, 1874-07-28
day. In stnblo attathpd woro found four
horseB, two Of which Sora aav01 At tho time Of
tho hood. and tho othors rccovored alive this
morning. Thclr loss ia :botween $20, 900 and


morning. Tholr loss is betueen s2o 900; ;aad
$4,000. :. !;
At nRooKs. pA11A1lxE CO. "a aEr,vxn1
throo tanks, two stills, and two worms OF $50
near The Washington turnpike. owned by q. X.
lscIl aud occupied by hlr. ssiglos, was struck by
tho Hood and melted away, 10 that nothing can
now ba aeon whore It stood bnt . pool OF wator.
$4,000, The building was worth about ii 900.
The lot on. which the store-builing stood
has alao disappeared. tho collrso Of tho
Run being here changed 10 that its bed is now
w!ioIo tho building was formerly located. Two
bic, were a1ao badly damaged. Tbs change in tho
course Of tho 1tun ca,,sod tho flood to aweep away
tllo rear parts Of lousoe. ploductng damageu- to
'ho e1top: ,,e IE of probably OBJ T.: q, ? 59o. ]
particularly large. 4 bridge which probably
cost IL 900 was swept away. Three stono walls,
intended to protect lots bordering on tic
stream, were overturned ind carried sway by
tllo nood' while on tho opposite side or tho
dwelling, tho property Of Mr. Htorn. t1.
ABOVE THE ToRKs or THE nun
s1o tl1o ,oosiaE o dwellings woro destroyed BY tho
house, William storhsnn' house, Stephen SEM
rlo's house, EIlnors Hall, George Allgo1,'u house,
two oslaughter-housoa belonging to William Arci,i-
Ialti two Lighthouses belonging to George Gray,
rattorn'5 Block, consisting Ut four hopsos,,, and
*ud fifty coa!-ears. Gray 4 Boil estimate thoir
loss A. e5D,000. mostly In rolling atock and
mining Implements
Tho following ia iho at RfA1 Of tho da. no,os "a.
covered: a chilli, 1da Hunter; Thomas Britton
aud son Mrs. Thropp, wife Of Isaiah Thfopp;
Johoph O'Connor and bis housekecper, Betsy
Leo; Mrs. Dorothy scmple, vito Of stephen
bemplo. In addition 10 tho bodies recovered,
tho following persons arc miusing: William
Horsley. wifo and two children; Thomaa Hun
tor, wite. and three ohildron--the body OF their
adopted 1on rs among tue, found; wife ot
children; -, Frederick MeVoy, ~ wife, sud
s"shtor 'sS foas f'ph tbe sSl aesa bodios ies
arc lying IN tho Ihlrty-nfth Ward school-houso
at the forks Of the Run, and tho in a houso
i NARROW rsoArE.
4 man by the nRno Of Jamos Nelson was in
the upper rtory Of ono Of the houses rs It was
floating down with the flood. He mado narrow
oocare By, getting out Of the window and swim
al the point where Walnut street lolna Main
atreet there has been terribly teaiing up Of tho
pavement. Walnut street u paved With cobble
sSnS opa ~nSls 2o It 60 9s'' seue ne ss @ sn 1 IL
it is though they were sand. A number Of per-
sol,s who wcrc at church during tho evening
returned only to ind their dwellings, and their
'ots Tho t1eatlework n tho little Panhandle Conf
Railroad, whore it extended along tho road OF
tile Run and crossed it, was swept away for
quite distance md tho tunnel through the hill
about half filled With mud.
It lB stated that William BtobbinB,' whose house
10 among those destroyed, had s., ,u5o in tho
house, and that in his haste to escape he left 1t
bohind It WIS involved in the general deatruo-
tion. 49,.
9ns si iron bridge which WAS carried away cost
Gray l. Boll's opgino-houso WIS carried away.
. BAyEp 111B CHILD.
Mr. semple, wlose wife was drowned, stated
that he and hiB little girl wore in the houso when
tho flood came. Ho tolt the houao going, and
his wife coujured him to save their ch1ld. He
sprang for tho door with tho child, aud they
eAcaped. Mrs. somplo, however. was carried
away with the house, and her dead body Waa
found this moruipg about q milo below.
DIED FROM FRIGHT.
woman by tho name Of Mrs. Jones, who lived
near Gray j. BIS coal tipplo, died from fright at
Tue time of the flood because her lttlo boy was
Syc tns bseh nIu1 ~ s as sy ys 6os
JoBeph OConnor and bis houBekeeper. Betsy
Lee, whou found, wore locked in each others
embrace. =.
| was hold on tho bodiea recovered, and iatso on
that Of Mrs. Jones, this foronoon, in tho Eleventh
Ward.
= WOOD aur. ALLEGHENY,
| contributed its quota to the general stock ot
| this awful flood. Between tho railroad crossing
| aud Tho point crossed by the Beaver Road Is the
| part of tho stream where the loBs OF life and
chief loss Of property occurred. Shortly before
o'clock tue Hoods camo and began shs work ol
! DEATH.
| About half mile above the PittBburg,
IT. Wayne l. Chicago Railroad crossing staue
| tue houses occupied By Pat Farley and Frisbes
| Dennng mill hands, Mr. Farley managed tt
rot rope. md, securing one end toa tree on the
| hillside sud tho other to his house, thie
bravo fellow, with Deuning'a aid, fescued
| not only his own family and ohildron from the
to mid fro through the window, placing tue
| children III quilt. His house nurvived, shougt
completely washed out. On rushed tho impotu.
GUS torreut, each second gathering strength, and
| TIE HARVEST OF DEATH BEGAN.
Some distance below Farley's tue stream
takes sudden bend, and near this left itR orig
inal bed, and was dehcoted against some sma!
flamo houses standing in tho contracted valley
flrst was the home Of John aorma1, who VIII
domicile. It WAS lifted bodily. and crashet
agaiuHt the next house below it, that Of James
Forden, laborer in Lewis, Oliver l. Phillips
mills. These: two buildings wero dashed from
tide for nearly 1000 feet bringing up with I
fearful shock against Wilson b Trimblo's store
which was forced feet from itB site, but whict
held together and arrestoa the progress Of th'
| Lmu AQuHeb.
TuR szyEn1aa OF TUE aAs-p1pEs
added to the .awfuness Of tho stt
uation, and amid the terrible :ohao
Fordoli and bis wife. and three little one
met their death among the ruins Of tAoir crun1b
ling home. German and hia two children ALA
| perlahed at tho aAme spot.
At the spot where tho two houses went t.
pieces An exposed portion Of gaa;ptpe aAcenaos
face Of stsep Ill., n3.naedd Y y sazs ash
pipe and climbed up to place st snfety.
at Wilson L Co.'s atore tho tlool bonnae'
across shady avenue into g. u. Eckerts prem
iaes, fortunately only meoting with few fsai
nhods. but utterly aonl'latispg IT,, tho fin fin
at tho railroad, tearing through tue fences, bear
Ing upon tts bosom moving mass Of timber
aud bnryiug tho rails Of tic track 9nder mas y
way towards The House Of Refuge. A groa
bulk Of water, however, kept tAo channel, pilin
up an ayalanohe OF dooria against McCaHhey'
houAe at tho depot, aud, crushing oyor th
crossing, played havoc with tho yards Of tn
lotols At that point. ,,, c..,..u