Terrible Flood At Pittsburg

Pittsburo, July 27.- The storm whiöh swept over the city last night was the most and destructive that has over oocurred in this Ticinity. The rain carne down in a perfect deluge, tlie water coming down the Btreeta leading trom the Inlls witli tfiirt'iil wluoity, the curren t fing hwt'lled ilso by water trom the side stre-cts. The Union Depot wasiuundted with wittnr tour feet in depth. Ttaa watei in the l'nn Unndle Ruilway tunnel was tour feet, reuderhig it imponible for t.raiiiH to piias. A considerable damage was done to property in Hmithfteld and Liberty ttreeta. Prom all the side streets leading froin the liill, boulders were rooted trom tlieir positions, and hurled to tlie levui Ix.low, while' in mauy places great ludes were opened up in the streets. Some of tlie cross streets are rendered almost impassable, and will require large expenditures. Amoug these are Henry, Brady, Tuston. Van Braun, Miltonberger, Marión, Pride, and Stevenson and other streets. In Alleghany City the flood was terrible. A sewer on Madison avenue and Vista street was bursted, inundating the whole upper part of the city. A numher of houses were swopt away on Spring and Garden streets, tho water attaining a depth of ten feet, causing a large loss of lite. In this vicinity it is reported that fitty-five bodies have so far been recovered. The destruction of property cannot be estimated. The damage to property on the south side ia great. A large number of stables and buildings were swept away and several lives were lost. The loss of life bv the flood has been appalling. Thirtyeight bodies have been recovered in the Butcher's Hun district, Alleghany, and as mnny more ate missing, and are supposed to have been lost. The havoo at Wood's Run was fearful, and the place wás apertect sheet of water, and seveial houses wero swept away. Nine bodies have been recovered so far, and five or six are still missing. On thv South Side, in the Saw Mili liun district, eight bodies huve been recovered, and thirty-seven are still missing. A whole block of buildings were swept away in this áistrict. It is thought that over 136 persons have perished in the flood. TWO IirjXnjlED LIVKS LOST. The accounts of the terrible flood which has deluged nearly all the suburban sections of this city, as they come in during the afternoon and evening, show that the disaster is far greater than was at first supposed. It is now thought that the total loss of lile will not be less than 200. The loss of property is proportionate. The Krcnbuj Chronide, in its five o'clock' edition, placed the loss at 142, and the naines of missing parties are continually coming in. THE EXTENT OF TERRITORY damaged is not less than twenty to twenty-ftve miles in diameter, and how the maia portion of the city of Pittsburg, lying as ït does in the center of this cirole, escaped without further injury, seems to be that the disaster was caused by somt kind of water spout. TUE STORM CLOÜD. A gentleman who watched the storm from a fow miles down the river, where there was but little rain, says that by th íitful flashes of lightning, be could see huge inky, blaok, funuel-shped cloud, whieh overhung the city, the narrow ends being lowest, while the dark parts gave vent to an almost perpetual buret of lightning. EOGRArilY OF THE LOCALIIY. It is almost impossible for any one uot familiar with the goography of this locality, to form an idea of this disaster, or how it could possibly have occurred. The main city of Pittsburg, as it rises gradually from the point forraed by th6 junction of the two rivers, has many gulches in certain localities which render a flood of this description Hable to do great dainage, and the part known as " the hill región " is frequently liable to suffer from local inundations. The damige here, however, is this time light compiired with other localities, strictly 1 ïrban The north bank of the ' ny Kiver, upon who3e hillsides and in whose valleya the upper portion of the city ia situated, has, according to all accounts, been the scène of greater disaster. The work of destruction comme'nced at a point about two miles north of the central portion of Alleghany City. Butcher's Run valley at its mouth is probably between 400 or 500 feet wide, and at the point where the work of destruction commenced it is not more than 150 feet wide. Between North avenue and thig northerly point numerous ravines empty into Butcher's Eun valley. Along thig run the houses were built directly over the natural water course, culverts being made and used in part as foundations for dwelling houses. The line of destruction followed the water oourae to the river, and involved an immense number of houses that weie not on the line of the culverts. When the. rain commenced falling but little apprehensions were entertained, but those who live near the head of the valley stated that it suddenly seemed as if THE HEAVEIÍ8 WERE OPENED, and the waters carne down as if discharged frora immense pipes. The volume was so large that the narrow ravine was filled with a raving torrent. The frame dwellings, stables and slaughterhouses gave way like pipe-stems, and the debris trom the wrecks was swept down and along the line of the plank road, the weight being augmented every moment, j THE WATER TWEXTY FEET HIGH. In the district west of Chestuut street and north the water rose to a height of fully twenty feet. In some places the oecupants of dweiling were unable to I cupe in time to save their lives. THE TEEY LATEST ESTÍMATE OF LOSSES. Up to midnight very few particulars in nddition to those sent previously come in. Nearly all the papers of the city have tried strenuously to arrive at an accurate list of all the killed and an estiinate of the loss of property, but have been unsuccessful. The scattered positions of the districts devastated by the ttood, and the bewildered condition of the people in the places inundated, I der it impossiblb to give anything like accurate statements as to faots and figures. All reports as to loss are therefore to a great extent simply estimates. The Commercial places the loss of lifo in the Butcher's Run and Alleghany City districts at 147, while the Dispateh only makes it 12,". The most carefully prepared figures, however, give the total loss of life at 219. With regard to property it is simply impossible to give an idea that will be considerod reliable. At a meeting of the citizens of Alleghany a number of leading citizens pledged themselves to raise 10,000 for the iinmediato relief of the sufferers, and I measures have been taken to have all the I dead bodies in the ruins removed as soon I as possible. A meeting has boen called by the mayor of Pittsburg for to-morrow. It will robably be several days before accurate gures will be known concerniug the reult of the sad devastation. ]