The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-05-24
STORMS.
Four Drowned OFT Chicago and 9
Narrow Escape.
bradford; Pa. Flooded and One Mfiiloa
Dollars North OF Lumber Washed
Away at willinmsport. Pa.-Pcopie
Taken From Mousos In Skif,s.

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CHICAGO, May 21.v-Four more victims
were added to the death list from the
Lake Michigan storm, which hns not
ended yet, by the finding OF q, rowboas
on the beach Sunday morning. Tho
dead men were young mechanics. who
were, ont Of employment and hired the
boat to go fishing Thursday afternoon
Just before the grent gale came upon
them. r.r,> ,a,.,. >. = 1889. ~.
Two moro lveaw were sarcd Sunday
from the ,merciless stoSm-tosscd lake
by the brave crew OF the lifc-boat sta
toned at. the mouth Of the river. 1t
seems almost "a. mirncle, but, It ia
true nevertheless. that Steve Myers.
aged eighteen. and John 'Gelsner, aged
fourteen, the rescued youths, had been
on the north pier, off Illinois street.
since last Thursday morning without
food and exposed to the waves and
cold. :'t' - Ne
=; PITTSBURGH. Pa, May el.--Train
crews Sunday night on the Pennsyl-
vania road reported that they had not
seen the 'Conemnugh: river SO high as 1t
is, now since the, great flood. When
they passed Johnstown a wreck train
was located on the big stone bridge.
The company feared the debris would
pile up against the structure and wash
away the banks at the end.
There is no danger of the bridge go
ing. Just above Conernaugh the coal
tipple which supplies the engines with
coal was washed out. A venturesome
boy got out too far, and was carried
down the stream and drowned. The
Kiskimentas river is very high.
The lower part of Johnstown Is
partly flooded, and merchants had great
work In removing theirgoods TO higher
places. The Conemaugh Lumber Co..
had about $4,000 worth of timber car
carried away. This tore away two
bridges, and did considerable other
damage.
BRADFORD, Pa, May 2l.-The rains
have turned the streams in this section
into torrents. The east and west
branches of the Tula are a quarter Of q
mile wide Houses here are flooded,
and many families and their goods
have been rescued with skiffs.
Thomas Potter leaped into the East
branch Sunday afternoon and rescued
an eighteen-months-old child that was
being swept away. The railroads have
been holding down their bridges with
loaded cars. s '.at
On the ground floor Of the Henderson
house there is six inches of water, and
twenty business houses on Main street
ore in O worse condition. Sixty feet OF
the g., r. & z. railroad track has been
washed out, and the trains came in
over the Erie tracks from Limestone.
HUNTINGTON, Pa, May 21.-The great
food here has been exceeded only once
In the history of the Juniatn valley,
the last four days. rainfall having raised
the Juniata river and Raystown branch
twenty.one feet above low water mark.
entailing a great destruction OF prop
erty. ~ :.. -.
In this place the waters flooded the
lower streets, driving the people from
their homes, and in the lower farming
districts whole families are iInpris-
oned In their houses, unable to be res
cued owing to the turbulence OF tho
water.
Three bridges spanning the Juniata
and Raystown> branch have been swept
away. The destruction of scores OF
mine bridges and ,xashonts on public
roads have closed I'LL rural approaches TO
this place. The Gas Co, s plant here Is
submerged, 6 and the lower floors. OF
many business houes nre flooded.
Mr.. Jacob Miller was drowned at
Saxton while trying to save some prop
erty. ~ ;. ns.s -. 90, ,je.3.,, go.
A landslide at Ryde station on the
Pennsylvania railroad covered the
south track for distance Of nearly
mile, and portion of the track was
washed away. Great damage to prop
erty and farm lanasalong the Raystown
branch is reported. ,,.1e
W1LL1AMsroRr, May 21.-At ! o'clock
Sunday morning the great boom with
its 81 LOCO, 900 worth of uncut lumber
gave way. and Williamsport awakened
at daybreak to sense Of great finan-
c{al disaster. ,i.i ;tsi'e t6a
-. At. 1880 it was not certain. that the
Bay boom had broken, 1t was prob
ably section of the upper portion OF
the main structure or the Linden
boom. - -,