Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1886-05-20

bc uncasv started "a cross tho bridge on the
safe A. he ate ped on NJ" ibe Ia sspi f (, cave. y. ~
with BIN. and he fell into tho raging t.r.
rcnt beneath. Hts long rubber coat vas
almost i,upossisle TO help himself 10
crowded against the side vail and with nj.
h,. mos, ,np;,hnmen .6oIi managed 90 Eet on
bring him rope HIT before he got rops
s9'ne one came io hi- rescue, and he threw ip
hls coat which Just reached 20 the top Of the
bank. hy that means he was drawn out of
nia unpleasant quarters. Harry says he
'hgnFht hts last hour had come. sure
ne ust ofthc dead u ~ follows Nra Nellie
nhnrtson aud sister. Lydia Casey icpiorehl.
n nnetn WIDOWS past sixty YEAR, 81 are lived iu
,No Sous AGED about twcly" aud twenty nvc
years. widow and sons ~ tho late samuel
n,,.,S,noran. better known as Sam Patch ~
ihn bottoms near the depot Mat Evans
no',iytrn, DAY lahorcr, wife aud
re, white, labpror. wife ana i've children
ah,,cc girls and two boys tho oldest a alri
OF ten months. lived on wcat second atroct
near the Crwck. stephen Douton uolor,.d In.
ppo,sr lived IN HARE l,o,toms William
So or eight children lived ON Do.
,ro,t street. between the north ana south
forks 81 shawnee. Ono child escaped frorn
the house. as ala Houry Iirasaiton. son.ln.
law, Powell and two children wora found
,nis morning, the rost missinR. Lewis Andcr.
toms, Mr. Anderson IL missing Nra ia
Lindsay, lived on the foot OF tho creek near
NC depot, Mr. Powell and two children.
tue incidents Of an exciting nature are
slmost beyond description. iineman was
ss,anding ,'iig or az cmbankment and before
nc could toalikc his danger he was IN the Hood
and swept n mile by the raging waters.
telegraph operator got into the water. ana
aIlsr h9avns some distance he caught onto
trce, house came down Ia tho mood and
shnk the tree he was pcrchcd on Hn uiinpd
on me h"uso aud started down with tho cur
t.ni nhtii he came across another tree. IIo
olinchod ~, aud remained thorr until he wns
rescued several hours later
". " Smith, of Pittsburgh. worked no.
hlf 81 nisht assisting the suffering a lady
W,nt into house a. holp another, and soon
ADVISED ihc woman 90 leave. She refused,
and the lady who was there 10 help rushed
out and was caught in the deIuge Hr emitb
caught her, and. after she was Uuiicd ashore
.he was noaily dead from exhaustion Iio
hrnw nask from his pocket and poured y
good. attn siug OF whisky down bor throat
thereby bringing hor 10 and saving her life
mans wife called 10 her husband that she
thouEhi water was running into the cellar ~
their hou .. The husband lighted a iamu
anl sihrted tp go down to the cellar. but ln
an instant the water was up ~ his chin I'm
sleeping
when Il was learned that tho gas works had
b"cn diehblcd and rendered useless aud tho
electric wiros veto down. the cltizans gath.
cred wood and started bOnfroa 10 enable
thrm i9 soc how 10 carry on tho work OF res
Three bridges between here and spring
valley, on the Little Miami arc out, and a.
much a. ave miles Of track gone The orst
section ~ tho iats train from Cincinnati
rehchcd this place. The next section cot
caught between bridges and thoro II lles a
lhfg" amount Of track below the valley fs
out, and the loss will be 5000 or more Inc
u. ,. railroad between here and Trebaif's
track ie In the same condition ail tho way 10
Dayton. n "a impossible 10 gather the full
extent of the damage but n Will take days
hnd probably week. 10 repair.
Tho excitement in the second section of tho
lraln from Cincinnati was terrific. Tho
women huddled together and the men
paced the cnrs with blnnched faces a. the
water rose higher aud higher on the track
Tho conductor soon reported that the fires
'' Nerr yut, and y looked - though the train
nothing - bo soou but a vast soa Health or
hccf Rowland, Of Cincinnati who was on the
train. asked tho engineer Why no had stsut-ad
tho train with such n sudden Jerk me en-.
Rineer replied n saw ahead Of me raafug
rushing body ~ water, that rOHred NJ loudly
- heayy peal 81 thunder. If I had gone q
hundred feet further uc would an have
boon killed u was biz break ia the track
he saw
Mr.. Rowiaud vas perfectly satisfied with
the explanation. The water, u can nov bs
seen. twisted tho railroad tracks into ell sort~
wire.
Joe Walton j. one ~ tho unhsralded heroes
who riskod bic life more than once ~ taking
Ruson family 81 nine po3pie ont sf tts
wsicrs, aud landed them safely on the shore.
~ pieces ~ though n were q she'll
HApLrox. o., MAY i8-rhs wind and ,bgo.
der storm which passrd over Butler COUNTY
"wednesday night cut on Hamilton from sfi
iciegrnph. telephone, railroad snd mail
except Cincinnati Reports from the
surrounding country come ia slowly
we're struck ~ hghtnins' snd tbS tyfsiaSs G5Ss
and contents we're losf. several bridges III
this vicinity we're carried away Two rail
b1idges ID the r. asrs es,r,ss sso $40 40
No trains are running o. the q H Il or n
~. y. The ioss % grain. trees houses etc.
IN this cify the Fcbwab brewery aud Kahn
stove fOundfy we're submerged The Meth
odist church and public school AZ 4even
country there are reports ~ houses un-
r9ofed Tho barn ~ Isaac Dick af
Rether with az fhe lfapiemen6 ana con
tents. N va the finest barn ln the count .
insured Tor = -. The hsrn and contents ~
samuel Daizeii. in the resfcrn part - me
county, were also struck by uzhtuleg ma d.
Ifofedt ipts unkHpwn A number of fna
grove have been iaid rssts. and small iosses
that vii fail n0t far sh0rt of tia0D0
DaTTgy o, Nay i8-Atss0 isst night 3
suhrp ihuulef-siorm came up. and rain a.
with hail. the hailsf1nes Tanginz Iu sirr from
bazrl uuf fo nu almond. ard we're gath.
cred in o. great curositirs Reports came
tgru end matters zreg serious. huf about
~ ctirA ,nt ineafage rame f0 thr ccutrr %
g-s,' ai g'i "o,i ',al s'e Hs.es Preteeis
hun hCmUfnrnr ag if Is 90. ID nrI nr fhr .ulstr
Part ~ Aismi lffy. va FWepf aauy. Prup.e
hurrifn fo ttr scrun rnIT f0 dnf fhsf the de-
astrr uas ufOrr than usa fod s0ue I'D
hundred Ter ~ ne lerce raj been trosea
- ne sutfen torrent ghich rame RUSHING
~ fhc riff were rrFffeG uifh wafrf
in htnpipN ffrriuie 1lffress oculrreI.