Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-06-06

fairs as the wires between Williamsport
and Lock Haven have gone down.
A despatch received from Williamsport
this afternoon says: The city is flooded
and the water is still rising. The Phila-
delphia and Reading bridge over the
Susquehanna river at Mulch was swept
away and crashing against the Philadel-
phia ard Erie bridge at Montgomery
seriously damaging the latter structure.
despatch from Lancaster says:
"Sixtyfve RATS broke loose from their
moorings near Wrightsville this morn
ing and were carried down the Susque-
hanna, involving loss of $4,000.
Dispatches received by the railroad
officials, from Pittsburug and these con-
firm the Associated press sreports, of
the awful calamity at Johnstown which
resulted in such loss of life in that vicin-
ity. The railroad bridge at Johnstown
Is constructed of stone and was not swept
away. The fire which ragged among the
debris which was against it will, it is
stated probably render the structure
worthless.
despatch received at p. m. from
L
railroad people succeeded in getting a
temporary wire through from Sang
Hollow to the western end of the rail-
road bridge which is west of youngstown.
The debris lodged against the bridge
and piled up to a distance Probably of
forty feet, Is stated
TO BE STILL BURNING.
Until the flames die out so SIS to admit
of passage across the bridge nothing can
be done towards repairing the heavy
washout between the bridge and Johns
town station. The despatch also states
that tAe Cambria Iron company's plant
on the north side OF Conemaugh river
at Johnson is complete wreck. Until
this despatch was received it
was not thought here that this portion of
the plant had been seriously inj jared.
The plant is said to be valued at $780,
GOO. despatch received at the Penn
| sylvania railroad office this afternoon
says considerable damage has been sus-
tanned to railroad property. 1t is feared
the bridge crossing on the west branch of
the Susquehanna at Linden, will &C.
This bridge was previously reported as
being ballasted with a heavily loaded
freight train. Additional information
from the Philadelphia and Erie branch
is that the four span bridges across the
Juniata river at Granville, had been
carried away. The
WATER Is STILL RISING
in the Juniati. Between Granville and
| Tuscara, a distance of 10 miles, nothing
is known of the condition of the road bed
or bridges. OF twenty bridges south of
RalstoD, ON the Northern Central branch,
| five are washed away and al the
rest badly damaged. Tue Cumberland
| Valley railroad lost the new iron
bridge crossing the Potomac river near
Williamsp port, Md. The bridge across
, the Sinnemahoning creek at SInnema hon-
| ing is gone, and the brioge over the
same stream at Heating, was badly dam
aged. The railroad yard and tracks at
Emporium have been badly washed out
At Wllliamsport, the west branch of the
| SusQuehanna is said to be thirty feet
high. There is eight inones of water on
the floor of the railroad station there
This would indicate nearly the whole OF
the city Overlooking. At Harrisburg, the
Susq johanna river is still rising. Al
S5eeiton two and one-half feet of water
flows over the Pennsylvania railroad
tracks and the steel plant at that place is
also submerged.
| IN SEARCH OF REMAINS.
PITTsBURa, j une LIN this city today
therewa but one topic for conversation
and that was the Johnstown deluge
| Crowds of eager watchers all day long
besieged the newspaper bplletin boards
and rendered the streets impossible
Many of them had friends or relatives in
i .s.l~ -.
| "nam es," was their cry, but there were nc
names. The storm which had perhaps
| swept away the lives CT their loved
friends had also carried away all means
of communication and their vigil waf
rewarded. To show the state to which
the telegraph is reduced it is sufficient tC
state that it is not yet known whether
the telegraph operator at Johnstown is
dead or not. The nearest point to that city
which can be reached tonight is New
| Florence and one wire there is used al
most constantly by orders for coffins, EN-
banning fluid and for preparing special
cars to carry the recovered dead to theil
| homes.
Along he banks of the now turbulent
Allegheny were placed watchers for dead
bodies, and all wreckase was carefully
|
vigilance was the recovery of one body
that of woman. Seven other
BODIES WERE SEEN
but could not be reached owing to the
swiftly moving wreckage by which they
we're surrounded. Measures for relief
were3 promptly taken. The mayors both
of Pittsburg and Allegheny issued calls fol-
rrnu ma tI nrrS Jan I,l -,
throngs of Pittsburg's wealthiest men
At p. M, $4,000 was in their hand.
and at O'Clock the sum was swelled tC
100000. Aspecial train was charted BY
newspapers to carry provisions, Medicine
and clothing to the nearest possible poin
to Johnstowp. The railroad conductor
who arrived in the city this morning
said: "There is no telling how many
lives are lost. Wego as far as Bolivar
and I tell you it is terrible sight. The
body of boy was picked up by some
of us there and there were seven bodies
recovered altogether. do not think any
one got into YOUNGSTOWN and it il my OPP
inlon they will not get in very soon
No one who is not on the grounds has
any idea of the damage done. It will be
at least week before the extent of this
Hood is known and then 1 think many
| bodies will never be recovered"
LODGED IN THE TREES.
Dispatches from Nineveh say: There
appears to be large number of people
lodged in trees and rubbish along the
line. Many are alive. Resolving parties
should be advised at every station
Another telegram from Nineveh said thai
up to noon It's bodies have been taker
from the river at tsat point. The state
OF the water in the Allegheny river this
| afternoon became so alarming, that the