Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-06-05

The Nelson house &C Riverside Park
swung info the river on Saturday afternoon.
The large warehouse on the Miftiin side
OF the river opposite Port Royal, is clean
gone Oilers house Joined the mass OF
dwelling drift. Everything about the house
and barn of the Bsshor farm over where the
above warehouse stood was swept away.
At Mexico, only the roof of the stone
mill could be seen above the Hood
Mr.. Klos,' dae house and Mr.. Motzer's
commodious dwelling house were slled up
: TO the second floor with water. The Thomp-
son warehouse was held down by grain in il
Porter Thompson's house was surrounded
with water and Mrs. Thompson was taken
ost a horse back The lock store house
and foundery are among the missing.
Porter Thompson and family passed Sat
, urday night in a neId. Tho river backed
water around the house and barn of David
sisber below Mexico.
/ The toll house and warehouse st Thomp-
.ontown with ave boat loads of coal and
many thousand railroad ties went down with
the Hood.
Blacksmith Berger living at Jerico dam.
had his shop and stable swept away
Mrs Shivery, wife of sheriff Shivery, de-
ceased living near Oakland, found her house
surrounded by water about 9 o'clock on Sat-
urdsy night and immed ntely prepared TO
leave the building. Taking a light she start
I Is.A har "a lt- 20 10 sh
to higher ground. The light went out. She
shouted for help. Gaymsn's came to her
rescue and saved her.
nIFILNrows AND VICINITY.
People of the town on Saturday morning
began to open their eyes TO surrounding OBJ
jscts that wItzessed that a great rain had
fallen during the proceeding night.
The rivulet south of town was swollen to
the size Of a large creek. The county bridge
at the south end of Main street was of its
abutments and lay not far from Haines'
creamery which vas flooded out of working
order.
The town bridge at the end of south
Main street was missing, and all travel south
ward was cut OF. Travel northvari was cut
OF BY the river rising onto the pike between
town and the first lock.
The enbankmeut of the Selinssrove and
North Branch defunct railroad was washed
away, and the stones of one of the abut-
ments was deposited on the gardens of
Sheriff LoRdon aud Johnny AeNulty.
At hall past o'clock "a Saturday morn
ing the river bridge went, and from that time
on 10 tive o'clock the water rose.
Atout2 o'clock P. NJ. John Tyson's house
al the first lock north of town slid from its
foundation and fioated away with al its
contents, just II hOurz- before at O'Clock in
the morning Tyson moved his family out,
but believing the water would every moment
bring halt in the rising stream. Henry
Penny moved out about the time Tyson
moved. Penny's house stood the storm
With the water within few feet oil the root. .
Louis Reynol Ids house in the vicinity was
swept offthe foundation but be had cabled
il, and II did not get away, his stable and
slaughter house ne cabied and they we're
saved, but were washed on tho pike David
X Auh1an's house near Gy Was flooded, but
stoSd the storm. So with the houses along
the river as far up stream ss to Miner town.
The most Of them were Hooded. The Mel
son & Aanbeck warehouses were Hooded
above the nrst floor. The gutter along north
street by the Academy-the Presbyterian
brick church at the north end of Main
street was torn out to the depth of feet.
Only small spot on the Island north of
the building, wa. visible.
Ahrsm Hsckonbergs- who farms the Is-
land left the house with his family and with
his horses and cattle, and took refuge on
the barn floor. Wilbur McCahan brought
Hsck, berger and family in skiff 70 this
shore about O'Clock Pm.