The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-06-06

sights that were likely TO disgrace the streets,
drove out and kept out 81 the visitors who
had not some good reason for their presence
After that and far into the evening all the
country roads were filed with drunken stray
glers, who were trying to forget what they had
seen.
A Miracle.
FOOD FOR THE sUPERsTITIoUs.
The miracle, as it is called, that happened at
the Church of the Immaculate Conception has
caused a tremendous sensation. A large num-
Der of persons will testify to the nature of the
event. and to put it mildly the circumstances
are really remarkable. May devotions were in
progress on Friday night when the water de-
scended on Cambria City. The church was
filled with people at the time, but when the
noise of the food was heard the congregation
fastened to get out of the way. They succeed
ed, as far as escaping from the interior is con-
cerned, and in few minutes the church was
partially submerged the water reaching Is feet
up the sides and swirling around the corners
furously.
The building was badly wrecked, the benches
were torn out and in general the entire struct-
ure, both inside and outside, was fairly dis
mantled. Yesterday morning, when an entrance
was forced through the blocked doorway the
ruin appeared to be complete. One object alone
had escaped the waters wrath The statue to
the Blessed Virgin that had been decorated
and adorned because of the Nay devotions,
was unsullied as the day it was made. The
flowers, the wreaths, the lace veil were undis-
turbed and unsoiled. Not wrinkle was oh.
servable in its outlines. The marks on the
wall showed that the statue, which is three
feet high, the surfaee of the water had risen to
a hight of 10 feet, while the statue had been
saved from all contact with the LIQUID. Every
one that has seen the statue and its surround
lngs is firmly convinced that the affair was a
miraculous one. and even to the most skeptical
the affair sayors of the supernatural.
In Other States.
Loss OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN VIRGINIA,
MARYLAND AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Other portions of Pennsylvania, Maryland,
Virginia, and the District of Columbia suf-
fered loss of life and vast amounts of prom
erty. The Potomac River was also a raging
torrent, and the city of Washington suffered
severe loss. Pennsylvania avenue between
Tenth street and the foot of the Capitol build
ing was submerged, at some places the water
being four feet deep In front of the National
Hotel, corner Pennsylvania Ave- and Sixth St,
the water was highest, and the st. James Hotel
aud Howard House, which are Immediately
opposite the National, were overlooked, the
Office floors of each having foot or two of
water over them. The Baltimore & Potomac
Railroad Depot had nearly two feet of water
over the main floor; all along PENNSYLVANIA
avenue the stores were flooded, and those who
were unfortunate enough to have goods in their
cellars lost nearly everything of perishable
nature.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is almost
entirely ruined and Senator German, Presi-
dent of the Company, thinks it will never pay
to repair it.
All the way up the Potomac accounts pro-
claim the loss of both life and property, anda
more devastating storm has never before been
reported in this country. Relief committees
are being organized in all the principal cities
of the Union, and hundreds of thousands of
dollars are being subscribed to alleviate the
suiferings of the people who have been rendered
homeless and desolate by the elements.
The President has offered Gov. Beaver, of
Pennsylvania, both tents and commissary
stores for the homeless and starving, and they
will, without doubt, be accepted. Everything
is being done by the authorities of the State of
Pennsylvania to relieve the distressed people,
while those States which escaped the deluge
are responding in the usual generous way of
the American people to the cry for assistance