, 1889-06-06

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IN Johntown can he seen. Covetown and
New Fiorence bridges hsve been washed
away aud ull buildings a,onv the Cone.
augh between New Florr,,,e and John.
stown nave been carried s~y Railroad
towers. have been abandoned by the oper-
atOrs.
BsApDocx, Pa, May 3i.--En ron,e 10
lhe scene OF the disaster. the tel, graph
wires being down absolutely for slx or
seven miles below the 'immedia,e scene O,
'ne ui'hster. ahd being In an unwm kable
shape 'or three or fOpr miles distant. 1t
WAS al least z 80 o'cluck before AN accurate
outline Of the
hFFkCr OF THE TIDAL WAVE
could be- learned. Chief officials Of Pitts.
nurg al the end Of the nlsin line Of The
r,rnnsylvania railroad received most -
.hrir nrst information from the sigma
iowe' ut Pang Hallon. six Mills west Of
Johnstowh. Al 7:45 o'clock bOv Was res.
cueu oy men In the signal tower of the
railroad company. His name is unknown, b,
put ne said that with his father, mother,
orother and two sisters, he was
swept over the breast of the new stone
IL: II. bridge at Johns,own, that It Gu sp>iz-d
rev seconds laier, and they were all
drowned so lar AS h- could tell, The rail-
road operator officially reports that before
unIk ,,.! .hry were able to count 1i0 persnns
chnRihk to buildings and wrtcxavp, ar
drowned and Il stiny In The current. II
shis Information Is 10 be credited. the dan,
HRe III town property must be OF The nat ure
OF c'ea" sweep. As early ~ l o'clock
All alarm WAS sent 10 JOhnstown that there
was danger from the dam. The isilroad
otno'als were notified and i'm u very short
ti''ie began to carry people from the town
ioa
PLACE OF SAFETY
on regular trains and hastily improvised
rescnihg trains Superintendent Iilrairn
OF Tue western division ~ P.cibc Il X
was on his way to South Fork and WAS no
hhpd OI the inpending trouble.
GREEHsBuRe, Pa May 81. .-Johnstown
~ com pleleiy supmursrd and the luss of
lie ~ inestiDable. Houses are goirg Y
down the river by dozens. and people raI,
be 'een clinging to the roofs. AT Camp.
town. q village OF several hundred inhab
tahts' the houses are alm,,st entirely ;ov.
ertc, ana great many dwelling, NJ Blairs.
Vile are Submerged. scarcely n daeilinv
In the vicinity OF Sang Hollow can be seen
Bridges at Is 'l,var and Minerva. il j. ie-
ported, nave given away, and that at Sales
burg, 1t is feared, will be carried away
People here. who have friends IN the
'oded district are eagerly waiting for
news Al the telegraph office. Great une asl
ness prevails. The river at Liveriuore Is
rising and gr'at des,i uciinn Will follow.
PHILADELPHIA. May 3U.-Ali the wires oi
the Pennsyivunia railroad west OF vii.
,o'o NtosiohS uIVlSIOn, twenty
hve miles west OF Altoona, have been
down since 8 A. NJ and consequently in
formation In regard TO the break west of
mat place Is very meagfe. Enough has
oeeI' learned, however, to indicate mat tue
rush Oi water Is the worst ever known In
that section. The Chicago limited ex press.
which left New York at 8 O'Clock this
morning, the fast line leaving there at the
same hour and the train leaving hat ci y
at O'Clock last night are all laid up At La
lUona. AT 10 80 10 night dispatch Was
received by General Manager push, dated
at Wllmore. from the conductor uf the
eastbound New York and Chicago limit. Il.
which lott Pittsburg at O'Clock this morn
ing, saying that the train " as saie and
ALL WELL ON BOARD.
Mr.. Pugh inferred from this that the
limited was laid up somewhere west OF
Lillys. The conductor reported that the
bridge at South Fork WAS washed away
and expressed the opinion that all bridges
between South Fork and j. hnstown would
be swept away. The Chicago and New
York day express and all other east bound
trains are supposed to be laid up between
Creson and Pittsburg. When Pngh was
shown copy OF the associated press dis.
patch from Pipsburc announcing the
| breaking of the dam near Johns,own, he
| said that this report confirm I'd a dispatch
| received from Wilmore Tonight, which
| stated that q man had reported TO the Penn
| sylvania railroad operator there that Soul h
Fork dam had broken aud water
had carried away the ''coal tipple"
and telegraph tower at South Fork station
and also portion Of the easlbound freight
train A telegraph operator VINO was IN
the tower managed to escape, but several
Of the train hands are reported drowned.
| The reservoir or dam at South Fork which
| Is said to have burst with such terrible re-
suits, IL described by a gentleman ac.
quainted with the locality IN which it Was
| si,uated 1t WAS built for the old Pennsyl.
vania canal. 1t has been owned Tor
| several Years by mum Der OF Pittsburg
| gentlemen, who used II as fishing ground
The gentleman who gave this Information n
| said II the report Of the bursting of the daul
| was trne, he had no doubt that the da mage
and loss Of life was fully as g,ea, as indi-
| Gated In the dispatches.
The conductor of the eastbound New
York limited express, who reported the
safety OF bis train, also said that report had
reached him of the breaking of the dam.
General Manager Pugh said tonight he
| could not understand what WAS meant
! when he received dispatches announcing
| damage to the track at Lillys.