Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-08-23
HERE AND THERE.
Debris From the Roaring
Cyclones Track.
NOTES OF STORM AND FLOOD.
An Opium Smuggler's Little Game.
COunterfeiter's DecOyed and
Captured.
ASSOCIATED Press Dispatches to the HERALD.

Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALD. |
PTTsBURG, Pa, August 22.-The flood
has almost reached its limit here and
will not reach disastrous height. The
low lands, however. are submerged and
the damage will be quite heavy. Rain
in the mountains and up the Mononga-
hela river was almost unprecedented.
Burgettstown is partly submerged. Re-
ports from adjoining districts state that
the valleys are all overAowed and the
damage to crops can scarcely be esti-
mated. Bridges, stables and outbuild-
ings we're whirled away before the rush
ing food, and the scene this morning is
one of great devastation. At McKees-
port the flats are flooded and one person
was drowned. A Hungarian camp below
town is submerged and many of the
Hungarians barely escaped drowning.
At Jeannett, where big glass works are
being erected and have just gone
into operation, two-thirds Of the
plant is under water, and
it is reported that eighty of the
houses are under water. The towns of
Larimer, Shafton, Irwin, Penn and
Manon are partially under water, and
many of the inhabitants are living in the
upper stories of their houses. In the
mountains the head waters of the
streams are swelled beyond all bonnds.
In this city the water got into the fy-pits
of many mills and factories and caused
the suspension OF work. The Polish in
habitants of Shantytown were again
compelled to remove their goods, and
are now encamped on the banks of the
river. The railroads are the greatest
sufferers in this section. No trains have
arrived or departed over the Baltimore
and Ohio since yesterday. At Osceola
station, on the eastern division, they
have a landslide of seven acres, while
every bridge and culvert on the Wheel
ing division has been washed away.
THE CYCLONE IN MARYLAND.
BALTIMORE, August 22.- Reports of the
storm in the southern portion of the State
severe. The cyclone struck the village
of Stillpond, Kent county, with particu-
lar severity. Houses were blown down
and ten people are reported killed;
A special from Stillpond gives the par
tlCuldIS VI IuC CyCiOAO yOctCiuhy 0itCi
noon. A large frame building, occupied
as a canning establishment by Black &
Krebs, of Baltimore, was struck and
completely demolished. One hundred
men, women and children were at work
Nine were killed outright, three danger
ously hurt, and number slightly injured
by falling timbers. The killed are
Charles Schweitzenber, Charles Beau
camp and wife, Laura Alphela,
August Goete, wife, and two boys,
and Rosie Gould. The storm demolished
many houses and barns and swept all
the orchards in the vicinity. The dwell
ing of Mr.. VIM. Willis was crushed.
Willis was fatally injured. The storm
came from the southwest and swept
across the State diagonally in track
two miles in width. Houses and barns
were crushed and growing crops swept |
away.
THE FLOOD AT BOSTON. |
Boston, Mass, August 22.-It is diff
cult to estimate the damage caused by |
the disastrous rainfall of last night |
Hundreds of cellars are flooded. Two
large plants in Roxbury alone suffer an
aggregate loss of nearly $4,000. The |
Boston Betting Company suffered $685.
600; Towers Oil Cloth Works $4,000.
The New York and New England Rail-
road is at standstill.
THE sCHUYLKILL ON A TEAR.
READING, Pa, August 22.-The Schuyl-
kill is twenty feet above the ordinary
stage, the highest since 1867.