Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1909 — FLOOD DISTURBS THE DEAD [ARTICLE]

FLOOD DISTURBS THE DEAD

Water Main Bursts and Sweeps Aside Tombstones In Cemetery. Pittsburg, Pa., April 2.—At the entrance to St. John’s cemetery a water main burst, allowing a flood of Water to pour Into the place. Many monuments were thrown down, a number of bodies were washed from their graves and the tombstones over a large area thrown aside.