Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-29

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PrusBURG, July 2s.-Thousands OF
/ people are visiting the scene Of the great
disaster in the Butchers run region. II
was found necessary TO put on duty a
/ company Of national guards of the State,
TO protect property aud prevent the
crowd from interfering with the work.
ingmen Who are clearing away the de-
bris. The search for bodies proceeds
slowly, owing to the immense amount
of wrecked matter.
The bodies Of the victims viii be
buried in Uniondale cemetery, where
lot which will hold twenty OF the vic
Tins has been secured by the Citizeus'
committee. Measures viii be taken to
: procure decent interment for ail the
victims. Excavations are going on for
four children at the head of butchers
run. Five bodies have been taken out
to-day, but none OF them yet identified.
During the storm, Sunday evening,
the Presbyterian church at Williamsburg
WIS struck by lightning, and the con-
gregatiOn didsnOt become aware of the
fact until after the service, when il was
discovered that the roof was splintered.
In the TempeTanceville district large
number of people are viewing the ruins.
The bodies of Mrs. Briltear and Ida Nc
Way were recovered about noon, and
body has been found floating at the fer
ry-landing, which is supposed TO be that
Of one OF the sufferers.
A meeting of the citizens relief COM
mittee is now being held at the munici-
pal hall, at two O'Clock this evening,
General j.. IL. MOoi head presiding.
Speeches are being made by Major
Fleming, of Allegheny, and others, and
a subscription is being taken, which will,
no doubt, amount TO a large sum. John
NJ Stein, OF Philadelphia, has author
lied the committee 70 draw on him for
one hundred dollars. q 81 81 arssrs
From Charters valley further reports
have been received. On LaughliD's run
the body OF Mrs. William Cleat was
found tins mOrning, with The scalp taken
oil and one arm gone Half a mile
above, at BFidgeyille, William Stratton, I
whose wife and five children were
drowned, was found in the top of a syc-
amOre tree, where he lodged, he knows
not how. Another death, that Of Isaac
Reaner, a coal miner on Painters run,
is reported.
One thousand dollars was raised at the
relief meeting in half hour this after
noon. One Thousand dollars was raised
among the county officers for the relief
fund to-day. !
Seven bodies are reported as having
been found in Woods run this afternoon.
Two of the bodies are uuaccounted for
in the list OF missing, and indicate that
there must have been loss of life not
yet reported. rs s-e .--r-fh 4
Men and teams are busy to-day all /
along the valley Of the, run, clearing I
away the accumulated rubbish and ma
king an effort to restore the streets to 1
their former condition. Where Walnut |
street crosses Main, the cobbIe-stOne |
pavement was torn up in the direction I
of the hill TO quite an extent /
Men are to-day engaged IN making /
repairs. VIM. Duffsy, wife and child, |
and a lady-visitor named Mrs. Bigby, |
had verY narrow escape. They heard /
the roar of the coming flood and fled to /
the hills. They had hardly crossed tie /
threshold when the house was lifted up /
by the roaring torrent and borne along /
the stream with the crashing wrecks of |
other buildings. 4
The following is a Tec3pitulatiOn Of /
the bodies found up to this time. In |
the upper Allegheny district, 50; Woods /
Run, 8; Temperanceville, 8; Charities /
Creek, II. Total found 81. The num- /
ber reported is still very large. From /
the best information which we can ob- /
tain, the total loss Oh life VIII rea0lt $50. /