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Show x lioitmiJLi: CATAsiimi'iuu Amomi the catastrophes that have recently occurred In this country, none have surpassed lu Intensity of horror, the frightful calamity In the oil region of I'ennsylvanla. The combination of destructive elemenla waa of tho moat terrifying character fire and water. The raging Hood combined with the devouring flames on the surface of the roaring, aweeplng torrents, perlormlog their death-dialing woilt In the night, muit have pre-lented pre-lented an appalling picture to the pectatora who could view It Irom a point uf personal safety, while none cau estimate the aeusatlons of thoie who were engulphod lu the flaming, rushing vortex. No kindly disposed person can read the arcount of tbe tenlble occurrence without bolog pro fouudlr moved. Tho disasters by storm, flood and llama that have been crowded Into the last two or three mouths have surpassed, sur-passed, In number aud exteut, the leioidof so brief a time In the whole pail history of tbe country, |
