Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-07-18
ANOTHER JOHNSTOWN.
The People of Town of that Name
In New York Suffcr.

JoHNsrowN, N. Y, July 1.-The
water which came up over this valley
last night has subsidized greatly this
morning but has left some trace OF
desolation in every direction. The
water rose fifteen feet and overlooked
everything. 1t has now fallen about
eight feet below its highest point. Ten
people are thus far reported missing.
The bodies of four, all Johnstown peo-
pie, have been recovered. They are
Charles Frazer, two men named Coax
ley and iost and a l4-year-old boy
named Steadwell. The drowned and
missing people were among crowd of
from thirty to fifty people who stood
on the stone bridge crossing tho river
at Perry street, watching the rising
water. The bridge was swept away
about o'clock in tho evening. or
the men, women and children swept
into the river by the breaking of the
bridge large number were saved by
means OF ropes thrown to them from
shore. This morning the fire depart
ment is searching for more bodies.
Two iron bridges of the Johnstown,
Fonda 4 Gloucester railroad were
wrecked and seven or eight more
were carried away. Two tanneries,
owned by Simon Scriber, were swept
away, and the Scribcr and Anderson
dams were broken down. The wa
ter in Cayadutta creek began rising at
i:30 and the stream was soon convert
ed into raging torrent. The first and
fatal rise in the Cayadutta was very
sudden and is attributed to a cloud
burst. Besides the sweeping away of
bridges and tannerics there is much
damage to buildings which are still
left standing. The electric light plant
was washed out and the town was left
in darkness for the night. All commu-
nication by wire was cut off, save long
distance telephone. Among the miss
ing are the following: r. d. Simmons
of the firm Of A. ID Simmons & Co.,
painters; Willie Myers, years old,
and the son of old widow Myers; Miss
Ada Miller, % years old The num-
of lost yet cannot be determined, as
the estimates vary from six to thirty.
The creek is being dragged, but il
is thought that some Of the bodies have
hoated into the Mohawk and Fonda.
The bodies recovered were removed to
the police station and identified, and
were then taken by friends. The loss
in money at Johnstown will reach
many thousands of dollars. Among
the bridges carried away was the iron
bridge at Stewards leather mill, and
the iron railroad bridge at Fonda. BY
the washing away of the bridges on the
Fonda, the Johnstown & Gloversville
railroad, both north and South of
Johnstown, that place is shut Off COM
pletely from communication. The two
bridges on the Mohawk turn-spike
were carried away. Travel is stopped.
The Central railroad and Johnstown
railroad bridges were both destroyed.
G. +. Mills a. Co, s plaster mill was
wrecked. The damage is great, at
Sammonsville, four miles below Johns
town. The waterwheel Mt the Big Mill
was carried away, but no other damag-
ed. II was found about mile below
Sammonsvillc. The dam at Clapper's
mill was washed out The general
belief is that the food was caused by
cloudburst near Johnstown, the theory
being confirmed by the fact that at
Hale's mills, three and one-half miles
up the creek, no damage was done and
the dam at that place is all right.