The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-07-13
Tho Destruction of Property
Amounts to sl2,ooo,ooo
All This Was Accomplished in
Thirty-six Short Hours,
And the Accumulation Of Years.
Toll Swept Away.
A Large Part OF tho Misfortune Falls on
tho Thriving Counties That Border
the Monongahela Rivor--The
Coal Fleets Ready to Start.

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that have been sweeping the valley Of the
Monongahcla, and the valleys ui tts ,ribu.
tarics, for the past thirty.siN hours arc
again falling into their natural channels.
They leave in their track scenes of dcsola-
ton and ruin that have never had their
counterpart in the same localities. From
Pittsburg To the mountain businesses Of
Randolph county, W. Va, manufactures
have been inundated, boats have been
sunk, houses aud lumber have been car
rled of, fields with their wheat in shock
and growing crops have been devastated,
families driven To the hills for shelter, aud
in many instances the accumulations Of
ycan of toll aud sclidcnial have been lost
In an hour.
Tho losses entailcd 10y the food will not
fall short of S2,OoO,OO0. A large part will
fall with crushing effect on the people Of
the thriving counties OF Monongahcla,
Marion, Taylor, Harrison, Louis, Barbour,
upshur aud Randolph, in West Virginia,
aud IN Pennsylvania the counties of Allc-
ghcny, Washington, WcStmorcland, Fay
cttc and Green, the heaviest being in Allc-
ghcny and Faycttc. These losses iall most
heavily upon the owners Of coal property,
railroad companies aud farmers Nutwith-
standing The suddcnurss ot the coming Of
the water and the area oi distribution, tho
losses Of flats, bargcs aud small river
craft have been comparatively small, and
nearly all boat OwncH are congutulating
themselves on their good fortune.
In fittshurg proper much pl the less has
fallen upon the owners oi shanty huatsan
boat houses, but these arr iur the most
part insignificant. The owners ui mill
property will lose largely, aud have 90 I'M
dcrgo no eud Of Inconvenience on account
Of the invasion oi their mills 10y the water
Yesterday morning. putting ont the fins,
and rusting aud almost running the yalua-
hlo machinery. Little lumber or other
movable property has been carried away
from this city, but from points above mill.
ions oi feet ot valuable timber aud lumber
have come down aud been carried or into
tho Ohio, a total loss 10 late owners.
Following is the summary VI the c-li.
mated losses in each locality. In some in-
! stances they are probably too high. owing
Ia the prevailing excitement, hut Ia tho
main they have been COuscryaiiNcly COM
piled. The losses In detail are given as
follows
rittsburg. saiO.OnO. Rrddork. SIS. .OOh
Mckccspurt, 800. UOO. Gm,r.hurn. 10000:
Elizabeth, 5000. West Elizabeth. Pa,
tai. 900 Coal Blun. Pa. siOUu. Munra-
hrla city. Pa, s2i.UuO. Cuunliun. Ia,
$1,000. California. Ia, $4,000. Rolls
Vernon, Ia, S,,OuO, West EruwnNillc,
IA, stO,OnO. bridgeport. Pn., $4,000;
l,rpNus,illy. Pa, slui Un. New Geneva
ra.. Si,uuO. Point Marion, W. Va, 80. 900,
MoVaniOwn, W Va, i,i.NO taimunt,
". Va, S.jO.OnU. Grafton, ". Va.
$4,000. Clafkshurg. ". Va, sln1ODO,
rafkctrhurg. ". Va. flul.UIu. Thillippi,
". Va. ijO.OJO. Weston, W Va. $4,000,
intervening towns in West Virginia,
flOOOOO, total loss. s',2nO,Un. Not in.
cludvd in the foregoing are losses on ne.
count oi damages 10 railroads, ~ follows:
T. V. 4 g., In PENNSYLVANIA. 10000. Hal
timor 4 Ohio. IN Grafton and Grcn-
hrinr. slO1.O0O l,nliimorr 4 Ohio, Ia West
Virginia. sl5DOJn. Weston 4 Cllrksburg,
Ej.OOO Virginia Central 4 Vitisbnrg. in
Mnpltnd aud West Virginia, $4,000,
total. fi,u.U1
1h,w was 40 rain In ans part II tho
ilpudcd district YESTERDAY and ly this
evening tlc traces ol thu il1pl viii ha,o
been generally removed. nut the July
irrshct ui 1855 will never w. iIrFp'tcu Ia
western Pennsylvania aud West Virginia.
At l0o'clock this morning the stage Il
water here WIS seventeen lgyt lul falling.
The drift hal ail pls-cd out, and tho
river hal Lost iis Turbulence. The coal
men wcrp bu-ily preparing their coal hccts
Tor shipment aul los tumuEruW lIl tho
craft lullpl with thc black diamonds viii
have departed Tor the western aud SOUTH
cm ports. The shipment will aggregate
1000. 600 bushels.