Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1912 — NINE DROWNED IN STORM [ARTICLE]

NINE DROWNED IN STORM

Mother and Six Children Lose Their Lives in Search for Husband and Father. Jacobs Creek, Pa., July 19.—Nine persons were drowned in Barren Run, on the farm of John Raymond, near here, in a cloudburst The dead are Mrs. Raymond and her six children; Mike Rovlnsky, her brother, and Mrs. Rovlnsky, her mother. In a heavy storm Raymond ,went from his house to the barn, located in a ravine. He did hot return, and after waiting two hours, the wife, hfer children and the other members of the family became frightened and went in search of him. As they reached the ravine a wall of water swept down and carried them away. Raymond was safe in the barn.and escaped. '