The Grange advance., 1874-07-29
distinct the different varieties Of spec
les, owing to the crossing" effected by
these Industrious messengers.
TERRIBLE FLOOD IN PITTSBURGH.

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P1rrsBusGu, July 27--The storm
which swept over the city last night
was the most severe and destructive to
life and property that has ever occurred
in this vicinity. The rain came down
in a perfect deluge-the water coming
down the streets leading from the hills
with fearful velocity; the cur
rent being swelled also by water
from the side streets. The
Union depot was inundated with water,
three to four feet in depth. The water
in the Panhandle railway tunnel rem
dcred it impossible for trains. Consid-
able damage was done to property on
Smithfeld and Eiberty streets from all
the side streets leading from the hill.
Boulders were rooted from their posi-
ton and hurled to the level below,
while in many places great holes were
opened.
up in the streets. Some Of the cross
streets are rendered almost impossible
and will require large expenditures.
Among these are Henry street, Brady
street and Tustin street in the 18th
ward; Vanbroom, Millenberger, Mari
on, Pride and Stevenson streets in 9th
ward are terribly cut up. Where the
new sewer on Forbes street was re-
Gently covered, great bitches are opened
up.
In Allegheny City the flood was ter
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and Vista street bursted, inundating
the whole upper part Of the city. A
number of houses were swept away, on
Spring Garden street the water obtein-
ing a depth of ten feet causing
large loss of life in this vicinity. 1t is
reported that 55 bodies have so far
been recovered. The destruction to
property cannoe be estimated. The
damage to property on the south side
is great. A large number of stables
and buildings were swept away.
LATER.
P1rrsBURG, July 27.-The loss of life
by the food has been appalling, Thirty
eight bodies have been recovered in
Butchers S run District, Allegheny coun-
ty.
PITTSBURGH, July 27.-Besides the 80
bodies recovered in the Butcher run
district Of this county as many more
persons missing are supposed to have
been lost.
The havoc at Woods run was fearful
and the place was a perfect sheet of
water. Several houses were swept
away. Nine bodies have been recov-
cred so far and five or six are still
missing.
On the South Side, in Sawmill run
district, eight bodies have been recov-
cred and thirty-seven are still missing.
A whole block of buildings were swept
away in this district.
It is thought that over one hundred
and fifty persons have perished in the
Hood.
For more than mile out Spring Gar
den avenue, Allegheny City, the marks
of destruction are plainly visible in
houses washed away and buildings
thrown together in heaps. Some 25 or
30 slaughter.houses on this ave-
nue. were also washed away.
The buildings that were not
totally destroyed were greatly dam
aged, the water rising to a height of Is
feet and flooding the first floors of all
the buildings, and in many cases the
second stories. Several houses were
swept into the middle Of the street and
others carried hundreds of yards and
shattered to pieces.
A house containing two or three fam
lilies at the rear of Centre street, was
destroyed and the inmates all are sup
posed to have been drowned.
Ii Temperancevillea and Sawmi4l run,
the clements made sad havoc. The
fierce torrents Of rain that de.
scended swelled every little tributary
to Sawmill run into a
boiling stream and the accumulation of
water rushed with mad and irresistible
fury down the valley, sweeping every
thing before it. The track of the de-
structive food is marked by wrecks of
buildings, bridges, immense heaps. of
stone, large piles of food wood and
trees and the ragged sides Of the hills,
where water surged and gnawed into
their very vitals. Seven lifeless bodies
have already been found and from 25
to 80 persons are missing. 49,.
The iron bridge crossing Saw.mill
Ruu at Main Street, and five others
above were swept away. At McLaugh..
Inns about eleven miles west. on the:
Pan Handle route, eleven persons are
reported to have been drowned; also
hundreds Of cattle, horses and sheep.
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aailstenes the Size Of Oranges.