The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-08-15

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Belmont & Co., on behalf of N. NJ. Roths- |
child s. Sons, ,.of London, ,sand ]. sSzW. Selig-
man & Co., on behalf of themselves and their |
associates. These parties made an absolute 4
subscription for $40 900 ,000, -coupledwith the
option'of taking the remainder of the loan at |
any time within six months. The loan is !
taken at par, to be paid for IN coin or i've |
twenty bonds, the parties to receive#one-
fourth of one percent. commission and to de-
fray all the expenses of the. transaction, in
Guiding the delivery of the bonds. No doubt
exists at the Treasury Department of the
ability of these bankers to place the entire
loan.ss So ssss e-s sssss - s-ssas
~ GRIMES AND. CASUALTIES. sss
Three men, were burned to death by the ex-
plosion of some oil tanks at the Standard Oil
Works, Cleveland, on the 23d. The fire was
Communicated from slantern (which one of
the menearried.s szses ~ =. s=-.ssa. s.=,4ss
At Eureka, Nevada, on the oath, a terrible
inundation occurred, caused BY the bursting
Of a water-spout on the mountains east of the
town, and which foodedsa portion of the vii |
lage, sweeping away about thirty houses.
So sudden was the avalanche of water that
many of the inmates of the houses were un-
able to escape, and from twenty to thirty
lives were lost a similar catastrophe oc-
CURED at Carson City on the same day, cats-
ing some destruction of property, butno lives
were lost ssss3 Sssa - ~
A terrible rain storm swept oYersthe city
of Pittsburg and surrounding country on the
night of the 26th, which caused great destruc-
no oil
graphic accounts of the disaster furnish the
following particulars :s -
The extent of territory damaged is not less
than twenty to Twenty-Five miles IN diameter,
and how the main portion of the city of Pitts
burg, lying as it does in the center of this cir
Gle, escaped without further injury, seems al
mest miraculous. The prevailing theory
seems to be that the disaster was caused by
some kind of a water-spout. gentleman
who watched the storm from few milesdoWn
the river, where there was but little rain,
saws that by the frightful flashes of lightning
he could see a, huge, inky-black cloud, Which
oYerflung the city, the narrow ends being.
lowest, while. the dark, parts gave vent to an
almost perpetual burst of lightning. 1t Is
almost impossible for any one not familiar
with the geography of this locality to form
an idea of this disaster or how it could pos
sibly have occurred. The main city of Pitts
burg, as it rises gradually from the point
formed by the junction of the two rivers, has.
many gulehes in certain localities, which rem
der flood of this description liable to do
tgreat damage, and the part known as the hill
region is frequently liable to suffer from local
! foundations. The damage here, however,
is this time light compared with other loeali-
| ties strictly suburban. The north bank of the
/ A1legbany River, upon whose hill-sidea and
in whose valleys the upper portion of the
| city is situated, has, according to all ac-
counts, been the scene of the greatest dis
aster. The work Of destruction commenced
| at point about two miles north of the
central portion of Alleghany City. Butchers
| Run Valley, at its mouth, is probably be-
1 tween 400 and 500 feet wide, and at the point
where the work of destruction commenced 1t
| is not more than $50 feet wide. Between
North avenue and this northerly point nEImer-
Gus ravines empty into Butchers Run alley.
| Along this run the house were built directly
! over the natural water-course, culyerts being
made and used in part as foundations for
/ dwelling houses. @The fine of destruction tOl-
lowed the water-course to. the river, and in
| yolyed an immense number of houses that
i were not on the line efesthe culyert.
| When the rain commenced falling but little
Eapprehensions were entertained; but those
/ who lived near the head of the valley state
| that suddenly. it seemed as If the heavens
! were opened and the water came down as ii
discharged from immense pipes. The vol
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Iflled with a raging torrent. The frame
] dwellings, stables and slaughter-houses gave
4 way like pfpe-stems, and the debris from the
wrecks were swept dewn along the line OF the
plank road, the weight being augmented ey-
ery moment in the district lying west OF
Chestnut street and north Of q line parallel
| with Ninth Avenue The waters rose to q
depth of fully twenty feet. In some places
] occupants of dwellings were unable to
escape in time to save their lives. In many
I instances the force Of the water sent struc-
4 tures into splinters. It is estimated that IN
this district about seventy dWe1lng-hOuses
4 were DESTROYED Spring Garden avenue lies
to the south of Butcher Run, and is separat-
4 ed by high hill. In this valley the same
scenes were enacted but on smaller scale
as regards loss of life, The total loss of life il
variously estimated at from one hundred anc
fifty to two hundred, while the damage. tt
property is ofeourse beyond present compit
taflon onssssszsas rss@ss aaa Ia
The number of dead bodies recovered, up t.
the 2Sth, from the submerged localities abou
Pittsburg, was as follows:@Upp Allegha
Z ny sDistriets32 ;sW ood,ss Run,9 Temper
anceyille, g.; Charters Creek, II. Tota
! found, 81. The number reported missing wa
q, about 15e.& sss 81 ~ = So 4s&ss 4
'l MTsCEGLASEOUs.
In response the application of the lleu
tenant Governor Of Mississippi for troops 7
! adm preserving order on election, day, tn
: Secretary of War ordered two companie
8 from jackson to toEicksbrirg. The Mayer an
Postmaster.ofS Yieksburgs however, protes1
! ed against sending any troops to that city,
7 it would only increase the excitement, whT
there was no danger OF an outbreak, and th
{ orderwas subsequently, eountermanded unit
: the matter could be investigated. u
A reunion of the Grand Army Of the RI
4 Public was held at Paterson n. J., on th
Il 22d, at2which President GIANT was presel
and madesa short speech in response
e calls.
: 1t Is Stated that some reics of the To-
ii steamer Gityaof Boston have beens resent
ii picked up on the Florida coast, among the
s a bottle containing paper signed by "Joh
= CaswelI, London, Eng" written on Sunds
= might (no other date1s stating that the ship hl