le Centre Democrat, No JUNE 6, 1580, “Hu RSI AY, . : Published every Thursday by the CENTRE DEMOCRAT PUB. Co." CHAS. R. KURTZ LEDITOR LOCAL DEPARTMENT. an———— weeks DEMO- are compelled ~The paper for this CRAT being delayed we to issue a halfsheet. ~Trains on the road to Montandon run down as far as Coburn and return, They run on the regular schedule time. —Miss Emily Harris, of this place, visited friends at Lock Haven and was detained by the flood several days. ~In Brushvalley every bridg - from the head of the stream down was swept away and will be a large expense on Miles township to have them rebuilt. —Prothonotary Shaffer who is visit- ing friends in the eastern portion of the state will be unable to reach home for some time. —At Bellefonte the water is said to have been higher than ever known and | some damage was done, but the amount | is insignificant when the reports from other places ars received. —A wonderful hosiery sale going on | now at the Cash Bazaar, secure some bargains in ladies and mis- ses black hose, en Springstreet., ~Dunkle and Fortney's new grocery | store on Allegheny street, is rapidly picking up trade. They keep nothing | but the best and freshest goods in the market. —Prof. Geo. P. Bible and family vis- | ited friends in this section the past | week. They were detained here for sev- | eral days by the high water. As their home was submerged at Lock Haven, they were very anxious to get there, ~The largest and most complete line | of suitings is now on exhibition on onr | counters that have ever Suits made to order at prices, MosTeoneERrY & Co, Tailors. Post Master lefonte mail g enst Wh Dv a been shown by Us. the lowest —Om Tuesday morning Dobbins had Bel taken to Lewist veyance ing and will continu receive mail thaPway until 1 ities are a i Belo nd all out! stream and : of furniture an creek was the hou ol | uamng 8S Were rece evervihing was washes heard from his sister’ —In Haines Winklebleck escape. They along Pine washed Mr. had & narrow | frame house house was Winklebleck | part of a roof. crawled up in «d there until | Mis. Winklebleck drift wood and were carried to the opposite side of the | stream they to ashroe, township, and family lived creek. George ina The dd i 1 Cal ir awas floated down & It struck a tree and the branches and renin he next morning. and children clung t where managed get | Bailey of the News remarks that the CENTRE DEMOCRAT wants to main. | tain that milk and water condition, termed newt-—ral, on the Amendment. We do not think it necessary to define Qur position: but if we made as poor and | wo tempt to advocate the temper | ance cans Bailey we would come to the conclusion tat we missed our call The help yob sender the canse | consists in what you ‘mever wrote, while your attempts disgust the averages | voter and furnishes amusement for the readers. To accept your sympathy would be like receiving bread from a starving man. =n the banks of Fishing ereek in Clinton county, was the home of a gen- tieman and his wife by the name of | Dunkle. When they retired on Friday night the creek was much swollen but i they did not apprehend any danger. mg. i ] : About 3 o'clock a. m. Saturday the roar Walker's saw and grist mill-damn, near | | Woll's store; Sholls saw-mill dam; Dan. | of the flood became so terrifle that Mr. Dunkle besame frightened for their | safety and told his wife to get ready to leave, In a very fer moments the house moved from its foundations and almost immediately colapsed. Mr, Dun. kle grasped his wife in one arm. and en. tirely by aceident came in contaet with # portion of the roof upon which he climbed pulling Mrs. Dunkle after him. Stop in and | , i ments to escape with their {al lives and great destruction of prog ty. | the rain on Friday evering | For several hours it came | ed in volume | bridge A DISASTROUS FLOOD a — SWEEPS OVER PARTS OF CENTRE COUNTY. Many Lives Lost and Great Damage Done. Houses, Barns, Rallroads and County Bridges Swept Away Some of the Low es. In our county, the effect of the heavy rains, which poured down in torrents from Thursday evening until Saturday morning, was disastrous, From every quarter come the roports of floods which for miles deluged whole valleys, and spread death and destruction in its path, in sone cases leaving only barren wastes where once there were tine and fertile fields and « happy homes. Inthe low lands and along the water cowses the principal damage was done, districts were submerged and almost everything swept away by the fierce waters. The original channels of many streams have been filled up with rub, bish and the waters have taken new courses, Throughout Bald Eagle val ley the streams were higher than ever known, and old citizens tell us it more destructive than the great flood of 1565, the traces of which in some places are still left. Nearly every | biidge and milroad bridge was swept { away by the fury of the water while the destruction to property cannot be mated and is beyond all conception. In the lower and eastern portion the county, through Brush and us whole was esti. leys there is a similar state ean give but a faint idea of its reality. The high water came in the middle of | | to givg the alarm and awaken the peo- | a few lives, mo In ex: the night and gave them but s ome cases families lost everything cept the scant clothing on their persons who now are without food and destitute and in want MILLMEIM AND COBURN, the was received by wireat Bel On intelligence lefonte visited by a disas. Saturday morning these towns had been trous flood resulting in the loss of sever. ‘3 or his report was followed by others In order that hit be given to ous oir the scene early on d found the re. of a similar chamcter. » extent 1 will give a short description the outline of the ned by them. and nin reek rises in the extreme eastern ushvalley and flows westward takes a f 5, where it Bien in + Krust h valley wmkdes with 1 of Pennsy it ten miles un ove Coburn FHE STORM, "ns There were hue A day evening but it is evident that in this the In driving 0 YY rains until Saturd was much Beavier than in Wes ert portion of the cot i Centre Hall, S very few traces tT IS of high waters: but see gulleys in the fighis outs along the road In conversation with Mr. ¢ ley, of near Rebersburg Kin tol 1 was i Wis mn down in Lin rents: it was a constant flow, which con. county | that | : but no one feare! | broken open by fi ] passed through, the waler | thing along. south i Brush | ! | lar ruined a will amount to reveral thousand dollars. At the entrance of the gup a carpen- | ter shop with tools, and other ontbuild- ingsof Chas, Grimes wus swept away and considerable damage was done 10 his property. The waters through this gap were confined by the sides of the mountain | and were turned into a foaming torrent. | Large rocks were carried down stream, deep cuts and wash outs were made, trees were twisted from their roo's, The road which finest drive in that section was complete- | ly torn up and dugout and at points cov- ered up with banks of rock and earth, while at other points long drifts of trees, timber and rubbish many feet in height | cover the road and willrender it Impass. able for several weeks, In this gap were two dams, The first owned by Jacob and Philip Gephart, | brothers, broken, the dwelling. house, stable, cider press, outbuildings, | logs and lumber were carried away. | Their loss is estimated at about #6000, Next came Campbell's grist mill, The | dam was broken atone end and part of the foundation washed from under the | mill, The building standing on a slant and is liable to topple over. The | mill is ruined and cannot be repaired, | The loss will be about 83000, bed was considered the | | | { | ] was 5.) AT MILLHEIM. The destruction at this poi t was the greatest, The breaking of the large | and destruction. Friday the creek was high | that there would be | At about midnight the evening any damage. town. Andy Walizer was one of the first | Auman and Geo, Com. from house to house and in up. The then nn houses ple. Nevin mings went a short time Ww everybody was water flooded the cellars and a to the first floor and in the feet managed to rem Raft wer near the creek it was several n depth on the carpet first floor, som ve and furniture were con. taken from The force fenoes structed and people houses that were threatened of the stream increased am and and outbuildings, and everything that was Jos down stream. Along Mal water backed up to Eiseghuth’s drug and at some places was i deep, Most the from that point down to the bridge the porches bo irl wn all ® WAS § vet the stress store swift daw all dwelling 1 water in and sustained fre age each several feet of an $300 In some § oaling The Asronsburg drug store n the drawers and streets in this part of washed away rocks. The od! AWAY overd] {eet 1 the several feet tolug eo Musser their mead leaving oniy up and indepth. TI Water rable M lama street was cut lots on miside dam was br yw und orchard which will amon er Covers *s grist mill ken, rained ane id ¢ oth er damages abont £500, The foundry by Dennis Luse, with all machinery tools were swept away leaving no tr nd. Loss estimated at 83000 Is v DANGER dam, foundry operated and ace LIVES IX lower part of Millheim three Linnses stood close to the creek occupants passsd through a i they will not soon forget. frst was a two story frame dwell. tehen attached ; broke the main jog with kK the stream building | away and carried it down stream sev. tinued for hours—it seemed as though i | the sky unbosomed itself over that sec: tion. The hillsides were coyered a mass of flowing water several inches in depth, the small streams and rivalets | were swollen into raging torrents which Ay umérge meadows and swept every. ung away in their course and increas. until lost in the main stream. From others we learned the same thing and are of the opinion that it was a genuine waterspout. Through Brushvalley, was told, over Elk creek was swept away and that all fences and buildings the stream were carried off, DAMAGE IN BRUSHVALLEY, The report was also received that eve, ry mill-dam was broken from the head | of Elk Creek, in their order would be [jel Weaver's grist and sawmill dam, with several sheds, ontbulldings and cattle; Henry . Meyer's grist and saw milldam, with stable, wash house, wag: onshed, horse, buggy, implements and other stork: Wm, Meyer's grist mill-<dam at Centre Mills, with other outbuildings, Through this section many farmers had with | | they | pants, Mr OeCu- and re. eral hundred feet where it lodged. and Mrs. Wilse Bollinger, the went into the kitchen mained there until morning. and held their children above to save their lives also. The building raised several times and swayed to and fro but fortunately did not leave the founda. tion. Harry Lamey's house, the next, was | carried down stream and Jodged against every township | near | Samuel Welzer's house, Mr. and Mrs, Lamey left their building before it was carried wway aud by wading through | water that was neckdeep managed to reach their stable, where they remained | until morning standing in water when | | they were ressued, | been sick, since, from the exposure and Mrs. Lamey has | fright. Mr. and Mrs, Samuel Welzer ocen. pled their house until morning, not be. ing able to leave. When the Lamey building struck it every timber quiver. ed and they expected to be carried away any moment, Their building swayed constantly from the foree of the stream, 1t was a terrible time, No one couid as. sist them: they were at the mercy of the furious streain, They were finally Tescued in the om {BF Appropriate I Mr. i | 6I8 were answeicd and intends to be | tion of the ruin, i that Millhei | barrels, | sorts of truck | the water. | the creek, i enough things could be found to stuart a | curiosity shop. 2%) (43 BAO 0040, | is left, | tore a | walking room only is {erty is almost { dams along Elk Creek spent [its force ed | upon Millheim with dreadful effect Pennsval. | i of affairs: | | waste and ruin along the course of the | streams are left to tell the sad tale and | | water began to rise and soon flooded the | stream the following damage was done { 80 the land will be the foree of | At times | dood in water up to their necks | J ut Sh su a and started WV STO, 0- PENNA. to live a better life in the future i they would be saved, When they got tired praying they seng: “Pull for the shore’ * Reseue the pevishing”' and oth. until morning Welzor bali that thelr pra SIMON TOEBS Ver es, true to his promise, It is impossible to give a fair discrip- | waste and destruction | m suffered; there is noth- | rubbish, drift, mod, lumber, | carpet, furniture, dishes and alr | reattered in the path of | Below Main street, slong | most all the ¢g nt BELLEFONTE, ing but TOMY FRIENDS and CUSTOMERS: indens, larns outbuildings and fences are destroyed’ Wag ms, implements, ete. are scattered along the shore, or lodged agai the farming st 4 lee, or were taken down into me. dow below the town—where Having opened an exclusive Clothing for Men, Boys and Children, I am now fully pre- J. oo. Reifsoyder estimates to Millheim and Furnishing Goods Store that the | damage done will exceed MILLIHEIM TO COBURN » ; pared to show you the most complete line I'he pike co. had every bridge leading | to Coburn swept away and the road.-bed many places is washed over leaving only | the bare rocks, of Clothing, comprising the latest etyles at other places no trace ang novelties at such low prices that will Below the the creek . way the bank and at some left. Their prop wreck and will | take weeks before travel will be resum. | toll-gate astonish you; also, the latest styles of places Hats and Neckwear, a full line of Shirts, a total Collars, Cuffe, Underwear, ele. Following along the course of the A cordial invitation is etexnded fo Michael Ulrich, barn, with Millheim, implements, and two cows, und part of a slaughter- | Loss $1 800, i near Jost ail my old friends and customers and WAgOn, horse others to visit my new store and eramine Goods and Prices. | house, All the meadows along the stream are cut up, soil carried away leaving rocks on the surface. The destruction | heavy. only | With many thanks for past favors Henry Swartz sustained a heavy below. bank conenis, and soliciting a continuance of the same, Hving 14 miles loss, large A : barn, built recently, with all I remain = horses, 0 stock The building and other live was carried down stream. COWS Yours Honpeetfutly, SIMON LOEB, Bellefonte, April, 59. was broken in lo a thousand fragments and all the contents are lost, Mr. Swartz's dam was broken and other outbuildings were carried away. Mr. prisoned warty ly were im Friday afternoon, their outbuildings wer taken ho but fortunate and his fami in Heir house from 4% " « 4 1 EVeNNE Until Sunday and their | BROCKERHOFF ROW. moment IN ROOM FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY MONTGOMERY & CO. 19¢ Was ex ted to go any inmates with Mr rrent r Blin, sterpe ff NS SHOE STORE -- Our New Si g == MINGLED Af w We Handle Reliable Goods Only. - A Specialty. 1 ck of Ladi : 2a and Gents Shoes and Ganers for Spring and Semmer wear is being uupscked and comprises many new and sttractive Styles that will be iki Tork ‘ A . ustom Work, wor Can show yom some big “ : 1 tel and one col Jacob stroved, Jargains. Prices lower than ever. bot 8 outbuildings de had their (BELLEFONTE, wagon shed Cyrus and dam washed lost several cattle, of com, and farm implements Dan Krater, tenant of Samuel Jost 28 hogs, wagon shed with { and buggies, farm implements, Jacob W. Moyer, dam broken and | { several small outbuildings gone, At this point Elk and Pine creek | unite and from here to Coburn the wat- er must have raised fifteen feet. The | pike along this section is completely washed away atl many places. In the woods along the stream all the | trees are barked fifteen feet more, moss hay and rubbish hanging on the | branches indicate the height of the | walter. FOUR Phil Pp Mover away, head o hog, « op Ard, wagons | LIVES LOsT At about 3 a. m., Saturday morning | the high water was first noticed at Co | burn everything was quiet and few peo- ple wee aware that theipbulildings were | being submerged, i Mr. W. H. Kreamer, station agent, AT CORURN., CAN SAVE FULLY YOU C was awakened at 3 o'clock by his wife NL. | who sald she heard someone rapping at | { their front door. Mr. Kreamer heard it | also, and went down immediately in his | - 00 Per Cent. -o- | might clothes to see who was there, | a fool of water, the family was aroused | and had wo carry them out on his back through three feet of water to higher | ground, Another man heard his “dog | BY VISITING THE bat king for some tima, he got angry and | | the kerr, when he stepped out in the | yard found the poor brute in several i ROCHESTER CLOTHING HOUSE, feet of water and at the end of the | chain, Mr. A.J, Campbell notloed the water | When he reached first floor he landed in | started down to kick hal-lelwjah out of |
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