The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-08-01
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According to the latest advices from
England, the downwardtcndency of values
IN that country has at length been reached
and no further reduction is looked for
The only exceptions reparted are in the
IRON and coal trades but even in these.
causes are now IN operation which will be
likely before long to reduce the price of
commodities to the general average, and
thus afford adequate relief to the indus
t~'-l aIfu u lutuarcial world. Hence the
Lon - = .os,tsst concludes that as the
causes which contributed to the recent
stagnatlon have gradually disappeared, it
may be reasonably expected that the eff
fects will cease, and that business every
where will resume its former .ctivity. In
our own country there has been serious
shrlnkage of values ia all the leading com
modIties, very nearly corresponding to the
reduction that has taken place In England.
and It IS sincerely to be hoped that the
business Improvement looked for by our
trans Atlantic neighbors may also soon be
realized among ourselves. - PitsJ,urqh Conn
mercidl
A dispatch from Eureka. Nevada. re-
ceIved in San Francisco on the 10Th inst.
gives the particulars Of the storm yester-
day 1t had been raining with great VIC
lence from early morning till noon. when
the cloud burst on a lofty range of noun
talns to the east, and vast volume Of
water rushed down the canon where the
town is located. The eastern part Of the
town was flooded in ten minutes by the
fearful rush Of water, which was con
stantly increasing in it's violence, depth
and impetuosity. The people Of portion
OF the place were hemmed in. Every mo-
ment houses were torn from their founda-
tons, and swept away with their occu-
pants. Ropes were procured, a line was
formed, and brave men, thus protected.
dashed into the torrent aud saved many
lives Only few women and children
were lost. The body Of one. Mrs. Brady.
was recovered. Rodger Robinett. a re-
porter Of the Sentinel is among the drown
ed. The Sef,'u,ei office was swept away.
The bodies are being brought to the Court
House as fast as they are recovered. Three
Cinnamon are lost Thirty houses were
swept away in all. The part of the town
devoted To ce-hOuses and other places !
81 amusement is gone. The flood lasted |
only half an hour
The total loss If life is not yet known. |
but 1t is believed that it wil reach twenty
hive OF thirty.
The weather is still threatening.
The Pittsburgh Commercial in its ac-
count Of the disastrous flood of the 10Th |
INST. says
Never has a more disastrous rain storm |
visited the city and vicinity than that |
which wreaked destruction Sunday eve
ning The devastation is widespread, EN-
bracing the city, Allegheny, and the sur
rounding districts IN all directions. There |
were, IN reality, two storms, one in the
morning, and the other-by far the most
severe-ln the evening. The morning
storm commenced about nine o'clock, and
for time, though the rain fell quite heav-
lily, the visitation could not properly DO
called a severe storm. About 10 o'clock
the rain began to come down in torrents.
and the thunder and lightning commenced
with great severity. This storm, at its
heaviest, did not last more than half an
hour, and yet, white 4 lasted, it accom-
pllshed no small degree of damage But
1t was by the evening storm that the most
serious results was wrought, and these re-
suits were terrible, including, besides an
immense loss of property, the loss of MANY
lives. 1t seems impossible that a rain
storm outside Of the tropics could work
such dreadful ruin as was accomplished by
this. Severe as was the damage done by
the storm on this side, it was far worse in
Allegheny, and it was there that destruc-
ton of human life took place. In Allie
gheny the calamity was utterly appalling,
not only in the loss of property, bat in
lives of human beings. The great fire 50
-aoaut within its borders was nothing as
with this disaster. The people
in the vicinity where the grea. destruction
near the foot Of the hills and
along the streams, say that they could get
ont Of the reach Of Ere, but the water eyer
wheImed them, and placea life in as grtAt
jeopardy as property. IN al parts o. thr
,;ty more or less damage Gas done, but