Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1901-06-29

Pittsburg Treated to a VERT able
Deluge-cioudbursts in Maryland.
Charleston. W. Va, June 81 Gov,
rrnor White yesterday issued the follow,
ing to the public:
"AdviceS received from personal rep.
reSentatives sent to keystone and the
Hooded district in the Flat Top region
are to the effect that the loss OF life will
not exceed 30, and that ther" is no dis.
treSS which cannot he provided Tor by
the home people. and there is no need of
outside help of any kind. The offers
Oi help from all over the country have
been generous. and are highly apprp
riatcd. If it should develop that aid
from the outside is needed. ! will take
occasion to inform the ptOrlp of West
Virginia of that fact. In any event
] feel sure that the citizens of this state
will be willing and able to supply any
aid that may br needed"
Better conditions in the stricken dis
trict prevail. The relief ira in loaded
with supplies and necessities has dis
trihntrd its freight along the Elkhorn
valley for ~ miles. ON the North Fork
branch it will be necessary to transport
supplies by n mule train. as wagons can.
not reach that section. anl provisions
are getting alarmiligly scarce.
The railroad repair force is working
night and day, and great progress j.
heing made. Much of the line is prac.
tically being rebuilt. as even the grad.
has to be rr-establiShpd.
No bodies We're recovered yesterday.
\ number of the largest heaps of drift
at Rluefeld wera set on fire last NIGHT
by some unknown friend OF the public
health. In this pile of debris it is es
limatrd that there We're at least 81 dead
bodies. The fleap Is now Il pile of
Smoullering ashes.
Judge Doolittle. who has visited the
flooded section, says that words can
not describe the scene of devastation
between Vivian and Davy. 1t was Il
tidal wave fro ma clo,idburst. and swept
everything before ii. In the track
Of Its course everything Is gone. inclnd
ing coke ovens and pillars of stone. AT
Vivian the water came down the noun
tain sides in monster waves. and prO-
pie who attempted to flee to the hills
We're washed back ana carried away
by the raging current of the Elkh0rn.
rhe section visited by the food was
thickly settled, but as the population
consists chiefly of miners who were at
work at the time. the large majority of
The dead are women and children.
Heavy rain last night IN the head,
waters of the ElkhOrn has washed out
'Ilch Of the new work. and is likely to
Ilrlay traffic.
Pittsburg, June PA storm which
struck Pittsburg and vicinity yesterday
afternoon was short in DURATION hut
terrific in power. and disastrous in re
suit. The lightning ana thunder was
practically continuous for about 10 min.
nteS. the wind attaining u velocity OF
30 miles an hour. and .46 inch of rain
fell. In two minutes of the time IL
of an inch of water fell, which would
represent three inches an hour. One
woman was killed instantly by light
ming, and several other persons may die
from the same cause, and numberlesS
houses and churches were strllcl; by
lightning. In the city proper no fatal
ties are reported, but in Homestead the
waters rushed down the hills and liter
ally cngulfed the town. The extent of
the damage done there will reach many
thousands of dollars in property loss.
Cumberland, Md, June "a series
of clOudburSts devastated the New Greek
valley, south of keyser. W. Va. The
river rose over 10 feet In half all hour.
Many farm buildings We're destroyed
and the valley strewn with carcarseS
of livestock