Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-06
AT WILLIAMSBURG.
All Apprehension of Suffering from
Hunger Dissipatcd.

WnLIAMsPoRr, Pa. June 6.-The people
breathe little easier now that all apprehen-
sions as to further suffering with hunger have
been dissipated
The seven cars of supplies brought up yester-
day evening by the secretary of the common
wealth are ready TO be unloaded and work will
begin some time to-day.
The track Is not repaired far enough to
bring the cars opposite the center of the city.
and boats cannot get down TO where they are.
Before evening thev will be reached The
mayor this morning telegraphed the COVER
nor tina. enough provisions are on the way to
last our people several days. The relief COM
mittee have been exceedingly busy and are
constantly finding cases OF suffering. There is
very large class who are not applying for re-
lief. but who have lost all their household
goods and all their clothing. These include
good classes of people, many of whom lived on
tue principal streets. Nearly every lawyer who
occupied frst-foor Office has lost all his
books.
The cash contributions from our own citizens
amount to $4,000. Notice has just been re-
ceived from the Fall Brook coal company au-
thorizing the mayor to draw on the company
for sl,Oc0. A dispatch from Grand Forks,
OAK, says carload of grain has been sent
from there for our sufferers.
THE WORK OF REPAIRS.
The track on the Linden branch will be CON-
to Tyrone.
Secretary Of Commonwealth Stone went to
LOCK haven to-day on the special caboose
which took Vice-President Frank Thompson up
to that place. Capt. Dement,. of the State de-
partment. will return to Harrisburg to day.
The work at the Montgomery bridge has been
delayed by the high water.
When Vice-President Thomson and the crew
of bridge builders arrived at Sunbury the
water was running at the rate of IL miles an
hour. The river is now down TO feet at this
place.
The body of Calvin Miller, who has been
missing since the Maynard street bridge went
down, has been found at Montoursville, miles
below here. This makes two lives only lost at
the Maynard street bridge instead of the large
number which was falsely reported as having
been drowned there.
LOSS IN ADJACENT PLACES.
Advices coming in show that the loss Of prop
erty has been very heavy in all places near
here. Morris, Tioga county, is a total wreck.
The mills and part of the logs of Mr.. Landis,
the Dover mill and the Blackwells mill are
gone. Many dwellings and other buildings
were swept away. The Pine Creek railway has
suffered greatly. The track is torn away and
q large amount of the embankment was washed
out Just west of this city and all aleng up TO
Backwells and beyond. At Salladsburg much
damage was done. Houses and mills were
flooded and in some instances moved and
greatly injured. The plank road was torn up,
bridges were carried away anfgreat destruc-
ton caused at every point.
1t was reported yesterday that the company
would endeavor to repair the road as far as
Salladesburg, but what their intentions were
beyond that point was unknown.
The tannery at Sailadesburg was greatly
damaged and considerable bark lost. The
grist mill, just above the site of the Larry q
Greek woolen mills, suffered serious damage,
and the dam was taken out
THE FARMERS ALONG TIE CREEK
suffered very much in the loss of fences and
outbuildings, and in some instances the soil
was washed from a portion Of tie fields and the
growing crops ruined The Larry's creek re-
gion has aften suffered from floods before, but
never to the extent it has on this occasion. In
one instance several persons only saved
their lives by clinging to the branches of trees
until rescued. The iron road bridge near the
mouth Of the creek is turned around and
rendered impassable, bat the old canal aque-