The New York herald., 1874-07-29

ter. Besides having their entire WORKS icoded
to considerable depth their receiving tank,
undermined by the rushing water, toppled over
aud is badly damaged. An 0ilicer OF the CON-
them iai month To ensreiy % pair the damages,
ana At least week before they can supply even
oss %s &c. SsS s
tinuing up the stream the peculiar topography OF
u tne @ land made the loss more severe, aud, indeed.
occurred above here. The stream was shut
IN by high nils on either hand, while from
their steep SIDES poured down swift noOd
rapidly augmentlng the now fearfuly dOwing
creek, and converted 1t into a perfect torrent OF
from IRON, ten to twenty leet IN depth, and so rapid
was he flood formed that but scant warning and
nttie ume was afforded TO those living or tts
Portioh OF the actual loss OF lie and property.
TAYLoRS SALT WORKS.
~ large ana completely fitted up concern. and par
o. when was but finished Oh Saturday last, Is en-.
llrey gone, and but few shattered tmber rs
main, main, anu small heap OF ruins marks where il
store, owned BY a Mr. Zeigler. was completely
washed awayEnot vestige oft remaining. His loss
crosses the run, and few shattered timbers are
al mat Is lett. An oil refinery, nearly opposite
one,tank, two stills, q condenser tank worm, Gc.
IT was owned ns Sy BROOKS, Balantne co. Bnt the
here. About noon the body OF q Young woman
named MISS sample was removed from among
hs son o. tine bridge She lived a
stream. and had evidently been carried
considerable distance, as she was badly bruised.
The SawmllI Railroad Company are untlOubtedlv
the heaviest losers by the terrible calamity. Their
track is probably five miles long, and over one.
halt OF il Is built on trestlewOrk, crossing the RIM
in many places. over halt OF this is entirsiv
destroyed ana the ttmbers carried away. twenty
seven cars and others or the rolling stock are
completely destroyed. But the
SCENE AT THE SCHO0LHousE
OF ALL Four victims Of the Catastrophe Law e SeTs
in their last long sleep. Near the door, covered
AL ~ n
before lie yielded to the grim destroyer. His name
was Thomas Britron. At the other END OF the
room, with his lace sadly dlsfgured by the tiInbers
and stones winch mad struck hin, lay his son. a
youth about twelve or fourteen years OF age named
OF a little girl with long, golden nar. looking az
calmly beautilui as If she mad but just lallen
lather and mother and three brothers are still
missing, and are doubtless also drowned. Nearer
the door lay the body OF Mrs. fhrap. Her husband
ana four children are still missing. Never as long
as life lasts shall we forget tine little scho0lhouse
OF the Tnirty-hfth ward. The crowds or sad,
anxious faces gathered in and out OF the building,
casting glances OF sorrow on the unconscious faces
OF the silent dead, while Just within hearing the
stream. now but small, went qulcxly past.
AT the WEIGH House two more bodies were
recovered. They were those Of man named
Joseph Connor and his honsekeeper, Mrs. Betsy
Dlil. Said q gentleman to our reporter :-"Poor
Cunnor; saw him saturday evening; he told me
he had been WORKING all the week in his house FIX
with anything any more; and now rh.re isn't
stone o. 1t to De seen, and there he is. We
arm. and his shirt was torn where sne had
clhtched 1T; she held to him tightly, FOR
About sS ami mile uraner up the I Little saw M Run
branch, just below Harkay's coal works. iearrul
loss OF life is reported 1t Is quite thckly settled
q short distance from the Run, known as the
"lOng row. was
srRUcK BY LIGHTNING,
with terrible effect. The buildings, literally split
in two by the stroke, 1el over INTO the raging
torrent below. TwenJy-ssven persons are reported
Other persons from the same negnDorhoOd are
also lost, but 1t Is impossible now to give the
fell particulars. just below here q large trestle
work crosses the stream. and the timoers ana
deoris from further up here found temporary lodg.
feet. In an instant IL gave way, and the immense
body OF water rushed with AN Irresistible lorce on
R" "l as
also severe. Here were drowned TnOmas Smith,
his wife and three cnildren-a whole family swept
away IN moment.
Among otner losses the following, not mentioned
elsewhere, are reported:-A small house belong
ing to stephen sample, u small saloon known az
tue Miners Hail. house of George Aisop, two
slaughter houses OF William Archibald, a block Of
Beil suffer heavily, having lost their coal tlpple,
carpenter shop BLACKSMITH shop, considerable
aweng % TO
ing the store Of Mr.. Kegier. mentioned elsewhere,
were badly damaged the rear part OF 1he Dullaings
stable, wiih eight horses, washed away, but re.
covered two OF the horses. The foundation Tor the
new city station house is also badly damaged.
THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CITY.
Yesterday afternoon a reporter Of thus journal
although the Tune employed was insufficient ior
accurately reviewing the situation, noticing the
lull effect OF the storm and estimating the damage
loss incurred to the city, to street contractors
and to owners OF property VIII be heav! in tue
the various street improvements mo, now ,l 10
namage done to private properly is widely dis
triouted, and with lew exceptions, Will not fall
has already been noted IN this paper CONCERNING
the work or the waters IN the hill district, the re-
porter discovered that ON most Of the streets they
must have rushed down with an lmpetuOsity and
force tina: IS truly astonishing. On Wyle ana
Webster avenues townsend, Clark Fulton Price.
Reed, crawford Dlnwidde and Otner streets the
cobDle stones, many OF them Of the largest sixe
used lor paving purposes, have been upilted By
At two or three PAGES on Wyie avenue, near
Washington, there are great heaps OF stones that
enue, from Fulton as lar down as the eye can
reach. pullles have been sunk three or four feet
deep and as many IN width. At the corner OF Ful-
ton and Webster the thick and heavy stones laid
for a crossing have been washed out and carried
some distance from their ancient m00rings. This
Incident alone luily shows with what ri9ntiul ve-
lOcity the'waters must have poured down Webster
avenue, and thence down seventh avenue, the ma.
rure OF the damage TO which was pointed out yester-
day morning. At the corner OF Centre avenue and
Fulton an opening has been made about thirty
feet long, ten feet wide and five or six feet deep.
were filled with water by the torrent which
poured. down like the current OF a mighty river.
The water on Lae streets rose to the height OF Lwo
or three feet, driving ahead with the velocity OF
the wlnd The new sewer on Dlnwiddie street,
Ewens Il Orr contractors, OF which 800 feet was
completed and covered, was washed out, aud 100
ieet OF bottom was enttreIy closed up with allu-
vial deposit, and will nave to be entirely recon.
structed, entaing loss OF about $500. The
water main was also broken
lTuE DESTRUCTION AT MINERsvILLE.
Having passed kirkpatrick street on the road to
Mlnersvile, Center avenue begins to present more
dilapidated appearance than any Osner of the hill
streets and until the car stables are reached sad
havoc has been made with bridges. board walks,
fences and other improvements The horse car
track mad been torn up IN a number OF places, but
work kmen have been sent to repair IL at two O'Clock
In the morning. Cars were not prevented from
making regular trips during the day. 4
number oi telegraph poles were torn out
IN the vicinity OF the Thirteenth ward
school house ana the wires broken. The
line was being set to rights during the day and tue