The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-07-28

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were enacted by men In their noble 9
forts to save life. The excitement is sui
" siding, and by tomorrow q correct repo
n Of losses can be ascertained.
MI DAMAGE TO cRors.
PARKER, Pa, July 20.-A terrific storm
accompanied by the heaviest fall Of raj
], known for long time, occurred here Il
8 day. Not much damage was done at thi
: point beyond the washing away OF tencei
9 out.houses, crops, &c.
Great damage Is reported to the railroa
between here and Karns City.
RAILWAY DAMAGED.
WANPuN, Pa, July 28.-The heav,
/. storm OF this morning did great damag
r along the line OF the Erie and Pittsburgh
5 road. At Clinton there Is q large wash
4 out which will take several hours TO re
pair. The trains this evening we're abou
> eight hours late.
BRIDGES CARRIED AWAY.
MrlLERsTowN, Pa, July 26.-This plac,
was visited by terrible storm to-day a
noon. Great damage was done to prop
: erty and crops. Karns City and Petrolis
are reported partly washed away. Nearl,
all the bridges on the P. 4 K. B. K. K
have been washed away or damaged. 1
will take ten days TO repair the damages.
An unocupied house In the lower par
OF town, aud q barn on the Moore farm
were struck by lightning. The Redo
brothers and boy in the barn escaped
unhurt.
No loss Of life has been reported so far
NISGo VALLEY FLOODED.
MoSoNoAHEtA CRY, Pa, July ga
heavy flooding rain at noon washed out
the new wing wall at Black Diamond, on
the P. V. Railway extension, flooded
MinRo Valley, dislodged the township
bridge at the mouth OF Mingo and delay.
ed the cross mails to Monongahela CITY,
Il also swept the corn fields bare from
Valley Inn to Mingo Flats.
Alderman Scott, Of this city, went down
to see his large corn field, and asked where
It was. A boy told him he saw 1t floating
across the river, andit could be found over
in Allegheny county. No great damage
was done, except by washes and dis
mantled fences.
The T. V. 4 @. trains are temporarily
delayed by heavy wash at Coal Bluff, but
by Sunday morning they will be all right,
Later advices from Peters Creek say
that 1t was the heaviest food ever known
there. All the wheat and oats were
flooded into the Monongahela,
Two miles Of the Pittsburgh Southern
Railroad is badly damaged, and pile Of
logs and debris on the Allegheny shore
opposite the mouth OF Mingo and Peters
Creek, show the tremendous force OF the
food.
DEVASTATION COMPLETE.
IRwIS, Pa, July 26.-The heavy rains
which have been falling at this point dur.
ing the week eliminated in food such
as never before occurred in this section.
At this writing it is impossible to ascertain
the whole amount Of damage, but it is ex-
ceedingIy large.
At II o'clock, Tinker Run, on the west
side OF Irwin, was transformed into
mighty river, which swept everything be.
fore 1t. The damage done to the Sewickly
Railroad is immense. The track is swept
away in several places and many OF the
culverts are gone. 1t will take weeks 10
repair the road sufficiently to run trains,
Fulton's planning mill, Cunningham &
0very's foundry, and several dwelling
houses on the low land, on the west side
Of Irwin, met the full force Of the flood.
about $1,000, over 100000 feet Of lum-
Der and l50, 900 shingles being swept away.
The damage to the foundry and contents
is about $500.
A family living in small dwelling
house near the planning mill barely escaped
from the house with their lives. The
fences and outbuildings were swept away
from all the residences on the west side.
A boy was rescued from the water near
the Youghiogheny shaft. He had been
carried about half mile. The excite
ment here is intense.
YouGHloaHENY RAGING.
IRWIN, Pa, July GA very heavy rain
occurred here to-day at IL o'clock, causing
gheny Railroad track is washed away in
several places along the line. In one
place the water gathered 80 strong as to
break the steel rails. At the mouth OF the
run it washed away about 100000 feet OF
hemlock lumber and few thousand shin
giles, one.third OF which can be recovered.
Along Brush Creek it washed away the
county road at the planning mill, and it |
looked for awhile as though the planning
mill would go too. Further up Timber
Run it washed away fences and flooded
the fields, No lives were lost.
There were about seven inches OF water
fell during the rain. A large space OF coun-
try drains into Timber Run, which is not
very wide.
GREEXsBuRe, Pa, July o6.-The hardest
rain-storm known in this section OF coun.
try for many years fell to-day, but there
was nospecial damage done so far as heard
from at present.
RAPID RISE OF RIVER AT PITTSBURGH.
PTTTsBuRGH, July 26.-The river is ris.
ing rapidly at midnight, with six feet two
inches in the channel. at Greensboro it is
coming up at the rate Of twenty inches an
hour. All the indications favor high
water and an immense run OF coal.
One life is reported lost on the Youghio-
gheny, but as we have no telegraphic
communication it is impossible to give
particulars. Rumors are thick OF loss Of
life and property up the Youghiogheny.
RAILWAY BRIDGES DESTROYED.
ALLIANCE, o., July 26.- One Of the heav-
lest rain storms ever known on the line OF
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railway prevailed this morning. 1t was
ot about two hours duration, commen-
cling about 10 ~ It's greatest fury was
between Columbiana and Rochester.
Three railroad bridges we're washed out,
but the firm stone ballast OF the road pro.
tected the track so that the trains were de.
layed but few hours, and they are all
moving In good shape tonight.
Small streams suddenly overaowed their
banks in all directions, the flood carrying
away outhouses and fences, and inaictinS
great damage to crops in many localities.
Attempted Murder and Suicide.
MILWAUKEE, July 27.-This morning
man named Henry Hartman attempted to
murder his wife and then suicide. Hehad
just been released from the House OF Cor
rection, where he has been six months in