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The Pennsylvania Horror.
NEW FLORENCE PA, June lone
hundred bodies have been recovered
at Mineveh, seventy persons are re-
ported burned to death in the fire at
Johnstown bridge. N. w. Hayes has
just returned from Johnstown, and
says that the place is annihilated,
Bonemaugh is wrecked and Cambria
City sweptaway fully 1900 lives are lost
After long weary ride nine..miles
over the worst country roads, an AS
ISOLATED Press correspondent arrived
at New Florence, six miles nearer
YOUNGSTOWN and along the scene of the
awful disaster, the details at this hour
are rather limited. Every body is
daZed, the calamity seeming to over
whelm the natives. Reports at
this point substan tiate the widest
that have gone out. The latest man
from Johnstown brings information
that scarcely a house remains in the
city. The upper portion of the above
bridge has been completely submerg-
ed under water (dammed) against the
viaduct. The wreckage and debris
finishing the work that the torrent
had failed to accomplish. The bridge
at Johnstown proved too staunch
for the fury of the water. 1t
is a heavy piece of masonry and
was used as viaduct by the former
Pennsylvania canal. The story
reached here that family consisting
&c 70 fhar nathan onI fva ahi1Iran
were washed away in the fiooo at
Lockport. The mother managed to
reach the shore, and the hus band and
children were carried out into Cone
maugh to drown. The woman is
craZed over the terrible event. After
night settled down upon the noun
tains, the horror of the scene
was enhanced. Along the shore
could be heard the piteOus appeals
from unfortunates as they were car
ried by. To add also to the terror, a
brilliant illumination lit up the sky;
this light can be seen from this place.
A message received from Long Hol-
low, states the light comes from
hundred burning wrecks of houses
that are piled upon the Johnstown
bridge. A supervisor from up the
road brings information that the
wreckage at Jamestown is piled up 40
feet above the bridge. Startling news
also comes from there that more than
a thousand lives have been lost but
this cannot be substantiated now.
1t is known by actual count that 10
people were seen floating past Long
Hollow before dark; AZ were counted
passing New Florence and the number
had diminished to eightat Bolivar. This
will give some idea of the terrible
fatality. Dark coming on stopped
further count and it was only by
agonizing cries that rang out above
the waters, that it was known that
human being was being carried to his
death. Towns all along the line
of the railroad from Johnstown
west, received their visitation. Many
houses IN New Florence are
partially under water and at Bolivar,
the whole lower part of the town is
submerged. The ride tonight over
the mountain road gave one good
idea of the course of this water spout.
Every creek is q rushing river and
every rivulet raging torrent. The
ground is water soaked and when
the noun tain district that drains into
the Conemaugh above the South Fork
is taken into consideration, the ter
rible volume of water that must have
accumulated can be realized
and gathering as it did within
a few minutes it came against abreast
of the South Fork dam, with irresist-
able force. The frightened natives
described the flood as awful. The
nj ol, xryith linn
and the torrent rushed roaring down
the mountain passes in one huge
wave, many feet in height. After the
first swell, the water continued to
rise at fearful rate. AT this hour the
farmers in the country were about
coming into the village. The first
shock is over and preparations are
being made for the relief of
the homeless and the recovery of the
bodies of those who went down in
flood at Boliver. Men, women and
children were seen floating down on a
lot of drift. The debris commenced
to part, and by desperate efforts hus-
band and father got his wife and child
on the floating tree. Just then the
tree was washed under the bridge
and rope was thrown out. 1t fell
over the mans shoulders; he saw at a
glance he could not save his dear
ones, so he threw the means of safety
to one side and grasped close in his
arms those who were with him.
A moment later and the three
struck the floating house. 1t turned
over and in a second the three per-
sons were in the seething waters, be-
ing carried to their death. Another
instance is that of a mothers love