, 1879-07-28
The Awful Rain Which Fell 3atur"
day in Pennsylvania.
Butler and Petrolia Suddenly Con-
verted into u Watery Wastc1
Shocks Of Wheat Deposited In the
Branches Of Trees.
l. Hfiraenlously Small Number of Lfres
;. Lost--Damagc, $500, 600. j.
l. Train Wrecked Mear cleve1and- -
. Tho Buffalo Inquest 81

TIE GREAT FLOODS. -,
6orrtat H&paseh u 7as 1ttoanA
p1rrsnuna, Pa, .1ui1 27.-Dctas Of the ruin
storm Of Saturday forcuoon show that tic loss
Is much greater than stated In the earlier re-
ports. 1u this vicinity tho damage "a estimated
at $4,000. Tie railroad trucks, which wero
badly washed In many plaees, were cleared OF
distractions to-day and business resumed.
Sixty lu9,bor-rafts In tue Allegheny RYer Ters
torn from their moorings this afternoon, and
broken to uioecs by coming In contact With the
bridges. Both riYess are rising rapidly
at Butler the food was the greatest e1cr
koown therc Bear Creek ross twelve feet
IN ]ess than two hours, inundattnR
worry laTge portion OF the country. Tie. damage
u The Parker, Kazns City Il Butler Railroad Is
estimated 1t so, 700. Eeveral houses along tic
creek vcre washed away. Ono Of them con-
tanned two children, who were drowned. The
lower past of the Pennsylvania Railroad depot
In Butler was flooded, doing considerable dam
aga TO freight stored therein. Several railroad |
bridges were washed away, which vtli rctsrd |
husness for several days. i
Along tic Pttsbure, New Cast1s d Lake
Erie Railroad (nsrfow gaugc), Ia Butler Couuty,
tha damaRc WINS immense. BrcAkucck Greek
Was swollen 10 the hixo Of large rvor, Sweep
ing away 800 feet Of tho road, houses, fences,
trees, md 1.-Two stock.
The wheat harvest had juat been finished. and
the shocks which Ind baeu left standing In the
field wore carried away BY the tosTeut and de-
posted, many Of them, IN the branches Of trees
twciye and fifteen feet from tue ground,
Two streets In Petrelia, n1so in Butler Coun-
tt, were flooded To the depth Of several feot.
Tho on Exchange and Post-Offcn vera badly
damaged. On Bear Creek, In the sub-
urbs Of tho town, twenty-five houses
werc washed awav. nearly all Of them
containing faniitcs,. who were sarcd with great
difficulty. The scene at this point was very ox-
| citing. Hundreds OF people wern compelled to
mako 10 the highlands, distance Of several
hundred yards. Mothers With infants Ia their
artns, mon With clothing OF articles Of furniture
on their backs, children Of both so1cs and nearly
ali uges, all struggling through the raging tor
rent to reach placooi safety, presented sccoe.
seldom Witnessed. ssrnngs to say, Of this
atrucrllng mass OF humanity, only two smnll,
children were drowned.
|, Tue total loss hY the food ia now esttuoked ut
$50o, 200. -
10 the 1Fxster1, Aaoetuttd P71fa.
i plrrspuRu, Pn., Jnly 27.-The storm ct yuste7-
i day, though not 90 severo In the cit! OF In
mediate vicinity, was fearful In t:a ofiect in
In surrounding Villages aud country.
The principal damage hers WA In the washing
out OF the streets and sidewalks.
11ostorm throughout tho lower oil country was
very damaging. The otowns Of Pctroata and
i Karns suffered terrible. Twenty-Five houses In
thu former place wcrc sNcpt away and destroy
eli, untl the line Of railroad between Parker aud
Kurns City uns submerged, bridges wnshc5 out,
rulyerta dusttoyod, and tic road ruined Ia many
At,ot In, T..
stances barely escaped With their lives.
Thu rainta,l up tl.s Monongahea Valley and
alonr the llno bt the Baltimore & Ohio 1all'
road, which skirts the Youghloghcny, was tie
heaviest k1,own for years, Houses. fences, out.
buildings, lumber, and OTHER property wese
swept away, and nany Of the coal mines food
cd, Tho miners ia some OF them narrowly c.
caped drowning. At 9chrodcr's mine, neal
Elizabeth, tic men wadcd out through water Il
their chius.
Ncarly all the railroad lines ccntcrng here
! will, the exception Of tho Pennsylvania Central
. report moro OF less damage and cunseQuen
/ delay to traffic.
, The only known LOGS Of 1ifo 80 far reported
| that of Mrs. Daley, who was drowned in at
tempting to cross crack ncar shanor's Station
a on tho baltimore Il Ohio Road.
: Tho damago to growing crops has been vcr.
4 great, but any approximation Of tho SUN Is bt
!. yot,d computation.
! At 1rwtn's Station tho rainfall Is reported Il
hare reached eayan inches, and tie ioughic
:, gteny Branch Railroad wns damaged ID sevort
: places, tie forco of tho water being 90 great I
u to break tho steel rails,
4 The railroad peop!c aro hard at work In q
; directions, and will havo tls dauagc repaired
i tho shortest possible tlmc.
i | Tl,n fa1totrrtF Ia u fT Tr1ry,D1o$a 1f4f m II