New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-06-02
4 GREAT ROAD CRIPPLED.
IMMENSE LOSS SUFFERED BY THE PENNsYL-
VANIA

| IMMENSE LOSS SUFFERED BY THE Pt'NNoih
vANA.
yonr THAN TWENTY COSTLY BRIDGES SWEET
AWAY IN THE FIOoDs-A GAP oF EIGHTY
SIX MILES IN THE LINE-FEARlN" THAT
WORSE NEWS Is TO COME
rnY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TNBuSE'l
Philadelphia, June Tho fennsSNAn'S h""io
officials at this place all agree that bc'or U'o'o " 'o
h,tory NJ the road has Il been crippled a. II is AZ
..on, an account OF the waShouts on It's nam iIhe
and branches tho most disastrous one OF course, oes
At and near Johnstown. For eighy-sK mics 'ha' He
between sang Hollow, which is nVe mics "oS'
| Of John,town, and Mapleton, when Is eish'' -ono
miles cast OF that place, there IL no tsiesapho con"
munlcation As bad the meagre reports arc "h''h
come from that district, the officials fear thaI ONO
half has not been told and that when the iacfs arc
known they win be worse than any OF the predictions
Tho offices Of tho company in tho Broad-st station
have been besegod all day By anxious lnlurer'' ou
the only ncws that company had was the iac' tha'
occ asonally another bridge added 70 mo SHe"'|
long list OF those that were gone. such lhen'sehe"
"a that vas received periodically all day until tho
number Of bridges that will have To be reOu oe'Oi"
traffic can be resumed now exceeds twenty, many
Of them largo and costly ones, whlch II
will tahe wecks TO rebuild. The most sahguihe Vi
the Pennsylvania Railroad officials say that u VIII
probably be q week before uafio can DO rsunhe"
between Altoona and Ptsburg and many OF thom
think IL will DO longer time The bridges 'lst So
down on tho Iftsburg division, far as Is dehhhey
known mi 10 a late hoar tonight, arc as follows:
Tho bridge at Mayes and al Greenylle' which ~
one OF tho highest bridges The road on fhe wes~fh
slopo OF the mountain between Altoona
81 to,rs.oDp. the bridge at south
Forh, tho Conemaugh viaduct "hnh Is
as old as tho road Itself tho Mineral Point bridge and
the Conemaugh bridge, which is Immediately cast Of
the town of Conomaugh and three miles east OF Johns
Town Beyond Conemaugh II IS impossible TO go, so
that IS not known what other damage has been done
Tho handsome large bridge at Johnstown. which is al
most new and 100000, is reported as badly In
jurcd BY tho FIRE from the burning houses that have
drfted up against H. on the Piisburg and Erie dlvs
ION north from sunbury, the bridges az Linden and
Montgomery arc swept away, aud hrco spans
O, the largo bridge at wIIIiamSport are gone The
PHILADELPHIA and Reading bridges at Milton and SUM-
bnrv are gone and five small bridges on the Elmira
division Of the Pennsylvania interrupt the trains to
IN. north on the West Pennsyyana division tho
bridges a. BlalrsvlIo, Fast Tunnel and East Lecch
burg are all gone. On the Bedford division, running
from Mt. DaIlas TO the PennSylyanis and Maryland
state line therp are two small bridges gone. ON
the Alexandria and Frederic hSburs division south OF
Washington there arc two bridges gone and the Long
Krtlee over the Potomac River at Washington Is
| in danger Of being swept away. Part OF the mgh
hr,dgc over tho Potomac River AZ MArtnsburg, Of
| the Cumberland Valley Railroad, y gons and It h
| expectod tho remainder of Il win 20 also.
The most direct communication that Il received
Il over the eonpany's wire from The station at sang
Hollow The report from there late tonight that
Johnstown IS stun twenty feet under water. The
| pcnnsyIyanla rad has a wr"cking train on every
| thirty miles along tho entire length OF tho road
| AMI all 81 thc-n trains arc on the
way 20 the ront whore communication IA broken
special trains hay" also been started rom ms cry
and Harrisburg loaded With bridge timbers for build
tho tr,,s,cS Wnndrcls Of extra on the trains,
aud eyrStLipg possible viii b. done 10 repair th"
brr,ts The general Superint cndent and all 81 The
division supcrlucndcuts tho chief aud assistant en-
rineor, and supervisors that arc stationed between
| ths cts and Harrisburg arc on the way west "n
special trains in the eighty SIX mile gap "he'o "'o
| graph communication IS broken.
Tber. Ar cisht passenger trains 90 hear nom.
| They ,r, train No. 80, which NAF"l
| from, Pitt,burg At 3 n on Frihay morning Tram
so H. wbich Is grppoS"d TO have stArtel from johns
| ,pVn: the Ncw.York and Chicago limited express
Witch stated from Pittsburg at 10 a. NJ Oh fHuS'
and tho day express, which left Pitts6nrg al d. m'
| -, Friday. Train 40 10 which started from Pitts
burg on Friday afternoon was sent back MI oi 'ne
| ve.tbound trains stopped at Altoona 30 Inn
,ose I'm the rap arr arc all casibound trains.
II T. impossible for the railroad officials to make any
s,rr,te NJ The damage done but considering l@s oi
,ranIc ard damage dOno 10 their propefD' 'no 1i'A'
Will undoubtedly be cOuntol By the millions
| James a. swsnk, Tho secretary Of the AMERICAN
| rrop and steel Association, who formerly hNca |"
Iohr,,ov.n sad today that he had received number
| - M.natcbcs frn, that point yesterday but no news
| Ia Mr. swauk added This disaster Is one oil
the most appalling ever knew. am ARA" the p'"c"
is almost swept away. II lies between TWO rNer'
| mr. rather the two rivers converge at thar point
| one OF Ito officers OF the Cambria Iron company
| T.
| u I, imuos,ibIc to say Just what damage has been
| Sore We do not care TO send ont reports which
we may have 10 correct later. We can do nothihs
| more except 20 wait and hope"
| The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has through
General Ln,,a. a, the nroadst station, arranged for
the shipment OF goods given for the RELIEF Oh inc
Johrstown sufferers Food and clothing whl 10
! received by the Cambria Iron Company also. Wori
wa received at the United states Quatormasters DO
uortmcnt here that It would not be necessary 10 scnd
! tents a. a full supply had been ordered rom me
| Allegheny Arsenal Mayor Filter has called ne
uad.irh,a Relief Fund Committee tu meet al 10 30
| o'clock on Monday morning to devise some means o.
| The following notice was posted on tho bulletin
board a, the BroadsL station OF the PehhyNah'
ON account Of the unprecedented storm prevailing
IN the western part " Tho State, the lines west o.
| Altoona have been damaged TO what extent cannon
now be areralucd until the water subsidies inc
storm is SIN raging. 10 is probable that no "S'"S
VII" 10 ,I"pes ser" sold for points beyond Harrisburg
unless I purchase dcmaNdsd then OF their oSi
| responsibility. Many tickets were redeemed by thl
| company when It was found that The holders coue
not bs transported to their destinations. The fss
| line leaving a. II rs a. m. bad on b9arl many
| nersons who had purchased tickets Tor HarrisbnrH
MANY OF them were anxious to roarh points iit'ae
| wsst and they win wait at Harrisburg until h'
| valsr subsidies.
WORSE THAN THE GREAT blizzard.
MANAGE DONE BY THE FLOODS TO THE PENN
syIvANIA AND IT'S BRANCHES,