Wichita eagle., 1889-06-12
BRIDGES DESTROYED.
Extent of the Damage by Flood on the DIFF
ferent Railway Lines.

The Railroad Gazette, which is an adj
mitted authority on technical railroad
points, thus summarizes the bridge losses
of the different companies by the food:
The principal bridges reported de-
stroyed or damaged are shown in the list
below:
Pennsylvania Railroad-Westfr from Har-
risburg: Granville bridge, Juniata river,
about three miles west of Lewiston juno
ton, four spans completely washed away,
bridge $40 feet long, built in 1887. Mayes
bridge, Juniata yiver. about two miles
west of Granvill bridge. whole bridge com
pletely wrecked; five spans. $40 feet long;
built in $780, Mauyunk bridge, Juniata
river, two miles west Of McVeytown,
whole bridge completely wrecked; five
spans, $40 feet long; built in 1871. Peters
burg bridge, Shafer's creek, about one
mile west of Petersburg, whole briege re-
ported wrecked, but two spans are known
to be down; 156 feet long; built in
1877. Viaduct bridge. Conemaugh
river, about eight miles east OF Johns
town, single span of stone arch
built in 1882 by the state. South Fork
bridge, Conemaugh river, near South
Fork; two spans, iron girders; washed
away: built in 1856. Little Conemaugh
bridge No. 6, Conemaugh river. just east
of Jamestown; two spans Of iron girders;
entirely destroyed; built in 1859.
The Montgomery bridge on the Phila-
twenty-five miles from Sunbury, o long
bridge, is entirely washed away. Leech-
burg bridge and the Hyndman bridge, on
the Bedford branch, were washed away.
Mount Dallas bridge, about five miles
east of Bedford, was undermined and IS
impossible. Bolivar bridge, Conemaugh
river, steel truss, was swept away. Lin
washed away. and of the Williamsport
bridge, across the same, three spans are
OF the twenty bridges south Of RaIston,
on the Northern Central, five are washed
away, and all the rest are badly damaged,
with one exception. North OF Williams
port four or five small bridges across Ly-
coming creek have been swept away. All
the railroad bridges aboYe Blairsville were
carried away.
The Rockville, Sherman's creek. Tusca-
rora, Mount Union, Danwander and Little
Couemaugh bridges are understood TO be
uninjured, and the seven-arch bridge over
the Conemaugh, at Johnstown, where the
immense gorge occasIoning the fire and
the terrible loss OF life occurred, Is still
standing as firm as ever, but the approach
thereto for a distance OF 800 or 400 feet be-
tween the station and the bridge has been
washed out. This bridge cost $50, 600, and
was built in 1Ss7 and lsSs
Cumberland MISUNDERSTANDING high
bridge over Potomac river is partly gone.
and the remainder ID insecure At Will
Transport. Nd, a new bridge over the
Potomac river was destroyed SIN
uemahoning bridge and Heating bridge.
both crossing Sinneuahoning creek, are
both gone. Several Others have been lost,
but their names are not given
philadelphia 6 Notwithstanding
bridge. Susquehsnna. on the Wil.iamsDort
branch. fourteen spans. 1000 fee. long.
Three spaus carried away; built in lss3.
cost from S, 900 70 $4,000 a span; single
tract bridge
Milton bridge. Susquehanua, wooden
bridge; Howe truss; built in two portions;
eight spans: about 20 feet long Com
pletely desfroyed; built in is16. Muncy
bridge, SEsQuenanna- NlIiansport
branch. SIX spans: .ooS feet long; wooden. |
away. built II ls11.
New York. Lake Erie x Westeru-Sev-
eral bridges are reported lost near Hor-
nellsville, and also at Andover, y. L A
large bridge is lost a. Elniira, y. y