The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-03

serious accidents at South Fork.
Richard Davis ran TO Prospect Hill
when the water raised. As TO MIR. Dech.
erts message, he SAYS Just such have been
sent down at each flood since the lake was
made. The warning so often proved use
less that little attention was paid TO II this
time.
al cannot describe the mad rush." he
said. "At first il looked like dust. That
must have been the spray. | could soc
houses going down before IL like child's
play-blocks set on edge in row. As it
came nearer could SEQ houses totter for
a moment, then rise and the next
moment be crushed like egg shells against
each other"
Mr.. James Davis, two daughters and u
son, can no whore be found. At Wood
vale there was row OF brick tenement
houses, 100 feet long aud three stories
high. II stood broadside TO the current
A few tenants fed but many went to
their attics to watch the food. Today
scarcely the foundation Of the row OF
brick houses can DO found.
Superintendent Kirkland OF the West
Pennsylvania Railroad, arrived at $50
o'clock with a carload Of provisions from
BlaiBvillc.
TOTAL HUMILIATION.
II is impossible to describe the appear.
anco Of Main street. Whole houses have
been swept down this one street and be-
come lodged. Tho wreck is piled rs high
as the second story windows. The re-
porter could step from the wreck into the
auditorium of the opera-house. The ruin
consists of parts Of houses, trees, sawlogs,
reels from the wire factory. Many houses
have their side walls and roots torn up,
and you can walk directly into what were
second story bedrooms or 20 In by way OF
the top. Further up town raft OF logs
lodged in the street and did great damage.
The best description that can be given OF
the general appearance Of the wreck is TO
imagine n number Of childrcn's blocks
placed closely together and then
draw your hand through them In
almost every conceivable direction. At
the commensurate Of the wrcckagc. which
is at the opening OF the valley Of the
Conemaugh, one can look up the valley
for miles and not sec n house. Nothing
stands but an old wooden mill.
Charles Luther Is the name OF tho boy
who stood on an adjacent elevation aud
saw the whole food. lie said he heard q
grinding noise lar up the valley, aud, look.
ing up. he could sec dark line moving
slowly toward him. lie saw that Il was
houses On they came, like the hand ot
a giant cleaning Oh his table. High in the
air would be tossed log or beam, which
Tell back with q crash. Down the valley
Il moved scdately and across the little
mountain city. For ten minutes nothing
but the moving houses was seen, and then
the waters came with roar and n rush.
This lasted for two hours and then II be.
Aln 10 How more steadily.
rug riILAoiSo oF TnE HOUSES
" S ,,, .,S y something awful to con.
' Oy .D. mn " -'he. Il makes ono icol
nn. u.s. ns n,lor 70 Sa sYsei man aud
have converted themselves intts "" WI.
yullurcs, preying on the dead. Men "a
carrying shotguns and revolvcfs and wo
bctidc the stranger who looks even sns
piciously at any article. Goods Of grca
value were being sold In town today for
drink u whisky. A supply store has beer
established IN the Fourth Ward in Johns
town. A line OF men, women and chill
drcn extending for square waited pa
tiontly To have their wants supplied.
The schoolhouse has been converted int
a morguo and the dead are being buric,
from this place. 4 hospital has beet
opened near by and Is lull OF patients
one Of the victims Thompson was ~
moved from piece OF WWckago In Whicl
| he had been imprisoned since Friday
Ills leg was broken and his face balll
bruised. lie was dcliIious when rescue,
aud will not recover.
The PENNSYLVANIA Railroad Is now lay
Ing tracks from IohnstOWn station 10 th
washout A temporary bridge IN bcin
built aud 10y tomorrow evening train
will be run into Johnsiown. IL will h
. moro a matter Of luck than certainty
| Communication by rail has been cslab
lishcd between Pltsbug aud the end o
the stone bridge.
Assistant superintendent Trump Is OF
the grounds aud Is authority for this news
lilo knows nothing Of the condition Of TN
track between Johnstown aud Altoona
In some plao>s Il Is said
TuE TRACKS wERE scoorED OUT
10 a depth Of twenty feet A train Of car
all loaded were run on the Conemaug
bridge. They, with the bridge. now he Il
the wrcckagc nj this point Tho Pcnnsyl
yania loses thir,y.iiyc engines aud man
ears.
The baltimore & Ohio tracks are no,
open aud train was run t0 the city ire
Of charge for passengers NJ ] o'clock
Mails are getting through by means q
couficrs across the mountains. A pom
/ exprcss line has been established. tn
| Pennsylvania will run line oi siugcs be-
tween Johns,own and Crcs,cn II the track
are as bad ~ reported. Messengers wcf
sent along the line yesterday. They vii
make their reports Ia the city Offices.
The clang, clang clang oi the Duqucsn
has q homc-likc sound 10 tho reporter
Tho fire has spread steadily oil day an
the upper part Of tho din h burning "a
night Tho fire engine y stationed on ih
nycf bank and line Of hose laid far n
the track 10 the coal mine. The flame
tonight arc higher than ever b,
fore, and By its light long liz,
Of the curious can be seen along lh
banks. No. will be put In service In tll
morning. Chief Brown has ordered q
engine TO Johnstown, 90 go by way Of Nh
Baltimore 4 Ohio. Il viii b. held thci
In order TO protect the town should III
break ont. Tho natural gas haas been shl
oil, owing 10 the many leaks Ia Johnsiowi
No fire " allowed In the city. The wal
OF many houses are falling. Their cms
can bo heard across the river, whore n
newspaper men are located. la the wal
through the town today the word danger
could be- noticed painted by thc rescue
on the walls.
Newspaper men arc indebted 20 u
Gfccnsburg Relief Corps Tor their suppc
cisnor rnELAy n ~ ionyrowS roSlon
llo made the trip on the swingii
bridge. For an aged man Il was q da