Salt Lake Tribune | 1915-08-06 | Page 1 | Flood Death List is Brought to 26

FLOOD DEATH LIST 15 BROUGHT TO 28 Mass of Debris Retards Search for Bodies of Cloudburst Victims. ERTK. Pa.. Aiif. 5. With tbe recovery today of two more bodies the list of dead as the result of the floxi Tuesday ni?ht was brought to twenty-eix. Because of the great mass of debris, which stretches ! for two miles along the .Mill Creek val-k-y, the search for bodies is rrof re'ssinsr slowly. Fifteen persons are missing and Coroner Hanley qatfl toniKht he thought th death list mifflit reach sventy-flve. Fifr.ires compiled late today showed that the total damage In the city and county would amount to between six and seven million dollars. Two millions. It was declared, de-clared, would not replace the crops de-s'.roved de-s'.roved In Eri county. Two representatives of the state department de-partment of health arrived today to asFist ti.e !o al health authorities in handling the sanitary work. Scores of persons have been vaccinated for typhoid and warnings on sanitation have been issued by the health authorities. authori-ties. A committee of citizens met with Mayor SieiTi at the city hall this afternoon after-noon and took charge oi the relief work, i Preparations are being made to furnish clothing to the flood sufferers- tomorrow. Former Postmaster Sobe has been chosen eliairman of a committee that will pass upon the Individual losses, and those who : have lost their homes will be given a fresh start In life. I The city council at a meeting this aft-, aft-, ernoon decided to forbid hereafter the j rebuilding of frame buildings in the flood zone. Local citizens are contributing liberally to the relief fund started by. Mayor Stern. The fund has already reached $12,000. ; Every effort is belmr made to prevent pestilence. In the ruins are many bodies of animals and the warmer weather has already caused these to start to decay. i a company of state police arrived here tonight from Butler to assist in the res- cue work and to patrol he flood district. dis-trict. I The flood was responsible for the death tonight of Louis B. Jones. 45 years of age. a prominent lawyer, who dropped dead of heart disease, brought on. physicians physi-cians say, by his strenuous fight In 'the waters of Mill creek Tuesday night to . rescue his wife and two children. Another terrific rainstorm . struck Krie tonight, retarding the -work of searching search-ing parties for a while. No reports of additional ad-ditional damage were received, however. Gas was turned in the mains this afternoon, after-noon, but beiause of numerous uncapped pipes in the flood district it was necessary to turn It off again. The electric lighting light-ing system is still out of commission and the city is in almost total darkness tonight.