The Wichita daily eagle., 1896-07-29

SdIlOtS QO-lLS aOttl a Hl1e away lrp[-l
where the house stood. The other ten
are believed TO have perished. One OF
the men was rescued while climbing a
tree Another occupant OF the house
| was discovred cinging to q tree three
miles down the river. He was uncon-
scious and led a few minutes later. A
great deal OF mining property was dam
| aged n the district along the run The
water rose at some places to a depth OF
eighteen feet. The loss IN the district
viii amount to thousands OF dollars.
AS all the miners in the house who were
swept away were foreigners and Italians
IL Is hard 10 learn their names.
NARROW ESCAPES.
Many narrow escapes are reported
from the valley from which the water
ran. Several houses in the valley were
swept away. but the occupants. as far
as is learned. reached places Of safety
before their homes were carried of down
taes treaul Som Of the occupants were
rescued in skiffs. The damage done 70
property was general and various. The
wind unroofed houses while others were
damaged by the water washing around
them Still Others were struck by light
ming.
PEELED TO suspend opera lions. Grea:
heaps of dirt and debris from the pre-
vious floods pied near the tracks were
again washed down The only lines
which escaped serious delay were those
on the south side. In the Pennsylvania
avenue mill district. twenty-five large
smoke and draft stacks were blown
down. buildings were unroofed, trees
uprooted and scarcely house in the dis
trict passed through the storm intact
Many got q repetition Of the storm Of
July Is, and the persons who suffered
property loss on that occasion had the
same experience yesterday. The east
end got its first hard touches OF the year
Trees and telegraph poles went down
under the wind. Fences and outbuild-
ings were destroyed and large buildings
suffered the loss Of roofs and windows
BrueSton and Williamsburg suffered to
a considerable extent, but not so badly
as the district near Trave,S> Window J
trees and small strucJy.es were de-
stFoyed. Many houses were unroofed
and il is remarkable that there were
not more persons seriously injured
WIRES IN A TANGLE
The telegraph and telephone systems
OF the two cities were badly dana ged. All
the police and the fire alarm wires were
wrecked TO a greater or less extent, but
by hard work during the day they have
been put in fair shape again. The c. D.
& P. Telegraph company suffered great
y. Almost half the telephones in Al
legheny county were out OF order last
night and strenuous efforts are being
made TO repair the damage. At a. m
it was reported that 700 miles were still
out Of order The Western Union and
Postal Telegraph compan anies suffered
much damage, but by hard work enough
lines were kept open TO handle pressing
business. The electric street railway
company wires are literally disorganiz-
ed by the wind and were crossed and
recrossed with the other lines until
the hnenen got them Strengthened out
All the railroads suffered heavily from
landslides, but the Zines are all open and
trains are running with very little de-
lay The CHARTERS railroad is blocked
at Connonsburg by the washing away
OF a bridge and the Pitsburg. Virginia
and Charleston road Is impossible be-
yond Monogahela City The south
western branch OF the Pennsylvania
railroad is tied up by washouts and land
slides, but the officials hope to have
trains running within few hours.
William Rose, a Swedish gardener.
a Sed 80 years, was drowned near Bos-
ton Pa, at 5 o'clock this morning while
attempting 10 ford Long Run HIS body
was recovered in the Ohio FLYER three
hours later at Avilon, twenty-eight
miles from Boston This makes eigh-
teen deaths so far reported.
Chicago, July 2S.---Colonel ". P.
Rend was confident today that the loss
OF life by the food near Cecil, Pa, was
not among his employees. He has no
Italians working for him and does not
recognize any OF the names of the others
mentioned as ever having been on his
pay roll. He thinks the victims were
probably employed by the Pittsburg
and Cleveland Coal company or the
Bishop coal company.