Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-02
Western Pennsylvania and
West Virginia Scene of Ter.
rifle Deluge; Over Twenty
Known Dead.
HURRICANE FOLLOWS DAY
OF OPPRESSIVE HEAT
Railroads Washed Out and
Hundreds Of Passengers and
Dwellers in Small Towns
Marooned by Waters.
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Pittsburgh pa. sept Twenty
l'ria'us Hir known uo have been
drowned ANA MANY others arc miss
Iuh following % Series of storms which
. swept over Wvetcru H,uur1 lVuuin and
ihr Panhandle ui West NIr4Iul ,afIt
today. Tho i}j1tlwurc a. ohio raul.
ROAD aud the Panhandle railroad we're
uhdIN Wushod ana "a ,s stated that
days all puSs before tntf,r r.u b.
resumed Through trains were ma
i"'n"d during tue uirht in th, flood
90 districts MANY manufacturing
plants tIr under thr water aud the
property damage viii %, heavy.
Reports from tolljors. iu the Pan
handle of West virginia. are that nine
persons nave been drowned thtrr and
many more are missing. but the ,Nuct
Joss of uir cannot set br us.rrtulurd.
merry valley a mining town uu
the creek. was Flooded within half lu
huur Wtor the rain began tu mIi
fuunuHluuN ut houses were under
mined Hnd they tupplcd over .ntp the
ii"udrd streets.
George Gillespie his wife ana four
children were drowned Boo tho housr
1nd inc bodies of tho children were
round uU mattress floating iI four
CO.. five icct of water.
tuuuuushurs, Pa. uIsu suffered
from the storm. hardly having rrcnN-
vrsd from like rNpericpco ,dst week.
hurli"rs creek overlooked les banks
ana swept thratfh the town. Quoding
thc riilrUad NiH ..plleN tracks and
many ui ihr streets. a number oI
houses were uilcd with water mr
the r"sidvui had r,.,I.,I ppui.
warning uud hJatcurd Goo pIu,.s uI
safety, but uur muu who went back
iu recover valuable Uuurr4 WAS
crushed ln the COLLAPSE uI hi. house
aud % hoN frll into Tho flood when "a
p"f % ON which hc hII taken refuge
went down.
numurr OF children In th, COM
muultN ore among thD MISSING and
several mon women ana children Nhu
hnd l"h"u refuge uu the root nf 90
house boa mo stream uu 5h, edge of
'Huuunanur- slipped uu tb, shuplrs
ana disappeared n The flood
AZ ANtIH, Washington tuuut..
Henry crows house was undermined
hy an ordinary littlo srr1m Mrs
Crews WIS badly injured and Crews
carried her out but Corr, ia. puufN
return Tor che three children thrN
Wcrc swept away.
After spending its fore, south ana
west ui Ilusburgh tho storm swung
north O" l'utlcr county where great
damage AHa done but su IHr us known.
no lives W,r, lost
uil dorreks were blown down.
small streams flooded ANA scores ui
persons surul the nigh. Ice railroad
cars, hrId prisoners between Vasb-
outs.
Tho known dead.
Cook White farmer Burgettstuwu,
George Gillespie, bis wife tnd ruur
children th,rTs \ullr, ga.
Mrs Ih'rl,E and daughter Cul-
Hers. W. LH
ifrEt.,f,t..g f.,.tr. ..t ......
and three children, Golfers. w. W.
Eh liauuuuk. ruuuushurr. pa.
Unidentified foreigner.
Ton huur-uII ~~-st unidentified
Three children of John CROW.
NN,ll. rH.
Tho storm came after dav of uu-
usual hvHt and burst with little vau-
ms.
Tho runsUursh baseball TENN from
3 Iu.u uuai was DELAYED uy the tpl.
iiurs flood compelling post tpuuumynt
OF thD WuruWs game with Dhiuaru roo
Forbes lrId.
Damage tn railroads b. ,,r hputN
The Washington branch uI the PAN.
handle Was -H badly Wushod thut lIl
The trains N,rt uuuullod, aud iu spit,
uf tho tive hundred men rushed FROM
Iitishur-h Goo make repairs It is said
several DAYS win Clupsc before COM
viii hc open with wash
.ngton, Pa. The Pittsburgh aud Zoe
.umhus division of the Panhandle also
suffered severely. fourteen miles uf
Track between HurptttatuvE and
'uuhvrllud junction having been
heavily damaged Thruurh trains are
being drtuurcd 60 PIttshurgh over the
lhlo river division of the cleveland
A PITTSBURGH.
Tho baltimore q ohio tracks were
Hooded in Washington county bat rec I
pairs are being made TlpidN.