The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1901-06-29
Cyclones, Tornadoes and Cloud
bursts Cause Great Loss of
Life and an Immense De-
struction Of Property.

the Keya Paha river about 6 p m., and
owing to the destruction of telegraph COM
munication the disaster was not known
until "a late hour on the 2lst. Jac,b
Greening, his wife and tiye children were
killed, and in the Anderson family two
children we're killed and other members
were fatally or seriously injured
The siorncloud appeared about 5 o clock
and travelled down the keya Paha river
1t seemed to rise up and skip some houses
and then swoop down and denolish every
thing. The tornado was preceded by a
severe hailstorm. Several horses and cat
tie are reported killed by lightning.
Everything in the track of the storm
was destroyed. Trees were blown down,
and the smaller ones were stripped of
leaves The furniture that was in the
homes of the Andersons and Greetings
cannot be found. A trunk and pieces of
the table were picked up half mile away.
PITTsBURG, Pa, June 23.-The storm
which broke over Allegheny county on
Saturday afternoon carried with it deaths
by drowning and others by electric shock,
floods that caused much damage and wind
that created terror and havoc.
Every part of the county suffered. The
storm broke about 3 80 o clock, after dark.
ness had gradually been settling down for
half an hour. The day until then had
been beautiful ne The rain was heavy,
the wind strong and often the lightning
seemed to be playing right over head.
There was one fatality in addition to
those reported last night, which was not
generally known until this afternoon.
Charles Bittner, a farmer of Spring Garden
borough, was drowned in the run, and
his body was not found until today at l
| O. clock. His house was close to the run,
and, noticing from the porch that the
water was rising, he went back to save his
wagon which was there. Mrs. Bittner
went to get his coat and hat, and when
she returned, in two minutes, her husband
was not in sight. Two neighbors had seen
the food like tidal wave sweep Bittner
away with the wagon and part of the porch.
The body was found stuck fast in the run
ming gear of the wagon among pile OF
| debris at the mouth of cut mile below,
near the city line.
From all over the county tonight come
reports of damage done by wind and water,
but with the exception of Bittner no ad-
/ ditional fatalities are recorded.
The Turtle creek district was again Wis
tied by a heavy rainstorm today and the
conditions of yesterday were duplicated.
with even more destruction. The town
and valley have suffered thousands of dol
lars worth of damage. At East Pitts
burg the Westinghouse plant, which ex-
tends for nearly mile parallel with the
Hill, was submerged again today with six
| feet of water on the lower floor, which
1 left three feet of mud when it receded
Mole than 400 street car motors are APP
parently destroyed and the loss to West
inghouse, it is believed, will reach $500,
1000.
LINCOLN, ILL, June 23.-This city
and vicinity were visited last night by a
destructive tornado which did 500, 600
damage. The storm came from the south
west, and its path was J miles wide by
12 miles long
The Lincoln mattress factory was almost
totally destroyed, while severe damage was
done to the Illinois Asylum for Feeble
Minded Children, Illinois Odd Fellows
Orphan Home, Lincoln College, the Roller
Flour Mills and the county poor farm.
Several stores were unroofed, houses wreck
ed and thousands of trees torn up.
An elevator at Middetown was destroyed
and several stores damaged. Reports OF
damage by the storm came from rural dis
tricts. At Elkhart freight cars were blown
from the track. Great damage was done
to wheat, corn and oats.
BLUEFIELD, w. VA, June st is
estimated that between 200 and 600 lives
were lost in flood following a cloudburst
in the Pocahontas coal region of West Vir-
ginia. There were two distinct storms
between Friday midnight and about noon
Saturday, the second being more severe
than the first. At 10 O clock yesterday
morning the storm had abated but threat
ened momentarily to burst with fresh vio-
lence. The property loss will reach about
So, 600, 600.
Some of the drowned are said to be
among the most prominent people of the
section. The district affected is near the
Virginia line, about 125 miles west OF
Roanoke and 25 miles west of Bluefeld,
w. Va. 1t is reported that only one
building saloon-remains in keystone,
and the town of Vivian Underwater post
office) is reported annihilated.
At Vivian train was caught IN the
food and the passengers were rescued by
the use of ropes
Many miles of Norfolk and Western
Railroad track have been washed away.
Weather Bureau officials at Washington
have no explain ations to offer of the cause
of disaster.
1t is now estimated that from 60 to so
lives were lost in the floods in the Poca-
hontas Flat Top Valley Hundreds of
people are homeless, having fed from their
flooded homes to the mountains. The
West Virginia authorities have taken steps
for relief. The town Of keystone was not
entirely washed away, as first reported
The property loss will be about So, 900,
900.
A heavy rainfall caused at least $50,
900 damage to New Berlin, n Y, Sat
urday night Rain had been falling some
hours and finally came down in great tor
rents. A reservoir mile west of the vii
lage gave way and its contents swept down
on the village. A farmer rode ahead,
warning people of the danger and several
vacated their houses Two buildings were
swept away and the debris foated down
and clogged stone archway under one of
the streets. The water poured over the
arch, breaking in the doors and windows
of business places and sending their in
mates to upper stories. The Easements
and lower floors of the hotels, shops, stores,
banks and every business place in the vii
lage were flooded and goods Of all kinds