Telegram-herald., 1889-06-07
WORST on RECORD.
Tie Recent Floods Uneqaslis1 IL
American History.
Losses wluRElCHOIER $50, 900, 900
Nearly 800 Lives Mere Iost-1n tAs aoz-
Eos "a ah< Jslansts~e Disaster ths
A@x44tUds of IhSss la oshsr state.
Ess boxn CAdeasS 1i1AaAtsa.


PamADEEFsIA gGne q Nere Il net foI
tie unprecedented e2teut - tAS Johns
town disaster aDd the extf2of lllnAxy loss -
Efs caused by Il TIE hoods = hloh happened
al TIE same tsae IN New leIk A&Iy iana
Vest Virginia GA Virginia and the east
ern part ~ Fennsy 4, znia woQlG have
been Toe zrdeG a. 4iElost exceptionally
css tructiNe 10 lie ana property, bas
- II l. IhsY sfs almost entirely over .oSGsQ
Ia sle~ az 4at Las happened Il the COME
msugh valley AND YET tIon ul0re Than
one locality OF lhis flood afes theEe has
come uP = Cry t0I help hlch tie euthOn
ties ~ pennsyls ai.is and NaTylan ale
eOarags sously trying u answer without
making any general appeal Tor conathG
tons additional l. those which ars new
going t0rwago to jobnstown
The great storm. which had IL rise Ia the
Mississippi valley and gradually swept east
ward, did 10 damage n est II New York and
Pennsy lyania nor east OF those States. ban
expended its force upon the mountainous
regions II line north and south from Cen
uai New York nearly 20 Central Virginia
and principally ca the lines oT the 6enoseo
MOnocacy, Potomac, James. RappAhannool
aud tie historic AppomattON rivers II
Steuben County, y j ana adjacent 10 Il
between twenty and twenty i've iiyes have
been Lost and probably about - 0oe Oh
worth Of property. III EasJern fsnnsy lYania
nearly 10 lives are known 10 have been iost
and property 10 the amount OF sl0 CO. %
al least Las been swept away The mOst
Frous disaster Was al HilARmsport where
by the sudden collapse or q bridge forty "a;
the peTsOns standing on il, watching The
flood. are said 10 have been drowned IA the
rushing waters Ia Virginia fortunately bat
two OF three lives were lost but al Ech
lnOnd Petersburg, btaunton. DanvlIle nnc
other points four or five millions worth o.
property las been lost IN Maryland
fifteen persons were drowned and a sewers
money loss is imposed upon the people
probably amounting 10 ten or fifteen mill
ions
So far as actual loss Of property Is con
cerned these floods have imposed Tar
heavier damage than that ~ JohnstOwn, anu
were il not for the teTTible destruction Of
life at the latter point we should have
looked upon the other floods among tAe
worst which have ever occurred III the
United States.
MED HELP AT ONCE
WuIIAMsPoaT. Pa june q. The calam-
ity that has overtaken Wiilismsport Is the
most crushing disaster IN it's history. Al least
fifty lives have been lost and 81. .ODO O0J Of
property swept away. A bridge nlled with
spectators was washed away and hundreds
were precipit2ted into the food How
many were drowned is not known. but tie
number is estimated at forty. The city It
Ia darkness the gas works and electric
light plant being flooded Three thousand
people are homeless. Railroad communi-
cation from the south can not be re
stored before Friday. At Jersey Shore
Lock Haven and other points north an even
worse condition OF affairs prevails The
whole Susquehanna valley has been swept
by the waters. The river rose rapidly Sat
urday morning. aud Lycoming creek, which
Joins 1t above Williamsport, poured in q food.
and 4 number OF cottages inhabited by
laborers in that quarter were overwhelmed
and the inmates drowned without chance
to escape. Up the river many lives were
lost At Antes creek the wife and FIVE
children of George Youngman were swept
away and drowned Also Iizzie Phillips OF
Albany, and Maggie Points. OF Jersey shore
William Youngman lost his wife and two
children There is nothing but ruInor from
points beyond
Mayor Forscman saws: "0ur city is in dire
need Five million dollars worth Of lum-
Der has been swept away and the Der-
chants will lose e. ZOO 90 more. We are
short OF provisions, but there are enough
10 last till Friday. What we need is money
70 enable the poorer citizens 10 rebuild"
The dwelling houses Oh every creek
pouring into the river have been swept
away and the people are coming TO this
place for shelter and food II Is not likely
tha. the relief forwarded from Philade-
phia will reach here before Friday. and
there viii be much suffering TIE Gan-
age up the river is large. At Benevo not
less than thirty houses have been carried
away. while the situation at Lockhaven is
deplorable. The bridges on Beech
Creek aud Pine Greek Roads have ali
been washed away. The Northern Central
is badly G~maged in many. places The
river four miles below tho city Is lined with
logs and sawed timber At Loyal Sack
Greek, four miles below here there are mill
ions Of feet OF timber crowded together
with wrecks Of barns and bridges Boa.
men have been making big wages pulling
logs out OF the current 10 the shore AZ
Sunbury the salvage is fifty cents log and
an three dgys ono man made efTI