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Eastern Division:
Lucas to Perrysville, practically all bridges destroyed or approaches washed out.
Wooster Hill, ballast washed from under tracks.
Mansfield, water over tracks and in passenger station; culverts west to Toledo Junction, unsafe.
M. & C. Junction, ballast washed from under tracks.
Water over tracks at a number of places.
Western Division:
Bridge 182 east of Delphos, and Bridge 183 near Middlepoint, approaches washed out.
Upper Sandusky and Nevada, tracks much washed.
C. & P. Division:
Water very high but service not interrupted except between Mineral City and Zoar.
E. & A. Division:
Water over "low grade" line from Kenwood to Wampum Junction. Mahoningtown yard and shops under water from two to four feet.
Through Youngstown district, from Struthers to Niles, tracks under water, in some places as deep as ten feet. Amount of damage unknown.
Warren, about 12 feet of water over tracks east of station.
New Castle district, and north to Sharon, tracks under water from two to six feet. Amount of damage unknown.
Water still rising at most points.
Toledo Division.
Sandusky Branch, water over tracks at Delaware 12 to 15 feet, loaded cars on bridge completely submerged; freight house also entirely under water.
Akron Division:
Washouts at Barberton, Warwick, Orrville and Mount Vernon; water very high at intermediate points.
Dresden Branch, under water.
Marietta Division:
Walhonding Branch, under water, seriously damaged, extent unknown. High water all along main line of Division, with more or less damage.
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Pittsburgh Division:
Water over tracks for almost entire distance from Tuscarawas to Black
Run, 51 miles; Bridges 100 and 101 washed out, and tracks badly damaged at numerous points.
New Cumberland, Hickory, Burgettstown and Wheeling Branches, out of service on account of high water and landslides.
Cincinnati Division:
West Columbus, track badly damaged, exact extent unknown.
Dayton, Water 15 to 18 feet over tracks and in station; west spans of bridge over river washed away.
Water high in Little Miami valley, but conditions unknown.
Indianapolis Division:
Columbus to Marble Cliff, water over tracks and fill badly washed between the two rivers.
Piqua, approaches to bridge over Miami River washed out.
New Paris, west of, two bridges washed out.
Logansport Division:
Logansport, water over tracks from two to fifteen feet, and in passenger station ten feet deep; water over tracks west to Kenneth.
Richmond Division:
Number of bridges out between Camden and Hamilton, but exact condi- tions unknown.
Louisville Division:
Track and bridges badly damaged in several places north of Columbus Ind., and between Columbus and Jeffersonville.
Indianapolis Terminal Division:
Belt Railway badly damaged; four tracks washed out for half a mile, four engines undermined and lost in water.
Vandalia R. R .:
Vincennes Division: Under water in Valley of White River, extent of damage unknown, old line bridge at Indianapolis lost.
St. Louis Division: Washed out at Belt Crossing, Indianapolis, and under water at Macksville; old line bridge at Indianapolis lost.
Michigan Division: Track under water just south of Logansport at crossing of Wabash River.
G. R.& I. Ry .:
Washout at crossing of St. Mary's River north of Decatur, and water up to track at several other points.
In addition to these serious breaks, innumerable minor washouts, landslides, etc., had occurred over the entire system, many of which the local forces were able to repair without great delay.
During the course of the day, reports came in from all directions as wires were restored to service here and there, and each message received added knowledge of damage sustained at some new point or confirmed rumors of enormous damage throughout Ohio and Indiana.
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In an effort to move such trains as were marooned, and to facilitate the movement of repair gangs and material, relief supplies, etc., to the points where they were most needed, a systematic plan of exchanging information with all railroads in the affected territory, as to just what roads or portions of road were open for traffic, was inaugurated in the afternoon. A message was sent to each connecting railroad giving the state of affairs on the Pennsylvania Lines, and asking for similar information for the other lines, and arranging for such an exchange of information twice every day. As giving the situation in a nut-shell, a copy of the first circular message sent connecting lines follows:
"Will you be kind enough to advise me every twelve hours of conditions on your line, by wire, and I will do the same? This for the purpose of finding out the possibilities as to detour service. Our lines on the Pan Handle are open from Pittsburgh to Coshocton and from Chicago to Logansport. The Fort Wayne road is open from Pittsburgh to Wooster, Ohio, and from Chicago to Delphos, Ohio. Cross lines badly cut up. Will take three to six days to open Fort Wayne road and one to two weeks to open Pan Handle. Kindly give me similar information as to prospect of opening your line and points between which it is now open. We want especially to get a line from the lake front at Cleveland, Toledo, or any intermediate point, to any point on the Fort Wayne road or the Pan Handle for the purpose of getting repair material and pile drivers to the flooded district. Please answer.
Responses to this message indicated that most other roads had been equally damaged by the flood, and until the following day no additional detour routes were found.
The Northwest System was open for service only to Cleveland, via Alliance, and all through trains between Pittsburgh and Chicago were run via Cleveland and the Lake Shore road. The Southwest System was closed throughout except for local or "make-up" trains over short sections of line where the damage was slight. The through trains were all annulled, and passengers for Chicago and St. Louis were sent on Ft. Wayne route trains to Chicago. The Central System was closed, except for local service between Cleveland and Barberton, Columbus and Mt. Vernon, Sandusky and Delaware, and Toledo and Toledo Jct. The Vandalia Railroad ran no through trains, but was able to provide local service over most of the line, except the Vincennes Division. The G. R. & I. was closed between Ridgeville and Adams, but ran local service over the rest of the line.
There was not a through route open between any of the terminals of the Pennsylvania Lines West, with the one exception of the line from Pittsburgh to Cleveland, and over this, and the Lake Shore road, partial service for Chicago and the west was maintained, subject to a delay of from four to eight hours.
Most of the other railroads through the same territory were similarly crippled, so that of the network of railways covering Ohio and Indiana there was left so little that no through routes could be patched together anywhere.
The purchase of repair material-bridge timbers, piling, filling material, tools and equipment-was pushed at the several principal market points, and all available material was loaded on cars and made ready for shipping directions.
The Pennsylvania Railroad officers were informed that our greatest need would probably be for bridge timbers, bridge carpenters, piling and pile drivers, with commissary equipment to enable the crews to live where the work was to be done. They assembled such material, men and equipment as it seemed could be used, and started them west for distribution. The Cumberland Valley Railway also sent a gang of bridge
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carpenters, with equipment, etc. The Long Island R. R. proffered the services of a pile driver and crew, which offer, however, was not accepted until it was actually known that it would be needed, the following day.
It continued to rain all day, and as it got colder in the evening, the rain turned to a heavy damp snow over the western and northern parts of the territory. At the headwaters of the principal streams, the water was stationary or was falling slightly. but in the main river courses the water continued to rise, although all previous records had been far exceeded at most points hours before. The Weather Bureau predicted a continuation of the downpour, and their prediction was verified. While it continued to rain, and rain hard, however, there was fortunatly not a repetition of the exceedingly heavy fall of Sunday night and Monday morning.
Photographs of the situation on the 26th were, as on the previous day, hazy and indistinct on account of being taken in the rain, and comparatively few were made on account of the weather conditions.
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Lucas, Ohio, east of.
March 26, 1913.
Bridge No. 146, looking west, over Rocky Fork. Both abutments and 125 feet of approach embankment destroyed.
Lucas, Ohio, east of.
March 26, 1913.
Showing Rocky Fork back in its channel but entire valley still awash.
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New Castle, Pa.
March 26, 1913.
Main tracks awash along Shenango valley south of New Castle.
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New Castle, Pa.
March 26, 1913.
Grant Street Wagon Bridge, over Shenango River, with E. & P. main tracks in foreground at left. Grant Street Bridge later swept away.
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Mahoningtown, Pa.
March 26, 1913.
Coaling trestle and outbound engine tracks at enginehouse. View from roof of enginehouse, looking west.
Mahoningtown, Pa.
March 26, 1913.
Looking east from roof of enginehouse.
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Niles, Ohio.
March 26, 1913.
Pennsylvania Lines Passenger and Freight Stations, at right and left respectively.
Youngstown, Ohio.
March 26, 1913.
Passenger Station of Pennsylvania Lines from Spring Common Bridge.
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Youngstown, Ohio.
March 26, 1913.
Crab Creek. Pennsylvania Lines engines and tracks to left of fence at left of picture.
Youngstown, Ohio.
March 26 or 27, 1913.
Pennsylvania Lines tracks along Brown-Bonnell plant of Republic Iron & Steel Co., under water; remains of telegraph line in foreground.
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Youngstown, Ohio. March 26 or 27, 1913.
Market Street Viaduct, over Mahoning River, showing Main and Market Street Yards under water.
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Youngstown, Ohio. Market Street Yard. William Tod Company plant in background. Taken from Market Street Viaduct over Mahoning River.
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Millersburg, Ohio.
March 26, 1913.
Pennsylvania Lines Station and grounds, with two feet of water in Station.
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Millersburg, Ohio.
March 26, 1913.
Looking north from Main Street along main tracks of Akron Division.
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Brink Haven, Ohio.
March 26, 1913.
Looking over village and Akron Division track from Marietta Division overhead bridge.
Dayton, Ohio.
March 26, 1913.
Second Street and Ludlow-water receding, note globes broken by debris on lamp post in foreground.
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Loveland, Ohio.
March 26, 1913.
Pennsylvania Lines tracks under water, B. & O. S. W. bridge weighted down. Interlocking tower at crossing about one-half story under water.
Circleville, Ohio.
March 26, 1913.
Looking west over approach to Bridge No. 96, over Scioto River.
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CHAPTER 4. THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1913.
The third day of the flood was still one of uncertainty as to how great the damage and loss of life would be. Snow had succeeded the rain over a large part of the terri- tory during the night, giving the streams a chance to fall somewhat, but most of them were still higher than they had ever been before. The water had retarded the restora- tion of telegraph and telephone facilities, so that exact conditions were still unknown for large portions of the line; but reports of the situation at hundreds of places showed that the damage had exceeded that of any other flood in the history of the railway, or of the north central States.
As fast as the stage of water permitted, the local forces made temporary repairs to the damaged roadway and bridges which could be reached. In this way the Ft. Wayne route was opened from Chicago to Mansfield, with single track over the breaks. But there was still a gap of seventy miles (between Mansfield and Massillon) in that route between Chicago and Pittsburgh, in which extensive repair work would be necessary. A gap fifty miles long existed in the Pan Handle route, from Uhrichsville to Frazeysburg; and all the other main lines of road were broken, some of them practically destroyed for great distances. So extensive and universal was the damage, that it may be better understood by glancing at the map for the 27th than by reading a list of the points where the damage was reported. In general, it may be said that wherever the Pennsylvania Lines crossed or paralleled streams of any consequence whatever, the tracks were either under water or damaged beyond possibility of immediate use.
Knowing that the local forces were doing all in their power to repair such breaks as they could reach, the attention of the management was centered on two principal objects,-the assembling of men, tools and material for the larger repair jobs, and the rescue and relief of those still in danger or in need of food, clothing and shelter. As the latter purpose could best be served by opening up routes for relief trains, and for passenger and freight service to and from the flooded district, the knowledge of what portions of other railroads were open became of paramount importance, and every effort was bent toward finding means of getting this information.
Every message that came from western Ohio contained the information that some one or another of the large reservoirs or dams had broken or predicted that it was about to break, and there was a feeling of tense uncertainty as to what the next report would bring. Long afterwards it developed that none of the reservoirs or dams had broken, and that the unusually high water was due alone to the heavy rainfall, but the suspense was none the less acute at the time. It was also found later that had all the dams and reservoirs burst, it could have made but little difference either in the height of the water or the period of inundation, but at every new rumor, people took to the hills.
Relief supplies were offered for movement at many points, by car and train load. Most of them were forwarded in the direction of the flood zone, and gotten as near as possible, pending the opening of railway routes, but on the 27th it was impossible
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to get supplies to any of the towns which had been the greatest sufferers, except that during the day, it was managed to get one carload of provisions to Dayton (west side), from Richmond, by transfering the material at Bridge 92, New Paris.
Wherever a piece of road was opened, and cars and engines could be procured, passenger and freight service was resumed as quickly as possible. Many pieces of track were cut off from all communication, and if there was no equipment between the damaged sections, it was manifestly impossible to perform any service, but wher- ever a piece of track was made ready and equipment of any sort was available, "make-up" trains were run.
All through passenger schedules were annulled except three Pittsburgh-Chicago schedules westwardly and two eastwardly, which were run as on the previous day, over the C. & P. Division from Alliance to Cleveland, from there to Pine (Clarke Jct.) over the Lake Shore road and thence to Chicago over Pennsylvania Lines tracks.
Toward evening it was found that the Erie Railroad would be able to open its line between Akron and Mansfield during the night, offering another detour route; and arrangements were made to put on additional service, using this route, on the follow- ing day.
This was the last day of the rain. In the morning, inquiry of the Pittsburgh Weather Office elicited the information that the last of the "Lows" had been succeeded in the southwest by higher pressure, and was moving northeastwardly over Indiana and Ohio, to be followed by clearing and fair weather. The storm center passed a little south of its usual course, and instead of following the valley of the St. Lawrence, moved over New York and the New England States, and gave them a taste of the experience the Central States had been having since Sunday. The damage done was not great, but was sufficient to interfere for 24 hours or more with public utilities service in many of the eastern cities and towns, and damaged the railroads more or less.
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Rochester, Pa.
March 27, 1913.
C. & P. Division bridge over Beaver River in foreground; P. & L. E. bridge over Ohio River in distance.
Delaware, Ohio.
March 27, 1913.
Big Four Bridge spanning Sandusky Branch track and Olentangy River. The only means of getting from the east side to the west side of the town was by means of a basket pulled across this cableway, and used for several days continuously.
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Uhrichsville, Ohio.
March 27, 1913.
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Tuscarawas, Ohio, west of.
March 27, 1913.
Water had fallen 10 inches, but roadbed was later washed out from four to eight feet deep for a distance of 125 feet.
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Gnadenhutten, Ohio.
March 27, 1913.
Bridge 92, Pittsburgh Division, over Tuscarawas River. County bridge below washed away.
March 27, 1913.
Logansport, Ind.
Passenger Station from Biddle's Island, in Wabash River. Water had gone down about three feet. Snow on roofs of buildings.
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New Castle, Pa.
March 27, 1913.
E. & P. distant signal at Grant Street in foreground at center and telegraph line in lower left hand corner. Taken from Grant Street Tower looking north, after city bridge at Grant Street had gone out.
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March 27, 1913.
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New Castle, Pa.
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New Castle, Pa.
March 27, 1913.
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Lawrence Junction, Pa.
March 27, 1913.
East from roof of enginehouse, showing P. Y. & A. main tracks in center, and part of car repair yard at left.
Sharon, Pa.
March 27, 1913.
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March 27, 1913.
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March 27, 1913.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1913
GREEN --- Track under water, actual conditions unknown.
RED Track, Roadway or Bridges damaged beyond use.
YELLOW- Road over which passenger trains were operated.
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CHAPTER 5. FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1913.
The fourth day of the flood dawned clear and colder, much to the relief of everyone; with the water stationary or falling in all the streams except the Ohio and the lower courses of its main tributaries, which had not yet reached their maximum height. As the flood receded here and there, it became possible to ascertain the extent of the damage done, and to attack many repair jobs which could not be reached while the water was up.
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