The Red Cloud chief., 1889-07-19
AN Ill-FATEO NAME.

1oAnstovn. =. T., tie Soeno of . F1Os1
Dis.ster-A Large NaAbef sf People Go
Down With . Bridge.
NV YORK. Jaly ia message from
Saratoga received last night stated thas
q washout at Aiken. n T., three miles
west of Amsterdam. had torn up 400 fees
Of track and cut oR communication with
the Wes. Whether the washous was
caused by . cloudburss n Aiken or by the
breaking of . dam at Johnstown, n. Y,
Is rumorsd. cou,d no; be ascertained Am
sterdan reported n exceedingly heavy
rainstor N IN that section just before COM
mUnicat ion was cut ca. ken is on the
New York Central and q creek which
furnisb hes water power to several mills
runs through The place
Soon afterward reports reached here
hat q cyclone caused the disaster. while
q more serious character vas given to the
story by indefinite but unconf,med rumcrs
o. considerable loss OF life.
Then came q report from Troy that il
vas rumored there that three big Jams
we're he'd away near Johnstown and
that crowds of people got on . bridge to
watch he d,od and is was carried away
and several people were drowned. Johns
So"A - On lGc SJ00SSo~u q NV "a
railroad four miles north Of Fonda. hut .
ccmplete ~prostra:ioa OF wires made 1t inn
possible TO communicate with JOhnstown.
i dispatch from Schenectady stated
that a cioudburss washed away the Gen.
trial "a lroad tracks between Aiken and
Tribes Hill stations, about five miles west
Of Amsterdam vest erday, just after the
wreck Of . freight train which blocked
al four tracks in the morning had been
cleared and delayed ain had begun TO
move both east and west Some Of them
were caught by this new mishap and .
second blockade occurred mere serious than
the first The westbound LIMITED and two
other express trains which left Scnnsccady
about three O'Clock in he afternoon went
back there between seven AMI eght
O'Clock and We're sent west ove- the West
Shore road Some Of the trains hurrying
TO MAKE up lost time Narrowly escaped
the clouGburst, but all did cap One
house was partially wa he'd away, but no
lives have been lost There l. no wire
west Of Am and there is . rumor
that the storm extended to Jamestown, In
Fulton County.
MANY LIVES PROBABLY Losr.
ALBANY, y. Y. July ia speci al from
Johustowu las evening reported that .
heavy rain had been falling since early in
the afternoon. The Down pour caused the
C~ayandarta creek to become q raging tor
rent which soon burst its bounds. Two
dams gave way, bang unable 10 Withstand
the pressure. Ga swept the tor
rent. taking with il the several skin fac
tories along its banks. valued at many
hundreds of dollars A number OF built
ings and outhouses were also swept away.
The Fonda, Johnstown & Gioversvi!le
railroad loses some seven or eight bridges
There was another bridge crossing the
creek and on it viewing the food were
som. thirty or forty people. Inc torrent
increased in power, tore the briige from
its foundation and hurled them into the
seeihing food beneath. At this writing
it is impos 5 BILE to ascertain the number
saved. but il is believed that many Of
them perishet
At Fonda the Central Hudson railroad
bridge was carried away almost bodily.
taking with it the telegraph wires. so that
il is almost imro-s bic 10 hold communi>s.
ton between Fonda and the surrounding
towns.
The electric light works situated q few
miles from JoLnstown were flooded and
the town was Ia darkness Information
from Fonda saws the water is some three
feet deep IN the streets Ran is still fall
ing.
Dispacchesrecsivsd BY the Contra, Eud-
son railroad officials IN this city from
Fonda conta;n but meager Information.
They did not vary in the main from the
above. Trains from the west were consid-
delayed in Consequence OF the
food