Telegram-herald., 1889-07-11
DISASTROUS STORM.
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rHion frsn Jonaste-H. n L. says "frf-
teen psrssas ~sxs carried down the Csya-
delta eseek EoaT ssdlss have besa re-
covered heavy rsias eaoksd streams ssc
flooded distxicls scbTisssr's large HasA IL
tAls place sss carried away Issaty pes-
Pc we're ca Ferry street bridge when the
arch fsu tlts the rushing IsTrsnt. which
vAs nllsd with sreeksge sad humanity
CTiss for help alarmed tie resldsnss Chief
Mcdonald with fresideal Aorthrap or the
village Police Justice Anderson aud Others
organized a searching expedition Ian
t<Ins were procured and parties went along
the stream sstA ropes ~ assist Ia TIE res
cue One person sas seen splaxhing aud
planyins Ia the water near the Johnstown,
Fonda Gloyersvilss railroad bridge. enc
quarter Of = nliie down stream As he
noatsd past those On the shore he cried
',IoF Gods sake help me-"
He Is swept by Ia the current. so close
60 the shore that a msn who was Ia a boat
secured u pile OF wreek4ge got hold Of
him, but owing 10 the swift cure nj Was
unable 10 hold hiEn aud he was swept IN
der the floating drlrt"ood Two other per
sous came down a moment later elin.iag
10 = plank and shouting for help, bat We're
swept out OF sig at below the railroad bridge.
Among those In the party who stood on the
shore were Superintendent Cation and Pres
!dent Hsacock OF the Fonda JoAnstown 4
GioysTsyille railroad. who had come down
on a special train from Gioyersyillo with the
intention OF transferring passengers and
baggage wheTe the railroad bridge
was swept away. No connections
with the Central road There were no
~.
and there Is not likely 10 be any on the
train on the Fonda. Johnstown i Glovers-
vile railroad inside or three or four days
and those who want 10 get back and forth
between Gloversyille and Fonda must en-
ploy conyeyanceA
Alta IN the body OF Burt Speedwen. IS
years OF age, was recovered from the debris
at this place An hour later Albert Cokely
was pulled out from under the driftwood
Soon after the body OF q man named Tread
well Was found in the same place At Q IA
III. the body OF Charles Frear, 81 years OF
age, . carpenter. was uncovered from un-
der the wreck at Evans milla The bodies
are badly bruised
Charles Abbott was carried down from
tho Ferry street bridge 10 the dam where
he went over, going down distance OF six
teen feet, but mfraculously succeeded In
swimming ashore and escaping without in
jury
Peter Evfn, a stone-mason SAYS he went
down with fifteen others, aud was car
ried undor the Ferry-street bridge, but
succeeded in getting out below. He was
bruised about the face Purdy Case res
cued two men named Nellis and yosburgh
by means of ropes Citizens are engaged
In removing the wreckage OF Schriever's
mill, near the depot. where they think
other bodies have been lodged 1t is
believed that the two men who
went down on a plank lost their lives at
the dam, and that those bodies were
carried down the stream and are now float
ing al the Mohawk river. No one knows
how many people were drowned or
who Is missing The food was so great and
the current so swift that no help could be
rendered without great danger. The state
street iron bridge and the railroad bridge
were both swept away. They were large
structures. The two iron bridges on tho
Central and the Fonda, Johnstown < GLOW
ersville railroad at Fonda are gone. The
pecuniary loss will not be SO very great
The railroad and State street bridges in
Johnstown were large, tirst-class structures
The Ferry street bridge consisted OF an
stream 1t was upon one of the plank
walks that the people were standing when
the arch was carried away. Schrievers
large mill is entirely wrecked and will en-
tail loss OF sl0,0 0o0 There are several
small buildings In the village which are
partially ruined. their foundations being
undermined Many of the bridges on
country roads along the valley gone.
Some of the fields Of grain are partially
covered with water.
AMSTERDAM, N Y, July 1O.--The water
poured down the gGllies strearns and small
creeks leading from the roads - Johnstown
from this city, uprooting trees, spelling
all crops and destroying farm houses, barns
etc A barn belonging TO John Pettingill
was carried through Putnam's creek, one of
the swollen streams. TO an arched culvert,
over which the New York Central railroad.
st Tribes Hill. runs, and acted as a dam
over which the roaring waters rushed,
washing out all four tracks OF the Central
for a distance of go feet and laying
waste valuable farm land on the south side
OF the track The damage To the Central
Railroad Company alone at this point will
reach t25. coo.
The Utica 4 Little Falls wrecking
crews. returning from the wreck at Hoff-
mans, arrived at the washout early in the
evening after experiencing some difficulty
in passing a slight washout about one mile
from Tribes Hill Al the latter point. the
water coming through a branch Of Putnam
creek. which flows through the lands of
Asron Pepper. and the work of desolation
at this place reminded one Of the destruc-
ton AZ the JOhnstOwn calamity Mr. Put
nam snOke-hOuse vas hurled a distance
Of twenty feet and landed against the sta
Ne. which gave way under the forcs az q
collapsed Mr Putnafa's crops were en-
-5re!y destroyed His loss will be $1,000
Johnstown Is a post village and the capt.
tai Of PHlton County in this State II is
situated in the township OF the same
name and Is built on the bank Of
Cavadutts creek, branch of tbs
Mohawk river. Il Is four miles
north % Fonda and forty-eight miles
northwest Of Albany. on the Fonda. Johns
town 3 GloversvfIie railroad The popsils-
tion in 1850 was 8 Oo0 The township slao
contains the thriving village OF Glovers-
vile. the total population of the township
being about 7.0Q souls gohnstown
hss niae churches, n union school
two banks, gas works. three newspaper
Offices. two grist-miils a planning mill and
numerous other factories for the msnufact
ure q giayes Snd r1ftfens More gloves srs
proh4b made ia Gi0rersviile snd johns
town than IN al the remainder Of the couB
try put together