The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-06-10
FLOOD AND FIRE.
Another Pennsylvania Horror
Caused by a DeIuEs.


/ PIrrzBURGu, Pa, june s--The oil
| regions of Peunsylvauia were visited
! yesterday by q disaster of FIRE and
water that is only collapsed in the history
! of this country by the memorable flood
at John5tcyyn Just three years ago
1t is impossible at this hour, mid
night, TO give anything like an accurate
idea Of the loss OF life and property, as
chaos reigns throughout the devastated
region and a terrible conhagratiou still
RACES in Oil City.
It IS safe TO say that not less than $50
lives have been lost
Nearly 100 bodies have already been
missing
The property loss win reach far into
millions At TitusviI the loss is gsts-
mated at $500, 900, OIL City 81 800. 600
Cory 500, 600, MeadYiIle $3.50, coo and
surrounding country probably 81, 600. 900
more
For nearly a month it has been rain
ing throughout western and northern
PennsylFauia inCessantly, and FOR the
past three or four days the downpour in
the devastated regions had been very
heavy The constant rains had con-
verted all the small streams into raging
torrents SO that when the cloud bursts
came yesterday morning the dams were
unable to Withstand the shock and the
streams were soon beyond their bound
aries, while the great body of water
came sweeping down on creek to Titus
vile, which is eighteen miles south of
its source
The lower portion OF the town was
soon Inundated The food came so
quickly that the people had not time to
reach place OF safety, The water
swiftly swept a number OF oil tanks
down the stream and in some way not
known they were ignibed.
In less time than it takes to tell the
story the flames spread to the surround
ing buildings and before they could be
subdued i've blocks had been burned.
The oil from the scores of broken tanks /
ran into the creek and was iguited by
the floating debris. In a few minutes
the creek was abluze from shore to
shore, and as it was carried down the
stream death and destruction followed /
In its wake. Everything iudammabls /
took fire, and by the time it reached /
Oil City all the bridges between the two
points were consumed. Oil City is
eighteen miles from TitusvilIe. The
towns along the creek are Boughton,
Miller Farm. Pioneer, Petroleum, Cen
ter Bynd Farm, housewife and McCIiu-
tOcLzville- Housewife has about 1, 900
inhabitants and the other towns about
900 each.
At TitusviIle the flood came in the
night time and scores of sleeping men,
women aud children walked to CON
seriousness only to And death in the
rushing wa bers or swift, sweeping
flames, When morning broke darIzly
and the red sun iIluminsd with its
crimson rays the food and flame devas-
tated district, on the roofs and in the
windows of the upper stories of the
houses in the submerged districts
were seen men, women and chill
creu dressed mostly in their night
robes and all piteousIy appealing
for aid and succor in voices which
could only now and then be dis
tinguished above the loud rush of the
waters and crash of falling tImbers.
Clinging to the driftwOod. timbers and I
other debris, as they Were borne on
ward down the stream We're scores Of |
human beings
At Oil City the devastation wrought |
by flame and food is iudcscrib a BILE.
Great sections OF the city are iu ashes
and only charrcd timbers tell of the To-
cation of hundreds of happy homes. I
How many lives have been lost there
no man can tell or even guess IL is /
certain that the number will reach $50
and it is probable that when the list of
the dead shall have been fully com
pleted it viii be found to exceed 200. a l
partial list is herewith given;
At OIL City: William Shafer, Franklin John !
ley, on City Miss Minnie Russell. PgrtsvIle |
Pa. Daniel sullivan, engineer. OH City James ]
Holmes barber, Oh City; hrs- William Briggs {
on City Miss Emma Briggs Oh City William ]
Moran Oh city, Mr. Baker book agent. stop 3
ping al Exchange hotel: Mr. John Roach and Z
som Frank Watson, aged Il years, missing; MT
Eakin ind two sons ID. GOplinE, wife and ]
Bouss s Hlclzsi Two sons Of Mr. Has eufEttzs .
Ed Heating section boss, OIL City hIr. Ter I
Wiuigeri lIr- Baker; Sheridan wick
Seriously injured Louis Hazenfretz, badly /
burned and cannot recover Five children, !
unknown, badly burned and two viii diai ]
ArE Feuuy and six children. badly burned; ]
Ara- Hawks and daughter, burned, one will I
probably recover william Akin and his two |
sons Frank and Edward Mrs Briggs sad ]
three daughters John O'Leurg aud mother; D
Ar, and MIS- Hawks and daughter; Frank aud ]
William HasBeufritZs Matthew Lyons wife and ]
two children: Frank Plank. William ShHfer, /
william FsrEiFluer, James RoEerar James /
Adkins william W hite- John Roach, Daniel :
Sullivan, Frank Goodrich, Edward Heating !
Charles Miller, John StreIZ John Eambo, |
Humphrey Stewart, william Stewart, Harry !
Holmes, Wtlliarn Malone, Frank watson, Wu- ]
Sheridan HicEs, Edward l5ius and four chill
dreni ArH- Copeland and BABY Mrs. Levi Fit |
terg.
At TituHvllle: John Quinn, mail carrier wife {
and two children Jacob BergsnEhaEuer and ]
wife and nine cE.ldrCn7 AlE1- Mary Haynes and I
three ters-G ertrlde Nary and Clnra- /
and one SON. Mrs NJ. 2ICEE John ld1Fad- ]
den and sister, Mrs Campbell. and two children.
M COpPoe; Fred Reid. butcher. wife and child
John O'ELara and vile; two VelEaI boys, and ]
four more names unknown Ms c. Caspensou-
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