Evening journal., 1896-07-29
STORM DIREFUL WORK
Many Lives Lost In Pennsylva-
MIA Oilhelds.
GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY

Wind, Rain and Lightning Desolate Many l
Places In the keystone stste-A PIucIxy |
Woman Saves a Train with an Ax--she !
Removed Fallen Tree From tho Track.
PITTsBURG, July % Dispatches from !
oil points report heavy damage from the |
storm.
Eleven people are now known to have
lost their lives in tho storm, and 26 were
injured, some Of them fatally.
In this city Jacob Affelter was instant
ly killed in Greenfield avenue by a falling
fence
At Sugar Grove camp John Figus had
his skull crushed by falling tree and died
from the effects of the injury
AT Boston William Rose, a gardener,
was drowned while attempting to ford
hong run. His body was recoveredin the
Ohio river three hours later at Avalon, 2s
miles from Boston.
At Elfwood Iawrence county, the
pumping station was struck by lightning,
and Charles Mitchell, The engineer was
paralyzed His condition is critical
At Turtle creek, new house was
struck by lightning and demolished.
-Four children, who had sought. shelter
in the house from the storm, escaped in
jury - -t
In Fayette county soven bridges were
washed away between Connellsville and
Uniontovn. 4et
Az West Newton tho building Of the
West Newton Ground Cement and Lime
company was crushed like eggshells by
falling debris from the oyerhanging cliffs.
Tho loss will amount to several thousand
dollars.
At Penn Station two story house be-
longing to.John Driestadt was completely
demolished. The family was not hurt.
The greatest damage, however, was I'm
Washington county, which was the scene
of cloudburst, whore eight people lost
their lives In an oil camp. Tho dead are
Mrs. Samuel Mckinney, 90 years old
Margaret Mckinney, 30 years old,
daughter
James Mckinney, years old, son.
Clyde Beatty 81 years old, oil well
pumper, of Sistersyille w. Va
q. G. Higgins, 45 years old oil well
pumper, of Bradford Pa.
Vincent Wilkinson, 20 years old, oil
well employee Of Yowinkle, Forest coun-
ty, Pa.
Jennie Holmes, Is years old, daughter Of
a Cecil coal miner.
John Wright colored, II, employee OF
q liveryman at Carnegie
Samuel Mckinney kept a boarding
house at Cecil for the accommodation Of
oil mun and miners. The house was sit
uated on the banks of Miller's run,
tributary of CHARTERS creek. Ordinarily
the run, which flows through a valley
banked by high and steep hills, would
scarcely float a chip. but aoloudburst filed
in its closely confined quarters to such an
extent that everything along its banks
was endangered.
Thrilling Experiences.
There were l8 people in the Mckinney
house when the water commenced to rise
but no serious danger was apprehended.
The men busted themselves carrying the
household goods to the second door, and
the female portion Of the household con-
tinued their dressing for the dance which
was being held IN a neighboring halL
Suddenly the house, two story frame,
was washed from its foundation into the
seething waters and rapidly carried down
stream. lt was then too late for any one
in the house to escape Below the site Of
tho house, about.2OO yards, stands an old
fashionad country bridge which spans the
stream The house crashed against this
structure, the roof was torn of, and the
rest OF the building was crushed like an
egg In boinq forced under the bridge Hig-
glns.dled there but Whitner maGo a most
miraculous escape. Those on the second
floor were badly squeezed. just below the
bridge che wrcckage OF the house stuck on
a sand bar, with those OK tho party who
were still aliveolirgng TO tbs pieces, with
scarcely a hope u heing rescued Thomas
Hayes, Vincent Wilkinson and othor'
formed rcscuing party Nhitncr was res
cued while fast IN the wr6oksgo by vii
kinsop who also dragged the dead b0ds
OF Higgins from its lodgment. Samue
Mckinney was also saved by Wilkinson
After assisting IA other rescues Wilkinson
heard cry for hcip from the Opposite sid
Of the stream, and. Notwithstanding PHI
extra hazard attached to the attempt th
brave fellow made an elort to swim across
with a rope When about hall way over
log struck him on tho head and bTok
his neck. His body w0s found several hun
dred yards below, lodged "a tree.
Clyde Beatty was another hero Of tn
disaster. BE made strenuous efforts to say
Margaret Mckinney, but was unsuocess
fal and lost his own life.
Through tho Washington and AIoDon
aid oifelds hundreds Of bridges have beei
washed away, and an enormous amount O
oil was lost through breaking of pipe line
and destruction Of tanks.
She Saves n Train With an A.
PITTsBuRe, July 20. by the heroic wor
Of Miss Zenie Bigley crowded passenge
train was saved from. destruction.
A short distance below Springdale Oh
railroad track makes a dangerous "S
curve For years tall poplar tree ha
stood on the bank above the lower bsnd q
the curve. IL had withstood many storms
but suooumbed TO the wind In falling
most ef the trunk Of the tree fell acros