The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-06-13
Incidents Of the Great Flood.
We give from various sources scenes and in
cidents of the terrible disaster in Pennsylvania
May 3lst.

THE FLOODS AWFUL FORCE.
TO give some idea of the destructive power
with which the volume of water from the lake
struck East Conemaugh it is only necessary to
state that it took the round house with -
engines in it, two hundred freight cars and
about twenty passenger cars, including four
| Pullman cars. one train of passenger cars on
the track was full of passengers. The con-
ductor and engineer ran along the train warn
Ing the passengers to flee for their lives. Some
| started aud portion remained and went down.
| How many perished is not known. The track.
depot, freight house and coal sheds are entirely
washed away. The mail matter the east
bound train held there was saved in a miracu-
lous way by two or three engines being washed
| against the train and making breaker that
divided the water which did not close until the
car was passed. The mail was not even wet.
4 COLUMN FORTY FEET HIGm.
Frank McDonald conductor on the ~omer-
! set branch of the Baltimore and Ohio was at
the pennsylvania depot, Johnstown, when the
floods came. He said when he first saw the
flood il wa. 30 feet high. and gradually rose to
| at least 80 feet. Decker, the PENNSYLVANIA
Railroad agent, said he, read to me telegram
| he had Just received. say ing the South Fork
dam had broken. A. he heard this.
the people in the station, numbering 600. made
a rush for hill. Il certainly think" con
tinued Mcdonald, "that | saw 1000 bodies 90
| over the bridge. The first house that came
down struck the bridge, and at once took fire,
and as fa>i as the others came they We're con
'nn, ''i' S.'ic ~ H4a i''N 'at
~ ~" iN' n 'o''iyo III H. ~ lc,iiii'e" II "
with uo hope and chance of saving them
selves. Had the bridge been blown up the loss
| Of life would have been no less. They would
have foated little further with the ,ame Ger
tain death.
JOHNSTON \ GREAT TOME.
| The great pam where the best part of Johns
town used to stand is half covered with water.
~ irM VANS ~ tile PAY tha' escape" lhe
no"l WI ih,hcs thlcN WIN plach' Htlth4 hud,
.nlo'=n W iiluh tralhpeu Sttany procession OF
| ~ ftoi "o'ii0 II ''c ~ ut'ci y >i''"'t'
| ~ Nii'9 "H' tnc pcPp'e "ic ho"Stu were
'o'd ana tileeF,GS>' F,G ne Town seemed me
| -l."' i"'l'I' nG peop'e "l 'Pnhsio"h nave
n"i''.' :" i", ol ""i oi In'i In'4 20 "'ou' II,
| - ~ Y = "IEr' "lp "''! i''i conscious ~
| !hrH 2it!9' Every ho"r 'N one 4oeN lhf"uIh
llle StIeatS, ne ne'rS helShpofN -feei eich "ther
i'hu 'hth inquire WHhout >ho" 81 ltthn&'
iloM many c' il'tu i2>l III nus i"I''iy' i'-dAy
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iIhiNlhl-f fNiEitlf-NtE-
George irwin. a resident OF Hillside, Vest
| moreand county, was discovered Monday
| night in Il Wing condition in a clump of bushes
just above the tracks Of the renn>ylNa ania Rail-
| road. about 4 mile below .Iohl>tosym. " hru
| stretched upOn two railroad ties near the trn,k
| nSioN ~ tongue extended ifoh M mouth ana
| ne Ga>Hed H. IL death was al hams. l'A the
a~>l>iahce ol NtiMulani> he was II i degree re
| NNed ald ioIi me loioWih9 story ~ was \lN-
| Iihg friends m JohnNtoWn Friday when the
| HoOd came. We We're submerged without
| moment warning. | was taken from the VIII
! dow OF the house IN which was then pri>on-
| cr ~ Mt Hay, the druggist at John~toWn, but
| IoSt MY footing ANA was not rescued. clung
T. iog until ! struck the Cambria Iron
| Nork>, when caught Oh the roof Of the build
| M. | remained there for utarjy am hour
| When ! was knotktd a-;ln from my position
| ,! a piece OF raft lloated on top Of this IN
| , ~ ~ ''' ~ y tti 'if'
fortunate victims WIN >lvrrt ~, M, .,,,,'''I
| iny for some one. 10 save Them. one woman
| ana two children were noa,iu,r alone i'm a.,i,.,r
| en- safety when tbr, struck th. rnr,,r ,f .
! huiitlin, and All went down to.ntbrr .,.j /
/ woulI rather ha\,. died th9n bal. h.rn rn,n
| pellcd TO wines, that >ioht. | have Nor b,I =
| bite TO rat since Fril4y nigbt anI Il nr,,lnn il
mn iudge don'f FIJI bnuvry ! an, ,fr,id
my stomach i ,r0nf and / an, .Lnrf lnn. tn, :,
| Il. lya> taken Il . Ln~t.it.J IN. >,,.r.,I .inr
and railroad men who r,>rurd him
|
KEN AKIN AhI'f hN'Alf9'
| There We're some remarkable ESCAPES Mrs.
John Gets was standing on Main street. Johns
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