Show I fW D MAY DESCEND UPON PITTSBURG AND ANDt It t MANY THOUSANDS OF LIVES SACRIFICED Pa April 7 Is In I langer of devastation some Bomo day da by a GOOd tOOd similar to that which laid waste i Thousands of oC lives and mIl 0 n lis of dollars worth orth of property will I lost ost according to a report made nub pub tonight by J J W Arras of the United tates corp corps Mr Ir Arras who jJ charge of building dams damn in the Ohio 1 t L Allegheny rivers has half Investigated 1 here and his report to the I sounds warning of the diana I I which he hc h declares is sure to come comero comen more ro warning will wilt be given glen Pitts n rg s according to Mr Arras more than thanin in dt t received e cd 1 by bv Johnstown n the Mar March llarch h freshet says sat Mr Ir Arras vr predominated Should i Allegheny take the lead however f and there Is no reason why it should not the low wooden bridges would be washed from their foundations and the entire mass dashed against the Pennsylvania railroad bridge Would it withstand the attack he asks No man can toll tell II n is a ponderous structure splendidly proportioned and substantially built builL However what it will do seems Immaterial for whether It stands and holds the gorge or falls faIls before It it will in either case divert dhert the irre irresistible oncoming tide toward the tile main mainland mainland land where the damage to property will willbo willbe bo he enormous and lives by b the thousands will be sacrificed since there would be insufficient warning to enable the un nfl unsuspecting unsuspecting suspecting to withdraw to the places of safety safet r |