Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-09-14
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THE SEPTEMBER STORM.
Loss Of Life and Property.
THE FATAL FEVER
M0VEMENTS0f THE PRESIDENT,
THE SEPTEMBER STORM.
THE SEPTEMBER CYCLONE.
Great Rains In Canada.

TORONTO, ONT, Sept. l., Midnight.-Au
trains tran running west and north from the city
esplauade is much damaged, and the Railway
tracks are more or less washed away. Up to
this hour the water has fallen on the Don
nearly three feet and the residents are moving
their furniture back. The downfall from half
past three O'Clock on Tuesday up 10 noon To-
day, according TO the Meteorological observa-
Tory. was a.ul lnches-the heaviest since lS4S
The Wafer SttII Rising.
PokT DAI HoUNE oSr., Sept. Is Midnight
The wafer here is running over the top OF the
lock, and Is now level with the embankment
Great Tears are entertained that il will break
through both emhaDkment and dam. No YES
sells have been locked through since Thursday.
The haTh is full OF them. and If the water
oyertlows the embankment Il will cause a
great deal Of damage 10 all the vessels here
IL IS now blowing gale, and the waters are
still rising.
Loss Of Life and Property I'm Ohio.
West Virginia and Penusy lNauta.
CINCINNATI, Sept. H.-Advices from a great
number of points in Ohio. West Virginia and
fennsylvania indicate that the storm of the
past two days has been the most severe expe-
rienced Tor years The destruction TO railroad
property, especially the heavy washouts of
culSerts and bridges, has caused railroad
tfaNei 10 cease entirely on some routes. The
storm seems TO have expended its greatest
force In the interior and eastern portions of
The states of Ohio and Western Pennsylvania,
down to and beyond the West Virginia bor-
der.
LOSS OF LIFE.
On the line of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail
road very serious damage has been inflicted.
A hremah, brakeman, and an engineer were
Killed on Thursday night, by trains running
INTO waSbouts. A bridge at Reeds mill, on
the Pan Handle route, was washed away and
freight train No. l., coming east, plunged
into the stream and was badly wrecked. The
engineer, Burke, and the fireman Charles b
Mccormick, have not since been seen. 1t is
feared they are buried beneath the locomotive
No trains OF any description have passed
Steubenville: Ohio, on the Panhandle railroad.
fNtSDurg, Wheeling and Kentucky or Cleye-
land and Pittsburg roads, and IL cannot be
sta. ed how soon traffic will be resumed The
ONO river at Steubenvllle rose II feet in leSs
| IMAM II hours. Eight inches of rain fell in the
same time. The damage 10y floods in the sur
rounding country cannot be estimated. The
following is list of persons killed and in
| Jured In the wrecks on the Erie and Pittsburg
| railroad: Adam Schlendwin, of Erie engineer
! leg and arm broken; John Banes OF Erie
fireman. killed ). McCabe, of Erie, engineer,
brakesman, killed; W b. Mcdonald. brakes,
| man, killed. From Youngstown, OHIO, it is
stated seven inches OF rain fell in n hours. At
| three o'clock yesterday morning the resi-
| dents on the streets in the vicinity of the Ma
| honlng river, were being removed from their
| dwellings, In boats. On Mah0ning avenue the
| water was eight feet deep Several small
dwellings, were swept away like drift-wood
! The county commissioners state that the loss
| 10 the county in ruined bridges will reach
| SiOOUn The following properties were
almost totally destroyed Brown, Bonneil s.
| Co. rolling mill, Morse bridge works, Ding
| ley Co. lumbermen, Nimrod furnace and
| I. Andrews furnace. No trains arrived at
or departed from that place yesterday At
! Mechanicsville. near Painesvflle, Ohio the
| dam gave way and number of houses were
Inundated. The loss i'm that vicinity is estf.
mated at s50,CO0: AT Salem, Ohio, a bridge fell
| With an engine and two cars which
| were upon IL. The engineer and brakeman
were severely injured. Near Alliance, O.
Richard Ieeters, engineer of a coal train. had
| both legs broken, and the fireman was severe
| ~ injured by running into the chasm left b,
! the bridge which was swept away. At Baum
! Bart Inlet, near North Amherst, q, the two.
masted sailing vessels starting, and the light
| from Canada, were totally wrecked, the loss
amounting 10 $500 The Kanawha river Is
higher than il was in the food of 1861, and is
| SIN rising, ovei flowing portion of Charles
| town w. Va, and the kanawha Valley, and
sweeping with it the new steamer Aiyance
| and numbeIless lumber RATS sc