The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1879-07-31
AFEARFUL STORM.

FEARFUL STORM.
rho OH Region visttea By . Dc.
structive Flood.
A special from Oil City dated the
18th inst, to the Leader says:
Tho most severe storm ever exper-
fenced in this section passed over the
oil country to-day. For about three
hours rain fell in torrents, causing
much loss of property. At Millers.
town several housee, barns and. fence
we're washed away. All the lower
part of Harms City is completely de-
and a great deal of proper
ty destroyed in Martinsburg and all
the principal business portion of Pc
trolia swept away. In the latter place
thirty stores, hotels, shops and Offices
were destroyed. Quite q large por.
tiOn Of the town was built over q
small creek, which rose rapidly. The
Parker and Karss CitybRailroAd will
not be able to resume business for
two weeks, as miles Of the road were
Na he'd and complete. J. destroyed. tt Q
wires are down in ali directions, SO
the extent of the storm cannot be full
ly ascertained. 49s ~
= An Associated Press dispatch dated
at Pittsburgh on Sunday says:
The storm of yesterday, though not
so severe in the city or Immediate vi
cinity, was fearful in it's effects in the
surrounding villages and country.
The principal damage here was in the
washing out of streets and sidewalks.
The storm throughout the lower oil
country was very damaging. The oil
towns of Petrolia and Harms City suf-
fered terribly. twenty-five houses in
the former place were swept away and
destroyed, and the line OF railroad be-
tween Parker aud Harms City was
submerged, bridges washed out, cul-
verts destroyed, and the roadbed ru-
ined in many places. The people of
that section in many instances barely
escaped with their lives The rain fall
mp the MonoDgahela Valley and along
the line of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road, which skirts the Youghiogheny,
was the heaviest known for years.
Houses, fences. outbuildings, lumber
on0 OAoOA PAVPOAty WOI0 6WGDt 8W6Ys
and many Of the coal mines flooded.
The miners in some of them narrow
ly escaped drowning. At Schroder's
mines, near Elizabeth, the men wsded
out through water to their chins.
Nearly all the railroad lines centering
here, with the exception of the Penn
aylvania Central, report more or less
damage and consequent delay to
fpsnf Th
so far reported is that of Mrs. Daley,
who was drowned in attempting to
cross q creek near Shaner's Station, on
the Baltimore q Ohio Road. The dam
age to growing crops has been very
great, but any approximation of the
snm is beyond compute. At Irwin's
Station the rain fall is reported to haye
reached seven inches, and the. Youg-
hi0gheuy Branch Railroad was dam
aged in several places, the force of the
water being, 80 great as to break the
steel rails. The railroad people are
hard at work In all directlons and will
have the damage repaired in the short
est possible time.
THERE seems to be little or no let mp
in the yellow fever at Memphis. All
the citizens able to do so have aband-
oned the city and its population is re-
duced to between three and four thous.
ands.
In an engagement near Uiundi re.
Gently the Zulus were defeated with q
loss of l,5OO, and Sir Garnet Woolsey
telegraphs that he believes the war is
over.
The Directors of the Imperial Bank
Of Germany have passed q resolution
declaring an increase Of silver coinage
imperatiyely necessary.
RAMSEY of Minnesota is not quite 80
certain of being Secretary of War. It
is said that Don Cameron objects.
IT is asserted that Hayes saves $4O,-
COO q year ont of the $4,000 salary
which rightfully belongs to Sam. Til
den.
THE Republican politicians are
greatly disturbed because Ewing does
not resign his seat in Congress. They
seem to forget that Hayes held on to
the Governorship until after the fraud
'ulent. Commission had counted him
into an Office to which the people had
never elected him.
THE Toledo Sunday Journal says :
=" Hon. ]. M. Ashley contradicts the
report, published in the Journal on
the authority of a prominent Republi-
cany that he is for Foster. Gov. Ash
ley Is for Ewing and thinks he stands
an excellent chance to be elected.
Gov Ashley thinks some of the
Greenbackers of Toledo make q great
mistake in not supporting Ewing.