The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1897-07-28
WASHED OUT OF BED.
a CLOUD DESCENCS ON YOU&G;-
TOWN, OHIO.


Cries OF she Ysrishlpg Eeard In the Dark,
ness whsn No Help Could be Given
Caused by 3 CloEdbnrst.
An Associated Press Dispatch from
Youngstown. Ohio, on Thursday night
gives the following description OF 9
cIouaburst al that place:
At o'clock tonight g terrific cloud
burst struck this town, flooding the en-
tire valley and causing great damage
to property, both in the city and along
the railway lines. Many people ara
su. posed to-be drowned. The entire
country east and west for 90 miles wa:
flooded and the damage will De enor
NOUS, the railroads being the hesviest
losers. The Erie railroad vest of War
ren. Il miles and north Of Sharon fo1
the same distance, was entirely flooded
cut aud orders were Issued to discon
tinueall trains. Many residences here
we're flooded out, and the occupant:
were taken away by the police and
fire departments. The Mahonine
Valley electric lines were flooded out
aud all the bridges washed away. The
Catholic church at Niles was struck by
, lightning and yearly destroyed BY FIRE,
while business houses and manufac.
turing concerns were flooded ou!
Heury Myers, a tailor, while standing
at his residence on Mill street, was
struck By lightning and killed Ia
SANITY. BE leaves a family.
! The excursion trains which left here
this morning tcr Lake Erie are al
sidetrackcd 80 miles out and will prob
ably not reach the city tonight Or
every railroad leading into tae city
reports come ci extensive vashouts
and bridges swept away and railroad
officials say the loss wi.l be the heagi
est they have ever known.
At 1880 tonight cane the FIRST tan
eible information OF the damage done
! b.. the storm along Grab creek, rug
rIng into the city IN tbs northeast
along the Etie and Lake Suore rail
iroads. and emptyiDs into the Mahon
Iiag river near the Lake Shore depot
Z clcudbucst occurred about 10 miles
cut, the water did not begin to riss
! !much in tie city until after 9 o'clock
! After about 10 o'clock the water came
down into the city and formed into E
aood, sweeping everything that we:
not fastened down before il. Tae
creek was 40. more than 30 feet wide
and the food spread out to a width o.
E2,0OO feet. 1t rose quickly and in les:
Ethan 80 minutes the water was up tt
! the second story of all the dwelling
Ihcuses in the flooded districts and va:
istill rising.
/; It is certainty at II O'Clock tbs
Saone Of the people escaped from thi
Immediate vicinity. The whole dis
trict was in darkness except one small
place whecs alone electric light shone
Firemen, police and others were or
Ihand quickly but were powerless K
rescue any body as not boat OF any
kind was to be had IN that portion o
the city.
The cries OF the perishing were heart
irending to those who stood at the wa
tsr's edge and were forced to retrea
.sloWly on account Of the gradually
!rising water. Il is almost certain TIA
many people were drowned. On
whole family was heard crying TO
help from upstairs windows when sud
denly there was grinding noise, a
if the house was being moved from it
Foundation, aud soon the cries from
THAT place ceased. The intense dark
;ness made il impossible to see VIVA
was going on, but it is supposed tbs
the house and occupants went dow
lin the food. People at the water
ledge heard q man crying for help wh'
was apparently being carried down |,
(! the food. Every moment it gre9
!fainter. Pitiful cries for help wer
Eheard continually, but the croHd O.
1.-THE shore could do nothing in the va,
!of giving aid. Police and irenel
| went q: once for boats. It vas mid
might before boats were gotten to III
Hooded Crag creek district and tht
work CT rescue started. The boat
were manned by fremen, who wen
Ito work WITH will, but could 10
make rapid progress on account OF tn
Eswift and dangerous current. Mn
Efamilies were taken out Of second sto
Try windows within g half bour ani
;many people were picked up clingiD!
ito debris. Nothing definite will b
! known as to the loss OF life till morn
ling, or even the names of the peopl
iha: are il the Hood and perhaps no
Ithen.
! At midnight the water commerce
to recede rapidly and the creek vii
F: likely be back in its natural course b
imorn;ng. The Erie and Lake shor
trains, including passenger and excal
! sion trains, were stopped where the.
were caught and vii! not likely b
Imo7ed before daybreak, as the OFF
icials refuse to take chances OF loss Q
life. Loaded cars have been place
!on bridges with the hope OF keepin
them up, as the Mahonilg river
high and rising rapidly.