The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-03

me It arrived this evening with engines and
several hose carts, with full complement of
men. A large number of Pittsburg phvsi-
Clans came on the same train. Mr. Grouse,
proprietor of the South Fork Fishing Club
notel, came to hnstown this afternoon.
de says that when tine dam of C nemaugh
lake broke the water seemed to leap,
scarcely touching the ground. 1t bounded
u "h tae valley, crash and airing, AMI
carrying everyt ing before it. For awhile
It's front seemed like solid water 20 feet
hlgh. The warning given the stricken
elty was sent from South Fork village bY
Freight Agent Dechet When the great
wall that held the body of water began to
crumble at the top he sent age bag
ging the people of 10 nstown for Gods
sake to take to the hills He reports no
serious accidents at South Fork. Richard
Davis ran to Prospect Hill when tine watsr
raised. As to Mr.. Dechert's message, he
says just such have been sent down at each
flood since the lake was made. The warn
ing so often proved useless that little atten-
ton was paid to it this time
HOW THE FLOOD LOOKED.
II cannot describe the mad rush" be said.
cat first it oksd like dust That must
have been spray. co Id see houses going
down before it like a lids play blocks set
Oh edge in row. As it ca ne nearer
could SEQ houses toSter for m ,ment, then
rise and the next moment be crushed like
egg shells against each other. At Wood
vile there was a row of brick tenement
houses 40 feet long aid three stories
high. Ii stood broadside to the C lrreut. A
few tenants fed, but macy vent to their
attics &c watch the food. To-day scarcely
the foundation of the row of brick houses
can be found. Sup Kirkland, os the West
fennsylvania road, arrived at $3.50 o'clock
t. night with car load of provisions from
Blairsville.
BEYOND WORDS TO DESCRIBE.
1t is impossible to describe the appear
ance Of Main street. Whole houses have
been swept down this e street and be-
come lodged. The wreck is piled
as high as second-storv win
dows. The reporter could step
from the wreck into the auditorium of the
opera house. The ruins consist of parts of
hooues, trees, logs and reels from the wire
factory. Many houses have their side walls
and roofs torn up and you can walk directly
into waat had been second-story bed 90 ms,
or go in by way of the top. Further
town raft of logs lod Zed in The stree and
did great damage. The best description
that can be given of the general ap )ea =
ance of the wreck is TO imagine a num er
of ildren's bl cks placed cl, sely together
almost every direction. At the commence.
ment of the wreckage, which is at the pc l.
ing of the Conemaugh, one can lock up the
valley for miles and not see hou,e Moth
ing stands but an old woolen MILL
SAW THE FLOODS MAD RUSH.
Charles Luther is the name of the boy
who stood on aa adjacent elevation and saw
the whole q rod. He said he heard the
gri ding noise far up the valley, and look
ing up he could see dark line growing
slowly toward him. He saw that it was
houses. On they came like the hand
of a giant clearing fl his table.
High in the air would be tossed
log or dam, which fell back with
crash. Down the valley it moved
sedately and across the little mountain city.
For ten minutes nothing but moving houses
was seen and then the waters came with a
roar and rush. This lasted for two hours
and then it began to flow more steadily.
PILLAGINe OF HOUSES
The pillaging of houses in job nstown is
something awful to co template and de-
scribe. 1t makes one feel almost ashamed
to call hi self man d know thai
others who bear tie same name have
converted themselves into human vultu es
preying on the dead. Mel are carrying
shotguns and revolvers, and woe tide the
stranger who looks even sls spiciously at any
article. Go ds If great value were being
sold in town to-day for a drink of whi ky.
A supply store ha been established Ia the
Fourth ard il JDhnstown. A line of
men, women and children extending for a
SO are waited patiently TO have their sup
plies granted.
The school house has been converted
inc a morgue, and the dead are being
bu led from tnis place. A hospital has bsen
opened near by and is full of patients One
of the vic inns was removed from a piece
of wreck go in which he had bien inn
prisoned since Frilay. His leg is broken
and his face badly bruised. He was de-
lirious when rescued and will pr babl :
not recover. The Pennsylvania rail
road is now laying tracks from
the Johnstown station washout. A
temporary bri ge is being built
and by to-nori ow evening trains will be
run int Johnstown. Ii will be more a
matter of luck than certainty. Communi-
cation b; rail has been established between
Pittsburg aud the end of stone bridge In
some places bet veen Jonnstown and AL
ona it is said the tracks were scooDed out
to a depth Of twenty feet. A trai of irs
all loaded were run Oh the Conc naug
bridge. They, with the bridge, now lie in
the wreckage at this poilt. The Pc insyl-
vania railroad loses thirty-five engines and
as many cars.
The Baltimore and Ohio tracks are now
open and train was run t. tn city free of
charge for assenger' at l O'Clock. The
mails are getting thr ug by means of cou-
rie across th3 mountai s. A pony ex-
press line has bee1 established.