The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-29
4 WILD WASTE OF WATER.
,osr REPETITION OF THE
JOHNsTOwN DISASTER.

The situation in Indian" "hS FieluS
.,,aIIinG and the Loss of Life
.a property by Reason of the
sto-m Cannot BE Estimated-Fur-
=. particulars From the Penn
sylvania Cyclone.
.,5e-son. Ind, July 2s.-The situation
= .,s Indiana gas region tonight is Sc
=. The successive cloudbursts which
have kept up with frightful regularity
,.,,a midnight, have swollen streams out
- ,bafr banks. and is flooding cities and
ms Three deaths have been the result
!, .bi= CITY. Frank Galloway OF this CITY,
,-4raw Havworth of Liberty, and Ben
,,r Rose of Fairfield, were struck by
,.,s-ring and killed. The dams and dykes
-, white and other rivers gave way
- evening and the water swept every
.5inp before it, People were rescued
t-,rS second story windows. The big dyke
a. Yorktown broke this afternoon, let
tfng fbe great lake out. 1t came rusnlns
down White river at a terrlhc speed, TAX
ing everything in its pain, lhcIuulns
bridges and buildings. JohnstoWn, a SUD
',~b sf Anderson, named so because so
many workers from JohnstoWn, IA, nNe
-rare was almost washed away Dy the
great hydraulic giving way. The river IS
sst0i rising at the rate of a foot an hour.
Crops are destroyed. -. .,..o.
of Franklin. Ewood and Alexandria are
PANE INV damage Jana cannot be estimated to-
night
Pittsburg. Pa, July 2S.-While there
have been storms and floods in this vicin-
ity in the past years, that have caused
great fatalities it is doubtful if the cy-
clone which struck Western Pennsylvania
last evening was not the greatest in its
history. in its widespread destruction of
property. Two lives were lost, one man
fatally hurt and number or people serl-
Ousiy hurt.
The dead are: John Frigus, John Auf-
holder The fatally injured man is Geo.
Miller back broken, he will die.
At Mcdonald, the rainfall was unpre-
uedented Several coal mines in the vi
Cinity are flooded. Near Cecil, six bodies
have been recovered from the mass or
debris in Cecil valley The oil wells and
shanues occupied by oil producers and
worlImen, were thickly located along the
banks of Cecil creek. Torrents swept
through them like mad, giving no time
for escape. Samuel McKinney's house
was swept away, carrying with II his
wife and two children. Two oil men sleep
ing in their shanty. were drowned as
was a girl named McElhaney, who lived in
the village of Cecil. The cloudburst,
which swept Cecil valley, is also said to
have carried away the miners boarding
house near BridgeviHe, resulting in the
death of sixteen of the inmates by drown
ing.
John Fiegus and George Miller, with
several companions, were in camp on the
banks OF the Allegheny river near Aspin-
wall Their tents were sheltered meath a
large sycamore tree. Either the lightning
or the wind tore a huge limb from the
Tree and IL dropped directly upon the tent
IN which the member Of the club had
sought shelter Fiegus' skull was crushed.
Miller was pinned TO the earth and his
back broken. Five other members of the
party We're held to the ground under the
heaVy limb all severely injured Their
more fortunate companions came to their
IeHeI and summoned medical assistance
John Aufholder met his death while
surviving 10 reach place of shelter from
4 Ile hurricane, on Second avenue. near
Nleheld avenue. Just as he reached it
WIN ms team heavy sign was torn from
~ Iastenlngs and crushed him down in
MS wagon. Death was Instantaneous his
sHqIl ,qlIl Deing crushed and his neck broken.
many buildings We're unroofed, hundreds
VI uees uprooted, electric wires prostrat-
q - r, "luuoWs shattered, outbuildings and
M M SoIIe dwellings, upset and ruined.
# n,--- -''' ~ creek Is nlRner flan
SeF before known. The bursting of
Snielam sn.s.m dams added to the flood which
."epl through the valleys. OF the six
5a,-. 5ol miners swept away, five bodies have
sy,.i eI. covered. One man was rescued vet
SS''e. from the branches of a tree in which
o.,le nc Hda lodged. He had not vet regained
'0ttialcIolsness when last heard from.
~. ~ OF the men were foreigners. mostly
5Nys"8hs ~ d employed in the mines of the
Co Tha Re9d Co, and the Bishop Coal
~ me damage to mill and oil proper-
tpli'LaH tpl Ian extraordinary in volume. while
me yae accompanying thunder and Iisbtnine iirig
Rottes4t R's 4pPfiilns' pa IN The afternoon was the
tba er., OF the season, and just prior to
tr5t re nrst storm the humidity was ep1 "
droa.oI ,Yg oI the first rainfall, the temperatnre
he leg leg Y degrees. For three minutes
miles nil "ind a@ b8s9d reached a velocity of thirty
AMI Ia. an hour driving the rain in sheets
Vracl,,oIl5i ms. 1t was this gust of wind thai
'tFse9ed Fs+9,a so much property. ''-''
v.bsrdl' Stles Of the total damage run any,
gheny county. - Fl'VoV'VVo IN Ale