The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-08-05


I near 50 dense The citizens here who
, came Eilnin the Inc oftbe food. bad
much better opportunities far eseap-
ing
At Aaasseld. fye niles from The
CITY, n ihs Charters valley, there
was also much damage as6 consider
able less Of life-
No description Of the calamitv.
Z however graphic, could convey 70 The
mind Sd adequate conception OF IL
+ The horror compressed within tha,
dreadful hos= VIII never Be fully told
Z Those who visited the scene vester.
day, saw the wrecked houses. and
the I0ag rows Of bodies carried from
the ruins-who gagged upon the ghas.-
( " forms Of tbe dead. and the agonized
features Of surviving parents and
childrea, can form q faint conception
of the terors Of that fatal hour.
7 Whole families have been blotted oui
entirely IA one case. Z father alone
survives ola family Of sleTen-tbe
mother snd nine children haviuZ per
isbed. The father bsd been absent
during the night and thus escaped
There were scores 0fiDcidents. Of the
( most touehing snd narrowing nature.
past the power Of words 20 portray.
L has been the ain Of our reporters
20 gather such facts as they could Oh
tain. particularly n regard to loss Of
life Il vii be several 6srs before
a complete list " lle dead can Be a.
eertained-
The greatest sympathy vas every
where manifested for the suEerers,
and liberal aid wili be extended A
meeting FOR this purpose was held II
Allegheny this evening. and another
has been called % meet n this civ
this afternoon That bereEoienes
which has gone forzh 50 molly in
aid Of those sufferers from the srs
and food II distant cities, vii szrelT
respond IN doable portion 70 the val
q distress which cones from our own
stricken people
: Although the storm was. probably.
tbe fercest thatihas ever been exDeri-
eaesd in this city and the loss Of prop
ertv IN the aygregste, greater than ev
e. known, It vas only II tie new dis
triet lying a. the mouth Of Saw MI
Run. On tbe south side Of tie Monou-
+ gshels riTer-tbe extreme western
T portion oftbe e0rporation-thst any
lives were lost II the old city, IN
fact 81 that PoFtioR living between
the Allegheny and M0aonSabela
rivers. DO lives we're lost and DO ing
res 70 persons faicted IA nthis re-
gard under the cireumstz aees. our
Z people give thanks for mercy extead-
ed With the exception 4 he west
ern portion e The South SIDE. already
mentioned. The city Of Pittsburgh in.
deed made 8 most fortunate escape.
( The loss Ct lie at the mouth Of Saw
Mn ruu was iadeed fearful. bur Il
would have been IS appalling as thai
81 Butchers run, Allegheny had the
Z tat near the river been such IS the
latter, whereby the torrent eonld
mass against the dwellings From
tie bill districts the sewers we're Of
( course Inadequate 20 tAe Eork Of
carrying OF The immense volumes Of
water, while their capacity was
weakened bE tie debris thrown into
the mouths q drops. thereby in manv
cases choking them ID. Thus the
torrent Tas, II the NAN. forced upon
+ the s0rfsce and covered whole tbsr-
oug3fares. sweeping boulders AMI
earth from their places. filing cellars
ard tearing from their places. a1d
throwing before II such Light aaf IL
+ secure buiicIn-s as might BE ia is
way The rubbish. eirt timber
bOulders, dc, thus thrown upon the
E bottom streets served 70 choke I'D
sewers and 20 make water courses
on q 81 Ustural aad artificial dfrec-
tons heretofore bsd. by which again
+ cellars were sled. houses i8jared and
damage d01e generally. that, ordinari-
j. would be impossible Oar re-
+ port wiz detail the loss and damage
bv districts.
In his we include tie property on
either side OF The thoroughfa-e
named. covering al Of the -Four
teeath and Sizth wards west ofSoho.
aud the Seventeenth and Eighth
wards south Of Wylie avenue. The
main source Of the food IN this dis
triet xss BY way o. DiaEid6ie street.
better knoE1 as LipPiHe0ttis lane,
the natural erssnags Of 3 vast s,es.
comprising portions Of the Eleventh
and Thirtsentb wards Besides this.
there are mz1v other streets west Of
Dinwid6ie draining the south side OF
Wylie aTesEe, known formerly a.
Scots feds e0d Bieeville. which
also drained into Fifth sreaue. Ale
these caused such fox Of water IL
n the avenue last named a. Eas new
- known, s1d caused such a aood
s. exseE9ed sogtbwsrd bsFoad Il IN
- Forbes street, wherein The old
SEke's run Is Dot covered By 8 sexer
but Just e1mpsesed II this valley
almost every cellar. from MilfeDber-
ger street.-The dividing lise between
The Ysartsenih and The Sixth wards
the Ha;er entered. with more or less
dsmage-
Oh this street the greatest aesErue-
ton was % the neE sewer being con
slrgeted from Fifth sEeaEe 70 Cenfer
avenue bE Messrs. Hzs1s &. CO.
The work had progressed 70 about
oDe-third the distance. upto SATURDAY.
evening, sn5 some buadres Eass or
more was as vet uneoFered Alssg-
side Of the opening made laT the aew
txelTe-iach water main not long since
pafdOEn. and uDoa each side Of The I
excavation vas the OalT Ordinary 4
support for tie sides Of the ditch
The heavy rain Of TIE morning made 4
a opening into the sides. zBd as we
have already Published. carried 3 lot 4
Of timber and debris inso the already I
constructed portion of the sewer, 4
meking Il resdv 81 Z were for a. /
overflow from tbe fercer storm of
the evening. tie food esne, as re-
ported. SD the sewer vas submerged. 4
while some tao h1ndred feet Of the
portion completed was carried down
toward the avenue, great masses Of
earth excsTsted fer Ihe sewer, were
carried, together with Hundreds q