The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1903-07-07
LATEST ESTIMATE or THE Loss
OF LIFE IN THE FLOOD At
oAkFoRo PARK, PA.
PROPERTY LOSS PLACED At 500, 600
ENTIRE BRUSH CREEK VALLEY
DEVASTATED ev THE BREAK.
ING OF THE DAM.

Jeanette. Pa. July Tt IA now
estimated that the loss OF life through
Sundays food ard cloudburst al Oak.
lord park Will reach seventy FIVE.
twenty bodies have been recovered.
Many arc foreigners and have not been
identified
Brush creek valley Is scene OF
devastation and ruin From the sight
OF The break Of the dam at Oakford
park 10 Wilmerding taking In the
towns OF JeanGeite. Penn. larImer.
Greensburg. Irwin. Burrcll aud Manor.
me a"'as power OF tho rushing waters.
Following the breaking OF the dam. Is
apparent Oh al sides The damage To
property ai!l not bc less than $500 900
Amos, With the first streak OF day
!!sh, bureau was opened here. where
The names OF the identified dead recoy.
cred ani the missing were registered.
together with description OF the bod.
les recovered but not identified
The eatAa'fooh. was caused by q
waicrsoout. which flooded Brush creek.
smal. stream running past the park.
III. disaster occurred lat. In th.
Afternoon. hen Ia. park MAS erammcd
with pleasure seekers
Buildings Are Swept Away.
The sad!caa.ss oi the disaster, to
Ec,hcr With the attendant features
Mas pathetic Most of the ,.op.. were
attracted 10 ta.. park 10y tn, Children i
orchestra. a .us.n!l. musical organixa.
uon. watch gay. It's initial open air
concert h. band Was playing when
the storm cam. up Many ~ n. mu.
s!cians WHO wer. H.:.s. grabbed their
Instruments and ran into III. building
use. e. "A roller coaster. 10 III. laugh.
Ing gallery and the tent covering The
merry 10 round
Al! these buildings. with the exeep.
ton o! the roller coaster building and
portion of III. merry go round. We're
swept away The exact number II
persons Who w.r. seeking shelter In
the buildings from the storm Is not
known. Witnesses II the disaster say
al least 2uv were housed In n. places
OF shelter. while the officials O! the
Pl''sburE. Mckecsport and GrosnsbuTE
Street hallway company assert that
must os kot pt.sOIS .a A.S bAtsgta-be ;
escaped
In addition TO the loss IL li!c in the
park many persons were drowned In
the valley below the dam Houses
Wcr" washed away IN all the towns
along the it'll. stream and hundreds
OF persons were thrown into the water
4 MA iority Of these w.T. picked UP bs
rcs,uing parties. but many were
dgoN ned
Every Bridge Washed Away.
The greatest property damage done
By the Hood in Hrush creek was In the
vicinity q. Irwin. tn. loss falling most
heavily on the Pennsylvania railroad.
Tho estimated loss q! property thore.
IL is said will reach &ssn.ouu Reports
show every hri3g. alonR the creek was
washed away
The scare II for bodies among the de-
hrls along Hfush creek has begun All
during the night bodies were seen In
the swirl oi the creek
Tho calamity al Oakford park.
though on n much smaller scale so Tar
a loss q! life Is concerned. is similar
in It's cause 10 that 81 the great Johns
town nuod II fourteen years ago. In
that case. a. in this. dam whose VA.
t.rs wr.. swollen by sudden Hood
following on n period OF rainy weather
burst and wrought ruin and great dc.
struttiun OF life.