The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-09-15
THE TRACK OF THE STORM
ITS DESTRUCTIVE WORk ~ OUTo ,xn
UESTERN PENNSYLV1NTt
Railroad Travel Suspended Train. Ny,o.,.
aud Hedges swept Away MANY -,
ost-Jnprecedcntcd Rainfall in Cnno.,

Lost Unprecedented Rainfall In Cnn,a
CINCrNNATr, sept. 14.-Adviccs fropo..
number Of points in Ohio. West yir.,fni, .,
Pennsylvania indicate that tho storm. OF u., ,,.,
two days has boon the most snvcru ..u. ri,.,.i
for years Tho destruction e. railroad ,,.,,.,,..
especially the heavy washnuf- of cuf,ort.,.i
bridges. has caused railroad trn,. o. ...s. ON
tircly on some routes The Storm s.on.4 o., h.y,
expended its greatest forrn in tho intoiioran1
eastern portion Of the State OF OhiYnnl vo.t.
crn PENNSYLVANIA. down to and brvond tto
western border. On tho limo Of The Chrsii,,ato
and Ohio Railroad very serious damage has
been done. A fireman. brakeman. and an
engineer were killed on Thursday nicht
by trains running into "wa4l.u'. - A
bridge ut Roed- Mill ON the Panhandle ror,e
was washed away. and freight train 40. -.
coming cast plunged into the stream. and wa
badly wrecked The engineer Burke. and nro.
man. Charles Mccormick. have Not since been
aeon. 1t is feared they are huriod heuoa'h the
locomotive. No trains Of any dos 'riuiion hpve
passed Steuhonvillr. Ohio. on tlo Panhandle.
Pittsburgh. Wheeling AMI Kcntu. KS. or Ceyo.
land and Pittsburgh roal-. and il cannot bo
stated how soon tram will be- resumed. Tia
Ohio River AT S,eubnnvillc rose 'sinon to, in
less than twsn'y-iour hours. H. Ight in hes "
rain fell in the same time. The damage Nv
Hoods in thesurrounding county cannot b8 esu.
mated.
Tho following IL n list of persons killed mn,
Injured in the wrecks on the Eric and Pits.
burgh Railroads: Adam Schlondwu oi Ef1s
9I4fiinceer, leg ana arm broken J9hp lian-- Il
ne-r. fatally injured internally; Isnaa Gone
sneimer. brakeman. killed; U. b. McDonaid.
From Yonngstown Ohio. It Is said that sav,n
Inches Of rain fell in twenty-four hours. AIS
A. NJ, Yesterday The residents nn the street. IN
the vicinity Of the Mahoning River were being
removed from their dwellings in boats. In
Alahoni ng avenue the water WINS eight feet deep.
Several small dwellings wore swept AWAY Ike
drift wood. Tho County Commissioners sta'e
viii reach 100000. The following propartles
x Co., rolling mill; Morse bridge works. DIM
gleby Co., lumhermen; Himrod Furna"e
Company. Andrews furnace. No trains arrived
or departed from that place yestor lay.
At Mechanicsvillc. near Paincsyille. tho Ohio
dam gave way and n number Of houses ucrs
inuni lated. The loss in that vicinity IS eeii-
mated ut $50 900. At Salem. O.. a bridge feil,
with m engine and two cars which wore uron
IT,. The engineer and hrakemen were serertT
injured. Near Alliance. o., Richard Teeters
engineer Of the coal train. had hoih lays
broken and the fireman was severely iniu-1I
by the train running into the chasm left byihs
bridge WHICH was. swept away. At Baumhart
Inlet. near North Amherst. o.. two two;Issted
sailing vessels the Sterling and tho Light. from
Canada. were totally wrecked the loss amounts
ing TO $4,000. Tho kanawha River is hig
than II WAS in the flood Of 1861, and is s'ilI
rising, Overlooking portion Of Char'aston.
West Va, and the kanawha Valley. and sgr'f ~
ing with II the new steamer Advance ani Luai-
berless lumber RATS. Nc.
ToRoNTo. Ont sept l3.-All tho trains r'tn-
ming west and north from the city have leu
cancelled until further notice. Tho ,csplauaiS
r. much damaged and the railway trucks HrN
more or less washed away. [ 20 this hour tia
Water has fallen in the Don uenrly three fDrt
and the residents are moving their furniiur5
back The downfall from B., O'clock ON Tuos-
day NJ To- noon to-day. according o. the Mee-
geological Observatory was JOl inches To
heaviest since 1913.
Pom DALHoUsir. Ont. Sept 18-Nri might -
The water here Is running over the top ~ no
lock, and Is now level with the emhuukmenr
above the lock and the dam az the new lo'k.
Great fears nre entertained that IL Will break
through both emhnnkment and dam. No yo5-
The hnrhor is mi ~ Them and II tho wafsr
oVornows the embankment II Will cause a great
deal Of damage 10 all the vessels here. II Is now