Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-29
.,;,. ~rHuHHS OF PIyr-HuitG
DESTROYED IN 4 WAFER
~uCCE-

the Inhabitants u that city i'll their beds,
a cidai-b burst cane Tp0E Allegheny City
which is s,ti)UT;, OF HittsbufG-sweep-
in - scd,Ien death more than two
haadfed people, aud DESTROYING whole
blocks Of b.icl, buildings For space
-ot twenty-five miles. destruction and
.5eIth were hurled. 1T Is as If Niasafn
rad been sallsuly poured cut OF the
SKY 0i course, occurring IN the nisnt
:ae destruction OF life WIS greater than
:; acuid have been had :his water-spout
burst during the day time; but at any
.iro1 sJ,-a II tremendous :!eiuge Of water
falling among houses ana streets, must
5-ve caused Il dreadful loss of life. Our
soace is too limited for more than q
n5agFa an,t unsatisfactory account Of the
affair. for even the following. which we
clip from the telegraph column 0; the
Enterprise OF yesterday is only one fea
sqre Of the description:
The less Of life by the food is arpall-
ing. Thirty-ei.ht bodies have been re
covered in Butchers Run District. Allie
Ehany City. and as MANY more are MISS
ing and supposed TO have been lost.
The havoc at Woods Run was fearful.
..n.. tie place was perfect sheet OF
water Seyera. houses were swept away.
nine bodies haze been recovered SO far.
sui Eve or six psrsors arg still missing.
On TIE south side. III Saw Nit! Run
L1.,l,al -
cred and tbirtv-seveu persons aye still
missing Z whole block OF buildings
were swert away In this district. 1t is
shought over l5c persons rerishod IL the
Eoni.
For more than q mile gu. Of Spring
Garden avenge, Allegheny City, tae
marks OF the destruction by the aood are
pia.,;ly visible Houses are washed
away and buildings throwu together IL
Isans Some twenty -t:se or thirty
slaughter houses on this avenue were
also washed away. aud Buildings ;:lat
we're not totally "ere greatly GuInased.
- he water rising fifteen feet, flooded the
first floors of all buildings and in many
eases the sscoIi stories Several HORSES
we're swept iata the middle Of the street
and many others were carries: hundreds
% yaris AMI shattered 10 pieces. \
house continuing two ar three families.
1t tLs rear q; c liter s>Teet, Was DESTROYED
and It's inmates are supposed to huve
been drowned. In nlrerarces!l!e and
SawmiIl Run the elements made sad
havoc The fierce torrents Of Isaiu that
descended sweilel every little tributary
70 Sawmi'l Eun into Il boiling stream,
:sni tie accumulation Of water ru-!sei
With NAV! aid irresistible fury down the
.Zn Y. sweeping everything before II.
The track of the destructive tiC0t Is
marked b. wrecks uf dwellings, bridge,
immense heaps e stones and pile, Of
food wood. On the ragged sides of the
hills seven Eieiess bodies have already
Isef. found. and from twenty-five 20
thirty persons are missing. The iron
bridge crossing StwmiIi Run at Main
street and five others above were swept
away. At Mclaughlin :. about eleven
miles west OF the Panhandle read, eleven
persons axe reported drowned; also l,su-
sire3s of cattle. horses and sheep. Il Is
estimated that the nuuber of lives lost
IN Butchers Run at Aileghapy City at
AL The most carefully prepared fig
..res Give the total loss of life Mt 2i9
.rEe properly destroyed and damaged
es,cct be,.ssstimated or approximated.
1t a meeting of the cit:z Ems ut Allegheny
City tonight the leading men pledged
$1,000 for the relief Of sufferers. \
q ietiug Is called for the same purpose at
6ittsbUre Tomorrow
The prevailing theory seems TO be that
the disaster was caused by some kind Of
~sterspout. A gentleman who watched
sle Storm few miles down the river,
where there was bat little rain. says that
by the fitful flashes OF lightning he could
see huge, inky- black, funuel-sbaped
cloud overhsng,ug the city. the narrow
end of which WIS the lowest, willie the
dark parts gave vent to an almost per-
ps:ual burst OF lightning.
The full particulars OF this food are
fearful in the extreme. Skipping whole
columns of these particulars as furnished
in the Independents dispatches. we Sc
lscs the following:
From an intelligent German woman,
Zee following details have been learned:
She vas aroused at haif-past 8 by hear
ing . queer rushing noise. as of water
pouring into the cellar. She called her
husband. who, ON going down, found the
water up to the pavement in front. and
as he lived on high portion of Spring
Garden avenue he could see consider |
sble distance around. The water below |
had risen to the upper stories of the |
buildings, and when cries for aid and the |
heartrending screams OF the drowning |
inhabitants broke upon his ears, he at |
once comprehended the terrible situa-
fiOn PreSenfly spme Of the houSes h.