The Progress., 1896-08-15

received at the cOroners Office that
nine lives were lost at DehavCu, but
no names were learned. DehavCn 10
an oil town Of several hundred inhab-
itants. The bridge across Pine creek
at this point was carried away by the
hood, and the creek was loon filled
with ol tanks. houses. barns and 9th
or DRIFT, which would Indicate a
heavy total loss to the SNborh0od
The creek flowed through E1la, anoth-
or suherb. and at this upint the main
street was flooded to a depth of six
feet, Residents along the banks were
forced to flee from their homes 10
the hi||sides for safety.
A family named Fopleton. occupy
ng a house On the banks. were food
ed out. Mr.. Thomas BHines was
caught in the food and drowAcd.
The station at Etna is submerged.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the body OF
Mrs. Thompson of Sharpsburg was re-
covered from the water.
The water completely submerged
Spang g. ChaD&ants mill and rose so
rapidly that the men who were at
work at the time were compelled to
swim for their lives
The cause of the storm can be d.
rcctly attributed to the approach Of
the cool wave from the northwest
The storm was especially felt at
Sharpsburg. Up to p. m. six bodies
had been recovered. They were: Mrs.
popletou, Mrs. Thomas Byrnes, Mrs.
AIDE and an unknown man. Ten per-
sons. including little daughter OF
Mrs Popleton. were rescued from the
creek. Two members Of The Pop,eton
family are st'll missing, and are be-
l'eyef TO be drt@Aed,
When the storm burst the house Q.
James Robinson was made the place OF
refuge by ten people, OF this number
three women were drowned. Tne storm
nartook Of the nature Of c.oudbnnSt.
and filed ;he streams to overlooking
with wonderful rapidity. A torrent OF
eighteen feet came rushing down and
struck the Robinson residence with ter
rible force. carrying it from its founda-
ton and topping it over into the
swirliEyg flood. The house cC,,apsing
as it was carried along. was lodged
agains, some willows along the bank
and the occupants, who had c.ung with
desperation to the ruins, were enabled
by superhumaq efforts to make their
escape 10 land all except three wo-
men. who were drowned aud their
bodies washed down the stream.
Martin Cochran and O'Neil Schaffer
were drowned near Sharpsburg. The
other victim was an unk1ow1 man,
whose body was seen floating down
Goarhead creek past Dshaven.
Pine creek from It's mouth at Sharps-
burg to Dehaven, Is a sorry looking
| spectacle, Every foot OF level ground
was under water for several hours, and
mics of gardens and liltle truck farms
are washed out.
The west end of Sharpsburg and
Etna were flooded. The Pittsburg and
Western railroad has been biockaded
practically al, day, and considerable
loss will result. The loss at Etna will
amount to between SIS. 600 and 500, 900.
At Bower:town the greater portion OF
the town was under water. The heavi-
est loss is to the farmers. Live stock
was drowned and crops ruined. Ever
green and Irwin also suffered. The
Fort Plat dam at jeanette burst, and
the water rushed down Brush creek,
carrying railroad ties. telegraph poles
and debris Of all kinds. The carshCps
OF the We;tmore.and Coal company
were the first to- suffer. the employees
being compelled to flee for their lives
while women and children living in
the houses near the shops were rescued
! from second stories with boats The
| Pennsylvania Plate Glass cOmpany's
dam burst and It's water flooded the
Parr wagon works. the Hockensmith
foundry ard machine shops and the
planning and lumber yards O; the Irwin
Lumber comp2ay, causing great dam.
age.
All Penn and Manor the loss to the
residents viii be immense, as abou
SIXTY houses N the two towns are al.
most submerged.
The mining villages CT C.aridge il
he Manor valley, near Greensburg. wa.
almost wiped out by the cloudburst
but no lives were lost. The Manor
Gas and Claridge Gas companies mines
are Hooded.
! Last night indications were that TIL