over sixteen or eighteen feet of water in the river at this point, not more than twelve feet being looked for at Pittsburg, but the big storms throughout Pennsylvania yesterday have changed the conditions, and last night the news from Pittsburgh was that twenty-three feet of water was looked for there, while at Warren, Bradford, and other Allegheny Valley points, the rain yesterday was very heavy and all the streams were booming.
Of course the floods about Williamsport will have no effect, the water running off east through the Susquehanna, but the storms about Bradford, and elsewhere on the New York State line, will swell the headwaters of the Allegheny, and will all pass this city.
Twenty-three feet of water at Pittsburgh will make thirty-three feet here, judged by the result in 1891. January 2, '91, there were twenty-three feet six inches of water at Pittsburg, and the next day at 2 a. m. there was thirty-three feet nine inches at Wheeling.
First alarms from Pittsburg, in recent years, have been exaggerated, and perhaps there is more of a guess at the freshet up there, than anything else.
Telegrams Last Night Announced That Twenty-three Feet Was Looked for at Pittsburg.
The rains of Friday and Saturday were not expected to make over sixteen or eighteen feet of water in the river at this point, not more than twelve feet being looked for at Pittsburg, but the big storms throughout Pennsylvania yesterday have changed the conditions, and last night the news from Pittsburgh was that twenty-three feet of water was looked for there, while at Warren, Bradford, and other Allegheny Valley points, the rain yesterday was very heavy and all the streams were booming.
Of course the floods about Williamsport will have no effect, the water running off east through the Susquehanna, but the storms about Bradford, and elsewhere on the New York State line, will swell the headwaters of the Allegheny, and will all pass this city.
Twenty-three feet of water at Pittsburgh will make thirty-three feet here, judged by the result in 1891. January 2, '91, there were twenty-three feet six inches of water at Pittsburg, and the next day at 2 a. m. there was thirty-three feet nine inches at Wheeling.
First alarms from Pittsburg, in recent years, have been exaggerated, and perhaps there is more of a guess at the freshet up there, than anything else.
What sub-type of article is it?
Disaster
Weather
What keywords are associated?
River Flood
Pittsburgh Water Level
Wheeling Flood
Allegheny Storms
Pennsylvania Rains
Where did it happen?
Wheeling
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Wheeling
Outcome
expected 33 feet of water at wheeling; historical comparison to 1891 flood with no reported casualties in current event.
Event Details
Rains on Friday and Saturday, followed by heavy storms in Pennsylvania and New York yesterday, are predicted to cause 23 feet at Pittsburgh and 33 feet at Wheeling, swelling the Allegheny headwaters; Williamsport floods will not affect this area.