Morning journal and courier., 1889-07-10
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
YOUNGSTOWN, n. w. FLOODED.
A Bridge And Thirty People
Hurled Into The Water.
MANY LIVES REPORTED LOST
Sullivan Celebrates His VIC
tory With Liquor.
CARLSON IDENTIFIES BURKE.
An Extra Session OF Con-
gress In October.
ANOTHER DELUaE

In Another = ohnstOwn-A Downpour
of Rain in New York state-Uncon-
Armed Rumors of Considerable Loss
of Life-Telegraph Wires Down and
Particulars are Meagre-TWo Dams
Give Way-Eight Railroad Bridges
Wrecked-A Bridge IL Swept Away
Hurting Thirty People Into the
Seething Waters.
Troy, N. Y, July 9.-There are reports
here that three big dams were washed away
near Johnstown and that crowds of people
got on bridge to watch the food and it
was carried away and several people were
drowned.
(Johnstown is on the Johnstown and GloY-
ersville railroad four miles north of Fonda
A complete prostration of wires makes it
impossible to communicate with Johnstown
at this hour, 1890 p. m. Efforts are being
made to get definite information.
RocHEsTER, July "a rumor Of food
in the eastern part of the State was received
here by telephone from Syracuse. There
are no particulars, and telegraph Interrupt
lions make them understandable at this hour.
SARATOGA, July 9.-The telephone people
at Amsterdam state that washout at Aiken,
three miles from there, has torn up four hun
bred feet of track and cut off communication
with the West.
Whether the washout was caused by a
cloud burst or by the breaking of dam at
Johnstown, N. Y, as rumored, cannot be
ascertained. Amsterdam reports an exceed
ingly heavy rain storm in that section just
before communication was cut off. Aiken is
on the New York Central and creek which
furnishes water power to several mills runs
through the place.
SCHENECTADY, July GA cloud burst
washed away the Central's tracks between
Aiken and Tribe Hill stations, five miles
west of Amsterdam, this afternoon, causing
another delay to all trains. The wreck of
the freight train which blocked all four
tracks in the morning had just been cleared
and delayed trains began to move both
east and west when some Of them were
caught by this new mishap and a second
blockade occurred, more serious than the
first. The west bound limited and two 9TH
or express trains which left here about
o'clock in the afternoon came back here be-
tween 7 and o'clock and were sent West
over the West Shore. 1t seems impossible
to get particulars this evening as to how bad
the break is or how long it will take to re-
pair it. Some trains. hurrying up to make
up lost time narrowly escaped the burst.
One house was partially washed away, but
no lives have been lost. There is no wire
west of Amsterdam and there is rumor
that the storm extended to Johnstown in
Fulton county.
NEW YORK, July 9.-Eforts to communi-
cate with any point within the localities of
Johnstown, n, Y, and Amsterdam, where
rumors would lead to the impression that
there has been disaster of no small proper
lions, are unayailing on account of the fact
that the telegraph wires throughout the sec.
ton have been destroyed.
Some reports have reached here that cy'
clone caused the disaster, while more seri
GUS character is given to the story by in
! definite and as yet unconfirmed rumors thai
there has been considerable loss of life.
TROY, July 9.-Later.
A telephone message from Johnstown says
The town is in total darkness and nine
| bridges were washed away. The electric
| light plant has been washed away, also three
| skin mills at Gloversville. One body hal
been recovered. The water is three fee,
| deep in the town of Fonda.
At 10 O'Clock: tonight rain is falling in tor
| rents in Johnstown and the flood is assuming
q terrible aspect, mills and sheds are being
| carried rapidly away.
A few megre particulars can be CLEANED
! from the following late despatch:
ALBANY, July "a special from Johns
town reports that heavy rain has been fall
/ ing since early this afternoon. The down
| pour caused the Cayudatta Creek to become
| a raging torrent which soon burst its bounds
| the enormous pressure. On swept the tor
rent, taking with it several skin factories
along the banks, valued at many hundreds
/ of thousands. A number of buildings anG
out-houses were also swept away. The Fon
da, YOUNGSTOWN and Gloversville railroad
loses some seven or eight bridges. There
was another bridge crossing the creek and OF
1t viewing the food were some thirty people
The torrent with Increased power tore tn
bridge from it's foundation, hurting them in
| to the seething food beneath. At this writ
ing It is impossible to ascertain the humble
saved, but It is believed that many of then
persisted. At Fonda the Central Hudson
railroad bridge was carried away almost bod
lily, taking with it the telegraph wires, 81
that it is almost impossible to hold commu
| nication between Fonda and the surrounding
towns.
Johnstown is the capital Of Fulton county
my 1t is situated about four miles nortl
i af Eonda the datt crack and has