History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . June1, 1889, occurred the heaviest fall ofrain, caused by cloud-bursts, thathas ever been known by the peoplehere. A good part of the town wassubmerged from a few inches to threefeet in depth and much damage wasdone. Gardens were destroyed, cel-lars flooded, farm animals and poul- try drowned, nearly all bridgessweptaway, railroads destroyed and mailservice suspended for several traffic could not be resumedfor several weeks. In manv sectionsdwelling houses and barns were car-ried away by the raging was
History of Beaver Springs, Penn'a and cenntennial souvenir book . June1, 1889, occurred the heaviest fall ofrain, caused by cloud-bursts, thathas ever been known by the peoplehere. A good part of the town wassubmerged from a few inches to threefeet in depth and much damage wasdone. Gardens were destroyed, cel-lars flooded, farm animals and poul- try drowned, nearly all bridgessweptaway, railroads destroyed and mailservice suspended for several traffic could not be resumedfor several weeks. In manv sectionsdwelling houses and barns were car-ried away by the raging was the memorable occasion ofthe Johnstown flood calamity, wheremany hundreds of people lost theirlives. 1§t0tnrtJ of tl|r ICittl^pran (!ll|urrl|. By REV. W. M. SPANGLER and W. J. KL05E, Esq. St. Peters Evangelical Lutheran congregation of Beaver Springs wasorganized as St. Johns Lutheran church of Beaver Dam, Beaver town-ship, then Noi-thumljcrland county, later Union county, and now Snydercounty, in 179() (exact date not available), by Rev. John Mathias 0(nit-. ST. PETERS EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH. zel, pastor, of whom wc find the following record in an old church recordunearthed l)y Kev. F. W. Brown, Reformed minister, and W. J. Klosewliile searching the library in the parsonage for just such information. ClITRCH RECOKn of the Evangelical Luthemn congregation at Beaver Dam, in Beaver town-ship, Northumberland county, bought in the year of our Lord and SaviorJesus Christ 171)(), l>3 the serving officers, Jacol) Hoffman and HermanObcr<lovf. Write my name at best into the book of life, And bind my soul quite fast into a covenant beautiful That shall in heaven l)c ever green, and with Thee life is free. So will I ever praise because the heart at rest sliall be. âJohn Mathias Gentzel, at the time Lutheran preacher in Beaver A. D. 1796. CHURCHES OF BEAVER SPRINGS Roy. Gcntzcl oamo to a sad and sudden death by drowning in theMiddle ereek at Royevs l)ridge and lies l)i
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