Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1870-11-02
Affecting Incidents n the Great virginia
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Affecting Incidents II the e+eat virginia
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woAA 4 COZ correspondent q, the. Richmond
lD0isspqtsh, writing frssnn ON vBpekingham
county Cd the 10th plt says,:vt,,,,id 81
In In the .c case Of two families at least the
CIRCUMSTANCE nc were Pecularly, toushing,
and q simple recital Of the facts must
awaken aiken the 1iveliest sympathy in every
heart not altogether lost; to a generous
emotion. 1t seems hat q Mr.. jones. a
person presume about frty years Of
age, resided upon a piece. ,sf low grounds
on the lands of Mr.. Fleabell, some four
miles above, Newmarket. +. ! he e1'l had h a
wife and two children-9nne an infant
about two years old, the other about FIVE,
His mecca young and beautiful girl Of
seventeenWa Miss Wright, was on yis7
it to his house gum ''''1. " -. - ''''
Itappeaifssu from Tie account of the
survivors that they were aroused about I
o clock irntbe mornine 10y the rush Of the
waters, and awokepnlytd, find ssscfpe
impossible The house was surrounded.
and IN = few, mornents. swept away by
'he turbid and angry current. They
were hurried along some two pr three
miles, when they came in sight oga the,
dam across the riyerosb New cMarkst.z-
Knowing that this house woqld be crush
ed to, atoms and his family probably lost.
this unfortunate man said to his well be-
loved wife i "Ay little wife, we are
probably all lost. There is barely a
chance Of our rescue, l shall undertake.
to SWIM to the shore, and meet you be-
low the dam with a raft or ,caaqesif pos
sible. dbs RI II ia4qur, only chance u She aud
his hisJn niece, in aesqnizing tones begged him
to desisf, knowing Yiin & That he, was Not good
swimmer; but he fondly embraced them.
and spraps frpm,a window and strssk
out gallantly for the shore. He swan.
only short distance, when hi. stokes
grew fainter and fainter, and soon he
sank to rise no more. Il His family were
in sight; and as he had predicted, the
house was crushed and torn to pieces by
the cohcussion at the dam. 900 i-lN
with high and noble heroism and
true motherly devotion, Mrs. Jones clasp
ed both Of her children to her bosom and
sank with them, but as she rose'it seems
that she placed them on the roof Of the
house, around which was sort of balus-
trade. and succeeded herself in getting
on floating log, az also did Miss Wright,
They where all washed off together, but
Mrs. j. became entangled with 5 tree,
and the children aud Miss Wright swept
past her. Ten miles below Miss Wright
was seen clipging to the log, hes flowing
hair wet with spray, and as she passed
Mr.. H., in deepairing tones she asked
What shall | do to be saved Z What
shall ! do to be- saved p He told her
to cling to tho log; that he was power
less to assist her,, A few, minutes later
! she passed some other persons, who told
! her 10 call fora Mr.. Wright, a lock- keep
er at Willow Bank, about mile below !;
but he, too was powesless. She rent the
air with piercing sshrieks,s and the last
that was seen Of her was at Sycamore
, island, opposite the house of your cores
, pondent, where the rapids soon submerg-
, ed her fraa support, and she, too, went
! to the voiceless shore All accounts
agree inprepiesenting her as having been
lovely and beautiful girl, full Of life
and hope, and tears have more than once
rushed uubiden to my eyes as ! g looked
upon her grief-strickeu father as he, tine
again examines the shores of the river on
my premises A n a vain search ior her
body. .s..-......'.-.
/ But IL? most piteous Of all was the
| sight Of the little children, who, when
ths!ypasged'the persons n mentioned above
held out theft Iittle hands in mute but
j, eloquent supplication. Their little faces
were fearless but blanched with woe
!. Mocked With treacherous hope, the
youngest started, towards them and fell
when the otherra mere baby almost hirn.
SELF caught him up and rheld him. No
sound escapedotheirshps,sbus the persons
who saw them will never forget theirsad
and pitegus looks and'their outstreched
hands in silent but touching appeal for
! rescue. Brave men who had seen and
felt all the multiplied horrors of civil war
bowed. their heads and wept ike chill
pdrepu, al and looked With horror upon the
angry waters, which claimed such vic
tins as these to its merciless fury. The
last that was seen Of the poor little in
4 fants was at the head Of Scarnore island,
when they, TOO, went down in the rapids,
! and the dark and fearful element closed
lao7er thera forever fortunately the
1 mother was spared a sight of this last
1iscene, because it was some time before
affshe became disentang,ed from the tree
'dand debris above. Probably about
lFtwenty minutes later she was seen to
Fpass, watched with anxious eyes By per,
so,,s nm she hank 1 She was isee,i when