Show RUSHED 10 UPPER FLOORS I People of Hamburg Penn Narrowly Escape Esca e Death in iii Flood Fol Pol Following Following lowing a Cloudburst Reading Pa Aug 3 A terrific cloud cloudburst cloudburst burst struck the borough of Hamburg this county late today A food flood swept through the main portion of the town leaving in its wake ruin and de devastation devastation devastation There are washouts in the streets to the depth of ten feet Allan J Romig who was as working In a tinsmith shop was drowned The shop was swept away More than fifty dwellings were damaged Many persons escaped drowning by b rushing to the upper floors of their residences The total loss will amount to more than The great rush of water through the town was vas caused by the collapse of the dam at th thO Union flour mill There were many thrilling rescues and narrow es escapes escapes escapes capes One of the most notable was that th t of the family of Professor Wallace Vallace a blind organist When hn the flood came caine all the members of the th family sought refuge on OH the second floor The Th water rose al almost almost almost most to the second story and ana neighbors rs with boats bats went to their rescue The blind man was lifted out of the window by means of a L rope made of bedding and the children were Ver tossed from the upper windows win and caught by the tIle men |