Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-06-13
NEWS SUMMARY.
STRICKEN VILLAGES.
Towns Which Sustained the Heaviest
Losses

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Cambria county, Pa, in which most OF
| the devastated towns were situated, has an
area Of go square miles. 1t is drained by
the Conemaugh, Gle rdeld and Chest
creeks. The main ridge OF the Allegheny
mountains extends along the south east
border OF the county, which ~ high table
land, having an uneven or hilly surface OK
tensively covered with forests OF pine, oak,
chestnut, hickory, sugar maple, etc. 1T has
valuable beds of coal and Iron ore Iron
and lumber arc tho chief articles Of export.
The county IL intersectcd by the Pepusyl-
vania railroad. The valuation OF real and
personal estate was Sll, 80, !2O.
Appended are biiei descriptions Of Johns
town and other towns in Pennsylvania re-
ported devasted bY the hood.
Johnstown-The popul ton of Johnstown
was about eight thousand. IL was situated
on the Conemaugh river, in {. mOria county,
20 miles southeast of PittsDurg, and had a
number OF thriving Industrial concerns, the
chief OF which was the Cambria Iron Co =
plant, which emp Dyed about Two thousand
men in the manLf cture of steel rails aud
comprised property worth S5,OOO,OOO BE
side these JohnstOwn contained national
bank, savings bank, private banks, two
daily and four weekly newspapers, Is
churches, several tanneries, silk mills,
-four mills, pianing mills, WOODEN mills. a
convent, an academy, Rad a. proportiOnate
number of shops ana stores. IL was at the
Eastern terminus OF the Pennsylvania canal
surrounded by picturesque noun lains.
South FoRK-Chis place was situated
nine miles southeast o. Johnstown on the
Conemaugh river, in Cambria county IL
was "a station on the Pennsylvania railroad,
and contained church, two orthree stores,
lumber mill and about nifty dwellings.
The village was dependent upon coal mines
In the vicinity from which much coal has
been mined.
MINERAL PoINT-This was post-villsge
OF Cambria county on the Conemaugh creek
and on the Pennsylvania railroaa. 1t lay
seven miles northeast Of Johustown and -
miles west of Altoona. The place contains
one church aud few dwellings. Coal is
found in abundance in the immediate
vicinity.
Woodvale-This borough was situated in.
Cambria county, two miles from Johns
town. 1t had flour mill, u tannery and a
wooden factory.
Conemaugh-This place was post Dor.
ough OF Cambria county on the CoucmG 1gh
river and on the Pennsylvania abroad TWO
or three miles east OF JUhnStOWn and .}J
miles southwest of Altoona. Its prosper
ity WAS derived chiefly from the manufdc.
ture of iron, etc 1t d two churches and
machine shops Of the railroad. Coal was
mined extensively in the neIghbOrhoOd. It's
population was $3.50.
mbria-This was an enterprising post
borough of Cambria county on COnenaugh
creek and on the Pennsylvania railroad
:. miles east Of PittsOurg and ono miie
northwest Of Johnstown. It's population
numbered l,7i4. The Cambria iron com.
pany had here a large establishment for
the manufacture OF forged and rolled iron
for railroads, employing about sixteen
hundred men Their shops turned out in "a
week about eighteen hundred tons of iron
and steel rails. Cambria had also three
banks, six churches and manufactures of
cement, fire bricks and wooden goods. -Four
newspapers were issued there.
Lock Haven This city, the capital OF
Clinton county, was beautifully situated on
the right bank of the west branch of the
Susquehanua river. The Pennsylvania
railroad ran through the pace. 1t was %
miles northeast of Altoona and % miles
southeast of Williamsport. Its site is des-
crioed as a triangular valley formed by
three mountain ridges, the openings be
tween which afforded beautiful views in
various directions II contained l3 church
es, "a state normal school, a Catholic acad-
envy four select schools, two national
banks, two good hotels, gas works, three
newspaper offices, eight steam lumber
III lis, two steam tannerics, several found
res, machine shops, planning mills, brew
cries, etc. Pine lumber was the chief arti-
Gle of export. The population was in the
neighborhood of .0O0J. News from this
town has been meagre, and the extent of
the work OF the food there is unknown ex-
cept through rumor.
Cokevllle-Ihs was IA post village OF
Westmoreland county on the CouemaCgh
river and on the PENNSYLVANIA railroad. II
lay about thirty two miles directly est OF
'lttsburg. 1t contained church ard
large coke works.of 700 ovens. LIS pop9la-
tion was about five hundred.