Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-29
SATURDAYS STORM.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF IT'S
EFFECTS.
Coal Men Taking Advantage Of the Rise
Eight Hundred thousand Bush
els on the Way Down
Accidents, &c.


food damages received to-day 10 not
tend to make those Of yesterday appear
exaggerated. Indeed, it is doubtful il
the hall has been told. The remarkable
feature is that while all around US the
storm was SO severe, Pittsburgh and
Allegheny suffered So little.
About daylight this morning coal
flat belonging to George MOul broke
loose in the Allegheny and was sunk.
Loss $500. 1t carried away the boat
house of the Riverside Club, six RATS
belonging to Hupp X Nogely, and forty
belonging to James Omslar. The loss OF
the latter is 5000.
While there are rumors OF loss Ofliie,
none are confirmed but that OF Mrs.
Masuire, at Shaner, whose body has not
been found.
The damage OF Butler wds much great
er than at first thought, especially on
the T.. h, c. and h. Railroad, which
roai will not be in running order for
several DAYS. The water rose in places
on this road twelve feet in less than two
hours, carving everything before II.
The worst damage was the washing out
OF two bridges and about one mile OF
track four miles from Butler; also burst
ing the Stevenson mill-dam and carry
ing of the township bridge at Bonny
Brook also washing out the railroad
bridge east of Carbon Center, moving
the station house at It. Joe and wash
lng out the track no that point. The
restling at MillerStOwn l. moved out OF
line several feet. The water rose within
fourteen inches of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad bridge at Butler, which
was only saved by the kittanning road
bridge holding fast after the water flow
ell over il. The rOad-brd for the new
briise from Springdale was cOnSidera-
bly, washed out. The Pittsburgh rail
roa depot at Butler had two feet of
water ON the north side, flooding the
otfi .rS and waiting room, and damaging
the track somewhat. The Butler Branch
railroad escaped with very little damage.
The bridges over the smaller streams
around Butler We're all carried Oti, and
neIrlv all the houses in the northern
enl oi town were surrounded by water
AMI cellars filled.
All the grain, potatoes, &c., IN the
submerged districts were completely de-
stroyed. Two children were reported
drowned west OF town, but your CORES
pOldent could not get any definite re-
port of il. Ii is claimed that the dam
age done i'm Butler county will exceed
$4,000.
II is an in wind that blows nobOdd
good. The rise 50 long hoped Tor any
vainly looked for, came at last. There
was, al noon to-day, when the rivers
reached their highest point, about nine
feet of water i'm the channel. This was
sufficient 20 take out all the coal that the
steamers here could tow, and rs result
about 10000 bushels consigned to va
riOus points left the city.
4 number OF accidents occurred 10 the
fleet this afternoon.
The steamer Joseph Warnc, belonging
10 James 4 Wood X Co, blew out the
head of her mud drum, aud one mem-
ber of the crew, named VIM. Adams,
wa, very badly ScIlded. The man was
blown about forty irct into the water,
AMI will probably not recover.
The Ella. belonging % llOrner X Son,
collidrd al Diamond Landing with the
Belle Mctiowau. The former had a
heIvy tow and the latter was coming up
empty. The Ella was badly disabled
and her tow of eight hJrgrS run aground.
There is not much prospect of getting
them OIL AT present.
The Belle MctiOwan broke her pitt
man. The Joseph \. Stone and the
Diamond cOllided, disabling some OF the
stones barges. The Michigan broke
some of her machinery, but suffered no
serious detriment.
The Golfer dam at Davis Island stood
the Hood with perfect serenity.
PITTSBURGH. July 2S.-The following
is a partial list of losses al Petrolla by
SATURDAYS flood: :. W. Hartley, Il 800;
BDttucr'S jewelry store, 5000; White
Fawn restaurant $1,000; Steinberg's
clothing house, $1,000; Lrviuc'S cigar
store. 81 600: FoOt'S drug store, $1,000;
Sessions grocery, 5000; five vacant
buildings. 5000; Central drug store,
5000; Marks dry goods store, 5000.
The loss i'm that neighburhuud is rough
IN placed ut S2OO,OOO.
The scene during this destruction was
terrible, men, women andChlldreu rush
ing hithcr and thlther m search ui cie-
waited positions where life would be- 81
cure. Many Of the people lost all their
effects and are left i'm a state of deStitu-
ton. The storm was most severe up
the Monongahela and Allegheny val
levS. The reports Of bridges destroyed
ami culvcrts washed out on the Pitts
burgh, Fl. Wayne and Chicago railroad
are incorrect. The only damage on that
line was a land slide, which was cleared
away in "a couple OF hours. The damage
on the Erie branch Of that road was re
paired saturday evening. The main
line ui the Pennsylvania road escaped
damage. Several heavy land slides oc-
CURED on the Pittsburgh, Virginia and
Charleston road. The track was washed
out at Black Diamond amt the Mingo
Valley flooded The rivers at this point
raised from ten inches TO ten feet in less
that ten hours.