By Harold H. Strayer and Irving L. London

The home of the Tribune in 1889 was on Franklin Street near Main. The post office occupied the first floor of the building with the Tribune plant on the second. Editor George T. Swank watched the oncoming tragedy from his front window and was writing an article describing the activities of the people shut in by the rising waters. Prominent residents kept Mr. Swank in formed of the floods progress during the day by telephone. The Frazer drug store — in the Frazer building at Main and Franklin Sts.—lost its front wall. It was rebuilt and is still standing today — now occupied by Diamond Drug. Behind it rises the steeple of the Franklin St. Methodist Church.

In Kernvflle five of every eight houses were destroyed by the back current from-the stone bridge. Hundreds of homes were removed from their foundation and streets were blocked with rubbish and displaced buildings, some of them from as far away as Conemaugh. The two buildings at right center were located on Napoleon St. near Dibert. Taken from the Westmont hillside, this picture shows Green Hill in the background.