Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-06-13

to the hundreds OF half -amished and nearly
naked survivors.
Some of the most prominent citizens of
this State are among those who have persisted
John Fulton. President Oft Constitutional
Amendment Association and General Man
ager of the Cambria Iron Works, is drowned
with his wife and children II. j. Roberts,
cashier of the First National Bank, and John
4 Dibert a banker were also drowned, the
formers son perishing with him. A.
| ShTemacher. parliamentary of Cambria coun-
/ try; II. G. Rose, district attorney; Dr. John
I Lowman, the wife and eight children of Chief
of Police Harris, and the wife and three
children of T. W Kirkland, well-known
/ jeweller, are dead.
Mrs Ogle, the manager ofthe Western Union,
/ died at her post and will go down in history
I as a heroine OF the highest order. Notwith-
standing the repeated notifications which she
received to get out of reach of the approach
ing danger she stood by the instruments
with unfiinching loyalty and undaunted
courage, sending words of warning to those
in danger in the valley below. When every
station in the path of the coming torrent had
been warned she wired her companion at
South Fork, This is my last message, and
as such it shall always be remembered as her
last words on earth, for at that very moment
.ne torrent engulfed her and bore her from
her post hearth to her post of honor in the
great beyond The most awful destruction
in single house occurred at the Hurlbut
Hotel. There were ffty-seyen persons in the
house when the torrent came down. and OF
these only ten are living. Four travellers
who were staying at the Hurlbut went 20 the
fourth floor when the flood came and alter
wishing each other good-by surrendered
themselves 10 fate. That fate was death to
three OF them Those three we're John Little
OF Sewiekley, W j Cox of Philadelphia, and
r. s. Metz. The one survivor is John Dorsey
of Philadelphia
Ex-sherif Dick drove seven Hungarians
into the river. and kept them there until all
were drowned. They had been caught steal
ing from the dead bodies.
just before the terrible disaster broke upon
the town man came riding down the road
that passes through Conemaugh to Johns
town. ike some angel of wrath Of old, shout
ing his portentious warning run for your
lives to the hillsW "Run to the hillsl" The
people crowded out Of their houses along the
thckly settled street, awestruck and wonder
ing. Nobody knew the man, and some thought
he was maniac and laughed On at quick
pace he rode and shrilly rang out his awful
cry. In few moments. however, there came
a wave OF ruin down the broad streets down
the narrow alleys. grinding, twisting, hurting,
overtnrning, crashing. annihilating the weak
aud the strong Forty feet high some say.
thirty according 20 others, was this sea, aud
il Travelled with incredible swiftness. On
and on raced the rider. and on and on raced
the wave Dozens Of people took heed Of the
warning and ran up 20 the hills. Poor, faith
full rider: II was an unequal contest. just as
he turned across the railroad bridge the I
mighty wave fell upon him, and horse, rider |
and bridge all went down into chaos to- |
~ether.