The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-07

AArd H. psssess sppsals fhso - m
fnrtanates - they WUrs carried b. To
odd also 70 ths tsEruP Militant iiluAina-
sson lie mp ths sly. nS iiIuninasiea can
b plainly sssa Iron this plaen.
4 Dsssags received iron Sang Hollow .
few moment aeo stasao thAs tAs light
comes from . handrsd baraing wrecks Of
houses hat are piled up O the JehAssown
bridge
A Loekper. Ha~.ra DIX . yos.s
.Failroades, rescued a old gentlsman, .
lady namsd Adams Of Cambria. and hA
ews eh1drea By swinDing cut 70 the
hoass in which thsy Wsrs imprissosA,
eating . hole n the root aad palIing
then through He the1 swan ashore
With then. one a . tine until al Wer0
saved Then he fell exhausted
Patrick Madden va. nearly dad when
poiisd from the river. He was in the
house Of Edward Ga<vey. All were
caught Ten minutes later the house was
wrecked Garvey and his son-in-lav were
drowned and Madden "a thrown into
the GOOD -Whea ! rose 70 the surface"
be said. Il saw nv wife hanging OF to .
piece Of scanslinE She le, il 60 and
VAS drowned. almost within csc
Of my arm, and I could rot help OF
save her. caught . log and doa:ed with
IL fer i've or six niles bet Il: was knocked
from under me when went over the dam
l then caught . bale Of hay and vas taken
out By 0E Narener. Ny wife Is certainly
drowned and SIX children all missing and
/ fear are drownedS
There are without doubt fally . thou-
sand people lost between Conemauga
borough and Cambria City.
oraER nIsrREssKD TOWNS
P~rrIsBrR6H Pa. June l-Repo-ts from
along the Kiskimiaesas river into which
the Conenaush enpcies are most distress
ing. TIE river near S~alssoursh is Il led
with wreckaSe, and number Of persons
we're noticed clinging 70 n c tinoer -
would hear their weight At BiatrsviIls
men ae stationed On the bridges q
banks in the hope OF rescuins SONS OF
those who were being carried down ths
stream
Tie iron bridge connecting Evansville
carried away and with il . crain Of heav.
lily loaded cars standing upoa the bridge
20 TO d !, in phase. This vas che la-g-s.
and strongest bridge On The IVES, Penn.
sylvania road Il Is thought that AL Of
the West PennsyEvania railroad bridges
viii share q similar fate
AL the towns in the Kiskimera:as val
ley are expected 20 be submerged. Among
'hem are Livermore. Se.tsburE Apo 10,
Leechou-g and Avonmore. having popu.
lscions of from 500 TO 10 90 each The
Inhabitants along ii, river have been
warned be: are almost pa~nic-suicken ~
the idea OF thei- great loss Of property,
which is Inevitable
Later reports from CoketoWn is TO he
effect tina, the entire town 10 submerged
and Q nunhec Of lives have been lost 81
that ace
NARROWING KyE
DERRY. Pa, JUae la 6oo3 Of death
swept down b Allegheny mountains
most the entire city Of Johnstown was
swimming about in the rushing, angry
tide Dead bodies were floating about n
every direction and Amos: every piece OF
movable timber was carrying from tie
doomed city q corpse OF Humanity drift.
ing with the raging waters God knows
where.
At Derry . group Of railway officials
were gathered rho had Gene from
Bolivia the end Of the passable portion Of
the road westward They had seen hut .
small portion OF the awful food but
enough to .l!ow them 20 imagine the rest
Down through the pack-saddIe came the
rushing waters The wooded heights Of
the AlieSh,Hies looked down II sosemu
wonder A. sn- scene Of the mos, ter.ioIs
destruction that ever struck the romantic
valley Of IL CoasmAugh TIE water VA
rising hen The men ief, At six O'clock ~
the rate OK Eve feet an hour.
Clinsing to improv!sed RATS, coz.
s-ruc:ed in the death battle from floating
ooards and tinbeK were agon ED nec,
women and children. taeir heartrentins
shri.ks fox help striking horror to the
breasts Of the onlookerA Their cries we're
Ct no vail Car.iei along At railway
speed on the breast OF this rushing tor.
rem. nc human ingenuity could devise .
means Of rescue.
With pallid cheeke and hair elinging
vet and damp to her cheek, . mother vas
seen gasping . floating timber. While
with her other arm she held her bahia
The tidal wave struck Bolivar Just after
dark and in i've minutes the Conemauzk
rose from six 20 forty feet and the wasers
spread out over the whole country. Soon
house, began floating down and clinsine
TO The debris were men. women and chill.
dren sh-ieking for Aid. A large number
Of c:ti8.ns ~ orce gathered on the county
bridge and they were reinforced BY .
number from Garfield. Q town on the oppo-
site side They brought q number OF ropes
And these we're thrown oveg into the boil.
ing waters IS u~nfcrsunares driftej BIZ.
Cp the river there was . sudden crash
sad q section Of the bridge was washed
away and doased down the stream. strik-
ing the tree snd washing it away. Ali
three were thrown into the water and
were drowned before the eyes OF the hoe.
r;fed spectators just opposite the town Of
Bol var.
Early ir ths evening . WOMAN with her
two children were seen to pass nader the
bridge at Bolivar clinEins TO b root q .
coal house. Arope vas lowered 70 her but
she shock her bead and refused to desert
the children. Il vas runored thas all
three were saved At Cokeviiie. . few miles
below Bolivar.
A later report from Lockpo-s says that
the residents succeeded in rescninS I've
peorl. from cle dood-swo women and
tt-ee men. Oa- man succeeded IN getting
CO, Ct the waser unaided. They we're
kindly taken care OF BY the people OF The