Norwalk gazette, Friday, August 14, 1896 · page 8

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 ’ lllllCllOlllhOM HEAT

The Vicinity of Pittsburg Visited by
a Terrible Storm. .

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IMANY LIVES REPORTED LOST

The Little Oil Town of ,De Haven Appears
to Have Been the \Vorst Sufl'erer.
Another Cloudburst Causes '
3 Fatal Train “’reck.

PITTSBURG, Aug. 14.—A great storm
burst over this city and vicinity today, del-
uging terrirtory several miles in area
swelling streams into torrents, sweeping
awaybridges and buildings and sending a
scoreor more of lives into eternity. The
storm came from the southWest. and great
banks of dark, angry clouds hovered over
Pittsburg and surrounding country, turn-
ing dawn into darkness and striking ter-
ror to the hearts of the inhabitants. Sud-
denly the clouds burst asunder and the
rain fell in sheets. The greatest damage
is reported from the Pine Creek valley, a
few miles north of this city, but definite
reports of the loss of life and property are
coming in slowly. First reports placed the
number of lives lost at 6, but it is now
believed that no less than'30 persons have
perished in the flood. Pine creek has over-
flowed its banks, and from the little ham-
let cf De Haven in the Wildwocd oilfields
the greatest damage is reported. At noon

o information was received at the coroner’s
office that 6 lives were lost at De Haven,
but no names could be learned. From oth-
er sources come reports of fatalities along
Pine creek, but confirmation of these is
dififlcult. De Haven is an oil town of sev-
eral hundred inhabitants. The bridge

away by the flood and the creek was soon
filled with oil tanks, houses, barns and
other drift which indicated a heavy total
of loss to the neighborhood. The creek
flows through Etna, another suburb, and
at this point Main street was flooded to a
depth of six feet. Residents all along the
banks of the creek were forced to flee from
their houses to the hillsides for safety. _ A
whole family named Appleton, occupying
a house on the banks of Pine creek, were
wiped out.

Mrs. Thomas Byrnes was caught iii-the
flood and drowned. The station at Etna
is submerged.

The body of Mrs. Thompson of Sharps-
hurg was recovered from the river.

Workman Swain For Their Lives.

9 The water completely submerged Spang
& Chalfant’s mill, and rose so rapidly
that the men who were at work at the
time were compelled to swim for their
lives. The men in the foundry of Walter,
Walker & CO. had also great difficulty in
escaping. All work was suspended.

One of the peculiarities of the storm in
Pine creek, aside from its severity, was
that it was unaccompanied by thunder and
lightning. It came very quickly and with
no warning whatever. The heavy rain
lasted for fully three hours.

The cause of the storm can be directly
attributed to the approach of the cool wave
from the northwast. A heavy fog, which
was mixed with smoke, ”hung over the
city during the early morning. This was
an indicatibn of approaching trouble.

. ’Thei-‘total rainfall up to 18 o’clock
amounted to 2:24 inches. In an hour the
gauge at the Weather bureau showed. that
the precipitation had amounted "to 1:80
inches, which is not usual for this time.
The heavy rains seemed to keep well north

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of Pittsburg. At the Levis island dam,

 

.thejnearest,-station to Pittsburg,gat 10,

o'clock-but .80 inches of rain had fallen.

There must have been 3 or 4 inches of
rain at De Haven while it lasted to cause
so much damage. As a result of the heavy
rain there will be a rapid rise in the riv-
ers, and to give the people timely warning
the weather bureau has arranged to re-
ceive 3 p. m. reports from all the Weather
stations. ’ _

The storm in Pittsburg and Allegheny
was one of the most severe of the year.
The rainfall was very great, over 2 inches
falling during the forenoon. Great dam-
age was done by the water in various parts
of the city. Streets were splattered with
mud and debris, car lines were tied up
and their tracks blockaded, and houses
were flooded and rendered unsafe.

The storm was especially felt in Butler
street and in the vicinity of Sharpsburg.

l RAN INTO A WASH OUT.

A Cloudburst Causes 3 Railroad Wreck
and the Death of Two Men.

CLEVELAND, Aug. 14.—The east bound

’ special mail train from Chicago on the

-Lake Shore road was wrecked near Otis,

Ind., early today, and the engineer and
firemen were killed.

The train consisted of an engine, two
postal cars, baggage our, one day coach and
a Wagner sleeper. The wash out which it
ran into was 70 feet long and 30 feet deep.
The entire train, with the exception of the
day coach and the sleeper, plunged into the
big hole. The day coach partially toppled
over, but one end remained on the track,
being held by the coupling to the sleeper,
which did not leave the rails. The passen-
gers in the day coach escaped by simply
going through the sleeper, and none of
them received injuries. The mail clerks
and trainmen also escaped injury. A
cloudburst and an immense flood of water
caused the wash out and scooped out the
great hole in the earth at a culvert direct-
ly beneath the tracks.

All Lake Shore trains are being'sent via
Michigan City and Chesterton and thence
over the Michigan Central tracks, so that
the delay to traffic will not be great. The
Monon road has an 80 foot washout a mile
south of this place, and a milldam on the
north side of the road burst and threatens
the Monon bridge on the north side.

 

The Heat Moderating.

' NEW YOIIK, Aug. 14.—&The spirit ther-
mometer in the weather tower showed 77
degees of heat at 8 o’clock, which was
three degrees less than at the same hour
yesterday, a condition which continued all

ay. ‘

Forecaster Dunn said there was every
indication of a gradual decrease of the
heat for the next 24 hours, with a fine
prospect of clear weather and cooler to-
mcrorw. ' ..

All to the west and north of us it is
becoming cooler, and wemust be affected
similarly. There is no other warm wave
in sight, and there should be four or five
degrees drop in temperature tomorrow as
compared with the corresponding hour
today.

The hottest place in the United 'States
today is Key West, with 84 degrees. The
coolest place is Havre, Mon. where it is

 

than yesterday.

New Orleans and Jacksonville had 80
degrees at 8 o’clock; Washington, 78; St.
Louis, 2; Chicago. Omaha and Kansas
:City, 70; St. Paul, 64. ,

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Advertalse in the Gszrrrn.

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across Pine creek at this point was carried.

only 46 degrees. Both places are cooler .

 

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sm Joan MILLAIS DEAD.

The Distinguished Artist Passes Away In
London.
LONDON, Aug. 14.—-Sir John Millais,
president of the Royal academy, died at
5:30 p. in. today.

Sir John Millais succeeded the late Lord
Frederick Leighton as president of the
Royal acatkamy.
.When only 9 years
of age, he gained
his first medal at
the Society of
A r t s . “Pizarro
Seizing the Inca
of Peru. ” his first
'exhibited picture,
was shown at the
. Academy in 1846.
‘ " A Then followod a
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, tures down to.
‘ ' 1894. Hewas dec-
‘ \ crated with the

SIR JOHN MILLAIS. Legion of Honor ~
in 1878 and in 1881 was appointed a trus-
tee of the National Portrait gallery in the
place of the late Dean Stanley. He was
made a barcne: in 1885. He married
Euphemla Chalmers, daughter of George
Gray.

 

The Hostile Ashantees.

ACCRA, Gold Coast Colony, Aug. 14.—
It is feared that serious txoubles are im-
pending in Ashanti. It is reported that
the Inkoranzas and other tribes have join-
ed Chief Saulory, with the object of ex-
pelling the British from Kumassi. The
British cruiser Phoebe and the British
gunboat Magpie, with a large force of
Huassas on board, have gone to ,Elmina,
whence these native troops will be hurried
to Inkoranza and Kumassi.

Business Troubles. ‘

BOSTON, Aug. 14.—The Nealhiorse
company, dealers in woolens, have as-
signed to Charles H. Allen. president of
the Central National bank; Samuel Wil-
liams. treasurer of the Chester Woolen
company, and Horace C. Allen of this city.
The National Shoe and Leather Exchange
announces, that Messrs. Carr & Spencer
of Beverly, manufacturers of cut soles,
have assigned to Charles W. Levers.

A Salvation Army Band Mobbed.
BELLEVILLE, Ills. Aug. 14. -—Violent
demonstrations by the turbulent elements
of Belleville against the Salvation Army
culminated in a riot. For two hours the
mob surged ‘around the Salvationists curs-
ing, shouting. pushing, striking and creat—c
ing a. perfect bedlam. One of the women
was struck on the head with a missile
Finally a squad of police stopped the
melee. . ‘
Professor Herbert Newfipn Dead.
NEW HAVEN, Aug. 14.-—Prcfessor Her-
bert A. Newton, head of the mathematical
department of Yale university and the
oldest professor in active service, is dead.
aged 66. Professor Newton was the great-
est .Alnerican authority on meteorology

and a well known authority on astrology.

He‘was made a fellow of the ROyal Society
of Great Britain in 1892; ’ ‘ '

 

Zelaya's New Ministry.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Aug. 14.-—"-The
following compose the new cabinet of
President Zelaya: Minister of foreign re-
lations, Dr. Manuel Conel Mutus; minis-
ter of the treasury, Dr. Julian Gomez;
minister of fomento, DraLeopoldo Ba-
mirez ,Maraen; minister of gobernation,
Don Erasmus Calderon; minister of war,
Don Dominguez Silva.

A Policeman a Life aver.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—-The dock at the
foot of Warren street was crowded with
people from the tenement house district
seeking _ fresh air.‘ A number of children

. were playing together when Nellie Burns,

6, fall into the water. - Policeman George
Brennan jumped overboard and rescued
the child as she was going down for the
third time.

Valkyrie In tne oiyuc.

GLASGOW, Aug. 14.—The British yacht
Valkyrie, from New York on July 15, ar-
rived in the Clyde today. Valkyrie had a
stormy passage, but she arrived in excel-
lent condition. The longest day’s run was
235 miles. The yacht will be laid up un-
til 1897. .

Fatal Boiler Explosion.

ALLIANCE, 0., Aug. 14.—A 150 horse-
power bciler at the Louisville Brick and

, Tile works, near Maximo, five miles west

of here, exploded this morning with ter-
rific force, completely wrecking the build-
ing. Two men were killed and several in.
jured.

Cretans Not .Belligerents.
LONDON, Aug. 14.—The parliamentary
secretary for the foreign Office, Mr. George
N. Curzon, replying to Mr. James O’Kelly,
Parnellite member for North Rosscom-
mcn, said that the government did not in-
tend to recognize the Cretans as belliger—

' ents.

Connecticut Democrats.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Aug. 14.—-The
Democratic state central committee met

‘ in this city today to issue a call for a

Democratic state convention. it was voted
to hold the convention at 10 o'clock on
Sept. 1:3 at the Hyperion theater, New Ha-
ven. '

Clemency For Irish Prisoners.
LONDON, Aug. 14.—-In the house of
commons today the secretary of state for
home affairs, Sir Matthew White Ridley,
announced that, upon the medical report.
it had been decided to release on license
Daly, Delaney, Gallagher and Whitehead.

Death From Heat In Nashua.

NASBUA, N. H., Aug. 14.—Mrs. Leimna
Lavcia, 35 years old. the fourth victim of
the heat to meet a fatal end within 24
hours, died today. The weather is slightly
cooler today.

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NEW YORK MYSTERY!

 

The Body of a Police Reundsman Dis-
covered In the Woods.

 

HIS HORSE FOUND AT LARGE

the Animal Taken to the Station by Men
Whose Discharge From the Force He
Had Recently Brought About.
No Signs of a Runaway.

 

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.—Captain Dono-
hue of the Kings Bridge station reported to

‘Chief Conlin today the mysterious disap-

pearance of Mounted Roundsman Michael
Keatlng of his command while on duty
yesterday afternoon.

Roundsman Keating reported 15 min-
utes late for duty yesterday morning, and
a complaint was lodged against him at
police headquarters by Captain Dcnohue.

About 3 o'clock in the afternoon two ex-

policemen brought Boundsman Keatlng’s-
horse, with all its accouterments, to the

station house.

They told Captain Dcnohue that they
had found the horse roaming about River-
side avenue. Keating was nowhere in
sight, and search failed to reveal any trace
of his whereabouts. The ex-pclicemen
then determined‘ to take the horse to the
station and report the matter.

At the same time they told Captain
Dcnohue that the reason why Keating was
late in reperting for duty was that he was
asleep in the stable.

The ex-policemen oddly enough owe
their discharge from the force to Keating.

Both of the men have been hanging
about the station house .more or less since
their dismissal, but never when Rounds-
man Keating was out on patrol.

The horse when found was fully acco‘u-
tered, and there was nothing about its ap-
pearance to indicate that it had run away
or that any accident had occurred to its
rider. .

Captain Dcnohue sent ofiicers out in
search of the missing roundsman. They
not only failed to locate him, but failed to
find any trace of him or any one who had
seen him after 3 p. m., when the horse
was found. ,

The complaint upon which the men
were dismissed was that they wore asleep
in a foundry when they should have been
patrolling their posts. Both denied the
charge, accusing the roundsmnn of vin-
dictiveness and willfully falsifying the
truth. The roundsman’s statement was
believed, however, and the board was
unanimous in the verdict of dismissal.

Conlin Is Exercised. ‘ "

Chief Conlin is very much exercised over
the aflair and immediately upon reading
the report sent a long r..-ssage to Captain

Dcnohue containing certain instructions _

which he refuses at this time to make pub-
lie.

The chief said, however, that it was a
most peculiar case and merited. a most
thorough investigation. . -

Roun‘dsman Keating has an exceptional-
ly good record, and, safer as his superiors
profess to know; was temperate in his
habits and thoroughgoing :and conscien-
tious in irae performance of his duties.

Rcun srnan Keating is a married man
and ll}: 1 .with his family at 744. Third
avenue. I-Ie is 46 years old, a njative of
Ireland and wasa watchman before he
was appointed to thepcllce force on March
6, 1880. , -

He was promoted to the rank of rounds—
man for meritorious conduct on July 22,
1887. . -

Inspector Mchllagh, in whose district
the Kings Bridge station is located, had
received no further information than was
contained in the meager report of .Cap-
tain Dcnohue. '

Whether the roundsman succumbed to
the oppressive heat and neglected to report
sick at the station house, whether he be,
came mentally unbalanced and wandered
away out of the precinct or whether he
was thrown from his horse in some so-
cluded spot among the rocks Or murdered
is not known, but any one of these the-
ories is possible. ‘

The officials at headquarters are loath
to believe that Roundsman Keating has
suffered any violence at the hands of the
ex-policemen.

A prominent police official when seen
today said:

“The rcundsman’s horse, saddled and
bridled, was brought to the station house
at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon by Henry
Van Zandt, a former policeman who used
to belong to the Kings Bridge station. He
and another policeman named John Mor-
rison were dismissed from the force by the
police board about two weeks ago on
charges made by Keating, who said that
he had found the men asleep in a foundry
when they should have been on patrol.”

Keating's Body Found. '

Later.—'Ihe dead body of Roundsman
Keating was found in Delafield woods,
Riverside, by an Italian. The body was
removed to Kings Bridge station.
.Inspector MoCullagh said that the body
was closely examined by Captain DODO'
hue, and that there were no visible marks
of violence on it. The body was found
about 200 feet from the roadway in a thick
cluster of trees. The head was badly
swollen, but otherwise thepondition of the
body was normal.

“One of the ex-policemen,” said McCul-
lagh, “was returning with a party of
friends from a ol‘am bake when he met a

fireman attached to the city department ,
- leading a horse along the road. .

“He asked where Roundsman Keating
was, and the fireman said he did not
know. The ex-policeman recognized the
horse as Boundsman Keating’s, and as
Keating's report of him had resulted in
his dismissal he, it is said, was anxious to
discover something he might use against
Keating.

“When the fireman replied that he did
not know where the rider of the horse was
or who he was, the ex-poiiceman took
charge of the animal and led him to the
station.” ‘

The Insurrection In Crete.

LONDON, Aug. 14.—-A dispatch to The
News from Athens says: “Owing to the
recent Mussulman atrocities, the Greek
gbvernment has‘ decided to no longer place
hindrances in the way of arms and volun-
teers going to Crete for the insurgents.
The government considers that it would
be inhuman to leave them a helplessprey
to Turkish ferocity.”

New York Times Sold.

NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-—Spencer Trash
today bought the New York Times for
$75,000 on behalf of the reorganization
committee. Adolph S. Ochs of Chatta-
nooga will take charge of the paper.

Niagara Again a Winner.
BYDE, Isle of Wight, Aug. 14.—‘Niagara
beat Isolde and Penitent today over a 25
mile course.

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Linens.

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