Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-31


inconvenience In YOUNGSTOWN.
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Yet for a boy Of 6. the roar Of
the rain, the water creeping up
the front stems men urging
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Ala friend 4 widow Mrs Frse.
man who lived two hlocks in
the hin re- hailed 4 man n 4
hoat and asked him n transnort
the Children In solid Ground
across the street.
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said ssI,m coins to see where
the fire Is. IN be right back.
"a. he rowad ewav . man an
i. rrs,its horss ofrered neln re-
tnor Mr nav's mother ana
vo,,noer brother across fine
strest where the famiIv 49,
sembled. They had Just started
up the hill when his mother
screamed, Run, children,
runl"
A wall of water 70 To Is feet
high was coming up the street
after them. They fed, but the
wall steadily devoured the dis
lance separating them and it
seemed they would not be able
to OUTRAGE it. When it was
about to overcome them, It
crested, pounded against the
hillside and began to ebb back
and forth.
Mr. nav ana his family had
gained the ynonentarv safety
If high Ground Hnt the man
An the hat had rowed c,,t into
the fare If the wave ,,nIeashed
when the South Eork nam
..y,~aS
A. A6rs Eraamor,s aho,,t an
nersons had found refuge Sc,,oe
were mute with shock 0tbsrs
cried aThe World is co,o;,. -
en endID
rror th. hu,s;d. 1xr pov
..w Tohnston,,, +,anraS 49,
trea,, two r;wsrs d;s;rtsorata
TTnacco,,ntahlv IN tha midst
~ the flood w.+s-s Tres h,,-st
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nsert Flarss shot n;ch s,a,,,
the debris collecting at stone
Bridge. Houses. bearing families
within. were swept downstream
until they smashed into the
bridge, where they ignited and
became crematorles for their
occupants. A huge skating rink
surfaced and Joined the float
ing parade Of houses, buildings,
trees and corpseS.
AS all watched the terror be-
low, Mr.. Days mother noticed
he had lost his cap and she
took a diaper and wrapped it
around his head.
Fearing q new surge of the
flood, the crowd ran further
up the hill and sought shelter
on the porch of q large, old
frame house. But the owner
opened the door and ordered
them OF his property.
After standing an hour in
the rain, they returned to Mrs.
Freeman's cottage. The widow
opened her larder and man.
aged to feed all Of them. At
dark, the cnlloren were put Vol
bed on the floor and Mr.. Day
slept soundly.
In the home of Mary Smith
who later became Mr. DAVIS
wife, it was baking day. The
house was rich with the smell
of fresh breads and cakes piled
on the dining room table.
Mrs DAVIS father had left
:Johnstown on business and
since early morning her erand-
mother had pestered the family
with prophecies of a watery
doom. Finally, to placate her,
Mrs. Days mother consented
to 60 to the house of a friend.
shortly after they arrived.
the wall of water crushed the
home they had deserted. An
old man calmly SAID: The
world is ending. Let us ali
pray" The friends house over
flowed with families. Beds OF
straw were made Tor the chill
oren and all OF them caught
the measles.
Two days later, a carriage
sent by Mr.. Days grandmother
came and tok his family to her
home in woodland, Pa. They
remained there two weeks while
the father cleared the silt from
their home in Johnstown.
WIZ. A.. ...,,r,,ad looting
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