The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-06-08

there was simply rapid rise In the creek that
changed II into river. and made its waves aaT
the, foundations OF bonzine tanks. ordinaril,
hgh and dry.
THE WHITE MIST OK THE pENzTSE.
II IL tho general belief. established by OK.
rcrience in this oil region. that len2tne will
not explode III the open Ell Tn o ssst,Wioryb
bcnzine tanks had discharged their contents
was oyerlaid With thick white mist not not, more ore
s nsS hsss Sssd air would s
4 in mass, packed as ., though ,onEs s Sni
when the long white. slowly rising fumes from
this mist touched hot surface. bod OF Goals
for Instance there was nm sSnlosn2in .i,a.
clock In the town.
THE FIRES WE'RE SEPARATE.
1t has been shown clearly that none OF the
fiery water from ,TitMsville reached on 'ty;
Titusyils tanks turned itself out near Titus
vile. Tho IRE ut oil City. although OF exactly
tho same character and arising ing from similar
down the on Creek Valley, it VIII be recalled LED
h1t the OH Gy Wits Strsf the fne ass
was at midnight. As the two places are only
eighteen miles distant. and as the creek reel,
wave. had there been one, would have reached
Oil Creek hours before the time OF tho ex-
These two towns. once renowned. have been
on the down grade Of late years. The oil we'll:
OF this region no longer produce hundreds OF
o1 Tbe product hos fallen so low that many Of
them have been ahanl Toned. and as one drives
along he sees everywhere roWnd ana crumnJi
also derricks feehly operating. but plainly pro-
ducing little o., n,Gthins. ~, c,, A.,
Where the oil Exchange NJ az CITY once dld
hundreds II thousands VI dollars of business
at each Of It's crowded daily meetings, II now
does only few hundreds Of thousands OF dol
lars Of business in year.
NEITHER TOWN MAY RECOVER.
The decline of this oil region has hit nil City
hard. hut 1t has nearly. ruined Titusvilc. and
there is somc ground for the opinion that
nGh wn vii vi s tIsrd h hra e9 eSorc
persons in both towns who are more or less
hurt. scnlded and bandaged faces and bands
provised hospitals and in private houses thcrc
are many moro burned in tho most terrible
manner. ,r
bear the outward marks ot their experiences
for, tho rest OF their lives:
The great majority OF those involved In the
wreck mt tho two towns are lahorinE people
who had no possessions but their furniture
and clothing, This means that about t, 800
vile are absolutely dependent upon public
charity.
their power. but they nre barely able
fn n'sfns %H ni sfSn
II.
hoped. Oil City aud Titusvile will have re-
ceived as generous charity as !ohnstown
got. The President sent $500 today.
Gov. Pattison reached here In the afternoon
with several IN emherS Of his stat and Eudnlrh
Glankenburg. representing Philadelphia Red
Cross Society.
The relief committee of Oil City put their
needs at S50D.O After the meeting the Gov
errors party took n special train for Titus
vile. which was reached in n roundaLout way.
There they went over the ruined district
and heard the appeal Of tho Titusville Relief
Committee Gov. Pattison will act upon the
two appeals at once.
There is not much reason to suppose that
many bodies arc still nnrecovereI. but the
digging and searching will continue until no
possible, place is left unsearched; Altogether
the dead recovered number about 100
Gov. Pattison returned from Titusvile ut o
O'CLOCK. and leaves for Pittsburgh at .
o'clock. He said that no found the state
Of affairs much worse at Titusvl!e
than, mt, Oil CITY. He thought however,
that this food was not serious enough to call
for a proclamation from him asking general
aid. He regarded the work Of the iornl COM
missions as so satisfactory that the appoint
ing OF q State ommiSson seems unnecess airy.