The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-07-28

legheny Suspension Bridge, was seen I,
stop and lean against the railing Of III,
bridge, while one oil his arms dro ppe
nerVeless by his side. Il appeared afteI
wards that he had received a stroke 4
lightning, which had temporarily pslsiel
his arm. he soon recovered. The Ger
eral impression Of those on the bridg
was that the bridge had been struck, an,
all ran away in the belief that 50 slon
could they escape destruction.
The car station OF the Manchester Pas
senger Railway, 10 the lower part Of AL
legheny, was struck by lightning, ant
damaged, though 10 what extent WI
could not ascertain.
AT the time Of the first heavy peal O
thunder, a Troy Hill Car, bound foI
Pittsburgh, turned the corner and started
down Federal street. The mules draw.
ing the car were frightened by the thun
der and tho Lightning, and started 10 run
Ehelr sudden movement snapped tht
brake chain, and the car came down the
Federal street grade at terrific rate 81
speed, TO tho great tribulation Of the pas
sengers. One frightened man sprang of
the rear platform OF the car, and rolled
over and over into the flooded gutter. a
lady, also dreadIully frightened, threw
herself of the car alter him, and rolled
over two or three times. She got up, but
was apparently good deal hurt, and
ieIl down and rolled over two or three
Times more. She was helped up, and
alter a little while was able to walk sway
The other passengers remained In the car
and escaped injury.
10y Telegraph
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY PRRsoNs sup.
70 PosBD TO HAVE BEEN DROWNED
FIFTY FIVE BoDIKs RECOVERED.
PITTsBURGH, July 27.-The loss Of lille
by the flood has been appalling. Thirty.
eight bodies have been recovered in the
Butchers Run district, Allegheny county,
anu as many more arc missing and sun
posed to have been lost The havoc at
Woods Run was fearful and the place
was q perfect sheet OF water. Several
houses were swept away; nine bodies
have been recovered so far, and five or
Blk are still missing. On the South Side,
in the Saw Mill district, eight bodies have
been recovered and thirty more are still
missing. The whole block Of bridges
were swept away in this district. II is
thought that over 100 persons have per
shed in this food.
For more than a mile out Spring Gar.
len Avenue, Allegheny City, marks OF the
destruction arc plainly visible; houses
away and buildings thrown to.
sether in heaps. Some 25 or 80 slaughter
houses on this Avenue were also washed
away. Buildings that were not totally
destroyed were greatly damaged. The
water rising TO height of Is feet flooded
.he'hrst 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 10 pieces. A house
two or three families at the
rear oil Center street, was DESTROYED and
he inmates are all supposed TO have been
drowned.
In Temperanceville and Saw Mill Run
The elements made sad havoc. The fierce
torrents OF rain that descended swelled
every little tributary TO Saw Mill Run into
3 boiling stream and the water
washed with mad and irresistible fury
down the valley, sweeping everything be.
lore it. The track ofthe destructive flood
g marked by the wrecks OF dwellings,
bridges, immense heaps of stone, large
piles OF flood wood and torn and ragged
sides ol the hills where the waters sufged
aud gnawed into their very vltals. Seven
liteless bodies have already been found,
and from twenty-five to thirty persons are
missing. The iron bridge crossing Saw
Mil Run at Main street and five Others
above were swept away. At McLaugh-
Inns, about eleven miles west on the Pan.
handle road, eleven persons are reported
10 have been drowned, also hundreds OF
cattle, horses, sheep, Sc,