Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-07-28
60 DOWN TO DEATH
Unprecedented Storms and
Floods 0esyf in Tho Vieis-
ity Of Fittsby,g, Pa,
MANY LIVES WERE LOST
Jameson Trial Ends In All the
Defendants IseiRg tsaaa
Guilty A. Charged,
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS

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nFmea Fep9fts are eHFfeRt " ~.
drowning ef killing OF fifteen people bs
ei8ga bafst NJ 4 mining Asnliet II
me vicinity 8f Beading HliHss, ftteeh
miles fFsm fittsbafe, Telegraph sae
telephone communication has beeH de-
stf8gea ny tbs STERN, Reporters baVt
gene 10 tbe sseae.
LAFFR=The fepeft Of the dfeWaiae
~ si$teea iasa bg a elsaabAfsf, iasl
alebt, IN the vicinity Of beading
Hliaes, ia confirmed, The mea wsft
zeal Miners and occupied sae bsHss,
PiFFsBHRsi Pa,, JAY ss.=Whiie
sheFe haVe bssR Storms aaa nssas IN
iBls Fleiaitg 10 past years causing
greater fatalities, II ls doubtful II The
cyclone wbieh struck western FeaRsyi-
Vanla, iast evening, was net the great;
est IN lls bisteFy, In its widespread
destruction OF property I've lives
were ssi, enc aiaB Il fatally baft, and
I number OF people are seriously ias
jaFsd
Fhs dead aFs: Jeba Eissas, Aiis=
gheaE, aad jeba AsfbeiasF, FittsbaFg
George Miller, baek broken, will die
These seriously injured are; Jaesb,
Msis, Frank 0it, Harry Iiaadell,
Charles fesae, Thomas BanHeli and
SADIE Smith:
jeha FiegHs asd George Miller, with
several s8MHaalsas, were eshpsa on
shs banks ef the Allegheny river aeaf
AsplnWai. Their teRis were sheltered
beneath q Large sycamore tFes, Either
lightning or the Wlhd lore A huge limb
ifsm the Tree, and u dropped directly
apsa The teat In which The members Of
The club bad sought shelter. FisgHs'
skull was crashed, and Miller was
pinned 20 the earth and bis back bfeks
eH, tiTs other members OF The party
were held 10 the ground under tho
heavy limb sDd severely injured.
John Aufh0lder met death while
striving 30 reach q place of shelter in
Second avenue. Throughout Pitts
burg and Allegheny buildings were un-
rooted and hundreds Of trees uprooted,
electric wires prostrated, windows
shattered and outruildings and even
dwellings, upset anu Tuineu.
The estimates of the total damage
done run anywhere from 100000 to
$1,000,000. In Allegheny county alone,
the damage done to three churches
will reach 100000 or more.
AT M'DoNALD.
pITTsBuRG, Pa, July 28.--At
McDonald, Pa, last night, the rainfall
was unprecedented. The streets OF
that town were swept clean OF the
board walks. which lodged against
bridge spanning an ordinarily small
creek, Just below town. This backed
up the water until tho lower portion
of Mcdonald was for time inundated.
No lives were lost but tho damage TO
property was heavy. Several coal
mines are flooded. Eear Cecil, three
miles southeast, six bodies have been
recovered from the mass OF debris In
Cecil valley. Oh wells, and shanties
occupied by oil producers and work.
men, are thickly located along the
banks Of Cecil creek, and the torrents
swept through them like mad, giving
no time for escape. Samuel McKin.
nsy's house was swept away, carrying
with II bis wife and two children.
Two oil mon stopping In their shanty,
wefe drowned, as was also, girl
named McElbaDey. Tho cloudburst
which swept Cecil valley IL said to
have carried away miners boarding
house, resulting In the death Of six.
teen Inmates. The valley at this
point is covered by eighteen feet Of
water.