Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-01
WIND AND WATER.
FEARFUL velocity OF THESE POWER.
ruL ELEMENTS OF NATURE.
Death and Destruction In Their Paths BY
Land and ses-A Portion Of q Town Sub
merged Railroad Trains Stopped.
tBy telegraph to tho Disps,ch.l

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yrcshct Is reported IN North Fork river cast
al JohnsoWn. Pa. in the Allegheny noun.
tains. Two thirds OF J0hnstown IS said 10
be under water. and railroad and telegraph
lines are washed ont. IL II sand that the
reservoir above town broke sDout O'Clock
tins evening and an immense volume OF
water rushed down 10 the city, carrying with
u death and destruction. Houses with their
occupants were swept away, and scores, pro-
baby hundreds, Of people were drowned.
There Is no communication with Johns
town. but telegraph operator on the Penus
SylNaDla ratlrosd tower az sang Hollow,
twelve miles This side OF JOhnstown, says
81 least seveniy-fvo dead bodies have fioate0
rasi. The wires are all down aud no trains
ere running eSst Of Bialrsyillc Junction.
which l. shout twenty-five miles west Of
J0hnsiOwn. There Il no wav TO get TO the
scene Of the disaster. and full particulars
can hardly be obtlined tonight, although
every Effort is being made TO do 50. There
will he no trains through 10 the East before
tomorrow.
TWO HuNnEED DEAD BODIES.
PlrNBcsGH, MAY 3l.-1he latest iniorma-
lion received from Jobnstown comes through
PENNSYLVANIA rsilrosd officials, who aver
that over two hundred dead bodies have
been counted floating down the stream at
J0husiown alone, while slong the line many
additional lives have been lost II Is assert
"a THAI there are nut two houses in Johns,
town proper entirely above the waier-line.
A special ,rSIn bearing the Pennsylvania
road officials and = large number OF ncwspa-
per.men has left this city Tor the scene. Ieie-
crsuhic communication j. entirely cut on.
A special from Greensburg says; A report
hls lust reached here hat the greater por-
tion 81 JohnsiOWn has been flooded aud
hundreds Of lives lost. Houses are floating
about ana people who are free are panic
stricken and are feeing 10 the MOUNTAINS.
Alta point mar New Florence eightyNhVe
persons have been seen floating down the
river on driitWood.
one report comes that but two roofs OF
houses in JohnstoWn can be seen. Coke.
town aud New Florence bridges have been
washed away, and al buildings along the
C0uem2ugh river between New Florence
and JohnstoWn have been carried away.
The railroad towers have been abandoned
by the operators.
HOUSES ~ TIE sTREAu-PEOPLE ONTgE ROOFS.
A special from Greensburg, Pa, saws;
JohnQ0Wn IS completely submerged aud the
loss OF lie Is beyond estimate. Houses are
Going down the Comemaugh river by the
dozrus, and people can be seen cineinS 10
thc roofs. At CokctO1n, a village OF seve-
lal hundred inhabitants, the houses are
almost entirely covered. and a great MANY
dwellings, ST Biairsyille are submerged.
Sclrccly a dwelling in the vicinity Of sang
Hollow can ~ seen.
The BRIGGS at Bolivar aud Nineysh, II ia
reported. have given way. and that 81 salts
burg. u Is feared, will be carried away. The
ueup.e here who haze friends IN the Hooded
district are eagerly waiung for news at The
telegraph Office. Great uneasiness prevails
TIE river st I.iYermore IS Ilsing. ana great
4 stTuctlon will follow.
Ts ROUTE TO THE SCENE or THE DISASTER.
BEADDOcK's Pa, MAY 3l.-Tbe telegraph
wires being down for some SIX or seven
utics below The ina ediSte scene OF the Dis
asci. and heing IN unavoidable shape for
three or miles distance, It was st lca't half
ra.t O'Clock before an accurate outline 81
Ice ,il-c, oi the lohrstoWn udal-waSc could
o. learned.
as OFFICIAL REPORT.
~.G ilUIow. Nav 8I.-A railroad opert.
tor officially reports that before dark they
were abic TO count ll9 persons clneing TO
tfe IsinngS Rfd wrrckace or drowned and
fn.'n- in tbe current. II this Information
j, ,o ,,. credited The damage in the town pro-
ptir'u.t br in the nature OF clean sweep
AS early - O'Clock 81 alarm wa' sent In
.Ioln-t0an that taere was danger from The
0sp. Ire railroad officials were notified,
AuI iu % very short tire began o. carry peO-
D.. from the town o. places Of safety on the
yr-ulr trains aud hsstily-imprOyiscd res,
,l.n- trains. TIE reservoir or dam az South
luih. which is sand 10 have burst with such
Ie,Ciui. results, is described by gentlemen
ACQUAINTED Ulih the i0cIllty'tO he an I'M
mtnsc body OF water formerly used a'
water surply for the old Pennsylvania canal
d.. f.r a
lsi.rb.- OF Pittsburgh gentlemen, VINO used
{ s. q N,ning-ground. The gentleman
who gave this Information said that II the re-
port % the bur,tIBg Of the dam was true he
lsd no doubt int tho dansge and loss OF
lie va, fuzzy as great as indicated IN the
dispatches.
Houses Torn Down and People
Billed.
fay telegraph - Tho Dlspatch.l
NAs1INsPUEG. ". VA, MAY 3l.-A tor
rlSo struck tins section Of country five
nil-s east - here yesterday, and after de-
m1li-bing vast amount OF property a.
passed down the Potomac river, uprootng
trees. oyerturning small vessels, and playing
raFoc generally With small buildings near
jhe banks 4 the stream. The storm tray'
eIled over an area Of ten miles aDd then
ps.>fd cut 10 sea. Very few trees were left
standing along the wsterfront, Those that
escaped were twisted out OF shape. The
house 81 Martin BORN, which stood directly
In the tOrnado's path. was lifted from the
GROUND. Two women who were In little
fyeme kitchen were hurled twenty feet aud
sefiousiy injured. A barn In which George
Vogcl and q. Powell bad taken refuge was
blown down aud the men Killed. The dam
axe 10 crops was great.
rhe WINDS VeIOetty ct Various
Points.
CBuAGO, Nav 3l.-Yesterday and last
niriF q fierce gale ragged over Lakes Ontario
ana ETie aBd portions Of Lakes Huron aud
Michigan. An around tho lakes vessels are
rvpuned Wind-bOund and driven ashore.
AZ Chicago the wind rescued a velocity OF
90 mites an hour. and & number OF vessels
were forced 20 anchor outside. At Port
Huron white caps were driven before the
gle Of IS uTiies and scrosS the river 1t Sar-
Ma, where a fleet Of big boats were bound
uD AFRAID to move. The storm Il moving
eastward, aud Lake Michigan will probably
Doc free rom unusual wind to-day. At :
O'Clock last night north wind was blowing
a. tbe following ports with The velocity
given: Chiesgo, 80 miles; Milwaukee, A.
miles; Greenbsy, As miles Port Huron, 4S
miles; Detroit, As miles; Toledo, A. miles
Sandusky, l3 miles.
SnOw, Rain. Frost.
WABASH. IND., May 3i.-The heaviest
Tanfali 10 years has been prevailing through
cut thls region FOR TWO days. At Benton
Ialb0r. Mich, snow fell TO a depth Of SIN
inches Snow is also reported at other
places.
4 NORTHEASTERN.
MICHIGAN CITY, IND., May 3l.-A north
easter, toe Gercest storm known here for
wears, now prevails. SnOs fell here yester-
day u : depth Of about sn inch.
snow AND RAIN.
WNANAC, Mich, May 81 Rain has fallen
without cea.ing for iorty-eight hours. aud Il
changed t. q snow.stOrm yesterday aijeT'
noon. There has been nearly twenty-five
iaches Of rainfall aud much damage will BE-
done By Goods
FH0eT--FRCIT KILLED.
GAIENA, Ill, May 3l.-A heavy white
frost visited this section yesterday morning
Corn on low ground was blasted 10 the sprout
and sll kinds Of teeder fruit killed. The