The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-25
THOUSANDS FLEE FROM HOMES;
TAKE REFUGE IN MOUNTAINS
Women and Children Shiver in
Dread During Long Night as They
Cling 10 Mountain Side
CRv Associated Press. J

Pittsburg, Pa, July 25--Death ana
desolation spread broadcast over the
southwest counties of Pennsylvania
as a result of yesterdays ,cloudbursts
and Overlooking streams. Three score
or more Of lives are the toll while
the damage to property is appalling
and cannot be estimated. Fifteen
lives were lost in the Superba nine
hear Uniontown, while many other
roints report deaths by the dozen.
Hundreds of families are deserting
their homes in the mad rush FOR
safety on the mountain sides where
shelter is sought in improvsed shacks
constructed OF any available material.
Hundreds of shyering women and
children today gazed over the scene
o. desolation in the upper Youghiogh-
ony Valley where yesterday stood
their homes Railroad traffic through
cut this great territory Is demoraliZ'
ed. 1t was cut off from railroad; the
mail, telegraph and telephone con-
pections have been broken Thous-
ands are suffering from exposure and
hunger. Uniontown, Dunbar, Lamont
t,lount Baddock and Connellsville are
all inundated. The floods began to
recede after midnight and as the wat
ers cleared away the rescuerers set
10 work. The final details of the
awful havor may not be known for
days.
Uniontown, Pa, July 25-Caught in
a trap when water rushed into the
man-way of Superba No. mines at
Evans Station. three miles north of
Uniontown, this afternoon, following
cloudburst, 13 men were drowned
and 81 escaped after most harrow
ing experience. The men were
drowned about 1000 feet from the
mouth of the mines, their only ave
hue OF escape.
The majority of the victims had
large families and about 800 children
are deprived of their bread winners.
The men who escaped were forced to
half swim and half walk TO the pit
mouth through water ranging in
depth from their waists to their
necks. The majority of the miners
who escaped We're knocked down by
tmbers that were sent down the
rrne with great velocity in the raging
current. Several men were being
carried back in the mine to certain
death when rescued by their COM
panions.
Take so Days to Find Bodies
1t was stated by officials of the
Superba company that it will take at
least 60 days to clear the mine or
water, and until that time bodies
must remain lin the mine. Superin- |
tendent ]. w. Buttermore was the
hrst man to see the high water start |
N the man-way. He raised the alarm |
and all the men on the outside rush |
ed into the mine, yelling loudly as |
they went. In that manner more than |
half the miners were saved.
To use pumps Today
The wives and families of the min
ers and drivers in the mines when |
the alarm was raised rushed to a
large hole made by the rushing wat
er at the manhole and frantically |
threw bushes poles and whatever
timber they could find into the water
TO stop its rush into the mines Eail-
ing in that, they rushed to the mouth
Of the mine; but were stopped by men
who guarded the entrance. Several
large pumps will be placed i'm the
mine tomorrow and everything pos
sible will be done to get the bodies.
Nothing could be done to avert the
A dam that had been
built around the manway a day or
two ago when the water was high,
was washed away and the waters
rushed into the mine so rapidly that
the pit was filed in less than 80
1t was reported that three men had
lost their lives in Lamont No. 9 mine
OF the II. c. FricB Coke company,
about half mile from Superba mines.
About 100 men were caught in the
flod there. but all escaped except
three, who are unaccounted for
900 Marooned In Hills
Jeanette, Pa, July 25-A cloudburst
flooded miles of territory between
here and Greensburg today. The low
lands were quickly inundated ana
several persons were compelled to
flee for their lives.
More than 1000 persons were ma
iooned on the hills of Oakford park.
where the annual outing of the en-
ployes OF the Union Supply company
from West Moreland and Fayette
counties was held today.
After wading knee deep in water,
the 1000 picnickers succeeded in
reaching an undamaged part of the