The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-07-27
FOUR STATES ARE
SWEPT BY STORM
WISCONSIN, WEST VIRGINIA,
PENNSYLVANIA AND OHIO
CITIES SUFFER.
MANY LIVES ARE Lost.
Fourteen Men Caught In Ono Pennsyt
vnian Shaft and 81 Narrowly
Escape - Much Des-
truction.
MANY LIVES ARE LOST.

from the breaking of several dams ON
the Wisconsin river, north of Wausau.
Two bridges in this city have beeen
washed out and third has been part
ly destroyed.
All electric power, including street.
car service, has been put out of com.
mission.
The dams which were swept away
are that known as the Brokaw struc-
ture. at Tomahawk, and smaller dams
north of here.
The flood made inroads on tho wa
terworks plant and cut of tho city's
supply.
A large volume Of water swept down
the citys front, covering the streets
of Wausau near the river, surrounding
the city hall. Business is democrat
lied. No loss of life has yet been 70.
ported.
The railroad bridges are the only
ones intact here, and these are held
In place by cars loaded with logs.
The Prairie river dam, five miles
north, is reported to have gone outs
also dam on the Eau Claire river at
Kelly. A report reached here ut noon
to the effect that a dam at Merrill
also went out, but this has not been
confirmed.
At Shawona, the deluge Of rain
washed out railway tracks and not Q
train arrived there. The Wolf river
is rising rapidly, but the town is safe
because of the protection of high en-
bankments on either side.
Over six inches of rain fell at Mani
towoc and one poultry farmer lost
1000 young ducks when water which
the sewer could not carry flooded tho
barn yard. The streets of Manitowoo
were badly damaged.
An incident of the intensity Of the
storm was shown when man living
in house located on low-lying ground
in Mantiowoc had to use ladder
from second story window to get out
of his home. Railways were COM
PEELED to detour trains at Green Bay,
Eland Junction, Mantiowoc and other
points on account Of washouts.
Telegraph and telephone service all
through the northern part of the state
is impaired and the full extent of the
damage cannot be ascertained until
wire communication ia restored
Pittsburg, Pa. - Death and wide
spread devastation from tremendous
rains resulted In western Pennsylvania
eastern Ohio and West Virginia. From
all sections comes details telling Of
persons drowned or reported drown
ed; or hundreds of buildings wreck
ed or completely washed away; street
torn up and bridges swept down; crops
ruined; light plants put out Of COM
mission, and towns left to suffer their
misery in darkness. while Transports
ton, telegraph and telephone facili-
ties are seriously crippled.
At Evans station, three miles north
Of Uniontown, Pa, q cloudburst sent
waters raging into the mouth of the
Superba No. 2 mines. Fourteen men
were drowned, while 81 others had
miraculous escapes from a similar
death. A few miles away, ut Lamont
mine No. 2, three other men are re-
ported to have drowned In like fas-
hion.
Up in the Redstone valley, near
Brownsville, Pa, it is rumored that at
least ten miners were caught while at
work, by flood waters, entering tho
mines and drowned. Notifications of
this was impossible.
At Millsboro, Pa, rs miners had q
narrow escape when the waters swept
into the mines. All escaped, but not
before many were exhausted. There
deaths are believed to have occurred
In the vicinity of Wheeling, W. Va.
For a radius of 100 miles around
Pittsburg last night there was a scene
OF desolation. Wrecked buildings are
visible everywhere, while streets are
strewn with debris. In some place the
debris is piled 20 feet high.
Hundreds of families have been driv-
en- from their homes and last night
sought shelter with friends or are. en-
camped on the hill sides.
Connellsville, Pa. The flood here
swept away score Of buildings, dam
aged many others, made SO families
homeless and caused over 100000
damage.
Columbus, o. - Torrential rains, &C
companied by severe wind storm,
| did considerable property damage in
Columbus and at various points
throughout central and northern Ohio.