The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1874-05-27

ing something. 1t took up the houses,
twisted them, warped them, and
dashed them about like so many
did it spread out, Collins, or
advance in bcdy?" ] asked.
"In body, sir-a hill of water-a
hill. If it had come gradual
ly, the houses would have stood.
The water would have filed them,
and they would have been anchored
down. As it was they were hollow.
The water didn't touch the insides.
They foated off like boats"
"Did you ever have any previous
fear about the reservoir bursting?" |
asked the milkman.
"Why, no; though a good many
people did. After every big rain
some people would get scared about
the dam. They would run to town
and gossip around the postofiice
about the unsafe dam, but didn't
think there was any danger.
a GRIEF STRICKEN HUSBAND AND
FATHER
John Wilson, a stout, well-to-do-
looking operative, stood at the head
of his wife's body, looking vacantly
at what was going on about him. He
20 be stunned. When spo-
ken to about his loss, he said briskly,
and with a smile:
Yes, they are all'gone | had a
house and two horses, too. We had
four children, and now | can't find
any of them. Everything's gone"
Here was first carried the body of
Carrie Rarney. She was employed
in q mill at Leeds, and, with the
other operatives, received warning
in time to escape. As she ran out
she said to companion with whom
she was very intimate: "Oh, Mary
run up on the hill! run up on the hill !.
I've got to 90 home and tell mother" "
Her dwelling was not far away,
and she reached it in time. Then a
new difficulty presented itself Her
mother would not leave the house.
In the excitement of the moment,
and not exactly comprehending her
daughters hurried explanation of the
danger, her womanish instinct, it APP
pears, prevailed, and she clung to her
home for protection, and cndeavored
to persuade her daughter to remain.
The latter caught her by the dress,
but finding that it was of no use to
attempt to force her out, turned to
save herself. 1t was too late. She
had arrived at the foot of q hill near
the house, when she was caught by
the food, and
HURRIED TO HER DEATH.
The house in which the mother
remained was foated and borne some
twenty rods down stream, where it
rested against two trees. The old
lady was found alive in the upper
story. When she was shown the re-
mains of her heroic daughter yester-
day, for the purpose Of recognizing it,
she fell across it in a fainting fit
Visitors are appalled, with scenes or
hints of horror on every hand. 4 plain
canvas covering was spread over the
the body of Mrs. Fitzgerald, but its
folds showed the place Of separation
of the limb which had been wrenched
rom the body in the torrent, or in
first crash of the mill. The head of
f. C. Hubbard was split open down
through the center as perfectly as if
it had been cut with knife.
DIGGING FOR BODIES.
At Leeds men are still vigorously
digging for bodies beneath the silk
mill boarding house. The lower
part lodged against a large pine
trunk, which itself, had been arrested
in its course by hardy rock maple.
The roof and upper story passed
over and was driven half way into
the Torrent engine house. The low
er stories were crushed into a shape
less mass, which was mingled and
covered with the ordinary debris of
the river. As many men as can
surround the heap are engaged in
pulling out the pieces of timber and
brush wood. 4 yoke of oxen is kept
in readiness, and when opportunity
offers a chain is fastened around the
larger timbers or number of the
small pieces that may be wedged TO-
gether, and they are dragged out by
main force. Several persons were
known to be asleep in the boarding
house when the waters came. Nearly
all the bodies that have been found
recently have been found in lodg-
ments of this kind. The open ground
IN the neighborhood of the river has
been pretty thoroughly searched
over. A tree is pointed out, standing
ust below the village, among the
limbs of which the body of a little
BOY was found. The legs were shock
ngly mangled. 1t was still unrecog-
liZed last evening.
THE DESoLATED HOMEsREADs.
The neat brigetly painted houses
hat seem so suggestive of thrift and
are seen all about, some |
m their sides, some with bent and |
broken roofs, and some twisted out
If shape. Inside the furniture may
re seen scattered all about. In one
IN inelastic makeshift for a baby jun
,er still dangled from the ceiling.
IN the floor mud had deposited in
wo drifts nearly foot in height.
The water-mark on the plastered
walls was only about half way up
rom the floor. n handsome house
to William F. Quigley had
een broken apart the al" remaining
n its foundation, but twisted awry,
While the main part was found sever
! rods below upright and but little
INJURED. Mrs Quigley and her
aughter were inside when they saw
he water coming. They ran to the
PIPER story from the window of,
Thich they saw the Nonotuck Mill |
few rods below them, carried away.
When they saw its stout brick walls
all before the food with great
they gase up all hope and
ypected death every moment. The