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Show LOST IN CLOl'DBUIiST EXCURSION PARTY 0 TROLLEY CAR ARE ENGULFED. Wall of Water Sweepa Down Upon Uneuipectlng Merryrekera and Many Llvee AreLoat. A ,-!i-ihone nu-nnag4 i-celved from Jrinolte, a nhort dliU'ce ennl of I'lit-hurg. Pa., la to thi'lfeit that a rlouilburat Mruck thai I'lacn Hnnday night, and conlllctlng rortn nay thnt from 2.1 to .'.') peraoti have boon drowned. It In nuld that Oxf.'d park dam. near .loanolte. burnt, auulflng an ex-ruralon ex-ruralon party on trolly; cara. Oxford park la a gunner renort about a mile eant of .Itiiello and ncv-eral ncv-eral huiidiod men, wno n nnd ch II-dron II-dron nrn known to Ipve been there during the afternoon. )iit how many IohI. their Uvea la n,t known. Tho r.Kirl nrn conflicting .anil run from Sr. to 100 Thn damaito done the cloud- burat In tho vlelnltyi if (Ireennbiirg will not bo lena thanL.',0.0uO. Ilrunh creek rono higher Hun over before and wanhed away ovef hlug along Itn banka. flrorna of p.ylo bandy had tlnio lo eacapn from tn-lr hounoa, o udilon waa the rlne lit tie atroam. At loant ftuu pernof were at thn park Becking relief frmi the heal. When tho atorm burg the greater number nought thn hllledo, preferring tho nholler of tho fonrt treoa to tho park bullilliiKn, becanit they did not enro to be below thn lrfel of thn dam and but llltle abovo itn dry aeanon level of Ilrunh crook. When tho dnni br.iM a aolld wall of wnter twenty fee high ruidicd down and completely fid (lie nnrrow ravine wllh Ita car tmkn. car barn and rontaiirant. In f rent of the cur barn Blood a car contiliilng from fifty fif-ty to aeventy pnnncnn-rH. many ol them aeeklng to retort to Jeannette. nthera lining It na a tfmpornry nhcl tor. With tho Imiuouie bmly of water behind It. tho cront ol tho IIihhI Ihito down with lrroslatal.lt force. Aa It awopt down tlu' nurr.ie rnvlno It carried car-ried w llh It tho hiniled klreet car nnd the crowded reslnnriinl. The flinitl wna filled wllh men. women nnd children chil-dren Btnii;;ltni; for II. Mr Uvea. Thn vlclltna of the limn! Krnnpod anything that might uvo them from the fury of tho waier. leled, the trol-i trol-i ley wlrea and met ilenih by being electrocuted elec-trocuted Innteail of txlng drowned. I Hovoral bodton lave xlready boon ro-covered. ro-covered. Dial, niiiwJ;, was the roault ro-ault of thla cauao. |