Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1889-06-06

the food. ana added largely to tho dana
age further down. The water rose so
rapidly that many people could not es-
cape from their homes, and ran to the
upper stories, from which they were res
scued by men riding horses and mules.
The scenes Of rescue were most thrill
ing. Joseph Ross, q teamster, had
in charge q pair Of mules. He
The mule fell into an excavation carry
ing Ross with it and he was drowned.
When I left it looked as ii one thousand
people were homeless. They were gath
cred on the mountain sides looking sadly
at their homes buried in the water. The
Cambria Iron works were flooded, throw
ing two thousand men out of employment,
besides entailing vast amount of dam
age to the mill. The sweeping away of
four or five large bridges added
greatly to the horror of the scene.
Twelve carloads of iron were run out
onto the Cambria bridge in an attempt to
save that structure. The waters gath
cred strength, and swept bridges. cars
and iron away as il they were straws.
But one bridge remains, and II is badly
damaged. Lumber was swept down with
the flood in vast quantities. 1t is esti-
mated that one million or more feet
passed through the town yesterday morn
ing. The railroad depots were thronged
with victims of the food. who were res
cued in skiffs. Piano boxes and RATS
were used for this purpose. ALI the
trains on the Pennsylvania and Baltimore
& Ohio railroads are discontinued, the
tracks being submerged for miles.
AT two O'Clock the water was still ris-
ing. and the people were panic stricken
There Is no doubt but that the loss OF life
will be heavy. Three citizens of Pitts
burgh are known to have been drowned.
They occupied house just below the
dam, short distance above Johnstown.
They were Thomas Fallon, James Tight
and telegraph operator, name unknown.
Terrible Losses.
PITTSBURGH. Pa, June wv. N. Hayes,
supervisor of the station of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad covered by the e God, tele-
graphed at ten O'Clock last night to Su.
perintendent Pitcairn as follows: tsThe
destruction is terrible. The dump at
Johnstown is gone between the bridge
and tower. West Of Johnstown at some
points the tracks are entirely carried
three-quarters of mile above the bridge
is filed with buildings and driftwood,
forty feet high, and is on fire burning
furiously, and is entirely beyond control.
can not estimate the amount of damage.
walked over last night from Johnstown
to Sang Hollow -four miles). Johnstown
is literally wiped out.
Superintendent Pitcairn, who is at New
Florence, sixty-6ve miles east of Pitts
burgh, telegraphs that over one hundred
men, women and children passed Sang
Hollow clinging to debris. Seven were
rescued at Sang Hollow. two at Cone
maugh Furnace and two OF New Flor
ence. Only forty-seven Of the one hum
bred and over passed New F florence. The
loss of life and property will be terrible.
Like a Tidal Wave.
BRADDocK, Pa, June TELEGRAPH
wires are down or unavoidable twelve
miles from Johnstown. News received
here by the Pennsylvania railroad off,
Gals corroborates the statements that
Johnstown is nearly wiped out. The sig
nal tower people at Sand Pillow state
that up to eight O'Clock they had counted
119 persons floating past on wreckage.
some alive and some dead. They res.
cued boy, name unknown, who said he
and his father, mother, brother and tive
sisters were swept away with their house.
He was washed off from the building,
but the others were in it when it was oar
ried over the new stone railroad bridge at
Johnstown. The house went to pieces
then, and he thinks all we're drowned.
The alarm of danger seems to have
reached Johnstown about 1 p. m. The
railroad officials at once began carrying
people out OF town, some on regular
tr aims, others on hastily improvised spe-
Gals. Supe rintendent Pitcairn hap.
pened to be in the vicinity and tool
charge of the work. The water finally
came down like a tidal wave, sweeping
everything before it.
On the West Branch of tho Susque.
hanna.
WILL AMSPORT, Pa, May 31.-The big.
gest flood since the memorable one OF
1865 is now in progress on the west
branch of the Susquehanna river. Much
damage is reported from points north of
here, but communication Of all kinds is
with. Land-slides are report
ed all along the Pennsylvania road north
of here.+
rate of one and half feet per hour. A
away and the streets Of the town are
overfowed. The people are going about
in boats. The booms at Caledonia and
have broken, and It is
feared that the Lock Haven boom will
break before morning and that the Will
Transport boom can not stand the strain
If this occurs.
Logs valued 100000 depend on the
boom holding. The river
will be twenty feet above low-water
mark before morning. The rain Is fall
ing in torrents.
Driven to the Upper Stories.
BRADFORD, Pa, May 31.-The heavy
rains of last night aud this morning have
swollen Lima creek (east and west
into rivers. Several streets
are under water. People living on Hilton
street were compelled to move their ef-
,ects to the upper stories. The tracks of
,he Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh rail-
way are flooded with foot and Q half Of
water, and all trains south have been
No trains on the Western
New York & Pennsylvania road have ar
lived or left this afternoon. This even
ng the water was falling slightly, but |
he rain continues and may cause further |
foods.
Two Hundred Dead Bodies Counted.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. June 1.-Pennsyl. |
7ania railroad officials in Pittsburgh |
state that they have advices that over two |
hundred dead bodies have been counted |
ioating down stream at Johnstown alone, |
while all along the line many additional |
ives have been lost. Johnstown is de- |
cribed as wholly submerged, only two |
houses being entirely above the water |
inc.
A special train has left Pittsburgh with |
railroad officials, newspa-