, 1874-07-29
Further Reports from the Dis
aster---96 Bodies Re-
covered.
PROBABLE Loss Of Life, I50; Of Prop
erty, $5,000,o0o.
A Terrible Storm in the Northeastern
District Of London, July Il.
THE PENNSYLVANIA FLOOD,

4ho runs present sccnc Of devastation TILL
paselloiea. 4 storm like that OF tho tatal Sunday
night was novor before known. Tho Mil River
disaster dwindlcs in companion with this ouo.
For two days aud nights have beon over tho
runs, Eot cannot ren1ize the
FEARFUL EXTENT or THIS Last CALAMITY.
It feolns AZ though tlero WA no end to !ls
ruin. The mind cannot picture u,.vtlnug ~ Ut
torly beart-rcnding as this aceno presents Yot
withal thora 10 no realization by tue uooplo een-
orally Of tho loss, uoithor IN tIoro much svupa-
thy expressed for tho Inflicted. Whole famliea
we're buried to-day. The sight wAs one OF sad
nees.-tunerals all the aftoruoon bells toltiug
and children who had lost their parcuta weeuug,
while parents who had loAt children ,aourusd and
would not be- eomforted. There wore not enough
hearses, and opon wagons carted m,,.y bodies TO
their last resting place. while i'll somo instances
there waa
';- NO MINISTER TO oFF1C1ATE.
Now and then SOME urrecognizod corpse was
hurried OF to the Pottar'a fold, neither friend
nor relative following to tho grave. The Catholio
Church took care Of its own dead.
: Crowds gathered around tue churches and
un1ertakesH shops, but they were curiosity
"soekerB nothing more. Twelve moro bodiea
wero recovered to-tlay-six in Allegheny, two Mt
Woods Nun, Two ut 6uw-A1ill Kun, Quo in tho
Allegheny River, in thfs city, aud body iu tho
Ohio.
=. TWO 11rr1;E ou1LnnEN WERE REsouED
from the ruins alive. One, littto boy was
found in a pile OF rubbish on East stteut, nearly
exhausted, lifo Just being discoyerab!e. He was
takon BY lady. and cared for. The other WAS u
littlo girl, found in the attic Of house on tho
sa,nc street, aud Was brought out. Though much
emaciatod aud nearly dead, it ls thought that
these children will survive,
l., THE MILITIA ARE oS Duty
in tho flooded district, under Gen. Pearson, and
1T rnnfnnHtjon lSith la r<5t
have been: placed across tho streets. and
" Up the debris and searching for dead bodlos.
at work with AZ aud pick, like other laborera.
AID FOR THE auFfENEns.
This afternoon the citizens in this city held
meeting, when Home s. 500 WAS subscribed. 1ho
suffering among tho victims will bo great, anl it
| seems a. though other ctieH will lave to be ap-
| pealed 10 for aid. All i8 still confusion and
t busines, is virtually suspended.
FROM tue surrounding country tho reports
Keep coming in aa to the damage done BY the
Hoods. which increase in their estimates Of tho
loss Of lfe
The Chartiers Creek for It's whole length hea
not bridge left ACROSS 1t, and tho crops in the
| valley have been washed away. In somo in.
| stauces 10 feet OF dirt aud driftwood las becn
| covered over the land in this vicinity. In many
places tho lots. as well AZ tho houses, were lit.
orally washed away, ana the atroot iinos entiao-
:.:: - :; tIsMs Assoe1atta rrtss.,
THE AWFUL yIhlTATloS.
PT1spuRa F., July 28.-rAo Conn'croial. in
Never has more diaastrous raiu-stoEm visited
! this city aud vicinity than that which wreaked
destruction Sunday orouing. The devastation ID
widespread, embracing tlis ctty, Alleghony aud
tue surrounding districts In all direoti0nB There
were, in reality, two storms, ono in tue morning,
and the other--by fur the moHt 6eycro--in tho
evening. The morning storm commenced about
| 9o'clock, aud for tinlo, though tho raiu foil
"A has viAif MI fIot r,lr
| be called a severe storm. About 10 O'clock tho
ruin began to come down in tozrents. and tho
thunder and lightning commenced with great
last moro tl1an half III hour aud yot, while it
1astcd, it accomplished no small degree Of dunn
| age. But e.wAs By the evcning sturm tllat tile
| nost sorious results were wrought asld thtsa
! results weso tar11hle Including, besides au tul-
mouse loss Of property, tho loss Of many lives.
It seems impossible that a raiu-storm outside Ut
Tho tropics could work such dreadful ruin WIS
accomplished by this. Severe as was tho dam
age done by tho storm on this side, 1t was far
| worse in Allegheny, and it was thors that de-
| atruction o. hnInan lifo took placo. In Allo-
gheny, the calamity waa utterly appalling, not
| only in tho loss OF property but III llvoa Of
It's bordors was nothing W compared with
| this diaaater. Tho people in tho vicinity
where tho great dc destruction ,:.,L occurred,
the foot OF the od hr "a. ot o qy
| reach OF fire. but the water overwhelmed theui,
and placed life in as great jeopardy w property
In all parts Of the city moro or loss dalnaBp Was
districts. where tho torrent swept from tho hills
! In these tho gJeAtest dlatress prevailed, families
| in poace nnd quiet. on Sabbnth evening, being
| almost unawareB compelled to their uttarulost
| oxorsion to Bnya their lives.
The humber OF lyea lost is over 200, and tho
estimated yaluo Of property destroyed IL about
| ST. 900.
Additional dead bodies ara found almost
| hourly.
Tho city authorities and the charitable citizens
arc doing all III their power to relieve th3 dis
tross OF tho homo1eas aud suffering. A tocliny
OF sadness rosts over tho city aud it's suburban
| communities.
| Thousands OF people arc whiting tho ecenes OF
the great lisaster Iu tho But,llcrn' Nnn region
it WAC found necessary to put gu duty cotnraliy
| OF the National Guards Of the Stale to protect
| the workman WHO arc clearing away tue .lobrs.
| The work OF tho search for bul!vB ptuere.in
SLOWLY, owing TO tho immensa amount o' Wrecked
matter. ....
At o'clock today the funerals Of tue follow
lug rictitla took place. the buriAl sorycca ha'ng
conducted by thu st. Vlncent g. pe.or's, aud
| st. pasrok's 6ocloties: Joseph mud Louisa
mud Fox and wifo. The bodies will DO buried Y Y
| the Uuioplale Conetery, whore a lot, winch viii
| hold twonty of the ylotlns, has boon occurred by
I tho CitizeuB' Cnmmlttoo.
| MeaaurOA will bo taken to procure uecent liz
| terment for al tls yctinlH.
| pEAHCu1Sa YpR nopIEs.
Excavations arc going Of. fur four children ut
| tho head ot Butchers Run. Five boulos 'ia'o
hcon taKsn out to-day. but none Of them aso yet
| identified.
| MpNE nnDiHa FOUND.
In the Tomperaucov'!lo district largo . m1nr
liar Of poope alc securing tt,o ruins. Tic lnnilut
~ Mra lJritoD ind Ida Mevay wefe renosur.,.
about loolI, and body has buen fos'sd uoat':ss:
ut tile fvrry-lAniIuK, winch IN snplosea ~ ba
lhat Ut one Of tho slfarnrs: ,...
buon recuiye.l. On Tastghliu's Hun thu body or
Mrs. William Cicat waH found this morning,
with tAs soalp taAsu Oh n1ld ono arm ;a''o.
Half tnils Rbovo Bridgoyllle, William Station,
whoss VITO aud tiyo children wura droNuua, wn4