Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-01

are running on the Cumberland ant
Pennsylvania road Two trestles hav'
been washed away; loss $4,000. Th'
line of Baltimore and Ohio trains arr
lodged here, and 200 emigrants are OF
the streets. The Western End OF The
road has been impossible since las
night, and it is hard to say when trave
will be resumed. A number OF lane
slides have occurred on the road between
here and Grafton. The loss to the Baltl
more and Ohio is very heavy, but can
not be estimated at present.
At this hour I'll 80 p. M the rain hat
ceased falling and the water is subsldlng
and no further danger is apprehended.
THE SITUATION GETTING WORSE.
PHILADELPHIA, May 31.-Dispatcbes
received up to midnight at the Office oi
the Pennsylvania railroad. indicate that
the situation is hourly growing worse.
The effects of the storm are now being
felt on the middle division of that road,
extending between Harrisburg and AL
toona. Land slides and washouts are
reported along the line between these
two places. No trains will be sent out
west of Harrisburg until the storm
abates and the extent of the damage can
be ascertainet.
NARROW ESCAPE OF A TRAIN.
The New York limited east. bound,
which ia now at Wilmore, had narrow
escape from destruction. The conductor
reports that, Immediately after the train
had passed over the bridge which spans
the river at South Fork, that structure
was swept away by the rushing water.
Later-The tracks west of Johnstown
are, at some points, entirely carried
away, and the roadbeds are gone. The
river, for some distance above the bridge,
is filled with a mass of buildings and
driftwOod thirty feet high, which is on
fire and likely to damage the bridge,
which is of stone. The fire is beyond
control. Johnstown is literally wiped
out.
PERFECT DELUGE OF RAIN.
HARRISBURG, Pa, May 3I.-This city
has been in the middle of deluge all
day long. There has been steady
downpour since before daylight this
morning, and, up to 10 o'clock tonight,
four and one-half inches of rain had
fallen. Danger Of disastrous flood in
the Susquehanna river is imminent.
Paxton creek, which separates East
Harrisburg from the main section of the
city, and which is raging torrent to-
night, is higher now than during the
great food.
of 1865. The people along some of the
streets have been taken from their
houses in boats, tonight, to places
safety. The storm is still raging at a
a late hour, and there are grave fears for
the safety of the people on the low lands.
THE WORST FOR FIFTY YEARS.
ALTOONA, Pa, May 31.-The highest
and most destructive flood that has
visited this place for fifty years occurred
to-day. 1T has been raining continuously
for the past twenty.four hours, and the
rain is still falling. The Juniata River
is ten feet above low water mark and is
rising. The lower streets of Gaysport,
bordering on the river bank, are SUBJ
merged and the water is two feet deep
on the first floors of the houses there.
The water rose so rapidly that the people
had to be removed in boats. Railroad
travel is interrupted. All the manu-.
facturies are shut down. Over $50, 900
OF damage is done already in the inn
mediate vicinity.
THE DELUGE ELSEWHERE.
TYRONE, "a. May 81 The Junlata
river has overllowed its banks at this
place and flooded the entire southern
portion of the city, causing great de-
struction to property. People living in
the flooded districts had to be removed
from their homes in wagons to places of
safety. All railroads entering in this
place are greatly damaged by the floods.
The water was never known to be 60
high at this place. At Carmensville one
man was drowned and at Clea1feld two
young ladies were drowned in trying to
escape from the flooded district. The
Susquehanna river overfowed its banks
at Clearfeld and the entire place is un-
der water and all means of escape are
cut off. Many people hsve gathered in
the Courthouse and opera.house as a
place of safety. This evening it is still
raining hard and the waters rising
rapidly.