Wilkes-Barre Sunday Independent

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WILKES-BARRE, PA., SUNDAY, JUNE 4,1922
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CLOUDBURST TAKES TERRIBLE TOLL OF DAMAGE DEATH INVADES SPECIAL TRAIN OF SHRINERS
MURDER' THREE ARE TAKEN CLUE IS AS PARK SLAYERS TRACED
Three young men of Plains, two of them brothers, were arrested early to¬ day charged wilh the murder of Mrs. Brldgret Holladay, iZ years old. of 8 West Liberty street,    Hanover Town-
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Discovered By the Police
SUSPECT RELEASED
I neighbor.    They w ere under guard in 'the Wyoming Uiracks of the State po¬ lioe.
The prisonera are Frank BednoskI, 14 years old. ot 75 Helen street. Plains:   his step-brother.    Alec    Bed-
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Charge That Lover May street. piain.s.
A formal charge of murder was placed against each of them follow¬ ing their arrest shortly after mid¬ night by Captain William Clark of the State police. Chief of Police Mi¬ chael Urown of this city; Uichard Powell, captain of county detectives, and a squad of troop<-rs.
Have Fired Fatal Shots ANDERSON HELD
Previous to the arrest of three I'lains men «.<¦ the accused slayers, as noted In another column on this page, the police early last night announceii the discovery of two empty shells from a 45 calibre automatic pistol sought In the murder of Mrs. Bridget Holladay, aged SS. of 8 We.<»t Liberty t-treet. Ash¬ ley, in Hollenliack Park on Thursday right while In company of Oustave Anderson, aged Sl. a resident of Ashley. Mr. Ander.son i.i etdl tK-ing held by the authorities although they have nn- i nounced that the man has profe.sseil absolute Innocence of having had any- thtnir to do with the shooting. j
l'p until last night the police an¬ nounced that Charles Holladay, the! husband of the murdered woman, had ' not communicated with thrm reganl- | Ing the shooting of his wife. Chief ofj I'olice Brown admitt»>d that such a I Situation was rather unusual but at¬ tributed It to the fact that the man Is
met by appointment and proceeded to Plains.
.Shortly after mi<lnlght the BednoskI brothers were arrested. Gnsteionls fell Into the net at the same time. In searching the home of the brothers the authorities came upon a large quan¬ tity of goods which they claim is stolen merchandise. This stuff con¬ si.sted of automatic revolvers, radio outfits, field glasses, surgical instru¬ ment."?, cigars, chewing tobacco and other articles. The prisoners Were taken from bed In their homes.
Kven before the arrests became known, the three alleged slayers had been locked up In the barracks. They were laken directly there from their homes without being docketed at the Wilkes-Barre police station. Kew \yfo- ple knew of the supposed solution to the murder mystery when Captain Clark   announced   it.
The number ami mnk of the police authorities who gathered in the sus¬ pects showed    the    importance   given
•¦We are po.sitive these men are the | the rofind-up. Be.sldes the detail of slayers of Mrs. Holladay." declared i troopers who were In at the arrest. Captain Clark In announcing the ar- ' the othera represented the highest rest of the trio. He al.so slated that ' officers In the city, county and State ut the BednoskI home a large quanti- j organizations.
ty of supposed stolen good.s, including ! 	
autuniatic  revolvers,  was  found. | Sure of Their Men
Since    the    murder Captain  Clark. Chief  Brown    and    Detective  Powell
I The round-up of the three alleged I slayers came as the most sen.sational j development In the Holladay ca.<«e i since  the   woman   was  munlered.     It :
wus  al.so  made  with  absolute  secrecy I
until  the  youths  were  safely  Impris- i , oneil In the barrack.^.    The authorities j
declineil   to   make   public   the   actual j I evidence they have against the Plains ! ,„   j,„^.   headquarters  all
residents  but  they showed a  tnarkinl i |jj^.p,,,ig^,|„n j confldence   that   they   have  the   right ' ' men.
The Importance attache<l to the ar¬ rests by the police Is Indicated by the fact  that even last   ni.ghl  the Investi-
: were known to be working together with tlieir entire force.i combined. i However, at no time would any one ! of them reveal the inside clues In the ease, flustave Ander.son. Mrs. Holl.i- day's companion at the time of the munler.   vvaa kept  under close  guard
during  the
•o disturbed  over  the affair  that   his! Cation Into the murtler was pennitted time    has    been    otherwise    occupied, i to continue In   Its  normnl  • hannel  to
Chief Brown .said that he believed Mr.   all outward appearances, while the of- la"  of these    te-ts HolladHy  would  iret   into communica-] fi'ers adualLv makingthenrrests wrre   origincUsioiy.
busy springing the trap for the su i- pect.^. City detectives as usual sconr- ed the city. Countv detectives were .«eeklng clues and the troopera prev¬ iously a.ssigned to the case,  were ap-
For a time Indications were that the authorities were attempting to fa.sten the crime upon .\nderson. He was severely quizzed several times, the most recent esaminatlon having taken place yesterdsy nt noon, after which he waa sent back to a cell. Through he    stuck to his
tion with the police authorities follow¬ ing the burial of his wife this after¬ noon. Mrs. Hojladay. before mar- rlnge. was Miss Bridget Sherman, of Plymouth.
The police announced that they have  parently  following  other  dues.
a numl>er of clues which they are at¬ tempting to follow In arresting the munler of the woTian. .\lthough they have not given up the quejition- Ing of Anderson regarding the shoot¬ ing the cily police nnd the .«tate police kept looking for three young men •nid to have been seen running from the park shortly after tiie lepoit of a shot was heard.
Two of these young men. it is said ¦were coatless and the thinl wore a white swtdter. One of the young men passed Patrolman Burke while he wns on his way to Hollenlvick Park from brookside after hearing the shot and the man toM him that he heard a *om.'n had lieen killed. .\ motorman cn a Plains car which was running along the park reported that he saw two men without coats and anothor with a white sweater running from the park shortly .ifter 10 oclock on Thursday night and still another! man leporied that he saw th(ee men wearing the same outfits running through l^r.sons where they boardc<l a 1). & H. freight  train.
Suspect Uelessed
On Fiiday  night  city detectives ar-
Spring Clever Tni|).
All of this w.as done, il is believed, to throw the slayers and po.ssible in- forners t)fl the real scent to police activity. In the. meantime Captain Clark with other troopers. Chief P.rown   and   County   Pelectlve  Powell
E'ifly In th»ir invest ign tlpn the iwlicff secured the names of several witnesses to'the shooting. These wit- ne.sftes told of seeing the two flashes which accompanied the shooting of Mrs. Holladay ns two shots were flred at her. They also told of seeing three men run through the park land In the direction of Plains. One of these fugitives was described as wearing a white sweater, while the others were contle.is. These witne.sses will be called before the alleged slayers In an effort to make Idenliflcation complete.
THE LEADEOIP
rSvMliI t* Tht letftpcndtit] Pittsburgh. Pa.. June 3.—General Asher Miner of Wllkes-Barre. Pa., distinguished wounded commander of the 109th Field .\rtillery in the World Wau h.ns been offered the State chair¬ manship of the Republican party. The
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Following charges maile by several city councilnaen during the week that sl&t machines and other fomts of gambling were flourishing in the city, Chief of Police Michael Brown last night conducted a series of raids on slot  machines said    to be    operating.
Shriner Stricken On Special Train
Two hundred Shriners and their friends, who left this city yester- !lay on n pilgrimage to San Fran¬ cisco where a nationally heralded conclave will be held this, month, were saddened by the de.ith of one of the travelers ehortly after their speciai Pull-.nan train pulled out of Wilkes-Marre. Peter Neher, 53 years old, of 429 Taylor avenue. Sci-anton. died before the train reacheii Tunkhannock. Heart trou¬ ble cauFed his death.
Mr. Ncher was a member of the Scninton cJele^ration who joined with Wyoming N'alley Shrineis in forming a large part of the pil- grim.'ige. At the Lehigh Valley station here he was one of the gay¬ est In the Informal ccrcmonie.s that preceded the departure of the train at 5 o'clock.
While the tniin was enroute from Wllkes-Barre to Tunkhannock Mr. Keher was stricken by heart trou¬ ble. Members of his own party at¬ tempted to revive him while other Shriners hurried through the train of seven Pullman coaches in search of physlcian.s. .\ half dozen medi¬ cal men were found. They gather¬ ed around the sick man and ap¬ plied every posible restorative, but his death occurred Just before Tunkhannock was reached. His body was taken from the train to the Billings morgue In Tunkhan¬ nock.
Tho death of one of the pilgrims had a distinctly sobering effect on the hundreds of other men and wo¬ men. Their trip had been planned for months in advance and for many of them it was thtlr first trans-continental travel. Several men who were in Mr. Neher's party left the train at Tunkhannock and remained with the bodj*.
Mr. Neher Is sf vived hy one daughter, Louise, and the follow¬ ing sons: Henry, of Pottsville; Peter, .Arthur and Robert Neher, all of Scranton; also by a brother, Fred Neher, of Scranton. He was ft member of Schiller liOdge. No. 345 Masons, and was al.so affiliated with the Keystone Consistory. ' /
SHIP GOE.C; ASHORE
Quebec. June 3.—The Canadian Pacific steamship Mont Calm which went ashore In the St. Jjawrence River yesterday off Beacon Court, was still stuck on a rock bottom tonight and the Sagueny of the Canadian Steamship Company was ordered to take off the passengers of the Can¬ adian Paclflc boat.
While the Mont Calm Is resting In position on account of the it is not considered ad¬ visable to  begin  the  attempt  to  haul
TORRENTUL RAINS SWEEP MANY TOWNS TEARING HOMES FREE OF FOUNDATIONS; - HIGHWAYS UNDER FIVE FEET OF WATER
ITHU HNS ON DUTY
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Anthony Campbell of Lee Park Falls From Tower But Bravely Holds Post
PEDESTRIANS AID
an   ea.sv rock   ledges
Despite injurle.s that Include a pos¬ sible fracture of one leg received In a fall, Anthony Campbell, of Iv«e Park avenue Lee Park, remained at his post as gateman at the Northampton street crossing of the Lehlglr ^¦alley rail¬ road until help arrived. It was two hours from the time he was Injured before he was relieved.
Campbell fell a distance of flfteen feet from a ladder leading up to his signal tower last night at 11 o'clock. Unable to attract attention of other railroaders, he climbed bock Into his tower with extreme difflcvlty. There he stayed protecting the crossing ns trains pa!».sed until 1 o'clock this morning when he was able to hall a pedestrian. He was removed to Mercy haspital In the police patrol. It was said that a bone in one of his legs is broken.
IJLLIAN RUSSELL HX
Pittsburgh, Pa.. June 8.—Lillian Ru.ssell, former stage beauty and wife of A. I'. Moore, Pittsburgh publisher, was reported much Improved tonight, following a serious illness yesterday.
Miss Russell, who la said to be 61 yeiirs old, safely passed th« crisis this afternoon, an attending phyjilcian .said. Miss Russell Is said to be suffer¬ ing from a ner\'ous disorder.
LONG AIRPLANE TRIP
Washington, June 3.—Major K. H. Bralnard, IT. S. Marine corps, Iande<l here this afternoon after a 1,500-mile airplane trip from Ellington fleld near Houston, Tex. He carried one pas¬ senger.
Brainard left KlUngton fleld on the
morning of  May  31.    He  flew  from her off with the pa.ssengers on board. Payton,  C,  here  today.
restid  William  Richards,  aged  21.  of
TOI   North  Kranklin  street,  ns a sus-! tender was made in Wllkes-Barre on ^ a      . j     mw
rect in the case. Ye.stenlay he wa.s Thur::.day by (;ifford Plm hot. nominee j but only two were confiscated. The grided for several hours by Chief of of fhe P.epiiblicans for the offlce of j proprietors of the establishments I'olice Brown and    several    detectives  C»overnor. and is approved by George   „.j,p^g j^^ machines were found were
but it was announed that he was able lo account for his whereabouts on Thursday night and he was rele.ised yesterday  nfternc ni.
¦yesterday morning fhe detectives visited Hollenb.u'k Park I'.nd found two empty shells near where fhe mur¬ der took place. These sheila were used In a 45-calibre jiutom:.tic pistol and are of the cuilibre bullet which killed Mrs. Hollad.iy. acconling to the im¬ port made to the coroner by Dr. Thomas Wenner. who conducted a post mortem examination. The park waa searched and the civek which (Continued on F«ae •)
Wharton  Pepper    and    Major    Reed.
i ordered fo appear in police court this
candidates for Cnited  .States Senator, j ^^^j^^    ^.^^^ ^j^^y ^.,„ be    g^ven    a Pittsburgh    influences,    with    f5''f>rBe | hearing
Oliver   prominent   among   them^ ha^e      q^^ ^^ ^^^ machines was taken
indicated that Pinehot s friendship for > ^^^ j^^.,j        ^„    .     „,     ,^p     g^
General Miner, the .soldier sown .splen-i, ^       ^^^^^^^ ^,  g^,,^^
did  party  loyalty    and    his    premier n«i<ri
.standing a.s a piitrlofic .\meric«n. make him fhe ideal selection for fhe State  honor.
Pinehot l»>nderR here declare that the giiber'iaforial eand'date is irre- voe".bty in opposition to Harr.v Raker ind that only in ?h» event of Generol Miner refusing fo stand as a candi¬ date for S; :tp Chal'Uian will any {fontinurd on Page ?)
Six Killed In Auto Crashes;
Cars Hit By Railroad Trains
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New Castle. Ind.. June 3—Two were klPed and three hurt ferion.sly when an automobile in which they were rid¬ ing was struck by ,t train on the T..ake Brie and Western railroad one mile ¦outh of Dunreith this evening.
The dead are:
Lloyd I... Bozzell. 4?. of Terre Haute; Rnrbari Gertrude Ixing. daughter of Mr. nnd Mrs. Bert l^ng, also of Terre Haute.
The in'ured:
Mrs. M-ilte Boielle. wife of Lloyd Bozelle, badly cruihrd. likely to die; Mra. Bert Lon^. cut and bruised; one leg cut to th» hone from the knee to ankle, probably requiring amrutation: Mrs. Charlu Carruthers, cut and krulsed.
Columbia. S. C. June 8.—Fotir werp dwid tonigiit as the result of an automobile-train" aeeidpnt near here late toilay.
James Vaughn and Miss Laura .Aus¬ tin were killed and Miss Minnie .\u.s- tln W.IS fatally injurrd when the car in which they were rirllng wss struck by the "Carolina specin!" enroute fo Columbia.  S. C.  near here.
Miss Minnie died at a ho.ipital here la^ tonight.
Albert Whitlock nni John W Mc¬ Keown w ho were al?o in fhe car. were s!i<rhtly  hurt. .
Th'> t'lt.imoNIe "choked" directly on the tr.ic\.s. if W.IS s'afed and was strjck before its occupants could get I out.
j Washington street .ind the other waa
j taken  from the    store    of   Raymond
j Haycock  at  376  Ea.st  Market    street.
I Only a .small sum of money was con-
I tained in the machines.
i     -Vli the city    detectives    and    plain
1 clothes men were sent on the crusade
by Chief of Police Brown.    Traveling
' in sets tbe detectives were assigned to
certain sections So    that    the    entire
centnil city was thoroughly combe<I.
Every cigar store, candy store, pool room and other establisliment where men congregate waa visited by the de¬ tectives in the campaign which lasted more than t'wa hours. Defectives Dougherty and McCauIey covered lliblic Square snd East Market street bul after visiting every fstablishment where it was believed -slot machines would be operating, only one was found, that bcin«r in St. Cloud hotel. Andther machine, badly broken, was found in this hotel but it was' not itlsturbed.
Detectives Olds nnd Kolis went to every store and establishment on the Heights but v.ere only successful in corraling one. that being in fhe store of Mr. Haycock. Detectives Kittrick and Williams visited every store on South .Main .stieet and Detectives No- Ian and Finnerty visited stores on North Main street and in the northern section cf fhe city but were not able ' to confiscate any machine*.
Can You Write A Limerick?
$5 PRIZE FOR THE BEST LAST LINE
Nurse Who Killed Him Gives Police Romantic Story of a Broken Heart
REVEALS DIARY
Kansas City, Mo.. June 3.—Mi.ss Mary L. Beale, 26, pretty former Red Cross nurse, who emulated "Thuvla, maid of Mars," and slew her "perfect lover," lay on a hospital cot here to¬ night and told how "49 other women" broke up her romance.
Frank Warren Anderson, 29, scion of a prominent Collingwood, N. J., family, after promising to get a di¬ vorce and marry her, refused to do 80 and showed her the list of the 49 women and declared "they all love me and I love them," she said.
Then, with, her favorite novel open at a page picturing the beautiful Thuvla aa having slain her lover In a
Half Million Dollars in Damage Taken By Flood From Skies—Industries Are Put Out of Commission and Live Stock is Drowned—Rescuers Search For Victims
DAM NEAR BREAKING POINT
Buildings were torn from their foundations, railroad tracks twisted frotn their moorings and nearly a dozen towns and hamlets were engulf¬ ed in flve feet of water yesterday afternoon following a cloudburst that caused $400,000 damage in I.acka- wanna and Su.squehanna Counties.
Carbondale, Forest City and Simp¬ son suffered fhe heaviest property Joss when struck by a flood of tidal wave strength, and were slowly recovering last night. While the streets of these places were still under water, rescu¬ ing parties were searching for pos- sibe victims. Early to<lay police au¬ thorities of the two Counties declar¬ ed there had been no loss of life, maid of Bars," and slew her "perfect cloudburst north of Forest City fol¬ lowing two days of rain that had forc¬ ed streams to leave their banks, was Pennsylvania.'s worst deluge in recent years. Some of the towns were left in a wrecked condiUon with overturn- e<i stores and dwellings indicating the battering force of the  waters.
Relief work was under way last night. First attention was given to the homeless who, after tumbling from the hou.ses with the first rush of
great white martian palace, she shot | „.ater.   saw   their   dwellings   cairlwl
Anderson dead and sent a bullet In¬ tended as fatal through her own body.
"I found .a passage in his diary that read • 'Was ever a man in such a swirling vortex of hearts as 17*
'Then he said he ¦was a 'devil' with
away. Other help was sent to the oc¬ cupants of trains stalled by washouts. The flood broke upon lower Susque¬ hanna County and a part of Lack¬ awanna   County   between    4    nnd    5
ed Info a field where It found a rest¬ ing place. Stripping operations of the Hudson Coal Company situated alon^ Scoft sfreef. Carbondale, ¦'vere floode.t.
.^n Ontario & Wesfe.-n Railroad train was stalled at Plv?.».-4Mnt Mount after the wafer had carrtel away a quarier of a mile of tracK. .\ slrnil.-.r e.xperlence was encountered by pns- .sengers on a train nl White's Cro.ss¬ ing. a few miie.s north of Carbondale. Relief was .sent to the.se trnins as soon as the watei-s had subsided.
In all the towns havoc was worked upon conl bin.s, barns, sheds and other structures where foundations wer» not firm. Scores of shanties were seen whirling past by marooned families. .Vutomoliiles that coul<! not be moved wero pushed along for varying dia- tanccs.
Live Slock Drowns
Poultry, horses nnd oth'-r live stock Y ere lost in large numbers. It is es¬ timated that large flocks of fowl wero ilrowned in the rush of w.Tler. Farms ami lawns were torn up nnd sidowalK.i were washed away. Freight trains left standing In railroad yards were bowlr^l over. The few available boats in the rtrlcken territory were carried away ;'nd mo.s* of 'hem were missing when most needel  in the  relief work.
The ah.f'nce of loss of human Itfs was attributed by public officials to the  f.ict   that   flood   indications   were
o'clock.     In   thnt   hour  a   clouiiburi't i noticed In somo of the places a short
the women and couldn't help It.    He | engulfed  thc  rural  territory north  of   lime   before   the  cloudburst  occurred.
LIMERICK NO. 7 I think Bill McCollum has crust; To tell us each day he'd go bust If he spent thirteen cents, Why, his wealth is immense—
This should be another popular Limerick, judging by the atten¬ tion said "Bill" has gotten In some of the previous last lines submit¬ ted. l.rfist lines must be In by Wednesday at .=> p. m. E^ch contes¬ tant may submit five. Address all communications to the Limerick Editor, Sunday Indepemient. 22 South Washington street, Wilkes- Barre, Pa. Remember that the last line must rhyme with the first two and be of the same  meter.
LAST SUNDAY'S WINNER A flippant young flapper named Marg6 Could drink (so they say) quite a cargo;
She stopped (don't you tell)
At a bootleg hotel— And made all the hootch at the bar go.
Mary J. S>ieehan, of the local po.stoffice, won the contest on Limerick No. 6. Margo brought out another storm of replies and a lot of interesting informaticn. Including among othes things the fact that it's p.-orounced "Chlcargo" not Chicago. We didn't expect the western metropolis fo enter Into the competition at all but it waa there with both feet, hundreds rhyming the Windy City with "cargo." Good last lines other than Miss Sheehan's submitted In¬ cluded "In the still of the night watch the bar go," by E^van Jones, 125 Blair street. Plymouth; "When she left she could not make her car go.'" by Katherine Smith. 63 Sullivan street, dty; "Her 'whine' for this 'port' made the har go." by Mrs. Betty Miller. 32 John street. city: "Her remains were sent home by Wells Fargo." hy R. S. Rym.an. 16 Commerce l"^r!t Forty Fort, and Albert T. O'Maliey. 435 South Main street. Tiftston: "Oh. k'^eper! she said, 'where'd the bar go." by Joseph folate. S.S Grant street. Exeter; "She's blind now and can't very far go," by Calvin Cease. 45 Prospect street, city.
showed me the llr.t of girls he said he loved and who loved him.
"M> name w-.s Isst on the list—I W.IS just dow.n as 'Peg.'
"I shot him to keep him from breaking  other  women's  hearts."
MI.SS Be.ll, her face pale with pain, barely whispered her story of pa.ssion- ate love for Anderson, over-.seas war aviator and offlclal of a department store here.
"We met: we loved. He was a perfect lover—the most wonderful of men. I came with hl-n to Kansaa City.    He askpfl me to be his wife.
I believed him when he said his divorce was pending and promised to wait 1 left Kan.sas City and returned to my work at Springfield, Ills, hos¬ pital.
"I told the gir's there of my great lover—I was true to him. His let¬ ters were true, telling of our future life together.
IjOT* Turns Cold. "My heart sang and two weeks ago I returned to Kan.stis City. He met me at the train, but I .saw something was wrong. He had turned cold, in¬ different
"I demanded nn answer and he told me he*had decided not to divorce bta ¦wife.
" "You have deceived mo, Warren, I told him. 1 wante.l to be fair, but I thought of what 1 to', I the girls. I tried to get work rere,  1 ut failed.
"I came to our litle room In the ho¬ tel where I have had seen love die, and he was writing,—he refused to show me what.
'The ne.1t day I went through his trunk and found bis diary and read: •Was ever a man in such a swirling vortex of hearts aa 17" I demanded its meaning.
" 'Peggj',' he said 'I am a devil; you are the best pal I ever had. But I can't help it because I ajn a devil.'
"Then he showed me a list of fifty girls' names and mine was last, just as Peggy.
" 'Your are the last one' he said. Then he told me of these other wom¬ en. One by one he described them, thetr hair, their eyes, their whims. Pities the Wife "I took the list and kept It,—I couldn't stand it. There were girls In twelve citie.s.
"Then I decided. My heart Is the last he will break.
"I would sacrifice my life on the al¬ tar of womanhood to save other wo¬ men what I have gone through. Par- haps I have. Why Bhould my body live? My heart Is dead. "His wife?"
"¦i'ou know the eternal triangle. I do not know where sbe is but she is probably praying for him.—the wife always turns on the other woman. That is all my story. I have but one regret; that the aim at my heart failed. I remember little of that 'frightful hour." " she said of the ac¬ cidental shooting. She completed her story, coins softly.
Physicians held  hope for fhe  girl's recovery toni-rht. they said.    Authori¬ ties  were  getting  In  touch  witb  .\n- derton's   relatives   at   Collingwood   to (Continued on Page 2)
Forest City. The Fernwood dam. Two days of rain had caused rivers forming part of a huge reservoir, re- | and creeks to become swollen to such ceived tho full force    of    the    water   an extent that   sewer   systems   were
which raced down the countryside towanl Forest City. Creeks which empty into the reservoir left their batiks.
Flood Crest Reached.
Soon the water had reached fhe top of the dam and was pouring over it In a volume unprecedented. Water began rising In the streets of Forest City. In a half hour It was knee- deep and in an hour it was flooding stores and dwellings. Reports were circulated wilh hysteria thnt the huge Fernwood dam had broken. Panic reigned in some quarters and w-as re¬ sponsible for a number of families de¬ parting from their homes. Investiga¬ tion proved that the dam waa intact.
The flood's force was similarly felt in Carbondale and Simp.son. The streets of Carbondale were inundated by five feet of water.    Creeks north
not able to carry off the water. H# v- ever. wh-^n the cloudburst carr.« It sent a veritable wall of water down the valley.
Police authorities detailed all avsll- able men Ia.st night to guarding dam¬ aged hornes and stores against loot¬ ing. The flood was disappearing from most of ihe places although in Car¬ bondale, streets were yet under water early to-day.
Local Storm Effects 'U'hile Luzerne County was more fortunate than Lackawanna and other counties in Northea.stern Pennsyl¬ vania, yesterday afternoon's terriflc rain storm worked considerable havoc in certain section.s. The worst dam- ,-.go In fhia section occurred in Pitts¬ ton. Duryea and other portions of the
of Simpson poured their contents Into j northern part of Luzeme County, that town until tbe atreets were rush- wh''e but little damage was reported Ing rivers. in this city.
The home of Andrew Gerlsh In For- | est City was swept from its founda- I tions.    It was carried for a block be¬ fore It became grounded.   Its furnish¬
ings were scattered about but several members of the family remained with ' the building until Its mad voyage end¬ ed.   They were taken out with the aid of boats.
The general store of Boland Broth¬ ers In Simpson was wrenched from its site. It was pushed tweniy feet into the street. In it at the time were clerks and customers who had ."ought refuge from the storm and high wa¬ fer. Some of them were briised by falls when the building begun rock¬ ing, but none wns seriously hurt. Industries Wrecked
Swirling waters knocked owr a high fence surrounding the .VmVricnn Welding Company l.i Simpwn, leav¬ ing the plant without any rrotcction afralnst buffeting'. One of the ware¬ houses was demoiiihcd and .ic.irt:; of barr^s of oil confained in It were sent bobbing along in the torrent.
The Carbondale Machine Shops suf¬ fered heavy damage when all depart¬ ments were flooded. The water reach¬ ed a height even with the machine benches, causing thousand of dollars damage. Many valuable tools and m*achlncs were lost.
Pardeski's garage was knocked from its foundations. With several outomoblles stored there, it was push-
Ivickawanna County experienced tha season's most violent thunder storm but only a few flashes of lightning were evidenced in this section. Ono of these flashes, po.ssibly the worst .'o f.ir this season, hit the power plant of Pennsylvania Power & Light Com¬ pany on North River strecr. Th« flash came from the north shortly be¬ foro 3 o'clock when the torrents of rain had slackened for .several min¬ utes. The bolt struck a tran.sformer in the power plant and burned cut .several cables. The city was without power nnd light for about fifteen min¬ utes while the c'amaRc was being re¬ paired.
Stores along South Main street were without power and light for a longer period as xvater from the streel ran Into the underground conduits recent¬ ly Insfalkd by Pennsylvania Power A Light Company. Into a vault In front of Boston Store and burned out a transformer.
Although the rain fal! was extreme- I.v heavy City Councilman Murray in charge of the street depar'ment an¬ nounced last night that no trouble was experienced and that the water moved into thc sewers withotit flooding the streets. He announced that no com¬ plaint had been received about Solo¬ mon's Creek or the flooding of streets ser%-ed by the Pennsylvania Railroad drain In the southern section of tha city.
Another Boy Is Electrocuted
On  The Deadly Third Rail
While hurrying home to avoid the rain storm that swept Northejistern Pennsylvania. Leo Pa.sturlchick. 13 years old. of 818 Walter street. Scran¬ ton met death bjr electrocution on the I..aiirel Line system yesterday after¬ noon in Scranton. A companion. An¬ drew Ka.ves, narroniy escaped the same fate.
The boys had spent the day at Lake Scranton and started for home when 1 severe storm threatened to break. Tbey decided to take a short cut lead-
I Ing under the Harrison avenue via- 1 duct. South Scranton. Pasturichlck, who w-as In the lead, slipped and fell. ' His right arm came In contact with •the third rail and h» was held there. I The other boy stumbled over him but . escaped.
I Police authorities carried a pulmotor j to the victim and after working on ! him   for   an   fiour   too'K   him   to   t'.ie
Hahnemann hospital. Surgeons there : declared  be  had  been  dead for MOM
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