New-York tribune., 1903-07-07
DEAD NUMBER TWENTY.
SIXTEEN ARE MISSING.
Help Needed for Sufferers by the
Jeanette Flood.

Jeannette, Penn, July 6-As result of the
breaking Of the Oakford Park Dam yester-
day twenty persons are known to be dead and
sixteen are missing. The distress is so great
mat outside relief will have to be asked for a
list Of the known dead and missing follows The
dead:
@ bIl,D NJ H SISSY nineteen years old. OF Jeannette-
BROWN. ALBERT. twenty-five years old Pitts5urg
Hi'oMN; Joseph twenty-five years old single West
cRUM MISS LUCY twenty-four years old Of Jean
DoNNELLY IN II MRS CATHERINE twenty-seven years
FINK. HENRY, thirty-hve years old. of Jeannette.
FLEMING, JOHN, eighteen years old Of Greensburs
HlL-LESPiE. MARY. twelve years Old OF Grapevills
GILLESPIE, ANNIE nile years old sister OF Mary
KEEPER, MISS GERTRUDE. twenty-four years old OF
NCANN JOHN, eighteen years DID, Of Jeannette
NEGAR MRS. WILLIAM. fifty years old Of Penn
NEGAR, three children Of Mrs William.
OBERLE. JOSEPH thirty-two years Old of Indianapolis
sHRADER MRS. CYRUS, seventy years old, of Jean
wEIGHTMAN. JOSEPH, ten years old. of Penn station
WESIWooD JAMES. thirty-fve years old. of Penn
wIGGINs. MISS EVA twenty years old. CT Pittsburg.
he missing;
FINK. Mrs. Henry. OF Jeanette
LIGHT. Councilman John G., family. Greensburg.
MOORE, Curtis Jeanette.
o. 'BRIEN Edward Greensburg.
oNEAL John and Lawrence Of Mrs. Barney
VoGUL. Samuel of Jeanette,
The money loss will reach 81, 100000. as fol.
lows:
Pfttsburg, McKeesport and Greensburg Rail
way Company, damage to dam, destruction of
buildings and devastation of Oakford Park and
eight miles of new track and bridges, 100000.
S25, 900. ''' O'l COMPANY u o'e'e'A''-'
Borough OF Jeannette, including new sewers.
streets, etc, $15O,0OO West Penn Lighting Com
pany, plants, wires, poles, 10000; Cireensburg
Foundry and Machine Company, $4,000; Penn
Sylvania Railroad Company $4,000; Jeannette
Branch Pittsburg Brewing Company, $4,000.
Many small losses to merchants and residents
in Jeannette make the aggregate $97560G
DAMAGE AT PENN.
Forty ane and two story frame houses swept
away with household goods and all contents,
new streets and sewers, loss about $4,000.
Pittsburg, McKeesport and Greensburg Street
Railway Company, three miles of rOadbed. five
bridges, miles of trolley wire, poles and ties
swept away or destroyed; loss about $30,OOo
Forty business houses, hotels and dwelling
houses, in Railroad-st., goods destroyed and
damage to property, about $6o'OQ0: co. 400.
Penn Gas Coal Company. $4,000; Pennsylvania
Railroad Company. $4,000; gardens and or
chards. $4,000; livestock, about $4,000.
DAMAGE AT IRWIN.
Pennsylvania Railroad freight station and
bridges over Brush Creek, $4,000; Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad. six pressed steel cars. $4,000
pennsylvania Railroad, damage 10 water
S5, 900; Pennsylvania Railroad Youghiogheny
branch, 49, 600 Pennsylvania Railroad, tracks
and siding, $1,000
Hockensmith Wheel and Mine Car, Company.
$4,000: Irwin Lumber Company. S3 0O0i Penn
Electric and Manufacturing Company 5000.
Penn Water Company, $4,000; c., D. and P.
Telegraph Company. 81 900.
The average monthly payroll in Jeannette is
$500 600, and nearly every plant In town will be
suspended for thirty or sixty days The calam-
ity is the worst in the history of Westmore-
land County and the thriving glass town feels
keenIy the blow.
The coroner's inquest, which is intended to be
very thorough. is not likely to be held for at
least a week: Owing to the extreme hot weather
the stencil from the dead animals and from the
clogged sewers is becoming menace to the
health of the community and both here and
at Penn Station much money will be required
to place the towns again in a sanitary Condi-
ton. At citizens meeting this afternoon S12-
600 was subscribed for the relief of sufferers by
he Hon