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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
ON THE SOUTHSIDE.

Mills Closed Up-A Street Car Line Covered
by WalI-Out Penn Avenue People Have
to Yncnfe Their Homes.
The Southside suffered severely from the
flood. Oliver Bros.'& Phillips South Fif-
teenth street mill was flooded so badly that
the works had to be shut down. Ali of the
side streets were covered with water to the
depth of foot or more, and many of them
are left under a foot of mud from the side of
the hill. South Twelfth street, the old
Welsh road and Brownsville avenue were
the worst.
In the West End, Main street and Wabash
avenue were flooded. but no serious damage
was reported. On West Carson street, how
ever, about so feet of the retaining wall
slipped out on the street and stopped the
CHARTERS branch of the West End street car
line. This happened about 40 rods below
Woods mill and will prevent traffic for
couple OF days.
At 11:3O o'clock the Thirty-third street
sewer became choked and the water came
down the hollow in perfect flood, carrying
everything with it. Two houses at the cor
ner of Penn avenue and Thirty-third street,
belonging to George Smith and Henry
Googan, were flooded and badly damaged.
The occupants were obliged to move their
furniture to the second story. Four houses
on Butler street, between Forty-eighth and
Forty-ninth streets, belonging to- Mrs.
Connolly, were washed out with water from
the Allegheny Cemetery. No. 9 engine
house, at Fifty-second and Butler streets,
was flooded badly, several inches of water
being on the floor of the house.
A leak was sprung in city gas main at.
the corner of Thirty-seventh and Charlotte
IL
and the blaze was thrown height of 10
feet.
No serious damages were reported from
the East End
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
Enrlou.. nnd No Wonder.

1t took us just five years to attain the
prominence we have reached in the eyes of
the Pittsburg public. Our rivals-we don't
recognize them as competitors blow hard
and long of the big bargains they show in
mems suits, and since we started advertising
our $40 suits they follow like sheep in our
footsteps. It's clear case Of jealousy.
We've proved our genuine worth to one and
all, and now that it's conceding the P. G. C..
G. name "the lowest prices for fine cloth
ing" we mean to hold on tight and retain
the grip we purchased only after using
liberal supply of pure American grit and
downright hard work. Come and see the
four big bargains we show to-day. No / is
mems suits at $40, sold elsewhere at SIS: No.
2 is nobby children's suits at 81 and 8; Nos
is mems stylish pants at 81 80, and No. 4 is
a big thing in derbys for men at 81 OO-in
five new shades. P. c. G. c., cor. Grant and
Diamond sts., opp. the new Court House,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
VICTIMS OF THE STORM.
Two Little Girls sweI Df Into Spring Garden
Run and Drownes IA Pathetic Tragedy
of the Awful Dow npour.

Two Little Girls sweI Dt Into Spring Garden
Run and Drownes IA Pathetic Tragedy
Of the Awful Dow npour.
Conrad Schafer and his family, occupying
house in Spring G arden borough, were
afraid last night th at the storm would
wreck the house and took shelter
under a tree. The rain was
pouring down in tor rents and swept away
Schaefer's two little daughters, aged and 8
years. The children were carried into
Spring Garden run and drowned.
Louisa Schaefer. ag ed z, and Gertrude
Schaefer, aged 8, were drowned in Spring
Garden run last evening !. and their mother
is expected to die.
The family live in a b ouse on the hillside
in Spring Garden boro ugh. The effects of
the wind and rain storm last night appeared
to be about to carry lie house away, and
the family. consisting of the mother, two
daughters, and an 11-ye ar-old son, fed from
it, leaving the father, Conrad Schaefer, in
the house, as he was CON fined to bed with
broken leg.
The torrents of water wept down the hill
side, and in a nome Mt enveloped and
carried away the fleeing family
Mrs. Schaefer and her two children were
swept into the run. but 1.-The boy saved him
self by clinging to fenc against which he
was dashed.
The screams of the DR. owning mother and
children brought aid, but only the mother
was saved, and she was so terribly bruised
that she is expected to di e.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
ON THE RAILROADS.

All Trains Are Delayed-The Tracks Gov.
erod With Water and Debris Several
Washouts Reported.
On the Pennsy lvania Railroad all trains
were delayed between Walls station and
the Union depot. There was but one wash
out, small affair at Walls, but the rush of
water over the tracks had left dirt enough
to make operating the road trife unsafe
and all trains were stopped. At Twenty
eighth street was one of the bad places, the
dirt piling up thick. Ben Venue caught it
and there were scores of other places
where the rails were covered. Men were
put to work at once to clear it up. The
Eastern express No. 1, due in the Union
depot as 11:55, and making western con-
nection, was stopped at Walls and was still
laying there at o'clock. The accommodation
tnat should leave at s12:10 pulled out at
!z:4O this morning, but no one knew how
far 1t would succeed in getting. The trains
are scattered along the road in various
places, and there will be many a man late
In getting home. So far as could be learned,
and the reports were in good shape, no one
vas hurt. In the yard the side tracks along
the hill were covered with dirt washing over
the hill by the ton and the water flooding
The Ft. Wayne suffered one washout.
This was at Woods Run, Allegheny. All
the trains got past except the Erie express,
coming to the city. 1t was held for an hour,
but finally got over. Between Allegheny
and Sewickley the track was obstructed to
a certain extent by dirt washed over the
rails, but the trains were kept running.
The Allegheny Valley Railroad got out
its accommodations on time, the last going
at 11:30. 1t is reported that the train will
meet washout at Sandy creek, and it will
hardly get to Hutton. the end of its run.
The Panhandle reports the usual land
slides between Temperanceville and Bir-
mingham, with freight blockaded on the
track. There was no other trouble reported.
The express due in Pittsburg at 150 A. M.
left Dennison on time and has not reported
yet.
The roundhouse in the Union station
yard is surrounded by debris. Many of the
locomotives are hemmed In, and it was
necessary to change engines for some trains
The roundhouse will not be cleared before
daylight
The express on the Cleveland and Pitts
burg, which will leave Plttsburg as soon as
the eastern express on the Pennsylvania
Railroad gets through, has orders to go over
the Ft. Wayne by way of Alliance, as there
is a landslide at Beaver.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
A CHILD In DANGER.
Neighbor Saves Mr.. lIurphy's Infant From
Water In the Kitchen.

Neighbor Saves Mr.. lIurphy's Infant From
Water In The Kitchen.
The bluff back of the Yellow Row on Sec
ond avenue, gave way about 1880, sewer
breaking. The rush of water and mud broke
in the rear door of the house Of W. j. Muir
ply, 269 Second avenue, covering the
kitchen to depth of 4 feet the stove and
furniture being buried. The food pushed
on through, carrying the debris into room
in front of the kitchen and then into the
front of the house. where Mr.. Murphy has
grocery store. Both of these apartments are
covered to depth of 6 inches with sand.
His loss is about $500.
When the food struck the house an in
FAINT child of Mr.. Murphy was in the
kitchen and could not escape. Nicholas
Brown, a neighbor, rushed in and got the
child out. He then took an ak and cut a
hole in the floor, letting the water run into
the cellar. 1t is thought that if the pressure
had not been relieved in this way the house
would have been carried of its foundations.
The houses OF Mrs. Charles Chaplin and
Mrs. Thomas Raymond, few doors above
Murphy's, in Yellow Row, were also struck
BY slide from the bluff. The door of Mrs.
Chaplin's house was broken open by the
tall and the kitchen filed with debris, while
Mrs. Raymond's house was flooded.
The Ga1vanizing Manufacturing Com
pany, on Second avenue, was forced to close
at IL o'clock by the rush of water.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
WIRES SWEPT DOWN.
Tho Big Telegraph Companies Badly Grip
pied Eastward.

Tho Big Telegraph Companies Badly Grip
pied Eastward.
Both the Western Union and the Postal
Telegraph companies suffered from the
effects Of the storm last night Chief oper-
ator Bender, of the Western Union, said
at 10 o'clock last night that the storm
had been severe along the coast, and most Of
their wires were down about New York. At
that time they were "holding their own,"
and hoping they would not be cutsof en-
tirely from the metropolis. Locally, and
west of Pittsburg, the wires were all right.
Mr.. Bender stated that the storm reached
Chicago about o'clock in the evening. and
he expected some of the wires would be
blown down there.
The Postal Telegraph Company did not
fare as we'll as its competitor. Superin-
tendent Hughes was seen shortly after, and
they were reaching New York by way of
Buffalo. All the direct wires were down,
and the men couldn't see to put them up in
the dark. They had one wire to Phiia-
delphia, and one each to Baltimore and
Washington.
Mr.. Hughes said that the storm had passed
through Northern Pennsylvania about noon
Yesterday. The wires in the vicinity of
Bradford, Olean and other neighboring
towns were torn down, but the men had had
time to repair them. The storm came on so
suddenly in the mountains of the State as
to leave the company in bad shape. They
couldn't reach Bedford and other mountain
towns. Mr.. Hughes stated that if it had
been daylight the workmen could have
easily put up the wires. He expected that
by o'clock this morning they would be in
full running gear once more.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
KILLED BY A WILD HORSE.
Mrs. Geo. McCandless Dies From the Efec
ofa Runaway Accideur

Mrs. Geo. McCnudless Dies From the Effects
ofa Runaway AccidenT.
A telegram from Camden last night stated
that very serious runaway accident oc-
Cured there last evening, which resulted in
the death of Mrs. Geo. McCandless, aged
"a years, OF Shsdyside, and widow of the
late Geo. McCandless, formerly real estate
agent, and injuring Mrs. Fred. Mason very
badly.
The story of the accident is best told by
George McCandless, Jr., son of Mrs. George
McCandless.
"I came to Camden last evening with my
mother and sister to visit relative out in
the country, and hired a two-horse buck
wagon from Lylse, Bailey & Co. and started
for the country. We had not gone very far
until the horses started on run, throwing
nv mother, sister and myself, injuring us
all more or less"
Mrs. George McCandless was taken care
of by friends, and lived till o'clock this
evening.
She lived at Shadyside, in the East End,
with her daughter, Mrs. Fred Mason. She
leaves two daughters and one son, namely,
George McCandless, Jr., Mrs. Fred Mason
and Mrs. Samuel Gaulee.
George McCandless, Sr., was well known
in Pittsburg up till the time of his death.
having lived here since 1922.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
SOME DANGEROUS FLASHES.
Policeman Thompson Shrot Out of a PatroI
B0x-Electric Lights Put Out-TeIephOne
Wires Get Crossed.

Policeman Thompson shrot Out of Patrol
Box-Electric Lights Put Out-TeIephOne
Wires Get Crossed.
About O'Clock in the, afternoon Officer
Thompson was in the patrol box at Wylie
avenue and Elm street when fash Of
lightning came in over th line. Thompson
was knocked out of the box, but was not
seriously injured.
Telephone and electric light wires crossed
on Fifth near Pride street, about 7:30,
and the telephone wire was burned through.
As it fell one end strucE. Willie Monroe on
the back of the neck, knocking him down
and burning him severely and leaving q
scar three inches in length.
He was carried into Jones' drugstore and
was able to 90 home in a short time. The
wire in the meantime had dropped on the
slot and was sending out shower of sparks.
A cable car was approaching but was
stopped in time to prevent an ugly accident.
One man wanted to pull the wire out with
an iron hook, but he was pulled away and
the crowd threw stones until the wire was
knocked out of the way.
The stable, clubhouse and a number of
animals, as well as grain, belonging to
Fred Hsmpe, of Lower st. Clair township,
were burned last night, the place being
struck by lightning.
The damage done BY the fire amounts to
about $40, 900, according to Mr.. Hampe's
estimation, and only very trifing amount
of that sum is covered by insurance.
The stable is situated on BarkAamer
street, in the Twenty-seventh ward, and the
lighting struck the place at 10:40 o'clock.
There we're nearly 80 horses, two cows and
large amount OF feed in the place. Every
thing was at once ahame, and when the
alarm was sent in the blaze was fast consum-
ing the stable and the feed. The fremen
did not get up on the hill until nearly II
o'clock, and when they arrived all was in
ruins. Eighteen horses were burned, one
COW was killed and 700 bushels of oats,
seven tons of hay, four tons of buckwheat, :
q number of wagons and harness were all
by the fire.
A small blaze on the roof Of Andrews
Brach's house, rear of No. 1415 Penn ave :
nue., yesterday afternoon, occasioned sti Il
alarm sent into Company No 10.
At 515 last evening there was an alal m
Of fire from box 145, which was occasion ied
by a chimney fire at house 145 Edws rds
alley, Southside. Little damage was d'5ne.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11

as some Of the dwellings are not of very
substantial order.
The whole neighborhood seemed to be out
and looking on at the grand rush of waters
and more or less terror was caused by the
excitement. At last about II o'clock some
one called out the fire department and
box 6 was struck, the people being
OF the impression that the fremen
could render some aid toward securing at
least temporary safety. One district re-
sponded, and the ropes and hooks of the
companies were used in tying up fences and
outbuildings. The presence of the iremen
had a tendency to allay the fears Of many
women and children, and altogether had
wholesome effect.
Numerous cellars were flooded with water,
and while the Lincoln engine was doing
duty at the scene of the Woods Run food,
their own cellar at the house on Kerr street
was filed with water to the depth of six
inches
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
THE STORM IN NEW YORK.
Terrible Panic. Cy clouic Wind, Heavy
Rain, But no Deafhs.

Terrible Panic. Cy clouic Wind, Heavy
Rain, Buf no Deaths.
NEW YORK, May 1lO.-The people of this
town have to-day hafi experience in layers,
with some new senss.tions at the close. Pre-
dictions of fair day were followed, and as
the earth rolled over, the sun and heat be-
came binding, sitting. discomforting. The
mercury swelled until in the thermometer
tubes it reached go degrees, and that In
places that were shady.
The storm that was pending broke first
over Pennsylvania, then swept New Jersey,
and at last broke over the bay and rivers
and upon the city that was sort of hushed
and waiting for the onslaught. In an in
slant the lower city was charged, and the
wind swept between the buildings
at a speed of 30 miles an hour.
The wind and rain lasted until o'clock,
when all was again calm, but there was .,
terrible panic while it lasted, and ever s1nes
the reports of the damage have been pour,
ing in.
The area covered by the reports is South
ern New York, Eastern Pennsylvania,
Maryland, Delaware. Connections and
Massachu setts. No deaths are reported In
this city, but many painful casualties.
The storm this afternoon ineerfered with
the work ing of the telegraph wires radiating
from this city. There has been much de-
lay, and relays have been necessity on the
long circuits. At 1870 o'clock tonight a
second storm seemed to be prevailing in the
South, and that section was cut of from
New York for long time.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
OVER In ALLEGHENY.

Woods Run OverfOws Its Bnnks-Cellars
FIooded-Fences Washed Awny-Fire-
men Called 10 Save Property.
The storm in Allegheny was particularly
severe. though no reports could be learned
of any accidents or harm to human life.
The greatest CONSERVATION was felt by the
residents in the Woods. Run district, where
the sewers were utterly unable to carry off
the large volume of water that rushed from
the surrounding hills to the low lands.
Fences and outbuildings along the banks of
the usually quiet stream were torn
from their fastenings and swept
away by the swollen stream that
had grown to many times its normal
size and carried everything before it. The
inhabitants became panic stricken and
could do nothing to stem the flow Of water.
Cellars were flooded and fears were enter
tanned of the foundations of some of the
buildings being washed away, particularly
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
DAMAGE IN LAWRENCEYILLE.

The Cable Cars Had to stop-Big Sewers
Overflow and Fill Conduits-House
Blown DOwn-Cellnrs Filled Up.
The damage done by the storm last night
was probably greater than that caused for
several years. Both cable car lines were
compelled to suspend operations about IL
o'clock. Out Penn avenue, where the
water rushed down the Twenty-eighth street
hill, the sewers became choked and the
conduit of the Citizens line filed up with
sand and gravel to such an extent that the
cable had to be stopped.
The cellars from Twenty-ffth to Thirty
second street were filled with water, and in
some houses along the low part of the ave-
nue. the water was two inches deep on the
first floor. Considerable damage was done
in this respect, as people had no time to lift
carpets, the water came in such rush.
Early in the evening the end of the house of
Andrew Boyce, on Thirty-ffth street, was
blown out, damaging the building to the
extent OF about 500. No one was injured.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
DUNN WILL RECOVER.
The Injured Striker Makes a Statement
Only Few Rails Made at DuQuesne-
RevoIvers Are Drawn.

Revolvers Are Drawn.
There was not much excitement at Du-
quesne yesterday although several interest
ing incidents occurred. While a ferryman
was bringing a skifioad of bread across the
river for the men in the mill, someone in
tercepted him and threw the contents of the
skif into the water.
About o'clock in the morning, while
three men were on their way to W ork. they
were accosted by several strikers, who or
dered them to return home The men de-
clined, when two revoIvers were drawn and
the non-union men promptly retrea ted. The
deputy sheriffs were notified, but W hen they
arrived the strikers had disappeared.
A press representative visited William
Dunn, the striker who was shot by John
Galloway at Homestead the other day, and
found him resting very easy. His chances
for recovery are considered very fair.
Dunn was asked to make sta ,tement as
to the cause of the shooting, and aid:
Galloway had got off the train and went
over to him and accused him of bel ng a black.
leg. Galloway then reached in his D ncket for a
revolver and walked up and slapJnd him in
the face to defend myself: then Galloway
pulled out his revolver and point d it at me
and fired two Shots the first one missing me
and the second one passed through my body
as you see and know. Now, in reg ard to me
udNluk q TCfOlNCE ANU ICdCuAuS IN Iuy pocket
for it 1 wish it understood that had none at
all, though someone claims to have seen one
drop from my pocket.
DR.. GLADDEN. denies the report that he
visited the city the other day for the pur-
pose of furnishing bail to secure he release
of Galloway. He said he had been asked
to give a certificate that Dunn would re-
cover in order that his assailant might be
released.
Although every wheel in the mill was
running yesterday it was learned that only
a few rails had been made.
John w. Beddo denies the statei ent pub
lished yesterday that while crossing the
river in skiff with a number ,oi' men he
was driven back by the strikers.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
THE FLOODS CAME.
Continued from First Page.


tensive. The storm that broke at IL o'clock
opened with fash of lightning that struck
one of the electric light wires on Fifth ave-
nue. and put out the lights for long
distance. The rain filled the conduits and
poured into the Washington street power
house in such a volume that the syphon
could not handle it and it was necessary to
stop the machinery in short time, the
vault being filed. The conduit of the Fifth
avenue line was filed by the rush at Jones
avenue and at Soho.
The cellars along the street were filed.
That under the house of Adam Sieman, OPP
posite the power house, had three feet OF
water in it. Mr.. Sieman says the change in
the grade when the cable line was built is
responsible for the trouble, and he talks of
bringing suit for damages. Giest Broth
ers' cellar, at Elm street, had over three feet
OF water in IT. and large quantity of -four
that was intended for use in their bakery
was badly injured before it could be re-
moved. Mrs. Rupper, at Washington
street. had a stock of toys stored in her eel
lar. which were damaged by the rush of
water Almost every cellar along the ave-
nue. had from one to three feet of water in
1t, and the total loss viii be considerable.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
Euviou., and No Wonder.

1t took us just five years to fttain the
prominence we have reached in be eyes of
the Pittsburg public. Our rivals I'VE don t
recognize them as competitors low hard
and long of the big bargains they show in
mems suits, and since we started dvertising
our $40 suits they follow like she, !p in our
footsteps. It's clear case of jealousy.
We've proved our genuine worth to one and
all, and now that it's conceding t. he P. G. G.
c. name ''the lowest prices for fine clothing"
me mean to hold on highland ret ain the grip
we purchased only after using liberal sup
ply of pure American grit and downright
hard work. Come and see the fo ur big bar
gains we show to-day. No. is mems suits
at $40, sold elsewhere at SIS; No. 2 is nobby
children's suits at 50 and s.; No is mems
stylish pants at 81 80, and No. is a big
thing in derbys for men at slim five new
shades. P. Z. G. c., cor. Grant and Dia-
mend sts., opp. the new Court H Ouse.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-11
SAD AND SINGULAR CASE.
A Veteran and His Family Found in n Destl-
tuta Condifion.

A veteran ana HIS Famtly Round In Desti-
iute Condition.
Agent O'Brien, of the Humane Society;
Major Hunker, of the Allegheny Poor
Board, and Health, Officer Bradley, OF ALE
gheny, were working jointly on a queer
case yesterday. A report had been made
that man and wife were living in filth and
squalor at 12O River avenue. On going to
the house they found John zella and his
wife, people of about 70 years of age each,
living in two rooms, with daughter of IL
years, Is dogs and score of cats as compan-
ions.
Zella is an old soldier, a Grand Army
man and pensioner, drawing $12 month.
One of the dogs, Mrs. ZeIla said had been
with Frank Small-who was a relation of
Mrs. Zella-while he was in Jail awaiting
execution.
Zella is sick, suffering with swollen
limbs. He was willing to go to the Soldiers
Home, and Agent O'Brien decided to send
him to Dayton. The daughter he will
place in the Home for the Friendless and
Major Hunker will send Mrs. Zella to the
City Home. Health Officer Bradley will
send the Fall master after the animals to-
day and will then have the house disin-
fected