The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-07-29
THEIR LAST FAlIISI
Pennsylvania Miners C.r,a,
In Raging N,sn
ENORMOUS AMOUNT Of Q !
Great Destruction w,s,...
Around-A Large Naai,, !,
Lost-isepor,s Fron v..a

Pittshurg' Pa, July es.-DM.,...
all points report heavy dsm,..
hisnts storm. At Ellwocd :.
county, the pumping station !.
ny lightning and Charles MAJ
engineer, paralyzed. Hin Nv.
critical.
In Fayette county seven As,-
washed away between conr.,..s
uniontown.
At West Newton the buud,,, !.
West Newton Ground cem.u, n
company were crushed like q. \.
falling debris from cl.na. n. r
damage was In Washington o,ur,
was the scene of this r,ornIny.
burst. Hundreds of bridees \.
washed away and traffic M, 4.
pended on the Washington ,Ds :
burg railroad.
IN the oil fields an enormous q,
oil was lost through the hs,.l,l
mains and scores of rigs Vers 49,
AT Claysv.lle houses were unsnass
uprooted and many buIld,nrs !,
wrecked. The Presbyterian 49,
the Claysville school building mi.
sSvcrest loss here, being strua i
ming and wrecked. Reports br,t
from tho surrounding country ~
storm wrought great destsu,s
miles around. In some places her,
removed from Their founda,ioca
further loss of life Is yet rspotI
houses and barns were struck y
ming.
one of the most terrible result
storm last night was the droxns
number of coal miners in the ri
district just over the Washingtoa n
bridge house which they oceurA
blown down and swept away %,
sixteen miners sleeping In II tlt.MsS
LEVIED to have been drowned. Til
Of five nave been recovered. "a
men was resuscltated. They wevl
eigners, mostly Italians, and VA
ployed in the mines of Colonel WI,
and the Ridscway-B Bishop Col I'd
The boarding house was a kttk Ted
called Cecil, on the line Of the Ed
branch of the Panhandle which .Al
CHARTERS division at BridgsyaA
branch runs over TO Mcdonald al
is located midway between y
points. The fatality occurred III
when the small stream, Paint RuL
ampties into Charter creek, vas ID
swollen into a raging torrent B! \
burst. The stream had been w
account OF the rain, but littIe dim(
been done before the rush Of wt!s
carried away the tenement ho1x
The particulars OF the fahhl
have been rec. wed In this CITY q
meager. owing to the remotsn.a
locality and to the fact that "
are down, Five bodies Of uniw
were recovered during the mals
various points about mia Inn
the house stood. The Others aIe
tic hay. persisted. One Of the slIls5
rescued while clinging to q tra:
Was discovered cllnging to the ~
a tree three miles down the ~
was unconscious and dled tal1
later.
VIM. ,:ose. a Swedish garden.s
years, was drowned near boftM
6 o'clock this morning while ~
tc ford the long run. HIS DoW
covered in the Ohio river w.
later at Avalon. twenty.sn ~
Boston. This makes eighteen q
A great deal of mining and d
was damaged in the distllu 4"
run. The watie rose IN snme "
depth of eighteen feet. Inc w
district will amount to thgussaue
lars. AS all the miners IN !ns
houses were foreigners. Y Wa ~
10 learn their names. Many ~.
through which Paint creek cV ".hc
is moi at all unlikely, thM
have persisted. although 'hes
thcr rumnred loss Of lie,
Several houses in the vailsy ~.
away. but the occupants. ~ y.
ed. all managed to seek p'ss'.S II
before their homes were o aiis =.
Some OF tho occupants
cued in skiifs. n u.sl. no
away and the men wolk.Ii x
were compelled TO lice l9I Wis nsr5
the torrent bore down lne W."
course OF Death and deslTa'caMvn,,
water caused the boiler 70 M
No 4 mine OF Colonel w. ~
Chicago operator. my H., hia hril
and consiJerar,'
done, but no one was hu..' 4, sr
At a late hour toniens ,sir
that only eight persons wss.,irs
last II sht's storm. sevsa, ~, ~ vori
Cecil and the - ghth V'G iaad m.
Carnegie. The known oe'n ,.aY
Mrs Samuel Mckinney; vsss
Margaret Mckinney. +"
a' ,a;nns Mckinney, S years o "a;
clyde Beattic, Il y
'a 9. 9. Higgins. As years or, :
pumper. az xsarS OIL
Vincent wilkinson, % yeS
employe. 90 veas ia;
of n miner. .a
John Wright. colorea, Lon reesxl
The bodies have All .Ne
CROPS WERE DAMAGE
Philadelphia, jury ss.-a a,.,. Il ii
from The interior Of he he, s stsfrt
arinr,,ei by last nights ,.sivG III
,,.i'l pred and reports ceen,,'IdIsp
so,r,e cases loss of Ire. prmh
Al Houtzdale. FRANZ ehtninc, =
.h m'l.1,,1h church. used as ~ = IN,
ing, was badly dam ana were knas
of the pupils ~ IN a di0S
less, four of whom NV ~
tinn. .,.. the ncrx
IL, a. ,,,,, n,, Vas struck and psa ehse
ht Cresson q Pr,s:ip ,;S,;sar Tsgs.,
d. mayed badly; ,.,srn ,eclsn
from all over the $40 ~ crops
STATE The damage "
, o,,, h,,i,dinrs was general
uurINY IN KAssp
s..,es prisoner, ~