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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1892
Page
1
Oil City and Titusville face massive losses after a deadly flood and fire along Oil Creek. The disaster leaves hundreds dead or missing, with relief efforts under way, coroner inquest planned, and cities rallying to shelter the displaced and care for the injured.
A devastating flood and fire devastate Oil City causing widespread destruction across the Third ward. Firemen and volunteers fight to contain the blaze as mills, tube works, and numerous homes burn. Losses in the district run into thousands with extensive uninsured damage and a scene of chaos as crowds flood in from outside.
Titusville faces a massive flood catastrophe with at least forty eight missing. Debris piles resemble Johnstown wreckage as rescue workers search for victims along the high waterlogged creek and submerged shelters.
Survivors recount ordeal and narrow escapes from a deadly blaze and flood. Grants Terwillinger and William Terwillinger drown saving others. Wm Eakin and sons perish at their home. Lyons family found among debris. O H Dougherty identified by wife, and Express Messenger Join O Leary with mother die together. A tunnel race to life by N C Turner. Sheriff Ray escapes as explosion hits a bridge crowd.
Titusville reads as a local note from June 6 with special dispatches reporting the D. appoints Dunkirk in charge of superintendent Ketchem. The brief item notes a change in duties and the administrative move within the district.
A large number of victims and missing persons are reported after a devastating incident. Jurors are named for the inquiry as responders tend the wounded and identify the dead. Names of the living misattributed as dead complicate the tally with many badly burned and fatally injured.
Av. and P. RR began a train to Dun Kirk under Superintendent Ketchum. It is the first train since Saturday on any road. Expected to reach Dun Kirk by midnight. Reports indicate a broken straw damage affecting Garland Grand Valley Pittsfield Youngville and Warren.
Reports from FRaskirs Pa describe floods that swept north of Franklin destroying thousands of oil wells and dwellings. Cooperstown was submerged with heavy property damage, bridges vanished between Franklin and Titusville, and lives likely lost amid rising Sugar Creek and Sugarcreek floodwaters. A locomotive fell through a bridge at Saegerstown, halting traffic.
A Philadelphia citizens meeting formed a permanent relief committee and named Rudolph Blankenburg and Robert M. McWade as commissioners to the burned and flooded oil districts. They are authorized to advance up to $10 000 immediately and depart for Oil City that night to coordinate aid.
At a late hour last night the Oil Exchange meeting reported known contributions totaling 10 2000 from Oil City and outside donors. Oil City gave 5300 while outside contributions reached 4900 plus funds from Pittsburg. Titusville received extra outside assistance up to 5860. Adams Express Co offered use of priv eade between Titusville and Pittsburgh.
A coroner's list and morgue scene recount victims burned in a Briggs House fire. Names include Bartholomew Lyons and family, Mills family with two daughters, Walter McPherson, Miss O Leary and son, and seven unidentified bodies. Fire site described as horrifying with charred remains and confusing identification.
A special revision lists dozens of dead from a Titusville disaster. The roster includes Mrs Mary Hoehn and four children Mamie Gertie Peter Clara. Fred Campbell and three children. Oliver Edgar Whalen and family. Mrs Quin and two children. Auntie Furman. Mrs A Sere. Katie Bingenheimer and children Leslie Edward Earlie Harry Walter and Baby. Neil Marren. John M Fadden and wife Mary M Fadden. Fred Leversoad and wife. infant of Mrs William Eckert. Mrs C P Caspersos. George Pease. Mrs Lena Olmer and two children. Joe Spiegels and two children. Fred Reede and two children. Fred Coffy Frankie Foster Miss Goldie Cohen. Henry Ruul of Buffalo. Inglesey the tailor.
The Adams Express Messenger John O Leary sacrificed his hoped marriage to care for his invalid mother in Oil City. Delayed trains saved him from a fatal Foster incident as he and his mother perished in the blaze. Route agents Schroyer and Herring guided the family’s remains. Annie Sullivan, the engaged teacher, mourns beside the charred remains.
A dispatch received at the Pennsylvania Executive Department from Titusville leaders William McNaughton and Willis Benedict describes extreme misery and distress far beyond words, asserting last night's press dispatches understate the suffering. The message is dated June 6 and reports urgent conditions in Titusville.
A Minneapolis dispatch reports a tight Republican contest for the presidential nomination. Contested Alabama Louisiana seats, uncertain Alabama Louisiana delegates, and a small bloc of undecided Southern delegates grip the race between Blaine and Harrison as key states and committee battles shape the convention outcome.
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