Millard County Chronicle | 1912-07-25 | Page 2 | Three Drown in Raging Torrent

THREE DROWN IN RAGING TORRENT o HEAVY FALL OF RAIN FLOODS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND MUCH DAMAGE RESULTS. Many Homes Surrounded by Water, Three People Being Swept Away and Drowned While Watching the Swollen Streams. l'lttpburgh, I'a. A heavy, steady rainfall caused considerable damaKC throughout the country districts of western Pennsylvania on .Sunday. Although Al-though no damage resulted in till. 1 city, ndjolulnj. boroimhs suffered. In dust rial plants were flooded, while many homes located along creek? were surrounded by water. In the country si-ctiona live stock was drowned find crops ruined. At Can-nonsbiire, Can-nonsbiire, Pa., Hester Young, 17 years old, fell Into Charter creek and was drowned in glKht of many persons who were watching the swollen streams Louis r'orsytho, aged 7, was drowned In a run at Huffsdale, near Grecnburg. Pn., and Lando do Tolo, aged 10, was swept away while watch-Inn watch-Inn the raKlnj. waters of C'onnell run at. Conni'llsvillo, Pa. In the Turtle creek valley the w ter spread over the lowlands, driving many families to top Hoors. At Wll inerdlns the plant of the Wi-stins house Airbrake company was flooded and the loss to the concern may be large. Probably fifty houses and twenty five Btorea In Wlimering are partly under water.