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Milford chronicle., 1889-06-07

THE RIVER AND BRIDGE AT JoHNsrowN.
water trying to find some trace of once
happy home She looked 80 unuttcrably sad
and broken that CORES ondent stepped to
her side and tried to comfort her. She raised
her pale and haggard face and Said
They are all gone. Oh, God, be merciful
70 them. My husband and my seven dear
little children have been swept down with the
food, and / am left alone We were driven
by the awful Hood into the garrett, but the
water followed US there Inch by inch it
kept rising until our heads were crushing
against the roof II was death to remain.
So raised the window and one by one placed
my darlings on some driftwood, trusting to
The great Creator. As I liberated the last
enc, my sweet little boy, be looked at me and
said; Mamma, you always told me that the
Lord would care for me; will he look Rfter
me noWF
II EaW hisn drift away, with his loving face
turned toward me, and, with a prayer on
my lips fer his deiiverance, he passed from
aght forever. The next moment the roof
crashed In, and I aoated outside to be rescued
afteen hours hAter from the roof OF a house
IN KeIuvnla II could only find ono OF my
dhrlings / could bow to the will OF Gsd, but
they all are gone have lost everything on
earth now bat my life and l viii return to
my old Virginia home and lay me down for
my last great sloop.n
A Handsome woman, with hair as black as
q FaveaS wing, walked through the depot
where q dozen or more bodies were awaiting
burial Passing from one to another, she
finally lifted the paper covering from the
Ease Of . woman, young, and with traces Of
heauty showing through the stains Of muddy
WRteT, and with a cry Of anguish she reeled
backward 70 be caught by rugged man
who CHANGED b be passing. In a moment or
20 she had Gained herself sufficiently TO take
one more look at the features OF her dead
She stood gazing at the corpse as II dumb
Finally, turning away with another wild
burst Of grief, she said; "And her boautiful
hair all matted and her sweet face GO bruised
and stained With mud and water The dead
woman was the sister Of the mourner The
body was placed In a coffin fow minutes
later and sent away 70 its narrow housa.
HERoIc DEEDS
II need never be said again that tho age OF
heroizn has passed away. No more noble
doeds were ever performed than during this
heartsickening catastrophe. One man, hear
ing that his house and family had been
swept away, determined 10 find out Tor him
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self at all hazard He secured frnil row
boat, pushed It out in the raging torrents and
started on a chase, which, to all who were
watching, seemed to mean an embrace in
death
Needless OF cries ''For Gods sake go back,
you win DO drowned, - and Don't attempt
It," he persevered. As the raft struck the
current he threw off his coat, aud in his shirt
sleeves braved the stream. Down plunged
tho boards and down went the fearless man,
but as it rose he was seen still clinging. A
mighty shout arose from the threats of the
hundreds on the banks, who were now deeply
interested, earnestly hoping he would sue
cessfully ford the stream.
Down again went his bark, but nothing, it
seemed, could shake him Off The craft shot
up in the air apparently ten or twelve feet,
and the man stuck to IL tenaciously. Slowly
but surely he worked his boat TO the other
side Of the stream, and after what seemed an
awful suspense he finally landed amid ringing
cheers Of men, women and children.
The last seen Of him he was making his way
down mountain road In the direction Of the
spot where his house had lately stood. His
family consisted Of his wife and three chill
dren.
In many instances the hoaters displayed re-
markable courage and gave their chances foi
rescue TO friends with them. Sons stood back
for mothers and were lost, while the parents
were taken out. Many dear boy went down
to a watery grave that sister or father
might be saved.
An iron worker, a strong, noble hearted
fellow, who was noted for his love of family,
lost his thirteen children in the food. lie
struggled like Titan to rescue them, but it
was fruitless He was only able to save his
wife. Several men, when they saw that
their wives and children were sure to be lost,
gave up all efforts to save themselves and
quietly sank in the turgid streams.
HE DID HIS BEST
A young man with two women were seen
coming down the river on part Of a floor At
the upper bridge rope was thrown down to
them. This they all failed TO catch. Between
the two bridges he was noticed 70 point
toward the elder woman, who, it is supposed,
was his mother. He was then seen TO instruct
the women how TO catch the rope which wa
being lowered from the other bridge Down
came the raft with a rush. The brave man
stood with his arms around the two women.
As they swept under the bridge no reached
up and seized the rope He was jerlsed VIC
lently away from the two women, who failed
to get hold on tho rope. Seeing that they
would not be rescued he dropped the rope
and fell back ON the raft, which hoated on
down the river
The current washed their frail craft in to
ward the bank. The young man was ena
blod 10 seizu hold Of branch of a tree. He
aided the two women to get up into the tree.
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oAAsNAaAbNs
He held on with his hands and rested his
feet on pile Of driftwood. A piece Of float
ing debris struck the drift, sweeping it away.
The man hung with his body immersed in tn,
water A pile of drift soon collected, and he
was enabled to got another insecure footing
Up the river there was sudden crash, and
section Of the bridge was swept away and
loatod down the stream, striking the tree
and washing it away. All three were thrown
into the water and were drowned before the
eyes Of tho Mortified spectators
Men and women in dozens, in pairs and
singly; children, boys, big and little, and
wee babies, were there an lng tho confusion
of water, drowning, gaSping, struggling and
fighting desperately for life. Two men on a
tiny raft shot into the swiftest part Of the
current They crouchcd stolidly, looking at
the shores, while between them, dressed in
white and kneeling with her face turned
heavenward, was a girl or years old. She
seemed stricken with paralysis until she came
opposite the tower, and then she turned her
face to the operator. She was so close they
could SEQ big tears ON her checks, and her
pallor was as death The helpless men on
shore shouted to her to keopup her courage,
and she resumed her devout attitude and dis
appeared under the trees Of projecting
point short distance below. I'VE couldn't
see her come out again, said an eye witness,
land that was all Of it,"
PLUNDERERs OF THE DEAD.
It is almost inconceivable that there are
men SO degraded as TO rob the dead under
such appalling circumstances, and few men
will say that there was any injustice in
killing the thieves like dogs when discovered
in their vile plunderings The Hungarans
who first started on a plundering expedition
deserved the fate they met with. They were
pursued and searched; as their pockets were
emptied of their CHASTITY finds the indignation
OF the crowd intensified, and when a bloody
finger of an infant, encircled with two tiny
gold rings, was found on one Of them, a
mighty roar Of rage went up from the pur
suers and several Of the robbers were
shot and driven into the river
GREAT FLOODS OF HISTORY.
The loss Of life by this food is frightful, /
indeed, but it will be seen by this list OF all |
the great floods Of history that there have
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A team of four COWS appeared in Bellevue,
Idaho, not long ago, having been driven from
Nebraska, a distance of COO miles. They had
acted as motive power for prairie schooner,
and had also furnished milk and butter for
the farmer and his family en- route. They
were In good condition, with the exception of
their feet, which needed shoes badly
A favorite scheme of London fakirs is to
catch one of the miserable little English spar
rows so common there, paint it up in bright
tropical hucs, and hawk it on the street for
e. sterling apiece as a rare foreign curl
osity."
A Hebrew was recently admitted to an
audience with the king of Hungary. The oc-
currence seems TO have been an unusual one
and attracted much attention. The press
found it necessary to take the matter up and
give extended descriptions of tho actions and
words of all concerned.
The great Bacon, according to the latest
lights, besides being wise enough to write
Shakespeare's plays, was mean enough to
write Marlowe's dramas. Convincing proofs
that he was the author Of all the literature of
his time will be published, one at a time. 1t
is unreasonable Of you to expect them all at
once.
It is related that at Il recent meeting in
Vermont Of pension examining board twin
brothers from Castleton presented themselves
for examination. The claims were original
and for the same disability, the brothers were
the same height and weight and were en-
listed in the same company and regiment
This was the first instance Of the kind in the
history Of the board
Annie Flaherty. whose name betravs her
French origin, has been for twenty-five years
in the service of Louis SloSs, of San Fran
cisco, president Of the Alaska Seal company
Miss Flaherty is cook, and Mr. Sloss cello
brated the twenty-iifth anniversary Of her
entrance into his employ by very swell ban
quet at which she was guest of honor. She
received many beautiful and costly presents
from members Of the family, both present
and absent If she is as good a cook as the
SloSses say she is she deserves all this atten-
ton, and more. All honor to her and others
like herl
A sure thing on rats has been discovered at
the Smithsonian institution ct Washington,
which was overrun by the vermin In a
store room drawer were placed quantity of
sunfower seeds, used as food for some of the
birds Into this drawer the rats gnawed
their way. O fact which led the custodian to
experiment with them for bait in the trap.
The result was that the rats cannot be kept
out a trap which appears crowded with six
or eight rats is found some mornings to hold
fifteen. They are turned into the cages con
tanning weasels and minks The latter will
kill rat absolutely almost before one can
see it, so rapid are its movements
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binary flood. Granted that the dam was
weak, it was scientifically certain that it
would give way at the bottom, as the
pressure was intense there on account of
the depth of the water. twas also plain
that If there should come a long rain,
filling all the streams, and then a sudden
and heavy rain, the dam would break
Just about the time when the inhowing
creeks Of the whole basin were pouring
their largest volume into the Conemaugh.
All these conditions were filed on the
3lst Of May, and the whole dam gave way
at once; a volume of water rolled down
the gorge which, the few survivors say,
"came like a wall 100 feet high" and
swept all before it.
Many columns have been written of
the awful scenes. Thousands of persons,
dead and alive, floating on the turbid
torrent. some on trees and logs, some on
fragments of lumber, doors and pieces of
furniture. All the acts that ennoble man
hood were witnessed in the hour Of dan
ger; many that degrade it were perpe-
tTated after the flood subsidized. Husbands
gave up their lives to save their wives,
parents to save their children, children
To save their parents, and men took most
daring risks to rescue total strangers. All
the heroism of common life was display
ed. And after the flood came a few
ghouls to rob the dead, and after them
the avengers; the citizens hastily organ
lied a rude system Of justice, arrested
some, shot others and scared away most.
From all parts of the country relief
poured in and the whole region was soon
patrolled by searchers.
1t is supposed that the dead will num-
Der over $4,000. All the adjacent
towns and cities are filled with mourn
ers. Here is husband who, being alb
sent from home, has lost his whole fam
lily; there wife who has lost all of hers,
and yonder a child who is the last of
large family. Through all the valley
men and women are wandering in an
uncertainty worse than death, seeking
to identify their own among the hun
dreds Of corpses; thousands do not yet
know if those near and dear to them
have escaped or are lost. Thousands of
bodies probably will not be found-the
skeletons may be unearthed years hence.
Many n rescued child, too young to know
its own name, will be an unknown for
life. Many romance will grow out of
this awful tragedy. In all American
history there has been no such calamity.
J. II. BEADLE.
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Not yet so years Of age, mind you, and
yet Prince Alexander Of Battenberg has ex-
perienced all the dark days and crossings in
life that any young man can ever hope to
carry soldier Of fortune, he passed from
the Prussian to the Russian ranks, and with
out friends and few prospects was so sweetly
smiled upon by Dame Fortune that by and
by he sat on a throne Of his own in foreign
land OF course the Bulgarian crown was
not exactly an ideal one to wear. but for
person whose most ambitious dream could
ReVer have been more than to retire at the
end Of his career as a general, to pass his old
days in some German castle home on half
pay, IL was good deal However, in few
short years, after tasting the sweets Of power,
the grand captain Of heroically gained battle
fields learned the mgratitude Of people and
found his royal joys exhausted Next he
knew the distress Of exile, then be picked up
acquaintance with the delightful temper and
sarcasm Of an English queen, and finally, at
the house Of kiusInan in Darmstadt, met
an opera singer of the third rank and fen in
love With a little more patience, perhaps.
he might have been the brother-in-law Of
mighty monarch, but be had had enough Of
the vanities Of this world, and wishes to
choose for wife a good little creature with
whom to lead tranquil and quiet life hero
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JoHNsrowE BEFORE THE FLOOD.
been many that we're nearly or quito as de
structive;
Year.
24S-Lincolnshire, England-Inundation OF
the sea. Flooded thousands Of acres.
S5S.-Cheshire, England-Inundation OF the
sea Five thousand lives lost.
76-Scotland, Glasgow-Inundation- More
than 400 families persisted
6Sa-The river Tweed overhowed its hanks
for thirty miles round
toi4.-English coast-lnundntion destroyed
Rnumber Of seaport towns
Iloo --kent. EnglRnd-FOur thousand acres
Of coax everhowed By the sea. Sand
bank formed.
ll0S -Flanders-Inundated by the saa o.
tend totally immersed
eo.-Winchelsea-SOO hoases overwhelmed
BY tho sea.
i1oA-The Texel-A aood frss raised the
commerce o. Amsterdam.
1k46 bort, Holland-ehe so broko in and
submerged sevoofy-evo villages and
10000 people
i4sa-Th0 Severn ov0rhovSd Many lives
lost
lo0L-Tho Severn again rose over tops Of
houses; 100 lives lost.
1850 Holland-Dikes broke The number
Of people drowned is said to have been
1000
Floods; 5000 lives lost.
lGS6-Norkshire, England-A rock said to
have opened and poured out water to
thu height Of church steeple, produc-
ing an inundation.
Observation-Disclosures; 1900 lives lost
l7sS.-Madrid, Spain-A number Of promi-
nent persons persisted
lTIl-Yorkshire, England-An inundation
called "Ripon food
iESL-Navarre, Franoe-rorrents from the
mountains; 1900 lives lost Dublin
An inundation Of the Liffey did great
damage
lSC2-Lorca, Spain-Reservoir burst, more
than 1000 persons persisted. Dublin
again inundated by the Liffev.
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8 Consnmptlen InsurabIel

Read the following; Mr.. C. H. Morris. New
ark. Ark, saws: was down with Abseess OF
Lungs, and friends and physicians pronounced
me an incurahlS cousnmpiive. Began Iskinc
DE-. Kings New Discovery for Consuu Tsioa, ala
now on my third bottle. and able TO oversee the
work on my farm. Ii is the fsesi medisine
ever maden
Jesse NiddlsWari. Dscstur. Ohio. SAYS Had
1t not been for Dr.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. would have died OF Lang Trou-
bies. Was given up by doctors. Am nov ia
best ofheallh.n rryit. 5 ample bottles nee at
G. W. AaTshalI's drug sl0Ee.
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THE GIANT DEATH!
Heart Wringing Incidents of
Americas Direst Cataclysm.
SAIL GOMEZ GOD HAVE MERCYr

An Engines wild Race with the Raging
FlOOd-who win Say There Is No Hero
ism Nows-vns Piunderers of the Dead.
Marvellous Escapes.
Charles Luther, the boy who stood upon a
hill and watched the havoc wrought by the
direst cataclysm that ever occurred in Amer
ica, will have thrilling tale 20 tell hisgrand-
children. II Is not probable that his eyes
will ever again be scared by such an appall-
ing spectacle. There is something sadly
touching and dramatic in this incident Of the
great disaster--a small boy gazing at hun
dreds Of helpless men, women and children
being swept to certain death on the bosom Of
the rushing flood.
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CAMBRIA IRON WORKS, YOUNGSTOWN.
Tho boy said he heard grinding noise far
up the valley, and looking up he could see a
dark line moving slowly toward him He
saw that It was houses, On they came like
the hand Of giant clearing Off his table
High In the air would DO tossed a log or
beam, which fell back with a crash. Down
the valley It moved and across the little
mountain city. The boy was quite safe in
his position and saw it all A picture Of the
understandable spectacle win haunt him as
long as ho hves
REMARKABLE RACE.
There are many accounts Of marvellous es-
capes None Is more startling than that
which tells Of how an engineer and conductor
avoided the fate Of thousands. Engine No,
1,lG5 and an extra freight train happened to
DO lying a. South Fork when tho dam broke,
and the engineer and conductor were in the
signal tower awaiting their orders. Suddenly
they heard loud booming roar in the valley
above them. They looked in the direction OF
the sound, and were almost transllxed with
horror to see, two miles above them, a huge
black wall OF water, at least $50 feet in height
rushing down the valley upon them.
They made n rush for tho locomotive, cut
It loose from the train, and with one wild
dash threw the lever wide open-and they
were away ON a mad race for life.
They could see the awful deluge approach
ing In its might On it came, rolling and
roaring like some titanic monster, tossing
and tearing houses, sheds and trees in its aw-
full speed as il they were mere toys.
The engine leaped forward like a thing Of
life and speeded down the valley. But, fast
as it went, the dood gained upon them.
Hope, however, was in the ascendant, for if
they could but get across the bridge below,
the track would lead toward the hillside in
such IA manner that they would be compare
lively safe.
In a few moments the shrleking locomotive
whizzed around the curve and they were in
sight Of the bridge. But ahead OF them was
a freight train with the rear end almost on
the bridge, and to get across was simply inn
possible. The engineer then reversed the
lever and succeeded in checking the engine
as they glided across the bridge, and they
Jumped and ran for their lives up the hill
sides as the bridge and tender Of the loco
motive they had been on were swept away
like bundle Of matches in the torrent
WHAT THE EYE HATH SEEN.
There are many survivors Of the disaster
who would rather be dead, so crushed are they
by the loss OF their loved ones One stricken
woman was standing by a muddy pool of
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The reservoir once belonged to the old
Pennsylvania canal, and when the canal
company abandoned it it was given to the
railroad company, and eventually became
the property of a sporting organization
known rs the South Fork Fishing and
Hunting club. They added to the old
dam till the entire structure was 100 feet
high, ninety feet thick at the base, and
twenty at the top, and about one-fifth Of
a mile long. The lake thus created COW
cred at least eight square miles. When
it was suggested that the dam might
break most people on the line thought it
would do little more damage than an or
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100 Ladies Wanted.

And 100 men to call on any druggist for a
free trial package ofLane's Family Medi.
cine, the great root and herb remedy, diseov-
cred by DR.. Silas Lane while in the Rocky
Mountains For diseases of the blood, liver
and kidneys. it is positive cure. For eon-
stipatiou and clearing up the complexion it
does wonders Children like it, Everyone
praises it Large-size package, 50 cents. AT
all druggists.
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This remedy is becoming 50 well known and
50 popular as 10 neei 10 special ion. All
who have used Electric Biters sing isme
song Of praise. A purer medicine does not eSis,
aud It is guaranteed to do all that is claimed.
Electric Buffers will cure all diseases OF the Liver
and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, BOlls, salt
Rheum, and other saecuons caused by impure
blood--will dive Malaria irom the system and
prevent as wei as enre al Malanal fevers.-
For cure Of Headache, Constipation, and Indigcs.
aof Try Electric Bttcrs.-Eniue satisfaction
guaranteed, or money rrinrlied.-Price 50 cts.
and 800 per boitle, o. G.. W. 4arshalrs drug
uiore.
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YOUNGSTOWN was
When the classic Horace wished to ex-
press with greatest emphasis the extiRc-
ton Of Troy, he simply wrote ''Iiion
fuit" The brevity and the past tense i'm
piled that absolutely nothing was left.
And this is almost true of JohnstOwn-
quite true Of two considerable towns
above it.
On the morning Of May 81 the city of
JOhnstown and three considerable towns
stretched along the narrow valley Of
Conemaugh creek from the Pennsylvania
railroad bridge nearly to the lake at the
head Of the creek-the homes Of over
$4,000 fairly prosperous people. nearly
all connected with the great Cambria
Iron and Steel company's works. Soon
after noon the food swept down the mar
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Forced to Leave Home.

Over 90 people were forced to leave their
homes yesterday to call for frse trial pack
age Of Lanes Family medicine. II Your
blood is bad, your liver and kidneys out Of
order, if you are constipated aud have head
ache and an uusightly compleSiou, don't fail
to call on any druggist to-day for a fyes sam
pie OF this grand remedy. The ladies praise
ii. Everyone likes it. Large size package
50 cents.
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Milford Chronicle
SOCIETY MEETINGS

Crystal Pounl Lodge l. 0. O. F--Every Mon
day evening At 6,i5,
Temple Lodge. A. +. A. M.--The 2nd., and 4th
Wednesday OF each month.
sakimas Tribe. l. o. Red Men, -EverY Tuesday
evening.
Diamond State Circle,B, u H. F.-Eyery 7hurs
day evening.
Garfield Post. @. A. R.-FIrst Friday in each
month.
Milford Grange.-Eyery Saturday at 9. 80 p. m.
Building Loan -First Tuesday m each month,
Stats Militia b Compary,every Monday even
ng At 2 90 O'Clock. Armory West FroNt-st. south
Milford
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tits Foolish

TO send for the doctor every time You don't
fesijust right Ny doctors bill for years was
over hundred dollars year, which made
pretty big hole in my wages For the past
two years, only spent ten dollars, with
which bought a doseu bottles Of sulphur
B:tters, aud health has been in my family
since using thsm.-RonERT JOHNSON, Ma
shiuisl.