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Show TNIRTY-SIX PEOPLE PERI&WLOODS TERRIFIC RAINS CAUSE MANY DEATHS AND PROPERTY LOSS OF MILLION AND A HALF. Railroad Tracks Washed Away and Houses Swept From Their Foundations Founda-tions by Deluge That Swept Over Wide "Area. Pittsburg. As a result of terrific rains Sunday night and early Mon day, throughout West Virginia, west ern Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, thirty-six are dead and others missing. miss-ing. From meager retports it is be lieved the monetary damage will approximate ap-proximate $1,500,000. Transportation facilities in all directions from this city were practically put out of commission. com-mission. After twenty-four hours of excessively exces-sively iiot weather, the storm broke Sunday evening. In addition to an extraordinary ex-traordinary rainfall, the electrical features fea-tures were most spectacular. The steady rain caused every stream to leave its bank. Within a short time the water had washed away railroad tracks and sent tons of earth from surrounding hills, making all thoroughfares thor-oughfares in the flood zone impassable. impass-able. Latest reports from the various districts dis-tricts give the following table of fatalities: fatal-ities: Colliers, W. Va., eighteen dead. Cherry Valley, Pa., six drowned. Burgettstown, Pa., four drowned. "Avella Pa., three drowned. Cannonsburg, Pa., three drowned. Woodlawn, Pa., one drowned. At Ford City, Pa., a dozen houses were washed from their foundations Lightning struck a score of houses and McGrahn a suburb, is under three to five feet of water. At Colliers, W. Va., nine persons are known to have drowned and rumor has it that at least twenty were drowned, A cloudburst devastated the valley in which the town is situated. sit-uated. The entire valley was deluged and houses were swept from foundations. |