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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
THE BURNING DRIFI

Dynamite to be Used to Blow Up the Great Pyre at the Bridge
 JoHNsTowN, June 5.-The great smouldering drift above the Pennsylva- mia railroad bridge Is the most terrible looking sight in Johnstown today > >~ It Is mass of driftwood and debris, '1 l, 200 feet long and 400 feet wide. On it lie dwelling houses, barns and stores, some whole, some In ruins, all jumbled together in an inextricable mass.
 The engineers of the -Pittsburg fire de partment have been playing upon 1t for hours, but their labors seem to be Of nc avail, for the huge drift keeps shoulder ing away, and whenever the engines stop for awhile bursts into flame again.
 The suggestionmade by physicians that the bodies not buried be allowed to be cremated in the interest of public health, and which aroused such a. storm of indig. nation among the surviving popuface, is viewed with more calmness now. There is growing 8, sentiment that 1t is, after all, the bsst solution of the problem.
 Weeks, probably months. will be re quired to remove the stupendous mass by artificial means. and peantlme the rotting, putrefying remains of poor hu manity buried therein would be dealing pollution and death tosall the surround ing country.
 It Is believed that the bodies of at least 2,OOO people lie under this wreckage. The only feasible way of putting out the flames and of loosening great idrif1 Is to blow itup with dynamite.
 In spite of the opposition of those wht | believe they have friends in the wreck | age this had to be done at once, for thu | odor from the dead bodies has become | horrible since the sun came out.
 | MT. Klein, the Pittsburg dynamite ex pert, made a general examination of th' wreckage. ,, ~-.
 "Our chler difficulty" he said, will b. the heavy stumps and trunks of tree embedded in the mud or partly atloat These we will shatter to atoms wit dynamite and send the fragments dow the river as fast as possible" E
 "The work" he says, twill be one. Q unprecedented difficulty
 The work, however, has already bee begun, and win be pushed as rapidly a possible.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
TILLIAMsPORI,S SAD PLIGHT.
Thousa nds Of It's In h abitants Are Dest
 tute and Hom eIess.

Thousands Of It's Inh abitants Are Destt-
 tuts md Ilon eIess.
 WILL1AMsPohT. Pa., June 5.-The houses of the poor people nearest the river have been carried away with all they possessed. Thousands of people are homeless and without anything but the clothes upon their backs. Provisions are scarce. Many of our people are in absolute want of the necessities of life. The business men have responded nobly for present necessities. At the first meeting called $7,OOO in cesh was raised. Dead animals and oil kinds of filth are strewed upon the streets, and grave fears of an epidemic are entertained. Stocks of goods of stores In the center of the city are ruined
 The surrounding country has suffered just as badly. Boems, bridges and vil- lages have been swept away, And the loss of life has been considerable. One thousand military tents would afford the greatest possible relief to the people who are now without shelter. The low ground where many of these people reside r is an unfit place for them to return to for 
 In addition to the other property swept away Is the great boom above the city, which broke loose and e5o. 100000 feet o1 heavy logs went leapipg down the stream 1 carrying everything before them. Over l 30, ,0OO, ,O0O feet of dressed lumber have been swept down the river to be carried 1 to Chesapeake bay and into the sea. The money loss will Do over s5,o00, ,000, *. The Muncy and Sunbury bridges of the Philadelphia and Reading railroad arc l gone. Beech Creek bridge at Pine is 1 gone. ~
 The water Is now out z of the mRtI streets, but the cellars arc. filled. The city has been in darkness since Saturday evening, the gas works and electric ligh' plants being flooded.
 1 The condition of streets and buildipgE is utterly indescribable. All principa hotels are flooded ;all the banks, all tht | newspaper offices, the court house churches and stores are in the sane con dition. The' wreck. in the. stores Is quits complete
 Both the toll-bridges spanning thu river are gone. Conveyances can onl. enter the oity from the north and bridge: on country roads in that direction ar gone.-. @ The work of clearing up began on Sun day and goes forward rapidly. It is stupendous task.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
OTHER PLACES HEARD FROM
Lives Lost nnd Bridges Washed Ava
 Near Huntingdon.

Lives Lost and Bridges Washed Away
 Near Huntingdon.
 HUNTINGDON, June 5.-The terrible destruction to life and property through out theJuniata valley by the flood can not yet be approximated. In this city, and especially in the southern and east ern suburbs, the inhabitants were forced to flee for their lives at midnight, Thurs day, and by daybreak the chimneys of the houses were visible above the rush ing waters. The water rose thirty-f1ve feet higher than the last great flood of 1847. ~ :
 All the bridges crossing the stream at this point are washed away. This loss alone will approximate $20O,0
 The gas.works were wrecked Thursday night and the town since has been left in darkness. To add to the sufferings of the people, Huntingdon merchants raised the prices of nearly every necessary of life. Four cases of drowning are reported in. the immediaate vicinity of this city, though whole families living along the | Raystown branch, whose homes were swept away, are still missing. Along l the Raystown branch more than fifty 1 farmhouses swept away.
 1 PHILADELPHIA, June 5.-Superintend- ent Petit of the Pennsylvania railroad has made his way to the city of Lock Haven. He saw some of the principal citizens and they say there Is no suffering All the house had from six to ten feet o1 water in them, and the mud Is still re. | maining in the streets and houses. Only one person Is known :sto have beer drowned at Lock Haven, but several lives are reported lost at Mill Hall, ( town four miles from Lock Haven. This Is the first nows from that beleaguret city since Friday, and the very favorable outlook Is the cause of general rejoic ing.
 LEwIsTowN JUNCTION, Pa., June A. The town of Lewistown has been cut of from the rest of the world since las
 Friday. Eight river bridges, railroad and county, were all swept away. Ther, Is but one open railroad here. South
 ward the line is 0 wreck. The highway of the town are covered with debris Il
 feet high and many of It's population ar
 sheltered and fed in the courthouse an,
 elsewhere. 1t Is impossible to estimat
 the loss by damage to property. N
 lives were lost.
 CORNING, N. Y., June 5.-The loss b. !, the flood in Steuben county is estimate , at $1 ,OOO, 900. In the rush for safety her a boy named O'Brien was drowned
 Many houses were surrounded by tn running water and there were many nal row escapes. Nearly all the countr
 between here and Hornelisville wa
 under water, and the damage [
 farms is enormous. From Ansonii
 Pa., to Jersey Shore, on the Pin l Creek division, the railroad track
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
with barrels and boxes of fooG and ,io:h-

with barrels and boxes of fooG ard elo.h- ing.
 Yesterday there were fed over 2,c00 people. Only a portion of these are actual refugees. Some were ied who have not lost anything, for nobody Eas anything to sell. Others who have no business here were also fed. They are the curious ones who have como to. this city or misery to satisfy their inquisi- tiveness. They came without provision and they asked for something to eat, as If was their right.
 The camp is under military discipline. The lights are put out at certain hour every night and the pickets are armed with shotguns and -revolvers ana given their orders to shoot any one who does not satisfactorily account for himself.
 They have been needed, as the Huns and negores prowl around at night ready to rob and to murder even.
 But they have been sharply ordered away and soundly dubbed, and they are growing shy.
 There is some sickness in the camp, and there are fears of more, as case o1 measles has broken out there.
 It frightened the already shocked moth, CTS in camp. and when they heard of 1t they clasped their children and ran fol their tents in a panic.
 The mounted messenger who Is con stantly in attendance was quickly sent for physicians, and now they are estab. lished permanently at the camp.
 A woman gave birth to child yester day. Her name is Webb, and those ir charge of the camp formally christened it Hastings Camp Webb. It Is boy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
THE AWFUL DISASTERS
JohnstoWn's Scourge Almost Without
 Precedent.
GREATEST OF OUR HISTORY
Som ething About the Causes that Lead to the Terrible Vfsitation-Its Re- suits ana Consequences - Horrors os tho Past. ana Why Danger Lurks in Reservoirs of the Kind

in Reservoirs of che Kind.
 States the great June floods of 1889 will no doubt be remembered as most horri. ble. For weeks the terrible stories oi death, suffering and outrage may be ex. pected and 1t will probably never be known how many lives were lost nor the exact amount gone through the great de struction to property. The Pennsylva- mia railroad alone has sustained damages amounting to millions and one of thei1 oiGc.a.., has been quoted at placing the amcu at not less than $10, ,0OO, ,OO0. The damage to other property cannot be re- paired for years.
 THE DAMAGE GENERAL.
 Although general attention was first directed to Johnstown by the loss of life ,;i.d overwhelming destruction the sum >o Il of loss elsewhere. though scattered, j", y exceed that of Cambria county. The .ncuntainous regions of Pennsylvania were ono vast flood, cities were hemmed In by raging torrents, railroads were de- s;royed, telegraph wires prostrated, lum. Der, dwellings and every conceivable class of property was swept away and h rowing loss of life must have re-. suited at many points from which ade. quatc reports cannot be received for weeks. From New York state many ;H'cs of disaster come. Ohio. Virginia District of Columbia ard other sections ara similarly affected. though in less de-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
1ohnstown It held more water than any

Sohnstown. It held more water than any other reservoir, natural or artificial, in the United States. The lake had been Quadrupled in size by artificial means and was held in check by dam about 1000 feet wide. It was 90 feet in thick. ness at the base and no feet high The top had a breadth of over 20 feet.
 As a measure of precaution the gen. tlemen who owned the property had it inspected by the Pennsylvania railroad engineers every month and their investi- gation had shown perfect safety,it is Alleged.
 INCREASED LEAKAGE REPORTED
 Contrary to this statement, however, ii Is said that for more than a year there has been fears of an accident of just such character. Increased leakages were reported and just previous to the acci- dent the people of the town had been notified that there was great danger in the situation.
 Every creek had been augmented into rushing river and every rivulet into a surging torrent. The ground was water soaked and when the immense mountain district that turns into Conemaugh is taken into consideration the terrible
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
Ew oI xoHNsrowN BLOWING DAM.

VIEW OF JOHNSTowN SHOWING DAM.
 The mountain lake which burst at Johnstown was about eight miles long and three miles wide, and through the narrow outlet through which 1t was forced 1t went like tidal wave over 20 feet in depth, 1t was estimated, and with terrible force which it acquired as 1t headed down the steep declivity.
 The lake and dam was the property ol some wealthy gentlemen in Pittsburg who had formed themselves into corporation known as the South Fork Hunting ant Fishing Association. It was formerly known as ConemauGh Lake and was from 200 to 300 feet above the level o'
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
W4RREN,S PROCLAMATION.

Call for Constitutional Convention In
 Wyoming.
 CHEYENNE. Wyo., June 6.-Gov. War. ren has issued proclamation for the election on July 8 of delegates to the constitutional convention to meet Sep tember J. The governor. secretary, and chief justice had previously divided the territory into districts and apportionment of the delegates amongthe same.
 This action was, taken in response to the request of the commissioners o1 nearly all of the counties in Wyoming and is in accord with the views of the prominent citizens without regard tC party.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
THE SHARON CANE.

Sarah AIthen Wants Receiver for tho s Estate Appointed.
 SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.-Judge Sulli- van of the superior court, who gave the first decision holding that the late Sena- tor Sharon was married to Sarah Althea, and that the contract was valid, has ren- dered decision setting July 15 as the date for the hearing of 6arahs motion for the appointment of receiver for the Sharon estate.
 Sullivan declared fatly that he re- fused to recognize Judge Sawyer's in. junction restraining the hearing of the that the United States circuit court is not superior to the state court, and that it has no power to annul tho degree of a state court.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05

LOCK HAVEN ANOTHER INUNDATED CITY
 WHERE GREAT LOSS IS REPORTED. of hell. We cannot spare a word fQy them. even to express disgust and horror. The iron hand of justice will soon be at their threats, and then mercy will be @ crime.
 The burstino of the reservoir at Johns town will at once recall the Mill River dis aster on May Is. 1874, when the village of Haydenville, Mass, was swept out of ex- istence and 40 persons were drowned. A guard was watching the dam, and about o'clock in the morning he discoved that an enormous leak had developed out of a small one. He started to give warning to the village of Leeds just below, but the reservoir broke away before he could reach the village, and the water from a pond 114 acres in ar ca came down like a wall, carrying away nearly the whole vil- lage Haydenvilie was swept away, an d several other towns on the Connecticut river were inundated. Over 300 families were rendered homeless and S1, ,OOO, ,00O worth of property in dams, dwellings,, factories, etc., were lost. Roads and bridges were damaged to the extent of S2OO,OOO.
 LOSSES OF MILLIONS.
 At Lynde Brook, near Worcester, on March 30, 1876, 30 feet of the reservoir "olt "AASlt llud UcSA 1SdhIuH, SdNS way, and over GOO, ,OOO, GOO gallons of water were emptied into the valley. Only one life was lost, but property was damaged to the extent of nearly sl 100000.
 On March 27, 1877, the Staffordville reservoir on the east branch of the Will liamantlc river, gave way, and torrent of water rushed down the valley at the rate five miles an hour, destroying mill dams and railroad bridges in it's course. | Thp Na0Nfa xyara yyarppN hv n man OO horseback, who kept ahead of the flood, and all except two of the residents of the valley escaped. The loss of property on | this occasion exceeded sl, ,0OO ,OoO. | By the bursting of tn Huron mill-dam near Huron mill-dam, near HoughtQn, | Mich. on January 3, 1884, six lives were lost; those of Charles E. Raymond, bank Raymond. of the Allouez mine, wife and son. The money lost was not great. | FOURTEEN PEOPLE DROWNED.
 A similar terrible disaster occurred aa | East Lee, Berkshire county, Mass, 1T l April, 1666, when If men, women ant | children were drowned and three-fourths of the village destroyed. The town stood | on small stream. the outlet of Mud | pond, which supplied the several paper mills with running power. Yhe pond had an area of about 15O acres and was very deep. The dam which held the water back was 30 feet high and 22 feet wide
 One reservoir calamity, that at Shef field, Eng, has been made famous by Charles Reade in "Put Yourself in His Place." On March II, 1864, the embank ment of the Bradfield reservoir gave way and flooded Sheffield and the country fo 12 or l4 miles around. About 250 live were lost and property valued at owe 1,B00,O ,O00 was destroyed. The flood de scribed by George Eliot in the Mill O. the Floss was faithful account of an aC tual occurrence.
 MORE GREAT INSPIRATIONS.
 The colossal calamity at Johnstow
 and through the fated Conemaugh valle
 leads all disasters in this country In tn , appalling muster roll of the dead
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
MURDER IN%MICHIHAN,

Mother and Son Found Dead on Q
 Lonely Country Road. E TRENTON, Mich., June 5.-Lawrence Murry, bachelor, aged 46 years, and his mother, aged 80, residingSen an unfre- Quented road in Argentine township, Green county, have been murdered. Both. were shot in the back of tho head Their near neighbors failed"to see them as usual and upon investigation the bodies of the mother and son were found in the cellar where they had been thrown by the murdererS
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
THE DAM AT JOHNsTowN.

As evidence of the great calamity which has hefallen the nation the gov crnors of almost every state, the rresi. dent of tho United States and tho mayorL of all principal cities, have issued proc ama:ions or statements showing univer- s ! sympathy for the bereaved and un- fo 4lnatc ones. '>
 COME HORRIBLE ASPECTS.
 One of the horrible aspects of the calamity Is the fact that thousands of people can never know the definite fate or lost friends. Some of them were trav- cling and met with disaster In railroad trains which wore hurled into raging tor rents and swept away with great armies # unrecognized dead-their bodies never @ be seen again. From the Atlantic to ,Ae Pacific the country Is in. mourning. There is scarcely town or village from which some member of the community has not been swept out of existoaee in flood or flame.
 Thieves have been at work desecrating |, 6 bodies of the dead and almost wreck ins the remnants of faith of the bereaved ones in humanity Itself. The coffers of the rich have opened and showers of gold .1.ave flown among the unfortunates but cannot, alas, bring the dead to life nor re- store beautiful homes and prosperous business properties to their former hap | piness and prosperity The doors of the poor have opened and even the newsboys and bootblacks and outcasts throughout the ciuies have given their humble Offer ings In the cause of humanity. but throughout tho nation an inky cloud o1 blackness hangs. which years or life ltseli cannot Tighten. . | SOMETHING ABOUT 5OHNSTowN. | Itis somewhat singular that although the direct cause of the Joh hnstown calafn ivy was the bursting of dam the streams which rise in that county made ths greatest loss in other directions. Johns town Is on great plateau of what ii known as the Allegheny mountain. ons of the highest points of the Keystone state. The dam which emptied it's turgit waters into the Conemaugh, sweeping beiore it the entire city of Johnstown Joursed to the sea westward, while ol the east side of the mountain are th headwaters of Chest, Clearf1eld and othe creeks. emptied into the Susquehanna which latter stream cost great loss o life and property from Curwensville, Q, the West Branch of the Susquehann through Cearf1eld, Lock Haven, Wtlliams port and scores of other places, hurryin on to the SusQuehanna proper, then ep tailing untold loss the entire length C | that stream
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05

ghouls, devils in human shape, incarnax
 dends. who turn indifferent from such sights to rob the dead? They have been busy in their damnable work They have made debauch of the occasion, mutilat. ing bodies to get at jewels, and, mad. dened with rum, converting the awful solemnity of the occasion into a carnival
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05

Program for Its Dedication on the
 -s 18th of the Month.
 ALBANY, June S5.--The granite monu- ment to the late President Arthur, which has just been completed in the Albany Rural cemetery, will be dedicated on Sat. urday, June 15: The ceremonies will be brief and simple, and will be conducted by the New York friends of the late president, who contributed to the cost of the memorial.
 It Is expected that Elihu Root will de- liver the oration. A special car will bring the friends from New York. The committee of subscribers to the monu- ment fund are John H. Starin, Cornelius N Bliss, Charles L.. Tiffany, Daniel G. Rollins, and Elihu Root.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
FIRE IN fl MINE.

One Man Killed-The Lives Of Flight or
 Tenin Peril.
 GRASS VALLEY, Cal, June 5.-Fire broken out in Ten Hundred Level Idaho mine. Frank Carter, Jr., was killed while trying to reach the fire.
 Two men are known to be in the mine below the fire, and 1t IS reported that there Is a party of eight or ten moro.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
FEARS FOR 4 STEAMER.

Probable Loss of the Danish Prince.
 Her, ,LoRbook Found.
 LONDON, June 5.-There are fears that tho British steamer Danish Prince, Cap tain Potts, which sailed from Swansea May 29 for Montreal, has foundered. The coast guards at Skibbereen, Ire- land, have picked up the logbook of the steamer, the latest entry in which was made in Nav
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
TROOPS CALLEDsOUT.
Pennsylvania's Fourteenth Regimen
 Ordered to Johnstown.

Ordered to JohnstOwn.
 PITTsBURa, Jund 5.-Col. P. D. Perch ment, commanding the Fourteenth regi- meut, has received orders from Gov. Beaver to report with his regiment at Johnstown at once, each man to be pro- vided with three days rations and forty rounds of ammunition. z. -..y-s
 Col. Parchment is in possession of pri- vate telegrams from Johnstown saying that several persons have been killed in distu rbances.
 Bishop Phelan has returned from the scene of the disaster, where he spent two days. A number of Sisters of Mercy and Francescan Sisters are working there Father Davis was murderously attacked by Hungarian with whom he remon. strated for robbing the dead, and badly injured. e-E
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
A New Bishop for Richmond.

ROME, June 5.-Very Rev. A. Van de Vyver, vicar general and administrator of the diocese of Richmond, has been ele- vated to the bishopric of that see. He succeeds the Right Rev. John J. Keane, who was translated to the See of .Ajasso, and made rector of the new Catholic Uni yersity at Washington, August, 1888.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
RIOTS IN RUSSIA,

Victims i'm the Flames.
 ST. PETERSBURG Juno 5-The silver miners in the sUral mountains have struck and set on fire the houses of the mana gers in .EkateringbuFg.
 The factories adjoining were also set aflre and seven persons who were in the buildings, were burned to death.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
10000 LIVES LOST.

A Terrible Calamity BefAils tho People
 of Hong Kong. SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.-A private telegram has just been received by a Chi. nese firm.
 The dispatch reports that a hurricane at Hong Kong has caused loss of 10, ,O00 lives and great damage to property.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
Mines Closed at Bra aidvyoed.

BnAIDwooD, Ill.,, June 5.-A notice has been posted at the office of the Chicago and Wilmington Coal company announc- ing that the mines will be closed for an indefinite period and notifying all men having tools in the shaft to take them out.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
MT. Blaine at New York.

NEW YORK, June 5.- Secretary and Mrs. Blaine are at the Fifth avenue hotel
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
Auurricane i'm Germany.

BERLIN, June 5.-A hurricane an. waterspout at Reichenbach have cause great loss of life and property.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-05
FACTS, NOT FICTION.

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