The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-06
Resculng F-arty Goes to Work.

A rescuing party was organized by DR..
M. F. Freshwater and Joseph Hoffman
imm ediately after the wall of water
passed. DR.. Freshwater said this morning
they had rescued fully $50 persons who had
been thrown into the stream by their
houses being overturned. Mrs. Schrader.
one of the victims, it is said, was sleeping
at her home at the time the food started.
She tried to get out Of her home, but
her efforts were futile and in all probable
ity, a prayer on her lips, Mrs. Schrader
went to her watery grave.
Four of the members of the family Of
William Nigga were drowned in the flood.
In the debris at the Pennsylvania culvert
is the body Of James Westwood, 33 years
old, a bartender who worked at the Feu-
ME hotel. Five others are with him.
When the water inundated the cellar of
the Westwood house, the children and
father went into the yard and the father
has not been seen since.
Almost together with the dam in Oak
ford park the Fort Pitt dam, about half
a mile north Of this place, gave. way, car
.rying wide destruction along the valley of
Bull creek, which empties into Brush creek
in the power part of jeanette. To add to
the alarm caused by this disaster, the big
reservoir of the Westmoreland Water COM
pany at Radabaugh, near here, threaten
to give way. The people have fled to the
uplands.
Search for Bodies.
All is in readiness for the search for
he bodies, but nothing can be accomplished
without the aid of dynamite. as the houses.
stables, outhouses and other debris are
Wedged in so tight at the Pennsylvania
culvert. .~,-. ...-.
The suddenness Of the disaster, together
with the attendant features, was pathetic.
Yesterday afternoon most of the people
were attracted to the park by the chill
dren's orchestra, a juvenile musical Or
ganization which gave it's initial open air
concert. The band was playing when the
storm came up. Many Of the musicians,
who were girls, grabbed their instruments
and ran into the building used as a roller
coaster, to. the laughing gallery and the
tent covering the merry go round. AL
these buildings, with the exception of the
| roller coaster building and portion OF
! the merry go-round, were swept away.
The exact number of persons who were
| seeking shelter in these buildings is not
known. Witnesses Of the disaster say al
least 200 were lost, while officials of the
Pittsburg. McKeesport &, Greensburs
Street Railway company assert that mos
O fthem in the buildings escaped.
| Damage at Irwin.
Irwin, Pa, July 6.-The greatest prop.
erty damage done by the flood in Brush
| creek was IN this vicinity. the loss falling
most heavily on the Pennsylvania railroad
The estimated loss of property here
reaches $250,0OO. Reports show every
bridge along the creek was washed away
The search for bodies among the debris
along Brush creek has begun. All dur
ing the night bodies were noticed in tn,
swirl of the creek. The first discovery to
day was the body Of a baby in the wreck
age west of town.
! Throngs Of anxious relatives and tn
curious came here to-day. Organized worl
was started.
AS far as could be learned, with tn
exception of the bodies recovered at Pen
station, the casualties were confined
those in the crowd at the Inflated park
and it is expected that the bodies of tn
missing, if any, will be found in tn
wreckage at the railroad culvert. A larg
gang were at work there o-day, but littl
progress can be made as yet.