The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise ... - JohnstownCafe

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desperate effort readied Iw latl\'-lovc and brought her safely to shore. They
chitiL; together until Satiir(la\ morniiiL;. and 111 a tew days joined hands together
to battle in the tluod-tide ut life.
At the house of Charles Il.\\"ehn.4i Napoleon street, fourteen jiersons
were taken into the attic by lULnibers of the family ;uid reseue burden
from sinking l)y catching both ends on tloatiug objects whenever he was
thrown into the water. fie hnalh' reached the railroad embankment. h'or a
couple of da_\s no owner claimed the blistruction. Then he picked iiji the corp^e
and carried it half a mile to the morgue. For days he worked amijug tlie
corpses, scarcelv stojiping to eat or sleep. Blessed with herculean strength
and a heart big in prnj)ortion. he was as kind to the living w lui called as serviceable
to their dead. The tramp w^is named Martin. His conduct won
him friends, who set him up in business in Johnstown.
To another tramp beionL;> the credit of saving the lives of a mother and
her little girl. This ragged nomad, ag.iinst whom the hand of ever\- man was
turned, plunged into the angry waters near Lockport and deluded death of two
helpless beings whom it had almost marked for its own. Mrs. Horner and her
twelve-year-old daughter had floated from Johnstow n to Lockpcjrt. hve miles.
on the roof of a house. The last vestige ol the house parted and left mother
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