Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-06-02

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struggling. and fighting desperately for
I'VE. Two men on tiny raft shot into
me swittest part OF the current They
cfoeched stolidly. looking at tho shores:
while between them, dressed IN white and
kneeling, with her face turned hehyenwsrd,
was girl six or eeyon years old. She seemed
1tricken with paralysis until she came opposite
tho tower, aud then she turned her face 20 the
operator. She wss 30 close ,hey could see the
big tears On her face Tho helpless men on shore
shouted TO her 70 keep up her courage. she re-
suned her devout attitude. ard disappeared I'M
der the trees OF projecting point short dis.
lance below. "Do yen see that fringe OF
uees?" said the operator, pointing 70 tho
pla'e where tho little girl had gone OFT OF
sight well, we saw scores q children swept IN
there. believe that whom the time comes they
will md almoSt hundred bodies OF children
there among the bushes"
just above New Florence Ia the town OF
Ninovsh. II was here that found tho 1rst
cbarnel house ahd nineteen dead we're here the
larger portlea OF whom were women. Here
IL Was that the awful work OF me
froshet could he realized. What have
been fertile farms look Ike vOrn-out brick
yards Great trees have been twisted ana torn
Ike woods, and the broKen household goods Of
hundreds OF houses limo the shores Tor miles
Thieves % the vilest So-i, those who steal from
the dead and unfortunate, have been busly NJ
work robbing The trunks aud boxes and articles
q furniture and there Il nothing worth taking
left except iumbr Every now and then ghast-
ly outlines could be seen in tho water being
the IS. So tower Is tho "S. x" tower OF
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and here
It is that tho greatest railroad in the world sud
denly ends in the river For more than thou
sand feet wide the track IS wiped out rails ties.
and even ballast The north track 10 entirely
washed away. This Is tue nearest telegraph
point 10 Johpstown, and the dolny IN getting on
news dispatches is fairly madionlng. Inc As
sociated Press expedition was the first 70 get
on The ground and we're ready with thousands OF
words Of special, but no wires could be had tr?tn
II A. VI. until about z. 81. No special trains
could be hircd. no locomotives were 10 ne bought,
and the situation can DO appreciated.
THAT TERRIBLE DISASTER.
ptrrsprpeu. Pa. June The raging storms
Thai have prevailed through Pennsylvania the
past few days have resulted IN an appalling loss
Of life. Tho scene OF terriblS disaster IA AZ
Johnstown, Pa, in Cambria county. on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad and the Conemaugh
river Two and = half miles northeast OF the
town Is a reservoir owned by p rich fishing club.
il Is the largest reservoir in the United states,
ueine three and half miles lonR ana IRON one
= one ami a hall miles wide. It's depth
ia some places is 100 feet 10 holds
more water than any other reservoir. ma
tural or artificial. in the United States IL
wat held IN cheek by a dam. il is 70 feet in
thickness al the base aud tho height Ia 10 feet
Tie top has a br, adth % over % ieet il was IN
sprctod once q month by the pennsylvania rail-
road engineers. and Their investigation shows
that nothing less than some CONFUSION OF ma
tue would tear the barrier away and loosen the
wearon of death. inc steady rains Of the past
tWenS -iOlr hours Increased the volume OF wa
Ter I'm al the 1nOunisln streams which were al
realy swelod by the lesser rains early in the
weeA.
THE NATURE OF A CLOUD BURST.
From the best information obtanable et this
time II j. evident that something in the nature
OF clOud-burst must have been the culmina-
tiOn of the struggle OF water against the en-
banGmenL The difficulty OF obtaining definite
added Tremendously 70 tbs excite
IReut and apprehension. The course OF Tho tor
rent fIom the broken dam at the foot OF The lake
10 Johnstown Is almost eighteen miles. aud with
the exception Of at one point the water passed
through marrow N-shsped valley. -Four miles
below the dam lay tho town OF South FORK,
where the south Fork itself emptes into Cone
mhugh river.
FEARFUL Loss OF LIFE.
Tho town contained shout 1000 inhabitants II
has not boon hoard from, bat II u said that four
l!ths OF 10 has been swept away. -Four miles |
Iurther down, on the Conemaush river, was the !
own Of Mineral Point IL ha1 800 Inhabitants. |
sad 90 per cont Of tho houses we're on a nat
Hose % the riyor. 10 seems impossible at this |
line 10 hope that any OF them have escaped. SIX |
miles further down YVES the town Of COncmsugh, |
and here alone was there a Typographical posi- |
billy Of the spreading OF the mood ana me |
breaking OF its force. II contained 2,500 nhebi- |
ants. and must be almost devastated. " Ood- |
rale, with zoos people. lay mile below Cone |
uaueh in a hat aud ono mile further down were |
lOhnstoWn ana us clusler ~ sister tOHln Nhul- |
,ria and ConemaughboroIgh, with total popu- |
alton OF 5000 on made ground. and stretched /
Along right at tns rivers verge were the i'm
nense iron works Of the Cambria Iron and Steel |
company, who have g. OOO.OJJ Invested III Their |
plant Besides this thore are many other large |
Industrial estsblishu ents on the bank OF the |
liver. the damage 10 which cannot DO esti- |
mated.
BUILDINGS PLOATED AWAY.
.DUBoIs. PA. June Tho heaviest floods in this |
,oatiou occurred Thursday and Yesterday. The /
rain came down in torrents without inter Emission.
intl yesterday noon The low-lylng parts OF |
he First Ward were entirely submerged. small |
put buildings were lifted from their foundG- |
lions, and IN many cases iOated away
CAR AND PASSENGERS WASHED AWAY.
GREENsBURG. Pa, JuneI-The lrst section OF |
he day express which passed hero at O'Clock |
was lying between sang Hollow and John-toWu |
Yesterday afternoon whentA water came down. |
AMI the food cut one OF fhe cars, containing |
about fifty or sixty passengers, loose and IL |
mas carried away and It issuppOsed the passen- |
,ers have persisted. few Of the occupants OF !
he other cars may have escaped, but it IS |
doubtful
MILLION OF LOGS.
FRgyPoET. PA. June The water is re-
'eling here now, having reached tWeniy-One feet |
a the channel, hut IS running fun OF logs OF all |
Unconscious. Haf a million have passed to-day, |
avs a million viii pass here tonight Tho |
tream is swept clear OF logs, all saved lumber, |
md ssw-milis This morning the river was full /
u evefythinE-planOs, organs, trunks, bedding, |
leer. lard, oil, so1a-f0unains, DC. No dead |
,odies have been found here, but at Lordsburg |
tx have been taken out Tho loss along the |
liver is inesumable.
NAMES OF DROWNED.
GRgRSsBUBG. PA. June I.--Aloxander Kilgore.
ormerly Of This place. aud WHO has great
many relatives la this section. was LOST IN IN"
.ood. Row Wagner wife, and three daughters.
ghO wore az JOhustoWn, perlshcd. ana a sou ana
laughter OF Jesse podsr. Of this place, were
Irownod.
ioned at Dorry, was found drowned this eve
ing
CoWNUSICATIoN CUT OFF.
PUILADEIrHIA, PA. June 1.-The condition q
he river at Harrisburg Is such that the Fennsyl-
auia railroad officials decided at y ocl0cS 20
Iicut 70 run no more trains between Pniladel-
MA and Harrisburg until the water subsidies
nd orders were issued 20 that ench. The last
eport received from Harrisburg showed th8t the
racks were submerged q that station ano that
le water was stll rising. This ncti0n OF tho
Metals closes up fne lice from Philadelphia 70
'i:tsburgh and u can't be deanltely stated Wheh
rayol Will be resumed.
THOUSAND TENTS.
COIUNBUs, June f.-Governor Foraker this
noruing sent q telegram TO Governor keaTcr al
harrisburg, rendering no use OF ~ tents Tor
10 sufferers al JOhnstOwO.
RELIEF FOR THK SUFFERERS.
WksHfNGToN, June The President has sent
telegram 70 lie Mayor Of Johnstown, Pa. eX-
ressing his sympathy for the people Of that city
a NOR dire calamity. and saying tdat the Sec
tary OF War IS considering means for their ro-
ef lie also msde contribution 70 the relief
Ind.
The Latest
IGHT THOUSAND BELIEVED TO HAVE PER-
ISnFD.
SANG Hollow. PA, June 1.-The FIRST reports
tue loss OF ifo were entirely too Low. IL Is be-
eyed that fully $3.50 persons have per shed. OF
lese zoo or 800 we're burned 10 the hory furnace
the viaducL Two thousand c0flins have been
rdelcd for bodies already rescued.
ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS or THE HORROR.
JoHGsTowH Pa. June Tho accumulation
the buildings which we're swept by tie angry
Sters 10 tho fenusylyauia bridge have been
urned 10 the water, edge. Before the build
igs took IRE many people, dead and alive, wore
N on from them. and In several instances the
nfortuuatcs were 80 wedgei ia that IL was ne
assary 20 chop their legs Oh 10 raise them.
Inc Catholic church was also destroyed by are
us morniag A number % people were on the
,of when the structure was on Ore and ali OF
ION wero consumed In tho nnmes- The damage