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

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and
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return, when Mr. Wicker^ham's horse reiused l.i cross ihe submeri;ed bri(l;.;e.
Ilis frit-iid reached Contm.uii^h Dnroii^h. hut conciiidei.1 to put his liorse \\\ a
stable in Woodvalc and wade to the liiU, [V'fi't he had prueeeded far the
water began to rise rapidly.
Wickershani ro.lc to a telegrajili
jxTJe and climbed to
the top. In a few moments
the great bod\'of "water carried
a\\ay the jiole. Its
tenant, win.) h.id deemed
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himself secure in his loft\-
retreat, was ilrowned.
The body of a woman,
supposed to ha\e been a
^ resident of \\'ood\"ale, was
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toimd in a tree below Sang
,1: 1Io1K:av. two days after the
'^ Hood. Her face was disi
colored and her clothing
i hanging in rags. Wedged
a hea\\- branch
the trunk of the tree.
^ J '>' twelve feet abo\c the
- ground, her removal was a
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task of some difficult\'.
The remains -were put in a
plain coffm ami buried at
Nine\'eh.
Aaron Davis stro\e heroicalh' to save his fainilw Twice pushed tinder
water b}' heavy timbers, he swain from the attic of his house, grasped two of
his children and managed to land on ihe hill below the Point in Jcihnsto\\!i.
His wife and three children \vere drowned. Four aiu'ils from his blacksmith
shop, planted deep in the sand eiiihty rods dciv.n the street, sum up \\hat
remained of his propert\-.
A fair young woman, v.ho lost home and husband at W'oodvale, came tripping
do^\ n the steps of Pror-pect Hill, one morning the ne.\t week, and turned
up toward the stone brid-L-. She passetl the railroad station, where tlie uniiortakers
wer