Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-09-02
2O'kNOWN DEAD,
MANY MISSING IN
WAKE OF FLOOD
Storm Sweeps Penn
sylvania and West
Virginia.
TOWNS ARE OBLITERATED
AND FAMILIES HOMELESS
Searching Parties Hunt Bodies
of Victims Carried Away.
Railroads Disabled.

nerSOns are Known ~ ~
drowned and many oth es are mss
ing. following a series OF SUI i's
which swept over western Pennsyi-
yania and the Panhandle OF "es'
Virginia early today. The Baltiho,e
and Ohio railroad and the Panhanoie
-a,lroad were badly washed, ana IL
ts stated that days. will pass before
traffic can be resumed. Through
trains were marooned during .he
night in the flooded district 49,
manufacturing plants are unou,
water and the property damage WIN
be heavy. The known ;ad.
COOK WHITE, farmer, Burse..s-
town, Pa.
ley, Pa. 80,
MRS. GILLESPIE, Cherry Valley.
-FOUR gillespie childreR Cherry
Valley
AMELIA CROW, aged IL, Avella,
Pa
John CROW, aged l3, Avella.
GRACE CROW, aged 4, Avella.
MRS. THORLEY AND DAUGH-
TER, Golfers, w. Va.
TNIDENTIFIED MAN, wife and
three children, Golfers, w. Va.
ELI HANCOCK, Cannonsburg, Pa.
UNIDENTIFIED for 'gner.
TEN-YEAR-OLD BOY, unidentl-
fed.
Loss of Life Unknown.
Reports from Golfers, in the Pan
handle of West Virginia, are that
nine persons have been drowned
there, and many more are missing.
The exact loss of life cannot be
ascertained until the searching par
ties along the valley of lannon's
creek have completed their work.
The storms came after day of un-
usual heat and burst with little
warning. Rain fell in torrents small
streams soon became raging torrents.
Houses we're swept away and hVes
lost before the people were aware the
flood was upon them.
Cherry Valley, mining town on
the creek, was flooded within half an
hour after the rain began 10 ran.
Houses were undermined and TOPPED
over into the flooded streets. Inc
Gillespie family were asleep and did
not hear the shouts of warning. Tney
were drowned in the house ana the
bodies of the children were FOUND on
the little bed in their room, the mat
tress floating in four or five rect OF
water.
Drowned saving Horse.
White. n farmer in the outskirts of
Rurgettstown. hastened to his stable
TO save his horse, and was drowned
md son, who went to his rescue,
was swept away, but, catching the
branches of an overhanging tree,
drew himself to safety.
Cannonsburg, Pa, also suHereo
from the storm. Charters creek over
flowed and swept through the town,
flooding it. The residents had re-
ceived ample warning and fastened
10 places of safety. Hancock, who lost
his life, had turned back to recover
some valuable papers. He was seen
to enter the front door as the house
collapsed. His body has not been re-
covered.
A boy fell into the flood when the
porch of a house, where he had taken
refuge, went down. Scores OF per-
sons attempted to save him but ne
was swept away. The body mas not
been recovered number of chill
dren in the community are among the
missing.
Slips TO Death.
The foreigner who had taken refuge
on the roof of q house on the stream
on the edge of Cannonsburg, slipped
on the shingles and disappeared in
the food.
At Avella, Washington county. three
children of Henry Grow were drowned
u,hen their house collapsed and was
swept away. Mrs. Crow was badly
iniured crow saved her Two other
ch;ldren were tossed about for a time
and then thrown on the bank OF the
stream.
After spending its force south and
west of Pittsburgh the storms swung
north to Butler county, where great
damage was done, but so far as
known no lives were lost.
The pittsburgh Baseball Club was
nm one of the trains delayed by the
colliers' flood, compelling postpone
ment of the morning game with
Chicago at Forbes Field
damage to railroads is very heavy
The Washington branch of the Pan
handle was so badly washed that ell
trains we're annulled. 1t is stated
that several days will elapse before
comn1unica ton will be open with
Washington and Pennsylvania, The
Pittsburgh and Columbus division of
the Panhandle also suffered severely.
Through trains are being detoured to
pittsburgh over the Ohio river divi-
sion of the Cleveland and Pitts
burgh.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
tracks were flooded in Washington
county, but repairs are being made
ranidly. No estimate is given as to
when traffic will be resumed.
crnDM TIIDNc OWED Alto