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

Igheny. In all parts Of the city inIorma-
tion ID received Of more or leis damage
Out no lives were lost and, 90 far as learn.
ed' but one building was destroyed.
REPORTED HEAVY LOSSES. ..
AS has already been stated, there are re
ported losses ot property and lie al
Woods hun. But 1t is likely, from al
accounts, that the heaviest loss Of proper.
" may have occurred up Butchers Run
from whence, last night, no definite inlor.
nation could be obtained. =.
| sRwRRs DAMAGED.
As might be expected, there was a tor.
rent down Webster avenue and into
Seventh avenue, which resulted In con.
siderable damage 10 the extensive sewer
now being constructed by Messrs. Chas,
W. Lewis & Go. The work had pro-
gressed up Seventh avenue as far as Web.
ster avenue, just where the rush Of water
would strike 1t with the greatest violence.
The extent Of the damage we have not
learned.
The Dlnwiddle street, or Lippincott
lane sewer, suffered the most. The work
upon 1t had progressed from Filth avenue
as far as the mill Of Hubball, Lippincott
d Bakewell, but the greater portion Of il
was not covered. Tho rain storm of the
morning drove the wooden centers, as
also ladder that rested in the sewer,
down to the lower and covered end, and
with the dirt, wood, &C., brought down,
the drain became stopped up.
In the evening the torrent from the hill
districts rushed down, submerging the
cellars along the line Of the street, and
also many on other streets.
The new sewer, but Just finished, as far
as Van Braam street on Forbes street
proved insufficient to carry of the i'm.
mense volume Of water. Nu' ~,
FLOODED AGAIN.
Drultts drug store, which, as men.
TONED above, was partially flooded by the
morning rain, was most etFectually food
ed BY the evening storm. The water
tilled the cellar completely, and nearly all
the contents were destroyed. The flood
also invaded the store proper, and when
the waters subsided the floor remained
covered with a thick stratum of mud,
The damage done by this second vista.
tion will amount 10 about $500.
In all directions cellars were flooded,
and when the storm was heaviest tor
rents about two feet deep rushed along
the walks ol Federal and Ohio streets. |
The mud that remained after the chief
force OF the storm was spent was, perhaps,
better than the water itself 10 wade |
through, but was the reverse Of desirable.
At Manchester cellars were flooded and |
paVements torn up, and Beaver avenue
was very badly damaged, while on Rob
inson street the cellars and, In some in
stances, the lower stories OF tho houses
were invaded by the muddy waters.
From the planning mill on Robinson street
large quantities oi lumber were washed |
away.
While the storm was raging a little
boy came to the Allegheny Mayors office
and requested some officers to come 10
his mothers house on East Diamond |
street to help the family out. They had
all been driven up stairs by the water,
and were afraid OF being Drowned, He
was told TO go back and say that it was
better 10 stay up stairs than como out in |
that rain, as the house was safe.
THE LIoHTNINo's TRICKS.
Among the more serious results OF the
lightning was one which, though it seem.
ed serious enough 10 those most interest.
ed, was not o little amusing TO those who
only heard OF it. The electric fluid took |
TO playing pranks with the Allegheny
Fire Alarm Telegraph wires, and the |
gongs In the various engine houses were
rung in the most preplexing manner. The
hremen at some OF the houses thought an |
alarm was being sent in, and that It was
"mixed up" by the effects OF theSlhightn-
ing. Accordingly they started out win |
their engines through the drenching tor
rents, and drove iuriously here and there
in search Of the fire. only TO find, when
drenched to the skin, that they were the |
Victims Of au electrical joke.
TIE RAILWAYS.
The railways, both steam and passenger
suffered more or less damage from the
storm, though in most cases We arc with.
out full particulars. The track of the
Pennsylvania Railroad between the Union |
and Outer Depots, was washed over by |
thick layer OF mud and gravel, so that
trains could not pass, and had 10 stop at |
the Outer Depot. The Union Depot |
itself was also badly flooded. We arc |
told ola heavy land slide on the ConnelIs. |
vile Railroad, aud also Of one on the
Pan Handle but cannot give details.
The track Of the Birmingham Passen.
ger Railway had heavy deposit OF mud |
and gravel washed upon it in South |
Pittsburgh, and was so thoroughly i'm
peded that the cars had to stop running
at about nine o'clock. So suddenly did |
the impeachment come, that some cars
which were in that locality at the time
were eftectually blockaded, and could NOT
be moved in either direction. ..E |
The cars Of the Pleasant Valley Line
were interrupted during the height OF the
storm, but resumed again for brief Pc
riod. Alta little after nine o'clock, how.
ever, the cars stopped running altogether,
owing TO the obstruction of the track to-
ward Pleasant Valley. In the valley, we
are told, the damage alone was very con.
siderable, but we are without particulars,
At Thirty.third street the track Of the
Citizens Passenger Railway was OBJ
structed, but not permanently, and tho
cars continued making their trips.
"HARDEcRABLR."
The food was a very serious experience
to the dwellers in "Hardscrable,' and the
poor people resident there suffered what,
TO them, Is great loss Of property. There
are reports that several human lives were
lost, but In the midst o., the excitement
and confusion, nothing definite could be
ascertAined in regard TO the truth Of these
reports. It Is probable, however, that
the rumors are without truth. The
houses throughout the locality were
flooded, and In some Of them the water
invaded hesecond story, and people had
IN ha taken ont nf tho i,nnor III, -