The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-07-19
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JOHNbxOWN, n T., eUulERS Hnon
An 0vER1IoW.

BY the Destruction u : Brsaee Iaades
with Spectatorss nosea PSs3 iasi6 thS
Raging Waterfalls Damagat6l fropsrs
ty In the Town..
A Johnstown, N. r, special Of the 10Th
inst. says:
Heavy rains last night cboked -
streams and flooded the districts ShrivSrse
large mill at this place Wa carried, away,
Twenty persons were on the Ferry street.
bridge when the arch fell into the rushing
torrent. Cries for help alarmed the resi-
Northup, Police Justice Anderson. snd
others organised q searching expedition.
Lanterns were procured and parties went
along the stream with ropes to assist IN
the rescue. Cne person was seen splashine
and plunging In the water near the Johns.
town, Fonda g. Gloversville railroad
bridge, a quarter OF q mile down thu
stream. As he floated past those ON Tie
shore he cried: ''For Gods sake, help ma"
He was swept so close to the shore that q
man who was in a boat seized him. but
owing to the swift current was unable to
maintain his hold and the unfortunate was
swept under tho floating driftwood. Two
other persons came down a moment later.
clinaing to a plank and shouting for help.
They were. swept out Of sight below the
railroad bridge.
AT 4 a. M. the body of Burt spesdwell.
10 years of age, was recovered from the
debris in this place An hour later Albert
Cokely was pulled cut from under the
driftwood that had lodged back Of Evans
mills. Soon after, the body of q. man
mined Treadwell was found in the same
place At a. M. the body Of Charles
Frear, 80 years of age. was recovered from
tho wreck ut EvanA' mill.
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down which he went for a distance of six.
teen feet. He succeeded In swimming
ashore and escaped without injury. Peter
Evans, a stone-m ason, says that he went
down with fifteen others and was carried
under the Ferry street bridge, but sue.
oeedcd in getting out fellow. He was
bruised about the face. Purdy Case res.
cued two men named Nellis and Vosburr
by means of ropes.
Citi ems are now engaged in removing
the wreckage of Schriver's mill. under
which they think other bodies have been
lodged. 1t is believed that the two man
who went down on a plank lost their lives
at the dam, and that their todies were
carried down the stream and ara now IN
the Mo'awk river,
NO one knows how many were drowned
or who are missing. The food was 90
great and the current SO swift that little
help could be rendered. The State street
iron bridge and the railroad bridge were
swept away. They were large structures.
During the heaviest part Of the storm.
Main and llecker streets in Gloversvijle
wers flooded with water. The new pave
ment in BECKER street wa torn up for
several blocks. A number st residences IN
the upper part of the town are entirely
$: rrounded by water. The foundation
walls of a new stono building now In
course of constr uction on North Maine
street, Gloversville, were partly carried
away. The two iron bridges on the Cen.
trail and the Fonda, Johnstown & Glcvers.
Vile railroads are gone. The railroad
aud State street bridges in Johnstown
wee large, first class structures. The
Ferry street bridge consisted of an arch
spanning the entire width of the stream.
1t was upon one of the plank walks that
the people were standing when the ardh
was carried away. Shriver's large mill is
entirely wrecked. the loss being about
$4,000. Several small buildings are
partially ruined, their foundations being
undermined. Many of the bridges on
country roads along the valley are gone,
AMI some fields of grain are partially
covered with water. The loss to property
ut Groversvil.e will probably be covered
by $4,000. 1t is quite likely that $50, OOJ>
will cover al tile damage wrought by the