The Corvallis times. (Corvallis, Or.) 1888-1909, 1903-06-24
PATHETIC SCENES
PEN PICTURES oF INCIDENTS
THAT HAPPENED AT HEPPNER.
Parentless Children and Chi1dless
Parents-A Record of Be
reavement That the World
/ Cannot Realize.
Cannot Realize

Heppner and lone was completed
today. Heppner will be cleaned
thoroughly by next Wednesday
; Heppner. now has all the food
and clothing required Money do.
nations are still welcome. The to-
tai .um re eived to date is about
$4,000. About $4,000 more is
promised.
Tojay's work has added nine TO
the list of gruesome finds. Ali the
dead brought to the morgue today
were easily recognizable. As usual
sll the bodies showed signs of terri.
BILE usage. Mrs. Susan L-f1er's
head was cut open. Dan Stalter
had almost saved his wife. but a
rush of wreckage tore her from him
forever. These and many more were
taken out of big drifts from four to
eight miles below town. Two chill
dren OF j. II. Long are all that sur
vive of family of seven, father,
mother and the three other children
having gone down in the catastro-
phe. Most fortunate for them is
the fact that two nights before his
death the father joined the Wood
men, thus securing to the children
the sum of $4,000.
Five days after the flood, dog
came along, stopped, and snuffed |
under the corner of wrecked build
ing where men were at work. He
looked up at the workmen, wagged
his tail, shifted again and began to
dig. Many workmen proceeded to
speculate.
It's the body of his master under
there. boys" said the foreman.
"Let's get at it,
A moment more and the space
was cleared. 4 man got down on
his knees, and, reaching far under,
drew forth bsdraggled. mud-cov-
cred shepherd dog. The animal
had, No doubt, been unde- several
feet of water for some time during
the food, though doubtless protect
ed By TIE dense drift SO as to breath
a ltle. Aft his five days con-
fnement he seemed a bit groggy :
when f st br- ught TO light, but pres
emily pulled himselflogether, shook
himself, wagged his tail family and
trotted off up the street in the wake
Of his friend, the dog that dug tor
him.
Hunor and psthos share atten- +,
ffon in all tragedies, and Mrs. Ma. ,,
ry K. Britten first laughed and then !
wept as she told of two of the or
phaned children Yesterday. They
had been sent to the women's Re.
lief headquarters for clothing. Mrs.
Britten patted them on the head 9
after supplying them, and then !
lsked what more she could give
hem. "The elder replied:
Il guess we did need these Q
'lothes, but that's all.' e
The younger looked up wistfully
It the lady: e
eff you could only give me my .
aama," be said, I
eAvED FIVE LIVES. S
Percy Hughes, a 17-year-old
outh, is hero among food sur
,ivors, with five lives to his credit. =
n the very jaws of death he assist )
d in the rescue of five little girls r.
rom what was certain death. The =
Ierren, Morrison and Hill families :
viii ever hold him in grateful re- =
nembrance. While young Hughes =
makes light of his act, at the same y
ime those who were witnesses say v
hat it was one of the most stirring =
Incidents. Hughes was leaving a =
rouse for high ground to save him "
elf when he saw the danger of five :
mall girls at the residence of w. z z
J. Hill, and went to their assist. e
nee. He broke the ligaments of L
lis leg in getting through wire .
ence and was laid up for day or !,
wo. He has been enormously re- =
,orted missing. He has been too 9
much engaged in assisting in the \
aving of others to notice the re- y
,orts of his name among the un-
ccounted for dead or missing.
Four of the girls are Eta Morri- a
on, Eva Morrison, Nellie Hill and t
Villa Herren. The fifth member a
# the party is unknown. All were e
,la wing at the home of the Hills
When it was noticed that the storm n
vas coming on furiously. The ter t
flied youngsters gathered at the b
window to watch the water and 6
lail beating down. II
Little Villa Herren gave the t
.larm in the household, saying t
hat the whole town was floating. t
n the fight from the doomed n