rmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mt iiiiiiiiii ihkimhi kwhi m nmn xrr-n: ""rJJpLi.ir't rS"r THE PITTSBURG- DISPATCH WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 3893. c meadow bat from It everything had dis appeared and now it is bat a honeycombed waste. TLe damage at Spartansburg will po.siblv reach 510,000. The flood next caught Lamb's dam and wcolen mill about a mile below. It i" gne-. Added to this flood, was tint from Shirley creek and Five Mile run, -where a dozen dams were washed awav. J. M. Kerns' mill is dam Jised and the bndpe wrecked. Bridges and dams were al-o su cpt awav at Hvdetown. At Talon's, llollow.'where Shirley crcekand Fixe Mae ran and the Triplet, as the third Mreamis known, all join, the water was spread out over a path 500 feet wide. 1 lie Intcnity ofthe Damage. To-dav it was a stream that scarcely meas ured 10 iret. Here Goodrich's dam broke and 200.000 feet of timber broke loose. D. J Tho:na. w !io has charge of Shelmadine Mineral Spring there, had his house and barn floated oil, but escaped with his life. At Fish Flats, on Five Mile Run, the resi dence oi C. A. Day was flooded out. The lo in Oil Creek valley can hardlv be estimated. At least 540,000 worth of bruises have been swept away, some, in nianv instance being completely ruined by the flood. In Spartansburu it was reported that at Hiceville, on the west branch of Oil creek, a dam had burst and that two men had been drowned while trying to save the logs. They were Canadians and brothers. Their names arc given as John C and Frank Faquar. This is the first loss of life reported above TitUBville. At Corry the waters of French creek have almost destroyed the Philadelphia and Erie road and the 'Western "ew York and 1'ennsvlvauia cannot be used tor over a week. The flood there tore away the big stone cuUert of the Philadelphiaand Erie road and then ate away the roadbed of the "Western Xew York and Pennsylvania tor a distance of 150 feet. Until to-day Corry has been shut oil from ecrywhere. One train was run down part way from Erie this morning, but the pas sengers had to be transferred. All the cellars are flooded on First and Main, Center and Washington streets and all the boardwalks have been carried away. The damage to household goods is very heavy. Itnins on file Lower f.amls. On the way down from Spartansburg I met Contractor John Kough, oT Titusville. He was coming over the countrv from Erie. He said that at Corry he had 'to pay 51 50 to sav six words over the telephone to Titusville. The worst place he saw, he said, was at Union Citv. on French creek. where he said 575,000 would not cover the damage. He said at the "Western Xew York and Pennsylvania depot the creek changed its course and plowed out a course 100 leet wide and six feet deep. The depot was also partially destroyed and tracks washed com pletely an av. I saw one piece of 150 feet of track that had been torn irom its bed and with the ties Btill clinging to the rails. It was carried a dozen rods to one side. The main stieet of the town is utterly destroyed, and it is now filled -n ith rocks and rubbish. The founda tions were partly -n ashed from a number of business houses, and they have partly fallen in. A fine jewelry store is lying on its side liall a block from its foundations. The tannery is gone and a big planing mill was torn in two, half is standing and the other half has cone down the creek. Many other houses are flooded and hundreds arc home less, but are being cared for as well as pos sible by those -nho escaped injury. So tar as I can learn not a single lite was lost. I don't see how they escaped. Everv bridge there is down and the beds of the railroad tracks are all honeycombed. Edwik O. CnMSTr. GIVE 3IE BACK 3IY GENE The Sad Romance of a Younjr and Lovely Girl IlerLoier Wan One of Those "Nlio 1'erisJied Sn the Terrible Knsh or Water. Oil Citv, June 7. Special Scarcely an hoar passes but what some sad new story oi heroism, romance or steadfast devotion comes to light. A girl of not more than 18 years leaned against the Union depot this afternoon with her small form shaken with i-obs. Her dress was of the deepest black and she had her lace buried in her hands. N Krs streamed between her small, tapering fingers. The train, en route to Meadville and other points along the Erie route, slowly started to move away, when the girl rushed frantically toward the basrgage car, wildly crying: "Give me back my Gene! Oh, leave him with me." Then, exhausted from her emotions, she fell into the arms of her friends, who caught and Lclpcd her into the waiting room, where she recovered enough in a short time to return home. Her name is Markham and fIic and young Eugene Fritz were to hae been married within a short time. The story of their courtship was told by a relative of the griel-stricken girl. Fritz has been in the employ of the Kellogg Taint and Oil Company for the lavt several years and had obtained the position of man ager. He was bright and trustworthy and Mr. Kcllogir paid him high encomiums relative to honestv, obriey and other admirable characteristics. Fritz met Miss Markham alioat two years ago and the first friendship soon developed into sincere affection. Thev had made arrangements for their marriag'e which iias to hate taken place during the latter part of Jrne and both looked forward to the e cut with happiness. Last Sunday Fritz intended to call upon his fiancee and the expected him. An unfortunate business engagement took him across Oil Creek before dinner and he was canght in the terrible disaster. The horrible news of his death did not reach Miss Markham until long after the dpvastation and delutre of fire and water and she remained in ignorance of it until some neichbor inadvertently brought the dire intelligence to the house o'f her parents. The interment of the voung painter will take place in the Fritz family burving ground in Meadville to-morrow. I saw the unfortunate girl to-night and her grief is pathetic. HOW THE FIRE STARTED. Another Version or the Origin or the names That Brought Death and In struction A Switch Knjrlne on a Trestle Work Responsible for Many or the Horrors. Oil City, Pa., June ". Special. The origin of the fire which played so conspicu ous a part in Sunday moraine's terrible tragedy is established beyond the peradven ture of a doubt General John A, Wiley is well known as a careful observer, and he gives the following account of the ignition: "Warning of the sudden rise in Oil Creek liaving been received, a plan frequently found successful under similar circumstances was adopted. A switch engine was ordered to run a lrcight train onto the railroad bridge of the "Western Xew York and Penn sylvania Kail road at the head of Seneca street, that its weight might act as an ancoiage to the structure to counteract the terrible power of the rushing waters and their burden of logs. The train got into position, and the torrent came down. The surface of the water was already covered with oil and it just reached the level of the locomotive firt'-box. In an instant the combustible fluid was in flames and the fire was trans mitted in a flash to the 3u,000-barrel tank pi 03 degree naphtha which stood nearly at the end of the bridge. Then occurred the first explosion, and thus bejan the terrible conflagration which was responsible lor so large a share of the fatalities and damage whose amount is not even yet known. Conductor Sincerny, Engineer Carr and Fireman Sullivan, of the lreight train, are unable to say with certainty whether they leaped from the train or whether they were hurled thence by the force developed in the explosion of the tank. But their submersion was long enough to save them from the flames, and they escaped death with a scorching until they reached the shore. RELICS OF THE 1 Crowds Flock to the Stricken District to "View tlie Fatal Spot. MESSAGES FEOM THE DEAD Find Their Way to the Grief Stricken Sarvivin? Belatives. STILL SEARCHING FOR THE LOST. Dow Some of the Oil Citj People aged to Save Tlieinslves. Man- TEARFOfi SCENES IN A HOURNIXG TOWS jrnOM A staff connrspoXDENT Oil Citv. June 7. Emblems of mourn ing cover the houses, the public buildings and business houses of this place to-day. The people are mourning their dead. All stores, banks, saloons, schools and offices were closed to-day. Ho one thought of business. Only for the crowds of strangers who filled the streets the day had the ap pearance of a Sabbath. The air of solemnity which pervades the place was intensified very hour by long funeral corteges wending their way to lay away the blackened or charred remains of some victim of the ele ments. Hundreds of curious people from all the countryside have been pouring into the city all day. RUINS OF THE TUBE Tliis evening every train on every road is crowded with the sightseers. In the lower part of the town, in the vicinity of the Oil Exchange, Seneca street was blockaded from early morning till late at night All forenoon hordes of curiosity seekers climbed over the ruins at the north end of Seneca street where the greatest damage was done. Workmen were busy removing debris from the streets and in building sidewalks. The crowd finally became so regardless of the workmen that a squad from Company D, Sixteenth Begiment, was detailed to clear the ruins of the curious and prevent others except those who were entitled to be there from going in. Victims Becin to Realize Their Loss. The surviving victims are only now beginning to fully realize the extent, of the calamity which has befallen them. Sunday and Monday they were still nnder the in fluence of the shock which they sustained on that fatal Sabbath morning. It is grad- Tico ilandard Tanks Thai Were Surrounded by Fire but Did Xot Ignite. ually wearing off, and, like the victims of Johnstown, it may be weeks before their losses are fully realized. The scenes at the ruins on North Seneca street were to-day more pathetic, possibly, than at any time since the catastrophe. Sur viving relatives and triends were early on the scene, and while breathing the purest atmosphere of heaven and enveloped in the. clearest sunlight, groped among the black ened timbers for mementoes of the loved ones who had so recently been with them. The contrast between Sunday morning and to-day could not ha ve been greater. Zephyrs soft as an infant's breath were wafted up WE TV-RECK TIIAT CAUSED THE EXPLOSION. from the Allegheny, leaving the air as pure as heaven's dew, while only three days ago it was so impregnated with gas that layers of the deadly stuff were plainly visible. A Slessase From tho Dead. A message from the dead was discovered to-day in the clothing taken from the body of Bartholomew Lyons and his little son. They lived in about the center of the devas tated district on Seneca street In the same house was the Mills family, seven of whom perished. When Mr. Lyons saw the flood rising and the flames rapidly nearing him he took his wife and son into a room farthest from the flames, and in a large, full, round hand wrote two notes. One he plactd in the" in side pocket ot his own vest and the other he securely pinned on the breast pocket ot his boy's clothing. The first read: "June G, 18921 am Bartholomew Lyons, of Oil City. My wife and I will die to gether." That which he pinned on the clothing of his son was: "This is "Willie Lyons, of Oil City, died June C, 1892." "When his house took fire and the flames drove him from the dwelling he was seen to clasp his wife and son'in his arms and leap into the fire-capped waters. He was ter ribly burned about the face and soon died. His body with that of his wife clasped in his arms was found lying in a corner of the vard not 20 feet from the foundations of the house. Ten feet away the boy was found. Tear Fell on the Crnmpled Lines. The clothing was removed from the bodies without being examined and was sent to the residence of C J. Mclnerny, where two daughters of the deceased, Kate and Mary, Ruins of Standard Barrel Factory, Oil City. are staying. "While examining the gar ments of their dead the missives were dis covered and while their tears fell upon the crumpled lines from the dying they realized for the first time the completeness of their loss. Three other children are left orphans by the death of Mr. and Mrs. Lyons, two small boys and a girl. This incident is only one of many. On every ruin were mothers, wives and sisters of the dead looking for relics of their rela tives. Standing alone among the ruins was Burt Eakin, a bright looking young fellow of21or22 years. A passing acquaintance asked: "Have you found him?" receiving a negative shake of the head for an answer. Young Eakin WORKS, OIL CITY. hadjust returned from the funeral of his father and brother, and is now searching almost hopelessly for the remains of another brother. The eyes of the sufferer were dry, but the pinched expression on his face told of the agonv he had and was enduring. Katie Be'stau, was seen digging at a pile of cinders which covered the ground floor of the house which had so recently been the home of herself and father, James Bestan. She said in answer to an inquiry. "I am just looking for the insurance policies on our house. We have lost everything. I have found nearly all my father's papers." Peculiarities or the Rain. A peculiar feature, but a natural one, in connection with the fire is that none of the houses are burned down to the first floor. That is left with from six inches to a foot of the weather boarding, although the floor is covered with cinders, made by the burn inc of the upper stories. The fences around all of the houses in the path of the fire were made of palinss, and these are burned only half way in the ground. This is accounted for by the water which covered the lower floors of the dwellings. Below the surface nothing was damaged except by water. In a number of instances persons who were caught in the flames saved themselves by plunging beneath the surface and re maining until the wave ot flame had rolled bv. That they could do this might seem strange at first, but the gas from naphtha and benzine burns like a flash of powder. F. H. Taylor, one of the most widely known oil operators, said to-day if it had been oil which was burning instead of gaso line nothing on earth would have saved the lower part of North Oil City from complete destruction. Oil burns fiercely and long, while naphtha gas blazes only for a moment. One Solitary Cottaje Still Standing. Solitary amid the wreck is a little one and a half story cottage. It belongs to J. C Kramer, and had been occupied by John Abrams and family. They had apparently foreseen something of the nature of the coming disaster, and, after securing and closing the doors and windows, moved to other quarters. The theory prevails that it did not take fire on account of the gas being kept from the inside of the honse. In all the other houses which were burned the doors and windows were open, giving the gas an uninterrupted entrance, and when the explosion came the houses took fire in every room at almost the same moment. The greatest destruction was done in the poorest section of the city. "With few ex ceptions the victims were laboring men or workmen in the tube and boiler works. They lost everything. Between the fire and water they had not time to even remove their clothing. On a charred dresser at one of the burned houses a hand glass untouched by the flames was seen. It is tna only article which has thus far been discovered in the burned district which has not been scarred by fire. In a pile of debris on the west side of Seneca street near the banks of Oil creek a skiff was found to-day. It belonged to Willis Stewart, With it he had saved the lives of 114 people and finally perished himself. His body has not yet been found, but under the bottom of the skiff was his hat and a rope which he had used in pull ing the victims to the boot. Wallace. ERIE ADOS ITS MITE. The Citizens Actively Ehgaced In Raising Funds for the Victims. Erie, Pa., June 7. The citizens here met to-night in response to a call by Mayor Clark, to take action on the distressed con dition ot affairs in Oil City and Titusville. Both branches of Councils at aiPextra meet ing passed resolutions of sympathy, and urged the Immediate action of the citizens. MEANS FOR RELIEF, Governor Pattison Pays Yisit to the Two Dilapi dated Cities. a MEETS WITH COMMITTEES, And Addresses Assuring Words to Gatherings of Citizens. PROVISIONS POURING UPON THE11. Cash in Large Amounts Contributed Immediate Use. for MEASURES FOR PROTECTION TO HEALTH IFBOM A STAFF CORRESPONDENT. Oiii Cli;r, June 7. "It is an awful calamity but not so great as I expected." These were the words ot Governor Pattison this evening when he returned from his trip to Titusville. He entered Oil City at 1:20 o'clock this , afternoon and went immediately to the Hotel Arlington. After dinner he addressed the people who had congregated in the streets and then accom panied by Adjutant General Greenland and General Wiley he made a tour of the devastated districts. They first went to the Third ward, on the west side of Oil'creek, and after viewing that portion of the city they went to North Seneca street, where the Governor gazed upon the most appalling disaster since Johnstown. Soon after leaving this spot they boarded a train for Titusville. When Governor Pattison had eaten din ner after his return this evening he went to bis room and found waiting the members of the local relief committee, Mayor Hunt and a number of prominent citizens of Oil City. After selecting the Mayor as Chair man, the committee settled down to the business for which he called it into exist ence. William L. Lay, of Oil City, made a brief address, in which he informed the Governor and committee that the homeless people or the most of them would have to be supported by the citizens for at least six months, and that he did not look for a re vival of business on its accustomed basis be fore next fall. Measures Taken for Relief. Kenton Chickering described the meas ures taken for the establishment of a perma nent hospital in Oil City. Several thou sand dollars, Mr. Chickering said, had al ready been subscribed. A site had been given aud plans submitted for a building which would cost not less than $30,000. The methods adopted for caring for the dead were explained by Captain William Hasson, who said that every precaution had been taken to give a decent burial to the dead. At least 500 people would require food and shelter. Money was the principal need, rather than supplies. Gov. Pattison then addressed the com mittee briefly. His first thought, he said, on hearing of" the disaster, was- of the ca pacity of the people of Oil City and Titus ville to care for the sufferers, and no doubt had entered his mind that .not only Penn sylvania but the citizens of the United States would be prompt in responding to meet the wants of the sufferers from this dreadful calamity. It was a source of tjrati- 'fZii-Sx Ruins of Old Standard Office, Ojl City. fication to him to learn that so eflective an organization for the distri bution of relief had been effected in Oil City, and that so great a sanitary precau tion had been taken. He had been informed that the Board of Belief of Titusville and Oil City had referred to the Pittsburg com mittee " the work of distributing the funds according to the necessities of the sufferers wherever situated. Board of Health Freointions. Mayor Hunt informed the Governor of the precautions adopted by the Board of Health of Oil City toward having the tanks built hereafter in places which would not as heretofore endanger the health and safety of the citizens. They would be erected after this in such places that they would not be come a standing menace to the people. After gracefully alluding to the fact that hundreds of people were eagerly waiting to hear something from the Governor whom they so greatly respected, the Mayor de clared the meeting adjourned to the steps of the Oil Exchange. When the Governor had been conducted to the steps of the Oil Exchange he was in troduced to the waiting crowd by Mayor Hunt He said: "It is difficult, extremely difficult to know what to lay to you on this occasion. This locality has been visited by a dreadtui calamity, possioiy only ex ceeded by one other instance in the history of the commonwealth. There has not only been a destruction of property, but that which is far more serious, destruction of life. Your fellow citizens heard with sadness and heavy hearts of the news as it was wired across the country, of the dread ful misfortune of Northwestern Pennsyl vania. "" Only One Feeling In the State. 'There was one feeling, there was but one sentiment, and that was expressed by a de sire to come to your relief in this hour of your distress. "Since I have been with you," he said, "I have been gratified, as I have said to your fellow citizens, with the efficient organiza tion that you have in your local committee to take care ot the suf fering, provide for the distress and look after the wants of those who have felt the serious effects of the fire and flood. Your fellow citizens sympathize with you and as they send you contribu tions 'and aid you, they feel that possibly the property can be restored, places of business put in order again and men can after a time go about their accustomed pursuits, but they also realize that it is utterly impossible by any act of theirs to restore to yOu your fel low citizens whose lives have been sacri ficed in this calamity. I think I express to you upon this occasion the sympathy of your fellow citizens, not only of Pennsyl vania, but wherever the news has been car ried of the dreadful calamity that has vis ited this section of the State.'1 Governor Pattison leaves at 2 o'clock to morrow morning forJPittsburg, but Kadolph Blanenberg and Bobert McWade will wait to confer with a committee from Oil City, one from Titusville and another from Pitts burg in regard to the most systematic man ner of distributing food aud clothing to those who are In distress. jrin Bl . 1 v A -11)1 J- SlSKIs." """" THE DEAD AND MISSING. Two of the Injured at Oil City Die and Swell the Ust to Forty-One Others Ex pected to Succumb to Their Hurts Many Missing and Injured. FEOM A STAFF COHKKSPONDINT. Oil City, Jane 7. Two more unfortu nates have been added to the list of the known dead. They died to-day. One is Myrtle Hawks, 15 years of age, who died at 3 o'clock-this morning, and the other little Johnny Bruensel, 5 years old. He died in the hospital thrs morning at 8 o'clock, this swells the list of the dead in Oil City to 41. A telegram was received to-day stating that a bodr had been seen nassine Eoxburg and near it was a sign bearing the name of a red jfaui, oi uu uity. The lollowing is a list of the missing, which was completed by the authorities at a late hour to-night. W. D. TERWILLIGEB, about 45 years of ase, married, wife and three children, resides on Plnmer road. " ' GRANT TKRWILLIGER, about 30 years of age, married, aud leaves a wife ana one child. WILLIAM WHITE, a barrel trimmer by oc cupation at the Continental Keflninjt Company-, about 59 years of aze, married, and leaves a wife and three children. JAMES KODGEBS, a refiner, 45 years old, leaves wile and two children. FRANK EAKINS. about 22 years old, mar ried, no children. JAMhS HERKINS25 year old, single. WILLIAM HASSENFRITZ, 22 years of age, telegraph operator. S A M VE L RICHARDSON, machinist, years of ago. . WILLIS STEWART, leaves wife, 30 years old, resides in Silvervville. AMBROSE W. MORAN, 27 years of ago, elec trialhrht man, homo in Rochester, N. Y. FRANK GOODRICH, electrician, leaves wife and tin ce children, member of No. 1 Hose Company. DAVID COPELAND, ajrod 35, leaves four children, wife and six-day child burned to death. GEORGE CHRISTT, carpenter, 40 years old. GEORGE REKD. carpenter. JOHN HAWKS, 70 years or age, wife dying of burns and leaves seven children. There are 11 patients in the Oil City Hos pital who were injured Sunday. They are receiving the best of attention, but two of them are expected to die. The great majority of the injured were INDEPENDENT BEFINEBT, taken to the houses ot friends or relatives, making it almost impossible to obtain a complete list of those who were burned. Major McClintock, who was in charge at the hospital this afternoon, said: "There seems to be a prejudice existing against the. hospital among a certain class ot those who were hurt and almost baffled us in our attempts to bring them here to be treated. They seem to believe that it means certain death to enter a hospital. This is a common belief, though, I have found among a certain class." The patients in the hospital are: MART BRUNSEL, 6 years old, burned, will die. JOHN ROACH, burned about the face and hands, saw Ills wile and two children perish, physicians believe lie may die from mental denresslon. AMIE BRUNSEL, 5yeara old, burned, but expected to live. AUGUST BRUNSEL. 46 years old. burned about ince and hands, mav recover. LOUIS HASSENFRITZ, 5l vears old, may lose both eyes, condition critical. HENRY BEGLEY, burned about face and hands, j umped out of second story window Into flames, will recover. J. P. FEl.NhY, root injured. JOHN HAYES, badly bruised. MRS. SCHNIED, arm and hands bruised. MR. ELLEN SKANAHAN, bruised. MRS. KATIE THOMPSON, spine injured. It is a peculiar fact that few ot those who were burned or bruised know when Or what circumstances they were in when hurt. They were so intent on saving themselves thatinjuries which afterward entirely dis abled them passed unnoticed at the time. Begley was lound in his underclothes sit ting on the steps of the Central Hotel half a mile from his house. Wallace. SIXTY-ONE DEAD VICTIMS. Twenty-Seven Burled at Titusville, the Others to Be Interred To-Day Many of the Bliisln; Supposed to Be Floating Down the River. Titusville, June 7. Sixty-one dead bodies have been recovered up to this time, and a number are still missing and being searched for. Some bodies have been picked up below in the creek. There were 27 interments to-day and the other bodies will be buried to-morrow. It was reported late this evening that 15 bodies bad been found at Miller's farm, seven miles below here, but the report has not yet been verified. There is no question that a number of bodies are floating down the river or are lodged somewhere in the timber which is piled high up along the river bank and on small islands which have been formed by the course of the creek having diverted. The search for bodies can ouly be prose cuted by daylight, as the electric light plant has been so badly damaged that it cannot be repaired for days to come. GOV. PATTISON ARRIVES. He Holds a Conference With the Belief Committee and Presents It With 850. OOO for the Sufferers He Estimates That 8100,000 Is Needed for Immediate Use. Titusville, June 7. Special After a brief visit in Oil City, Governor Pattison left for here at 2 o'clock. His special was the first train over since the disaster, peo ple having to content themselves with tedi ous cross country driving or face the dan gers of horseback riding along the banks of Oil creek. Hew York and New Orleans practically are no more remote from each other than have been these sister towns in affliction until to-day. The tram made fair speed and the Gover nor arrived in town unexpected and unan nounced at 4 o'clock. He drove to the Brunswick Hotel, situated on the outlying district of the flats, where the inundation, the explosion and the fire have laid a triple destroying hand and made of a flourishing quarter almost a horrid plague spot As fast as the local relief committee could be gathered, a conference was held in the Oil Exchange, including, besides the Governor, Messrs. Qude and Blankenburg, of the Be lief Committee of Philadelphia, General Wiley and the sub-committee of the relief from Pittsburg, Messrs. Heard, Eaton and Vandergrift The Governor's council lasted two hours when the entire plan of relief was unfolded to him. The Governor commended the committee for its work, declared his reali zation of the enormity of the horror, and asserting his belief that $100,000 for instant relief was a most conservative estimate, he presented $50,000 as an earnest of greater contributions to come. The local committee feels unbounded satisfaction at the ready sympathy which their methods met with from Governor Pattison, and express the utmost confidence in his assurance and proofs of friendship. After the meeting in the Oil Exchange, the Governor dined at the Brunswick and at 7 o'clock left Titusville tor OU City. MANY MARTYRS LAID TO REST. Continued from First Page. bythe C. M, B. A., the Lyons bvthe Loyal Legion of the same order "and the Eakins by the A. O. U.W., and Venango Lodge No. 237, the Mills by the Cornplanter Lodge of the L O. O. F, , the Beinbolds by the same society, Samuel Steck by the L O. O. IT., the Hassenfritzes by the C. M. B. A. Interments in Two Cemeteries. The other interments were either con ducted by friends or by the relief commit tee with impressive religious services. The following interments were made in aftuu Lower End of Seneca Street, OU City. Grove Hill Cemetery: Prank Watson, ase 14 years, Edwin Mills, ae 38 years; Marv Mills, ace 35 years; Emily Mills, age 13 years; Edith Mills, age 3 years; Maude Mills, age 5 years; Florence Mills, age 11 years; Amy Mills, age 8 years; J. L. Dor worth, a;e 4C years; J. B. Keinbold, age 45 years; Emma "Briggs, age 17 years; Myrtle Hawk, age 14 vears; Simon P. Steck, a$e 73 years; W. D. Eakin, age 49 vears; E. J. Eakin, age 28 years; Edith Freeman, age 9 years; Johnnie Brunsel, age 4 years; Simon McPherson, age unknown; Susan Hawk, age 63 years. In the Catholic cemetery were John OIL CITT, STILL BURNING. O'Leary, age 27 years; Mrs. O'Leary, age 79 years; Edward Keating, age 50 years; Bartholomew Lyons, age 14 vears; Daniel Sullivan, nze 48 years; William Hassen fritz, age 18 years; Thomas Burns, age 25 years. Those buried elsewhere were: H. W. Shafcr, Franklin; Charles Miller, Lancas ter; E. V. K. Planke, Carthage, N. Y.; J. W. Bristol, St Catherines, Canada; H. D. Dougherty, Kittanning; Eugene Fritz, Meadville. Individual scenes at the twin cemeteries were of such numerous occurrence that it would require volumes to tell of them. A number of ladies andyoung girls fainted, and one poor woman with the terrible imprint of woe almost indellibly impressed upon her drawn features, threw herself upon the coffin wherein some loved one reposed, and was only taken away with difficulty. Will D. West. DESOLATION IN THE VALLEY. Hills Torn to Pieces by the Terrific Force of tho Swollen Flood Debris Scattered Broadcast by the Seething Waters A Wild Waste of Jagged Kock. Oil Crrr, June 7. Special The trip along the valley where the flood descended is marked by the scenes of the wildest deso lation. Huge trees have been torn from their positions and hurled down to gether in narrow ravines, wreak-, ing destruction, desolation and dis aster at every point The banks of the creek have been plowed up in places until it looks like some massive battering ram had been directed against it with dead ly effect. Boulders ot rock and stone have been bodily lifted ,lrom their resting places and in some places completely overturned, tearing great rifts in the sides of the hills that skirt the creek, where treat pieces of trees have been torn away y the madly rushing waters. Everyone that is met has some terrible ex perience to tell of. The people were bod ily swept from their feet and dashed with terrible force against the trees and rocks in the path of the deadly flood. Houses were carried away, and before they had been carried out of sight of their terrorized owners had been dashed to pieces and the debris scattered broadcast witn the seething waters. Upon every side are the evi dences and it requires no vivid im agination to conceive the scene as it was upon l?st Sunday. Driftwood consisting of broken tree's, branches, eaves of houses, partly demol ished roofs, besides innumerable small articles consisting of half barrels, parts of chickencoops, window sashes with the jagged edge of the broken glass visible, chair or pieces of a broken bedstead are choked in between logs and trees, and in places are held in tbe middle of the streams by some element forced down. The current of the creek is sluggish to day and the thick muddy water lazily rip ples in passing the many piles. There are supposed to be the bruised bodies of dead in various places and the unfortunates whose homes have been wrecked and their families swept away are searching in the ruins. There are volumes yet to be written of the devastated district along the route from Titusville to Oil City as the tale will not be told for days. PRESIDENT HARRISON'S GIFT. He Contributed Two Hundred Dollars for the Sufferers ThU Honey Aceoptod by Governor Fattlson's Becrotary, Who Sends Acknowledgments for the Timely Donation. a HARnisnrjRO, June 7. Special The following dispatch was received at the Ex ecutive Department this morning: , ExKCirriVK SIaksiot, Washingtoh, D. C, Juno 7. i To Governor Pattison. Hargltbnrg: The President directs mo to place $200 at your disposal for the rullof of tho fmfloiln? at Oil City and Titusville, nnd to express his deep ympathy. (Signed) E. Vi. IlALrnnn, rrlvato Sccietnry. The following answer was at once sent: To lion. E. W. Hslford, Trlyate Secretary. Wath injrton, D. C. : Yonr telegiam to Governor Tattlson re mitting $200 lor tbe Oil City and Tltusvlllo sufferers has boon received nnd ill bo for warded to Governor Pattison, who Is nt tho scene of the disaster, l'lcnso convey to President Harrison the thanks nnd appreci ation of all Pennsylvania for his generous and timely offering. (8lgned) 11. D. Tati, Prlvato 8ocretary. immediate aid wanted. Governor Pattison frays Money Sent Now Is Worth Doable Its Vatae. Oil City, June 7. Special Governor Pattison asks for subscriptions immtdl-l ikmm t K lWA"VOvvj3fl v9i KISf V$ 4 ately. He claims that money sent in now is worth twice the amount subscribed two months hence. ', All money contributed can now be used in the valley of Oil creek to the best of ad vantage according to the ideas of the com mittee in charge. AUTHENTIC LIST OP LOSSES.' .Estimates of Nearly a Million Dollars Now Kuown to Have Been Destroyed Prop erty Damaged in Various Districts Near and in Oil City: Oil City, June 7. Special.- The fol lowing is the only authentic and complete list ot losses which has been compiled: Seneca street, west side F. A. Steer, No. 438; O. P. Drnmm, No. 434: A. Hnssenfrltz, No. 432: Mrs. E. Lynch. Nos. 423 and 430; Will M. Grove, No. 424. W. S Wick, No. 420; EIs man and Ebbinger, No. 416; C. C. Kramer, No. 408: B. L. Lyons. No. 404: Trax and Kramer, Nos. 330 and 402: James McGuIgan, No. 3S6: W. Smith, No. 332: L. Boe, No. 380; G. W. Kramer. Nos. 376 and 378: Patrick Shnnahan, No. 374; estimated loss. $30,000. Scnncu street, east side C. C. Kiamer, No. 429; Thomas Wright, No. 427: S. W. Terwilll trer, No. 425: Mrs. W. Monks, No. 421: William Brics, 419; U. G. Huahes, No. 4I5J: F. L. Clark. No. 415: N. Kirshner, No. 413: a Wnrs ster. No. 411; estimated loss, 25,000; Oil City Tube Works. $100,000: estimated loss, $25,000; Imperial Barrel Factory, $100,000; total, $225, 0C0. Stephens street J. C Kramer & Co., J. Wagner, Con Breen, James Downing, Mrs. T. Uines. John Hart, James Faliey, John O'Leary, Will Curtis, George P. Benton, es timated loss, $I5,C00. Standard street $10,000. Total, $25,000. Third ward United Lumber and Coal Company, mill and lumber, $30,000: Chau tauqua "Lake Ice Company, ice houses, $10,000; William Diebold. bouse, etc., $1,000; Petroleum Honse, furniture, etc., and W. H. Loot's store, $20,000: T. H. Mc Hale, general store, f L500: Hall & Stelnko, store, $1,000; James McHale. three houses, fumltnto and clothimr, $18,000: George Thomas, shoe shop, $600; E. D. Fltzpatrict, blacksmith shop, 3 000: . Fitzpatrick, blacksmith shop, $1,400: Slidlas Oil Company, three-story frame, $3,000; W.J. Pollock, furni ture, etc.,?7uu: uetnnoid carriage repository, Myers & Heaslry, blacksmith shop: Leslie harness shop, $12,000: William Daubenspeck, house, and store, $2,000: Lizzie Anderson, dressmaking: Patrick Ready. $16 000; Chris Roess, house, $1,000: MIdlas Oil Company, two-story house, $1,600; Flelschman's tailor shop and Gertie Foster. $3,500: R. D. Naylor, nlnmbing stock, $2 000; R. D. Naylor, buildinir $1,000; George Stgman barber shop, $1,000; George Paul 4 Sons furniture stock, $60,000; Hotel Bellevue and livery, $35,000. Total loss, $171,900. Up the creek Independent Reflnerv, loss, $25,000, insurance, $13,000; Pennsylvania Re fining Company, loss, $40,000, insur ance, $27,500. Valley Refining Company iron tank. $2 000, no insurance; Nabbs cooper shop, $1,500, Insurance $500: Crystal Refining Company, damages $500; Km stone Refining Company, benzine tanks, $3,000; Continental Refining Company, flood damages, $2,000; total loss, $79,000. Miscellaneous "L. Debolt, honse, $1,500; s. Y. Ramage, tanks and oil, $700: damage to local oil lines, $100; Fred M. Chambers, waznns, harnes, etc. and damage to stock, $400; Dr. C. W. Coulter, phaeton, harness and sleigh, $200; JohnLow.house on Seneca street, $500; furniture, money, personal property etc., $150,000; E. A. Wilson & Co., pianos, etc., and wasons, $4,C00. Total, $177,400. Total estimated loss now known, $728,300. BELIEF FOTJBINQ IK. Thirty-Seven Thousand Dollars Already In tho Hands ot the Committees. Oil Crrr, June 7. The relief and com missary corps. of Oil City are rapidly makine way for an opening to more than ordinary glory. Every hour to-day they received from one to three cartloads of m terial for the destitute. Cash contributions are also pouring in. The Standard Oil Company has subscribed 525,000, which is to ue uiviueu uetween jii iiiiy anu xitus- ville and the intervening districts. Budolph Blankenburg brought $10,000 from Philadelphia, which is to be divided between the Oil City and Titusville citi zens. Late this evening Charles W. Gard ner and W. J. Akers, a committee of two from Cleveland, arrived in Pittsburg. They have in charge $2,500. In Titusville they left Sl,500 and in Oil Citv they left the balance ot 81,000. HUGUS&HACKE CLOAK DEPARTMENT. We direct attention to our superior assortments of Jackets, Capes, Cloaks, Wraps and Mackintoshes. This department is stocked with the latest novelties of handsome styles and materials, and our prices cannot be approached. Some Special Lots : Navy and Black Cheviot Reef ers, well made and finished, value $6, to be closed at $4 each. Black and Colored Cloth Capes that were $10, now $6.50 each. Black, Tan and Gray Cloth Jack ets, 'stylish and perfect fitting; former price $8, now $5 each. Cheviot Cloth Newmarkets, Military Cape, blacks and navys, special values at $10 and $15 each. A superior line of Embroidered Black Cashmere and Crepe du Chene Fichus ranging in price from $3.50 to $40 each. A large line of Ladies' Mackin toshes, all styles and colors; three extra good qualities in the popular navys and blacks at 10, 12.50 and 18 each. Cor. Fifth Ave. and Market St, jeS-Mwnij LADIES' Patent Leather Tip Oxford Ties at 7C at SIMEN'S, 78 OHIO ST., ALLEGHENY, PA. Store closes at 0 p.m., except Sat urday. , Je6-icw ELEGANT WEDDING GIFTS STERLING SILVER, 1 CHINA, CUT GLASS, BRIC-A-BRAC, CABINETS, TABLES, LAMPS, CLOCKS, For Lovely Brides in June. SPECIAL DISPLAY IN ART ROOM. R P. ROBERTS & SONS, 1FTH AVE. AND MARKET ST. 1 Jcft-xw A Ministerial Dinner Party. , Eev. A. E. Arundel, rector of Trinity Church, yesterday gave a dinner at the Duquesne Hotel to 10 of his fellow min-' isters. Among the visiting ministers at tending were Eev. Henry Mattel, Bev. J. D. Billard and Iter. H. H. Knox, all of New York. JUST THE THING FOR THE CHILDREN During tha Hot Weather, WASH GOODS COATS, IN Cotton Bedford and Plain Chamora, Cheap, cool and comfortable sizes, i, 2 and 3 years. ' PRICES II JOS. H0RNE & CO., 609-621 Penn Ave. TO-DAY A JUNE SALE OF MILLINERY. 200 TRIMMED HATS AND BONNETS, $5 AND $8.. All made especially for this sale. AH the very latest and best shapes, trimmed in the most artistic manner, and not one can be duplicated any where for anything like these prices. HUNDREDS OF DOZENS UNTRIMMED "" SHAPES 'at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. At 25c Reduced from 75c and fx. At 50c Reduced from $1.00 and $1.50- At 1.00 Reduced from $2 and $2.50. At $1.50 Reduced from 3.00 and $3.50. At $2.00 Reduced from $4 and 5.00. These include Sailors, Toques, Bonnets and Sun Hats. 1,000 bunches of Flowers at 25c, from $1. Ladies and Children's White Mull Hats. Tennis Flannels. and Traveling Caps in JOS. H0RNE & CO., 609-621 PENN ITENUS. Je A BACKWARD SEASON Prompts us to unload our im mense stock of Hats. White and Colored Tuscan Straws and .Milan Braids, ranging in price from $1.50 to $3, we offer at 25 CENTS. 435 Market St 43L j3 yf-syIssT
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