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Terrible Flood in renn-yIva.aia.

from the committee report forces me 70 lay
them before the people a. 4 necessary part
OF my case.
Terrible Flood in PennsyIvaaia.
LARGE loss OF LIFE CHRONOLOGICAL
BAHAsE TO PROPERTY.
PHLADELPnIA, Pa. July 27.-Owinc O.
the almost unprecedented fall OF rain ,
great food has occurred in western Pennsy j.
vania, and PItts5urg and other places are
deluged. In Allegheny City more than
mile out on Spring Garden avenue marx
of destruction are everywhere seen. House
are thrown together in heaps SOM
twenty-five or thirty slaughter houses oa
the the avenue were washed away. Man,
buildings that were not totally destroyed ar
seriously damaged The water rising g.
the height Of fifteen feet flooded the fir.
floors of all the houses and IN many plac.-
the second stories Several
HOUSES WERE SWEET INTO THE MIDDLE 90 l-
STREET
and others carried off hundred Of yards a-.
shattered to pieces. \ house cJuMiniu-
two or three families at the rear % teutr.
street was destroyed and 1t Is Supposed al
the inmates were drowned
| In TemperancevilIe and Saw .a -l.
/ elements made sad havoc. The l.-. .1t-
| of rain swel!ed every little tr.a...r.. -.-r.I
| Sawmill Run into a boiling str.iu a-. .l.
accommodating waters rushed wiI
MAD AND IaREsIsTIHLE 4.al
down the valley sweeping ewes r- .a
I their course The track Of deri--l-..a i-
marked by wrecks OF dwelling. bridges.
immense heaps, or large pile- Of .-i a.,l.
/ and torn aud ragged sides Of hll7 ~ t.
vrara-. esf-srn.l "a rsN .~r4rVaI .IIr.I Thar.
yitals.
SEVEN LIFELSss BODIES
have already been found, and from - -,.f
persons are mi sing. The iron bridge .-,--
ing sawmill Run, at Main street, aai ...
other bridges above were swept away.
McLaughiin'S about II miles we--. 80
Pan Handle Railroad, II per- In- are raa ..--
ed drowned.
LATER two HUNDRED LIVE, ln>r
PIrr-Eurs. July y Accounts of ta...-.
rible food which has delugei nearly t
suburban sections % .ll- city. a. clef ..-.
in show that the disaster Is far greater
was M first supposed. IL is uow ra
that the loss of lie Will reach il.y .H
hundred. and That the loss of property So
be pTop0rti0nateiv large The Chrome.
places the loss a1 T.. ami names of mi--ir.
parties are continually coming ID The
extent Of territory damaged is NOT less than
twenty 70 ,wentT-tyc mites IN dAme-.-.
rEE CAUSE oF -HE uists-.a
4 prevailing theory is that Che DISASTER
was caused By some kind oi water -..a-.
gentleman who watched the que storm from
point few miles down the ri,e-. Where
there was little rain. say- -.I- 7r the t-f1l
flashes of lightning hecl.. ~sea huge iesy-
black fIanel-shaped ci0ll. V.... .f-rllr-
.-H q fa ..r.u.r ar.|
the QarE parts gave vent
tiuu1us flashes OF lightning.
T1r SCENE ,f -5sr r,-.,.--.
1879 "''. '-H1 ~ --1
WAo-1 N..i--l'7 am - W. $3.50
ci'5 = 5'.---I-' "'''
Ter The work of devastation c,nmea.-.
at d point about ,Tl miles nlr;h o. Oh.
central portion Of Allegheny Cry. Blt,I-
ers Run valley at It's mouth
possibly between 200 and 500 feet wil..
and ~ the P inJ W here the work OFF
destruction commenced i- is "a re than 49,
feet wide. Between North avenue and this
northerly point numerous raT.uc- empty
into Butchers Run valley Along tli- rlu
the houses We're DuAt directly over the
lAiul-- Na.-I CUR GUY sl., '- .--'
-, f.-r.gl 81
- - - ~ ~ ~ 49,
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- r 81 81 ~ -
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TIE FR0CRLss oi the NtNpAEloS.
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