The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-05
RUIN In THE BIG RAINS.
GREAT DAMAGE TO RAILROAD
AND OTHER PROPERTY.

An East Bound VestibuIe Train
Wrecked in West Virginia on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Road, and the
ComDany's Oldest Engineer and His
Fireman Killed Fearful Havoc
Around Fort Worth.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, July A vesti-
bule train east-bound on the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad was wrecked by a slide
in cut near Ona, this morning. A very
severe rain caused the Slide George w.
Watts, the oldest engineer on the road, and
his fireman were killed. It was an una
voidable accident. No passengers were in
jured
DFLUGE AROUND FORT WORTH.
FORT WORTH, TEX, July 4.-SeveraI
inches Of rain fell in this part of the state
yesterday, and great damage has resulted.
Reports from the west show heavy rains
Ior 200 miles. Brazos and Trinity rivers
are booming. At Ber brook, twelve miles
west OF here the bridge of the Texas and
Pacific and 100 feet of track are washed
away.
The st. Louis, Arkansas and Texas road
Tor two miles out is submerged.
The Missouri, Kansas and Texas, and
Fort Worth and Denver roads have aban-
The Texas and Pacific road has aban-
doned trains both east and west.
TRUCK FARMS RUINED.
At Fort Worth the bottom lands TO the
north for two miles and to the east for a
mile and half are submerged and the
truck farms are gone. Trinity river rose
~ leet In an hour, and dwellings on low
lands barely escaped City Marshal
Farmer, Sheriff Richardson and their entire
force for time became rescuing corps
and manned boats, which brought people to
this city, whore they are quartered in large
warehouses. There are 300 men, women
and children thus cared for
LOSS OF LIFE.
H. Plum and sister are said to have been
washed away and Mrs. S. Bentley and Pat
rick, her son, who lived on Trinity. are
missing and are said to be drowned Their
house was carried away. The river there
is two miles wide, and all the cabins and
tents are gone
The St Louis, Arkansas and Texas rail-
road operator last night received a message
that the west fork of Trinity river was
coming down with an eight-foot rise.
THE WATER WORKS IN DANGER.
Six inches more of water and the water
works will have to be abandoned. Wheat,
oats, fruits and cotton are badly damaged
The loss can hardly be computed, but con-
servative estimates place it as high as
S2OOO,OOO. There is some fear for the
small villages along the Trinity river above
Fort Worth, but there is no telegraphic conn
munication and nothing definite can be
learned. At | o'clock this morning it was
still raining heavily.
DGsLoDGED JoHNsTowN coRPsEs.
JoHNsTowN, PA, July 4.-Recent rains
filled the streams to overaowing, and in
consequence much of the rubbish In the
creeks was disturbed and great deal Of it
was floaUed down the stream. 1t is also
thought that number of bodies were car
rled down the stream, as several were found
along the banks at Cambria City, Eight
bodies were brought to the morgue to-day.
1t is thought that when the waters fall a
number Of bodies which have been dis
lodged by the swift current Of to-day will
be found.
NO cELErRATIoN IEDULoED IN.
But little attention was given to the cela.
bration of Independence day here, the
citizens being too deeply impressed with
their great sorrow. Excursions from a
number of points came in and the town
was full Of sightseers. Early in the morn
ing John Donnelly, one of the carriers al
the morgue, met with tragic death, being
run over by freight train near the stone
bridge.
The relief commission, with Gov. Beaver
chairman, will sit at Cresson next Tuesday.
when it is expected that some conclusions
will be reached us to the manner of dis
tributing the relief fund.
TWO BODIES FOUND
Only two bodies were found to-day. Thew
were the remains of young girls and werel
unrecognizable.
Among the list Of valuables in charge of {
the committee here is a trunk which, from
papers in the inside, is supposed to belong
to Florence Massey Of San Francisco.
Col. Douglass resigned to-day as chief
engineer, and Gen. Hastings notified the
contractors to close up the work by Satur-
day Of this week After this week the
whole force Of men will be reduced to 500
and will be under one contractor, and
local engineer will be in charge With this
force it is expected that about two months
will be required to complete the necessary
work.