Evening journal., 1888-08-23
After The Great Storm
Death and Disaster Left in Its
Wake.
SEVEN DEATHS AT STILL POND.

Forty-Eight Employees Buried In the
Wreck OF Canning Factory-Milions
of Dollars Worth of Property Destroyed.
One of the Heaviest Rain Storms Known
BALTIMORE Aug. % -Four water spouts
burst over Chesapeake bay Tuesday. The
remarkable meteorological phenomena was
accompanied by tall columns of black clouds,
moving in rapid rotation. Great damages
are reported from different parts of the
state The storm spent its fury on the little
village of Still Pond, at the head of Still
Pond river, ia Kent county, this STAKE The
principal industry Of the village is canning
establishment, located on the outaxirts OF the
settlement IL was frail wooden structure,
and when the forty-eight employees, most Of
whom We're women and girls, saw the storm
sweeping down upon them frantic rush
was made for the doors
IL was no usa. Scarcely half dozen had
escaped when the cyclone struck the shop,
and in an instant it was in ruins, with at
lenst forty human beings buried under the
debris. Miss Rose Brown, a beautiful girl
about II years old, was caught under the
upright boiler, and was burned, scalded and
crushed TO death Her body was horribly
disagured. Huddled together In one cor
ner, crushed under huge beams and heavy
canning machinery, were found the bodies
OF Mr. Max Guest, his wife and thor two
daughters Mary, aged is, and Alice, aged
l5 They had met death together
The most horrible sight which met the
eyes OF the rescuers was tho body OK Mrs.
Laura Olfus, agad about 90 years Her
head was literally twisted from her body.
Charles Blaschamp was crushed to denth.
Mrs Blaschamp had her head crushed in.
Charles Schwartzsnberg's back was broken
in three places.
Great destruction was caused on Rock
creek. Ten or twelve houses were blown
! down, including three owned by James
Weeks, two belonging to George McCuhbin
and Oliver Williams three story structure.
The row Of bath houses along the beach was
demolished, and some Of the boats carried
long distance The wind blew the horse OF
Harry Cook fat on his side, and overturned
a loaded wagon. A cart containing a load
Of cantaloupes was picked up by the wind
and carried 800 yards. Several small boats
in the creek were capsized Tho storm
swept over a space a mile in width
WHEELING, w. Va, Aug 23-For the
the third time within six weeks food has
visited the upper Ohio valley, and the dam
| hHt IN QAtI 81 sbdNtNubs 1nt ram btHbh AtAl-
ing early Tuesday morning The bridges at
West Alexander, at the Pennsylvania state
line, went down, aud we're followed IN half
an hour by TIRES bridges at Triadelphia.
At o'clock the iron bridges at Elm Grove,
five miles from the city, went away, and at
almost the same time the big Baltimore and
Ohio bridge ut Main street. in this city, col
lapsed.
AT o p m. the big stone bridge across the
creek on the line OF Main street went down.
With it Went the electric motor line, the
twenty inch water main aud the natural and
artificial gas lines, cutting of 1900 people
from light, fuel and water on the south side
McKEEspoRT, Pa, Aug 23.-1he izill, at
this place were compelled to suspend on ac-
count of the rise Id tho river, which flooded
the lower floors. Two houses on Fifth
avenue were swept away by the tons Of
debris which came rushing down with the
torrent The ice pond on the hill burst by
the force Of the water. la Long Run cul-
vert an italian laborer was caught in the
flood and drowned
The wator is eight feet deep on the fair
grounds, and the stable buildings have been
overturned. mighty torrent is rushing
through the fertile fields about Greensburg.
Whore the day before was valley teeming
madly, destroying all the labor OF years.
The Monongahela and Youghiogheny are
rising fifteen inches an hour. Hundreds OF
houses are flooded, compelling families to va
cate, and a number Of buildings have been
swept away. Tho body of a German drowned
in Long run was recovered. The Pittsburg,
McKeesport and Yioughogheny railroad is
blocked by landsldes Wood a. Co.'S iron
mill and the National rolling mill have
stopped on account Of the high water.
LIeoNIER, Pa, Aug. 23-Fhe entire west
ern part Of the town is under water Hun.
dreds Of acres Of corn and other crops are
destroyed and miles of fences swept away.
A large number Of bridges are gone, and &C.
cess TO the town is completely shut or. The
loss cannot now be estimated.
PIITsRURG, Aug. 2S.-The marks in the
I Monongahela show twenty-five feet aud sta.
tionary. The Allegheny marks show twenty
six feet
r NEW YoRK, Aug. 2s--In this and neigh
l boring cities the storm was one Of the great
est ever known, and resulted in a considera
bic amount Of damage TO property.
The rainfall at the signal service ohserva
4 tory on the Equitable building was one o.
I the largest ever recorded four inches Of rair
e falling during period Of three hours aftel
. $50 .. m This would have been equal [,
: four feet Of snow, and rivals the great biz
gard Of last winter
SrEUBENvILLE, O., Aug. 23-Tho Wheel
ing branch OF tho Panhandle railroad is i'm
passabe. River nineteen feet and rising ,
foot an hour The Cleveland and Pittsbur.
railway tracks are overiiowed in severa
places The lower part Of the city is flooded
GAINESVILLE, o., Aug. 23.-One hundre,
a thousand dollars viii not cover the storm
:. damages in this vicinity. The Belaire
Z GAINESVILLE and Cincinnati railway is close,
by washous
: Unknown Wreck.
HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass, Aug. 2S.-l