The New York herald., 1874-07-28

are Frank O'Nein and daughter, missing.
Joseph O'ConnOr aud hoasekeeper. iOun
drowned.
George James. ,yon and daughter, missing.
william HOrsiy, vTiie and child missing.
Y Thomas Hunter wfkc aud iour children. missing
ChiId Ida hunter. found drowned.
tIhomas Britton and tpon william Brit ton. foun'
drvwned; wife missing.
Isviah Knapp. and ave \ch,,dren, missing: wIi
| fonnd drowned
FrdeSick MeVay, wife ant three children, mis-
sing.
A wUG,ar.io ionna,up q little lorsof the Ran. name
not known.
| BODIES RECOVERED ssE
MIS-. Dorothy Stevens. ut Mrs. fosters.
Thomas brtc0n and aOn.
i Wliiiam triton. n boy.
Mrs. 9hropp and the gri ida Hdnser, at the
rwenty-Blth ward schoo+ house.
Joseph O'C0nnUr aud housekeeler,' st Tom
welsrs.
ulS reported that A. womaa nauied Mrs .Jode6
living In Harttey's block, died from ryigtM.
James Nelson saved himsell ~ juInping from tise
upper story OF his house audi swtmning, as,syre.
Ameng
BUILDINGS TAKEN SwAr
above ths the run are Yan,eker's dwelling J..
! O'Coottoys house and william Stevenson's house
some tl.050 IN money WAS i'll TINS house and w.s
not recovered). stephen samples house George
Aisop's house, Miners Han, W. Archibasrs two.
slaughter houses. pattous block tiour houses, =.
! George Gray's two log houses
! Gray 3ei lose their blacksmith and carpenter"
shops md some fifty cars Mr.. Gray says their.loss
in tools and machinery will bs about $4,000.
The Little Sawmill Run Railroad ,ose alt sMeir
trestles. rney estimate their loss at $4,000.
The bridge al the mouth, Gear Woods mil, ,is
gone, Just above the trestle OF the Little S~a-
mill Run Railroad Following up the run
| che new iron bridge, lately bolt by the CITY,
at cost OF Sill 100 and the abutments one side,
are all gone. Just above It is the gas OF sae
West End Gas Company; Che foundation Is wasae.i,
out leaving the tank In the run.
Tue salt works, Just above this OF W.
O. J. NJ. Taylor, buut small
Island almost level with the stream, are
nowhere to be seen. the whole works having
been washed away, together with new building
lately erected M = cost OF $500. Their loss
from $50, 900 TO SIS 900, and is their ALL except tOur
horses. which were carried down the stream. but
| recovered.
The Washington Pike Bridge and small bridge at
the head Of wainut street are both " ashed away.
LOSS probably $4,000
Just above this The store OF william 2eiger
groceries and dry goods was taken away COM
pletey; loss $1,000: George K. Ganbe's loss ST. 500;
the building IL not only gone. but the lot washed
away. Two dwelling houses here owned by Gam
bic were damaged by the washing away OF the
rear part OF the building aud lots: loss 81, 500.
Brooks, Ballent,ne Co.'s OIL refinery lose three
tanks, TWO stills, one condenser tank, two worms
aud other damages. loss heavy.
WORD FROM cHARTIER's CREEK
reports also fearful destruction to life and prop
ertv in that direction. At Bridgeviiie mach dam
age done all the bridges on the line or Char
| uer's aud Mclaughlin creeks were washed away
| LOST.
! John Stratt0n and family were washed out OF
their house. StrattOn saved himself by catching
70 the limb OF q tree. HIS wife and dve children
were lost.
A family by the name OF McCne, consisting OF
! father, mother and four children. were drowned.
TWO coiored men. one aged dty years, were also
| lost.
! ON wHIsKEv
the dwelling OF a gentleman named Th0rn was
washed way, and the wife drowned. Pan Handle
Bridge over Campbells run. washed away;
also bridge No. 9. The Pan Handle tracks two miles
east OF Mansfield were washed away a distance OF
thirty feet. The bridges and tracks OF Charters
Valley Railroad were all washed away. The loss
OF lite at Cnartier's Greek iOots up fourteen per.
sons. At Little solomon, Washington county,
! EVERY MRMBER OF TWO FAMILIES
| was lost Between Solomon and CanOnsburg
/ eleven dead bodies have been recovered, and be-
tween solomon aud Brdgevlle thirteen more
have been ound In all twenty -fOur. Besides these
a large number Of persons missing and
doubtless have perished Every bridge
! the pike has been swept away, as wet,
AZ several railroad bridges ana stone cuvetts at
dozens of places. Nothing was left at Woods Run
but iounda or houses. The loss Of property
viii amount to over $50. .O0O to say nothing OF the
nves that are lost.
Innp Eapdp wpr
drowned; John Gormau and three children also
| drowned. Many persons washed into the
river ut this point, and OF course bodies cannot be
secured for some days.
It ia absolutely Impossible to get figures OF the
| financial losses along Butchers Run, as the prop.
erty hes in great heaps, and its owners In many
eases are cold in death. Dwelling houses
ammed together in bewildering confusion. and
out of the debris arises seacn from carcasses
of thousands OF dead goats pigs, horses and cows
| that is unbearabe. cold rain Is iailing at the
hour OF eleven O'Clock.
When your correspondent left the scene at
Rutcher,s Run rightly named. the click OF the
nick was still heard and the forms OF men were
seen nittinc Dy like shadows.
ANOTHER CoRrsE
was raised and deposited in the wagon awaiting
, and suI the work went on. GOD oniv knows how
mrpy bodies still lie underneath those mountan ms
OF debris.
The number Of houses destroyed as lar as can be
ascertained al this hour Is given AT l4I, aud the
following IA recapitulation Of the lives lost This,
very probably, Will turn out to be an under est.
matc:-
Bodies Recorered. Missing
Butchers Rtln .........s.... % ~
Woods Run OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Sawmill Run .................s..'.' ~
Charter \ creek IL
Briareyiile and Washington county Is
tta
The Mayors Of the city OF Pittsburg and Ale
cheney have called a mass meeting OF citizens, ia
be held tomorrow evening. 10 take action IN rcla-
ton to this disaster, which has falen so severely
: n.u rho ,ommunity.