The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-04
C0NEMAUGH'SNEW PERIL
THE VALLEY STRUCK BY ANOTHER
HEAVY RAIN STORM.

Houses Flooded at Cambria City and
Several Bridges Carried Away at
JOhnstown-Adjt. Gen. Hastings Pre-
pared For a Hurried Retreat-Holli-
daysburg Also Suffers From the
Storm.
JoHNsTowN, Pa, July 3.-The heavy
rains OF yesterday and last night flooded
out five families in Cambria City. The
water came pouring down the mountain
last night and filed the first floors of
houses, destroying all the furniture that had
been saved from the big flood There is
great alarm among the people over the con-
dition of the Conemaugh river The water
rose five feet this morning in three hours
and carried away the foot bridge above the
Pennsylvania railroad station There was
danger of the temporary bridge erected by
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad going out
Six loaded freight cars were run out on the
the bridge to save it. About 10 o'clock the
abutments began to sink.
ANOTHER BRIDGE WRECKED.
The temporary bridge erected at the
lower end of the Gautier offices IS almost a
total wreck. Orders were given at Gen.
Hastings headquarters at 10 o'clock, to get
everything in shape for quick removal as
II was feared that the tents vollld be washed
away. The portable bridges over Stony
creek were saved only after very hard
work by the engineers. At II 80 o'clock it
was thought that all danger had passed ,
when a fresh storm broke over the valley
The rain is coming down in torrents, and
the people fear that the Conemaugh will
yet sweep over its banks and flood the town.
NO FEAR AT ALTOONA.
ALTOONA, PA, July 3.-The heavy rain
OF last night caused no damage here what
ever. Trains east or west were not delayed
and no fears were entertained of the Kit
tanning Point reservoir bursting. The
dispatch sent out from here last night stat
ing that the storm had caused great dam
age, and that there were grave fears of
the bursting of the reservoir was entirely
Incorrect, and was the product of an
imaginative brain.
HoLLIDAYsBURG FLOODED.
PITTsBURG, July 3.-A Hollidaysburg,
Pa, special says: Zone of the heaviest
thunder storms that has occurred here in
years passed over this city last night, caus-
ing great food. The storm commenced
at o'clock, and in three hours three inches
of rain fell here. The Juniata river rose
rapidly, and by midnight the water stood
fifteen feet above the low water mark
and only two feet lower than the
food of May 81. The lower streets
| of the town were covered with from three
to five feet of water, and many people had
to leave their homes. Stores and iron mills
on the river bank were all flooded, and
| truck gardens and farms in the surrounding
/ country were badly damaged Several new
country bridges and much fenc-
ing were carried away. The
Temporary bridge over the Juniata
at Williamsburg was destroyed, and the
telephone lines south Of this city are all
down. The mills of the Portage Iron Works,
| at Duncanville, were flooded and the fires
put out. The water was higher at Duncan
vile than in the flood Of May 81 last, and
the river, five feet deep, rushed through
and destoyed the main street of the town
Several houses were struck by lightning
here, and the inmates seriously injured"
DUBUQUE DELUGED.
DUBUQUE, Ia, July ga fearful rain
storm struck this city yesterday afternoon,
accompanied by high wind. Two boys,
named Corbett and Bennett, while herding
cows on the outskirts of the city, sought
refuge i'll barn, and were killed by light
ming. Considerable damage was done to
shrubbery and trees by high wind, and
corn and other small grain suffered from
the heavy rainfall, which for a time
amounted almost to water spout.