Great Flood Devastates Towns and Dams
The flood rose 30 feet in a single wave, sweeping logs and destroying bridges and roads. Six more bodies were recovered yesterday, with losses of about 10 000 dollars each in Riceville and Centerville. Coroner's inquest postponed. searchers remain active as contributions continue and business resumes.
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Riceville
Centerville
Titusville
Titusvilles
Canandohia
George Markham
Spartansburg
Harrington’s
Lester Shafter
Westcote
Little Fork
West Branch
Oil Creek
West Fork
Unheeded Lessons From Oil Creek Flood Calamity
Titusville dispatch reports Crawford and Venango counties suffer nearly 160 flood deaths from breaches of earthen dams on Oil Creek. Canandohta and Spartansburg areas faced massive damage as dams broke due to inadequate spillways and fish screens. Recovery funds pour in as coroner imposes a single nationwide inquest, while public alarm prompts calls for legislation to supervise dam construction and prevent future disasters.
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Titusville
Crawford County
Venango County
Canadohia Lake
Oil City
Spartansburg
Oil Creek
Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad
South Fork
Conemaugh
Canandohta
Canandohta Club
John Wilson
Riceville
Titustrille
Johnstown
Valley of the Allegheny
C. J. Andrews
Jesse Doughert
Wash Shreve
Canandohta Bridge
Strauss
Providence
E. Cashier
Commercial National Bank
Oil Exchange
Erie
Hepburn Johns
Harrisburg Sends Money to Oil Region Sufferers
Harrisburg reports contributions for oil region victims. Governor Pattison receives a $24 check from Chicago donors and a $200 draft from Harrisburg citizens. Clothing donations flow through Mrs. GC McEnery and others while officials debate the identity of bodies after a river disaster. The death toll reaches 49 with several missing.
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HaAkgissure
Pattison
Mesars
Repairing the ruin after the flood
Titusville reports the disaster scene with charred remains mixed and some victims buried in others' graves. Mrs Beingheimer and her eight children were buried together, as officials prepare relief and a coroner's inquest to determine cause.
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Titusville
Beingheimer
Valley Plagued by Filth Threatens Epidemic
Report warns that the valley is unusually dirty with debris posing great danger of an epidemic, while life losses remain lower in the area than in City or Titusville. The scene is described as nearly sanitation-free and hazardous.
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Ley
City
Titusville
Inhumanity of Ghouls Strips Dead Hero’s Clothing
June 9 report from Om Crry describes two tramps stripping the corpse of Willis Stewart of Giverly, who died saving women and children after the explosion, as the city reels from disaster.
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Om Crry
Willis Stewart
Giverly
Half a hundred dead at Oil City finds more bodies
Coroner Snowden learns of additional corpses found in the river at Oil City as an undertaker in Natrona objects to the coroner's request. A German undertaker named Joan Mustiter cites insult to his office in a curt reply, while the coroner continues to seek next of kin and autopsies.
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Allegheny County
McDowell
Grant Terwilliger
Samuel Eakins
James E. Hawkins
James Henry Rodgers
Kennerdell
Natronia
Terwilliger
Kittanning
Samuel Richardson
W. D. R. Terwilliger
William Heassenfrits
Ambrose F. Moran
Frank Coset
Mge Christy
David Cop
Ol City
Om Crry
Snowden
Natrona
Nathowa
Joan Mustiter
Clouds Lining A Ride Across the Bills From Titusville
Staff correspondent reports on oil country disasters in Titusville and Oil City. He describes the ruins, the landscape from Cottage Hill, and the emotional scene including a loyal dog and a near-miss photographer. Also notes livery charges, travel by road, and the huge insurance losses across several companies.
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Titusville
Charles Andrews
Oil Creek
Oil City
Cottage Hill
Seneca Street
Insurance on the Losses List of Paid Sums Named
Insurance adjusters on site publish an authentic list of payments to victims. The compiled totals show about 60 percent of losses covered, with numerous insurers named and payments ranging from a few hundred to twenty thousand dollars, totaling 315,900.
Calamity Relief Totals: 91 Buildings Destroyed
A careful canvass shows 91 buildings destroyed and 564 people homeless. The Relief Committee reports on funds received and the need to account for donations as it handles the ongoing relief work.
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Relief Committee
Titusville Dead Authentic List of Dead and Missing
The article presents an official roster naming sixty one dead and missing from Titusville Pennsylvania, listing many individuals including Mrs. Mary Haehn and James Jameson, with notes on families and several towns and surnames, compiled under N Payne supervision.
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Titusville
N. Payne
Mary Haehn
Clara Haebhn
Gertie
Neill McKinnzie
Oliver Egwaert
James Jameson
Frank Whalen
A. Butler
F. Reide
George Pease
C. P. Casperson
Jacob Bingenheimer
Johnnie
Willie
Henry
Geetie
Katie
Joseph Speigel
Frank Speigel
Warren
Lena Olmer
E. Engelsky
Golder Cone
Clearing Away the Ruins After Ol City Calamity
A staff correspondent reports gradual debris removal in Ol City after a devastating disaster. Laborers work amid half burnt timber heaps and ruined homes as families mourn widows and salvage relics. Sanitary efforts improve with trenches for foul water and efforts to resume normal business. Continued on Eighth Page.
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Board of Health
PROM
City
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