The herald., 1896-07-29
STILL Counting THE DEAD
Later Reports of the East.
ern Storms
EIGHT PEOPLE DROWNED At CEC!!
While Busy Dressing for G
Dance
TWO MEN MEET THEIR DEATH
In Heroic Efforts to Rescue the impar.
lied Women
TWO MEN MEET THEIR DEATH
Others More Fortunate Find Refuge in tho
Tree Tops
Scattering Reports Arrive as Telegraph Lines
Are Repaired, All 3earln the Bur-
den of Heavy Damage and
Sudden Death
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
PITTSBURG, July 2S.-Eight persons
were drowned in the flood last night.
Seven of these met death at Cecil, a
mining and oil hamlet in Washington
county, the eighth victim going down
at Carnegie. Dead:
Mrs. Samuel Mckinney So years old
Margaret Mckinney, 80 years old,
daughter.
James Mckinney, is years old, son.
Clyde Beatty, "a years old, oil pumper.
G. c. Higgins, As years old, oil we'll
pumper of Bradford.
Vincent Wilkinson, % years old, oil
well employe of Vowinkle, Forest coun-
ty, Pennsylvania.
Jennie Holmes is years old daughter
or A. w. Holmes. coal miner
John Wright, II years old, of Carnegie.
Samuel Mckinney kept boarding
mouse at Cecil for the accommodation
of oil men and miners. Thu house was
situated on the banks of Millers Run,
a tributary of CHARTERS creek. Ordi-
narily the run, which flows through a
Vahey bank by the way of high hills,
would scarcely float chip, but last
night cloud burst filled it's closely con-
lined quarters to such an extent that
everything on its banks was endan-
gered.
There were thirteen people in the Nc
Kinney house when the water COM
menced to rise at o'clock last night but
no serious danger was apprehended un-
Til the men busted themselves CARRYING
household goods to the second floor and
the female population of the house con-
tinued their dressing for the dance
which was being held in a neighboring
hall. Suddenly the house, a two-story
frame. was washed from its foundation
into the seething waters and rapidly
carried down stream. 1t was then too
late for anyone in the house to escape.
Below the site of the house about 200
yards stands an old-fashioned country
bridge which spans the stream The
house crashed against this structure.
the roof was torn off and the rest of the
pulldlng was crushed like an eggshelI
III pelhg forced under the bridge. Hig-
gins and William Whitner were caught
between the first and second floors.
higgins died there but Whitner made a
most miraculous escape. Those on the
second floor were badly squeezed. Just
below the bridge the wreckage of the
mouse struck sandbar and those of the
party who were still alive clinging to the
pieces.
Thomas Hayes, Vincent Wilkinson
ana others formed a rescuing party.
Whltner was rescued while fast in the
Wfeckage, by Wilkinson. who also
dragged the dead body of Higgins from
its lodgment. Samuel Mckinney was
also saved by Wilkinson After assist
ing in other rescues Wilkinson heard a
cry for help from up the stream and not.
withstanding the extreme hazard at
tached to the attempt the brave fellow
made the effort to swim across with a.
rope. When about half way over log
struck him on the head and broke hia
neck. His body was found several hum
dred yards below the place in a tree.
Clyde Beatty was another hero of the
disaster who lost his life. He made
strenuous efforts to save Margaret Nc
Kinney and Jennie Holmes, and had
them fixed in a tree when a wave came
along and swept all three to death.
Beatty had several opportunities to
save himself but refused to leave his
weaker companions. Those of the un-
fortunate party who were rescued were
taken from the brancehs of the trees
and parts of the wrecked house. Those
who lost their lives were either crushed
in the wreckage or knocked insensibla
by rapidly floating logs, making them
an easy prey for the raging torrent. The
bodies have all been recovered
Wright, the colored livery man, while
attempting to drive across a bridge at
Murray Hill, was caught by the high
waters of Charters creek, near Carne-
gle, and drowned
THROUGH THE STATE
PHILADELPHIA, July 2S.-The wire
service from the interior of the state,
which was crippled by last nights
storm, has been restored and reports
received of great damage u crops and
buildings, and in some cases loss of life
from the fury of wind and lightning At
Houtzedale, Clearfeld county, Frank
Brumbaugh was instantly killed by a
stroke of lightning, and the Swedish
church, used as a school building, was
struck by another bolt. Seven of the
pupils were Knocked sensLess. four Of
whom are in a critical condition.
At the state college the mechanical
art building was struck and badly dam
aged. Similar reports come from all over
the eastern section of the state. DAM
| age to crops, barns and outbuildings
were general
RAILROAD DESTROYED.
DENVER, Col, July 2S.-The fact has [