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Show FamHy 8wept Away by Flood. Charleston, W. Vn. Tho vicinity of Dig Ottor c-eck In Clny county, was visited by a cloudburst Sunday, In' which flvo lives wero lost nnd much damngo was dono to property. Tho homo of John Pickering was surrounded surround-ed by water beforo tho oecupajjts woro awaro of ttielr danger. Tho- family, consisting of father, mother nnd four children, tho oldest a daughter 17 years of age, wore swept away by tho flood, tho mother bolng tho only ono snved, sho having clung to somo floating float-ing debris. |