| Show FIRE AND FLOOD terrible disaster in the oil regions of pennsylvania OIL CITY pa ila june 6 never before in the history of oil city and find the tile oil countr country has such disaster excitement and turm turmoil ah been seen as the city Is now witnessing at 11 15 sunday morning the city and country for miles around was startled b by two explosions occurring al almost alina oil creek became a it raging torrent and fully a thousand people eople were matching watching the tile waters A choul cloud had burst up the creek about 1130 11 50 a green fluid wa 1 noticed on thou the water ater this increased in lit quantity and finally colored almost the entire wat water er 0 of the creek the tile smell of baa gas and oil war wa perceptible ee and the tile danger of fi fire re was commented nr twible upon 1 lie words had hardly been uttered nv when uvon lei yards up the stream a mass of names flames shot heavenward people statute sta stampeded tupe aed like cattle and started for the hills hardly had they started when nio more e ex explosions lesions rent the air and the entire creek creet for hundreds of feet seemed one seething mass of flames and smoke woke the panic stricken crowd shrieked madly and in 11 their efforts to escape women and anti chil dien were trampled under foot and were w ere severely bruised an engine on oil the tile western new york pennsylvania railroad passed a tank of gasoline standing on a siding the tank was leaking and as the engine passed a mass of flames shot into the air and the earth seemed to shake with the awful tremor it is supposed that the engineer and fireman were killed by the tile force of the explosion in an instant the flames swept madly over the entire upper pan part of the city which w alch was v as flooded by the oily waters of the creek and slid men women and children who were moving from their homes were caught by the tile d deadly a alv names flames and if not burned to death deat 1 0 outright u were w tre drowned in the raging flood it is is im impossible pos aible to give an art estimate 0 of f the lives lost lot for laues up the tile creek 0 on n both sides ever everything athing Is in fit ruing ruin 13 an and a 11 hundreds un of families are rendered tendered homeless very little property has been saved and the sky oky for miles around I 1 is a still 16 black lack wit with h smoke from the tile burning dwellings and oil tanks tank when the explosion I 1 I 1 ion occurred peo people le were knocked down by the force othe of the shocks and every window within a radius of two squared was broken the panic during the height of the excitement was something fearful and it Is remarkable that none were killed by horses and the frantic mob in the upper part of the town about a hundred dwellings were destroyed by fire and 0 owing ing to the depth of the water the fire department is helpless this part of the city is blockaded wit with h lumber sheds shed ft and nd roofs of houses wh w aich lei floated down the sight from the hilltops above the town ii is awful the loss of pro property W t I 1 is a 0 estimated 3 at from to ow pe all along the burned sections are seen groups of persons still hunting for loved ones they do not seem to weary or de pair but dig diy into the accumulated filth decair an yair rubbish with bare barehand and bleeding bands hands for many the work willbe will bo without reanita as many bodies were either burned t to 0 cinders or swept away at a late hour tonight to night sixty seven bodies tes had been recovered those acquainted with the lo 10 bality where the tile greatest damage was done sa say y the losi loss of life mus mat t reach and many put tha tile figure at th the greatest loss undoubtedly occurred in the tile section occupied by foreigners forc ignera employed in the tube works ko no one knows names and it will be impossible eer ever to know how many are missing in lit the tile same section were vast linn numbers ibers of children and as only ten bodies of children have been recovered the great question arises arise what became becan e of the remainder unbounded gratitude is felt and express cd ed by the relief committee for the generous bubs subscriptions received and the offers of aid from front the ou outside aside tonight to night the tile corn com cittee has over 1200 and by tomorrow to morrow the sum built will be swelled to double that amount three hundred have requested aid already and the number Is bein being 9 swelled TI TURVILLE JU jane ne 6 0 the tracks are washed away above the city for a distance of fifteen or twenty miles wiles and travel both north and south la to cut off 0 and will not bo restored for two or th three ree days it Is reported that john D rockefeller has in fit he the standard oil buyer here to draw on him for for the relief of the sufferers the body of fred lucars was w as recovered reio ered this afternoon making in all fifty six vic vie tima tinis so far ahe for caring for the dead are limited limite dand and I 1 sixteen bodies were placed laced in sacks backs and la laid sizable d aside till they co could u 1 t I 1 receive further attention coroner strauss a im paneled a jury today and viewed the remains ho ile said the verdict could be nothing else than an act of providence ever every g bridge in the country axy with the exception except fon of three railway bridges was swept away and the roads are so badly torn that it will cost an immense sum to repair them thom hundreds of families are homeless and great die distress aress prevails assistance Bista si uce is needed quickly clothing and food are both essential I 1 11 I 1 I 1 ili k 7 f |
