Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-14

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MAYsvILLE, KY, June 13.-At Bull
creek, six miles above Maysville, last night
two dark clouds met and burst. The creek
jumped over its banks and swept like drift
several dwelling houses and their frightened
occupants. The stone culVert of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal over Bull creek was
washed into the river and about II o'clock
last night, while the storm was at its height,
the wes-bound freight train ran into
washout. causing a fearful wreck.
The engine and nine cars were piled one
upon top of another almost out OF sight in
the creek bottom.
Engineer c. G. Roadcap, Of Greenup
county; Fireman Morris Honaker, of Lewis
county, and Brakeman Charles Eaton are
buried beneath the wreck, and their bodies
have not yet been recovered. Conductor W.
B. Watts and Brakeman W. A. Love
jumped from the hind car and escaped IN.
hurt.
A NUMBER DROWNED.
The train was made up of 50 cars. Nine
carloads of shoes and boots for Louisville
went down in the wreck. A fast wrecking
train, on the way to the scene, this morning
ran over Frank Scott, colored employe,
and killed him. About dozen persons
living on the bank of Bull creek are re-
ported drowned. The following bodies have.
been found: John Ruggles, a well-known
fisherman; Lucy P. Estler, a widow, and
her two daughters, Bette and Julia, and
two sons. She is a sister of Robert Colburn,
of Chester.
The 10 cars down in the washout are
mashed into kindling wood. The train was
the first section of freight No. 80, drawn by
engine No. 154, which is one of the largest
as we'll as finest engines on the road. The
engine is now out of sight in quicksand.
The train was running over 30 miles per
hour. A little later an eastbound mixed
passenge er train would have passed over the
fatal culvert, when the loss of life would
have been appalling.
RAPID RISE.
It seems incredible that so many cars
could be jammed into so small hole az
the culvert. Two wrecking trains have
been busy all day removing the debris. The
workmen have just found two mangled
bodies. James Irwin had a portable saw
mill located several hundred yards up Bull
creek, above the railroad. The clouds, sud-
denly bursting, caused rapid rise in the
creek, already badly swollen by the storm.
Farmers say the creek rose two feet per
minute, and the water looked like wall 25
feet high when it got to the railroad fill.
The sawmill was lifted from its fastenings
and, with over 100 big logs, hurled violently
against the railroad stone culvert. This is
probably what caused it to give way. Huge
stones, weighing several tons, were carried
by the creek long distances. The creek rose
two feet higher than it has been in 40 years.
FLED TO THE HILLS.
The fury of the storm caused many per-
sons on Bull creek to abandon their homes
and take to the hills, else the loss of life
would have been greater. The storm did
much damage to buildings, fences and
coops in that portion of the country. A
barn on the farm of Dick Dawson (colored)
was struck by lightning and burned. Mr..
Tom Williams dwelling was struck by
lightning and burned to the ground, his
family barely escaping.
Some half dozen persons on Bull creek
are still missing, but it is believed they viii
turn up all right.