, 1874-07-28

ssssy S' %s5: 's9 Z u ~
voshs % on ssndu tnssts:nao Rsss: n'sh 5oaiss
wcro many. Que - -smlly Of 0ormans nsnod
Eolysr' =, M bit o9e sma'ns, boy7 yeara old,
Tho levsstatioSI; {; s Ig tho limo Of Butchers or
5aw.Mill Run ,w,.. Sanost beyond description.
Tho work of destruction commenced At point
about miles north Ut; Ohio street. This val
line q North a9enuo, whore spriag:: Carbon Run
aud Butchers Run unite and How iuto All i'm
monse sower loading to tho Allegheny 1avcr. Just
aboyo Sycamore street. Tbs Uutcher'a Run
500 'foot wide, and At Tho point whero
the work OF obstruction commenced it IL
no moro than 100 feet wido. Dotwoon North
avenue mud this northerly point numerous ra-
this route- e->tho houses wore built directly over
the natural water-coutse, culverts bonK mnde |
and uaod III part ~ foundations for dwelling
houses.
to the river, and involved All Immense number
Of houses that were notion the line OF the cul-
wort: -
apprehension. WAS entertained, but those who
tl,at s,,dienly it seemed as il tho hs.vens
wero literally opened, ana tho water csmo
@ voumo was so Iarso thas the nsrror viii, yacv Wa
fllied with "a rarins in torrout. @ The forse GO: oi tie
watar was irreeistlblo. Tho frame dwellings,
stables, and a'aughter-housos give way like pipe
awept down along tho limo OF tho plauk-road
tho weight being augmented evcry moment III
tho district lying wosk Of Chestnut street and
north of 4 line parallel with Nbrth avenue, tho
"10'0. FEET
in aone n,aces. occnnants n, f,wel)jnca wero
Inoble to escnnn IN tina to save THAR Sos, Ind
il, many instances tho force Of tic water rent
tho strnoturos into anlinters Wo andeayordd to
t. 9hsa FL s Of the engs ss dssrosa IL
tho atreots 10 much obstructeI that it Vas found
Commonrinr "A the haesnn}nr .
~ on n1rrcmsR'a n6s !
TIM t,ood after carrytng awav nnmcrnnR Yanoes
and outLolses, struck dwelling recently 1 ooms
' torn and md A fnmIly c9nnistne ati ''1o of ' l'is
VITA and thron chi1dram' 7rbc entirc
fan,v wcra drownad tho hnnao ,avfno hcan
com,,}otnv wrcclci' irho naY, honsn ,yss thnt
OF blr. Jnbn Wink1or: Tin nccnnants fomna tn
flood endangorinr the baru and ettck. which WA
housed during tho rain, and Mr. Winbler and Ills
brother atartod out to eayo The llorsos. MrB
". remained in tile houao, and in loss than fiyo
minutes afterwards tho water had allied ali the
before 1t could reach her the building gave WAY
and eho was ongulfod. Still further south
ward was tho dwelling occupied .by
nlr: John ..-shearinr. A. soon as, tho
family, consisting OF Ills wife and Twin boys,
aged years, to tho hillside, in what was s,p-
posed to bo a place OF safety. The children
were Bioeping Boundjy. but ono Of the :littlo
fe1lows was nro1tsod h7 tho stnrm and roIJed
over tho ernpapkmont to the angry flood betow.
His body was recovered this mofnfpg.
The extensive clae works wero the next to
nuccn1nb to the action Of tie waters. aud they
''H' '"~'
a ebort diBtauca below these works vas n
email dwelling occupied bv afr. AuruBt Ryliotr
and family. ombraoinn his wife and two
ch,liren. THO family we're totally
down upon them. TIC building was eafriodi
@ lsv brulsod and and besnsi I Was rescned @ ID
frold ttho torrent several squaras distant, but
,.ani6tt .Emn1a, aud Mary, aged yoa1-were
drowned, Tho body Of fittlo Emma was found
this morning a1noug somo debris Which lad
formed d gorge nlong tho pank-road about 200
lie fa1nily.
FIVE prnsoss swrpr AWAY.
Juat below this latter point. East street and
Iad,sou nyruue iutersoct each otLor. Here tle
rjcd cS testruction With it, In triaueuar.
nnmse At tn ;n,crseotion of tho stroets na,ne1
rns;dod afra, f;o,,1nn, a ,v;d,w' win had throe
ohitdron. one boy and two giris. 4 young 1nau
uhmnf Arrhr Arnnl6- md nn0thHr Il Hrlr3b1n
nnmcd John RnrNrx were in tho iiouee at thn
time Ti,o outire nimhef. with tho nxcention Of
Eeil Conlon. wero Iost, Young Aruold lad
eono into thn home to rescue somo Of the iIl-
5 mntes' but fell % victim to tno destroying
nSn,ent. Tie bodies Of Mrs. Conlon and
hor two dauch,ers woro rccoyored "a was also
tint Of Arcbv Arnold. That Of the boz Rocers.
who y was n5ont IL Sears Of aee. las not been
! recovered, The body Of Arnold haa boos. taEyt,
| to tic Snuduakv Street Bautist Church. from
II 1,l, t1o f,rornt ri ill IN 1ra &,inon t,r,nr,o,v
About block below tho intersection Ut Madl-
| eQQ avenue aud East street
THE TORRENT AGAIN UNITED
| ubd swept down with rcdoublad fury to the low
iauds embracjor Concord. O'iIara. aud
| Chestnut Streets The courBe Of the
| food WAS probably 9UO foet wide,
| and buildings, franc and brick, foil
| before the devastating element as though thoy
| lad been bnilt OF sand. Dwellings,. stables.
workshops, and debris Of all kinds we're mingled
together In one confused mass, making It i'm
possible for The spectator to discover oven tue
street lines II some instances