Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-28
One HuBdred and Fifty Persons Drowned
in the Fearful PlOOd-FuII Partlcu-
lars-L0gs Of Life and Property
in MOraVIa, Austria, Etc.

CALIFORNIA.
SAN Francisco, July 26.-Priyate
dispatches Tonight from Eureka state
that fourteen dead bodies have been re-
/ covered.
Il The loss by flood at Eureka foots up
over one hundred thousand dollars. In
addition to the names given this morn
/ ing are the following, sent Tonight, as
/ drowned: James Calvin, J. W. Talbot,
/ j. Dorney, John Rants, w. j. MeCfea-
ry and VIM. Smith. A dispatch re-
eeived tonight states that the loss by
| the food viii reach one hundred and fifty
| thousand dollars. The Eureka console
dated mining company loses twenty
thousand dollars, and will have TO shut
| down its furnaces. Several more bodies
were recovered. There are more people
missing.
A waterspout burst near Carson City,
| Nevada, this afternoon, causing great
destruction to property. No lives were
lost.
tA 8ls p WISCONSIN,.
GENEVA, July ga terrible tornado
L9ssed through this village at four o'clock
Sunday morning, doing considerable
damage to trees and shrubbery. The
steamer Lady Of the Lake, her upper
deck, smOke-stacks and small boats
were upset at their moorings, and the
large icehouse of WOohams q Willard
was destroyed. The grounds Of George
l.. Dlnlay and J. s. Rumsey were seri-
Oilsiy injured by the destruction of
large number of forest trees. No lives
lost. ~
ONTARIO.
LARNIA, July GA terrific thunder
storm passed over this place Sunday
morning, lasting from one until three
O'Clock. A number of houses and barns
were struck by lightning. The Presby-
terian church was also struck and badly
damaged. The streets were flooded with
water, and many sidewalks were carried
away. Reports from various places in
this section indicate that the storm was
of the most severe character, and the
loss OF property very heavy.
PITTsBURG AND ALLEGHENY CITY.
PITTsBURG, July 27.-The storm
which swept over the city last night
was severe and destructive to life and
property. 1t was the heaviest that has
ever occurred in this vicinity. The rain
came down in perfect delnge, the
water coming down the streets leading
lIONl tAle Allll MAb1l .ttAEAul lue
current being swollen also by water
from the side streets. The Union depot
was inundated with water from three to
four feetin depth. The water in the
Panhandle railroad tunnel was four
feet deep, rendering the street impassa-
Bile for trains. Considerable damage
was done TO property on Smithfeld and
Liberty streets. From all the side
streets leading from the hill the bOuld-
ers were rooted from their positions 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
viii require large expenditures OfmOney
to repair them. Among these are
Henry, Bfadin and Tustin streets, in
the fourteenth ward. Van Buren,, Mil
tenberger, Marion, Pride and Stevenson
streets, in the sixth ward, were also ter
ribly cut up. Where the new
sewer on Forbes street was re-
Gently covered great bitches are
opened up.
In Allegheny City the nood
was terrible. A sewer on Madison ave-
nue. and Vista streets burst, inundating
the whole upper part Of the city. A
number of houses were swept away on
Spring Garden street, the water attain
ing depth of ten feet, causing large
loss Of life. In this vicinity it is report
ed that fifty-five bodies have so far been
recovered. The destruction to property
cannot be estimated. The damage on
the south side is great. A large num-
Der of stables and buildings were swept
away, and several lives are reported to
be lost. The loss of life by the flood has
H. .s,-A-r I.
have been recovered in Butchers Run
district, Allegheny county, and as many
more are missing and supposed to be
lost. The havoc at Woods run was fear
full, and the place was a perfect sheet of
water. Several houses were swept
away, and nine bodies have bsen reeov-
cred so far, and five or six are missing.
On the south side, in Sawmill Run dis
trict, eight bodies have been recovered,
and thirty-seven are still missing. A
whole block of buildings was swept away
in this district. II is Thought that over
one hundred and fifty persons have
perished in the flood. For moro than a
mile out Spring Garden avenue, Ale.
ghany City, the marks of destruction are
visible. Houses washed away and
buildings thrown together in heaps.
Some twenty-five or thirty slaughter
houses on this avenue were washed
away aud buildings that were not totally
destroyed were greatly damaged. The
water rising to the hight of fifteen feet
flooded the first floors Of all the build
ings, and ia many cases the second
STOKES of several houses were swept
into the middle of the street, and others
carried hundreds Of yards and shattered
to pieces. a house containing two OF
three families in the rear OF Center
street, was destroyed, and the inmates
are supposed TO have been drowned. In
Temperanceyille and Sawmill run, the
elements made sad havoc. The fierce
torrents of rain that descended swelled
every little tributary to Sawmill run iu-
to boiling steam, and the accumula-
tionof water rushed with a mad and
Irresistible fury down the valley, sweep.
ing everything before It. The
work OF the destructive flood
is marked by the wrecks OF dwellings,
bridges, immense heaps of stones, large
piles Of Lockwood, and torn and ragged
sides of the hills, where the water surged
and gnawed into their very vitals. Sew
en- Iifeless bodies have already been
! found, and from twenty-five to thirty
persons are missing. The iron bridge
crossing Saw-Mill run, at Main street,
and five others above were swept away
at Mclaughlin, about eleven miles west
on the Panhandle road. Eleven per-
sons are said to have been drowned; al
so hundreds of cattle, horses and sheep,
etc.
Up to midnight details of the ruin
csme in OF such fearful import that it is
impossible te give correct estimate OF
the amount of damage to property, and
loss OF life.
IN M0RAvIA.
VIENNA, July 27.-The shock of an
earthquake was felt here yesterday. A
violent storm Of rain and hail is report
ed on the border of Moravia. Several
lives were lost, and large number of
cattle drowned. Fifty houses were de-
stroyed, and many vineyards were
flooded and ruined at Ozamra, where il
is reported only fourteen of the inhabit-
ants escaped.