Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-05

when he received the dispatches announc.
ing the damage to the tracks at Lilies.
"Such q thing has never been heard OF be.
fore" said he, tonight, land nothing short
Of q waterspout could have caused such q
damage. Lilies is a little mining town VI
about 300 or 400 people. For
the water to raise high enough
to obstruct the passage Of
trains is unprecedented. A dispatch just
received by me says the water Is rushing
over the track at q hight OF Eve feet above
the road bed, all OF which could be brought
about by nothing short Of a water spout.
have no doubt, il our operator at Sang
Hollow said he saw bodies from J~obnstown
floating down the river, as reported in the
Associated Prefs, that it 10 true, as his
tower is located right or the bank oil the
river
ON THE JuNIATA mi sUsQUEHANEA.
TYRONE, May 31.-Tho Juniata has
OVERLOOKED its banks at this place, and
flooded the entire southern portion OF the
city, causing destruction to property.
People living in the flooded part had to be
removed from their homes in wagons to
places Of safety. All the railroads center
ing in this city are greatly damaged by the
floods. The water vas never known to be
so high at this place.
At C~urewensville one man was drowned
At Clarified two young ladies were
drowned in trying to escape rom the
flooded district. The Susquehanna over
flowed it's banks at Clearield, and the en-
tire place is under water. and all the means
OF escape are cut of. Many people have
gathered in the court house and opera
house al a place OF safety.
This evening it is still raining hard, AID
the water is rising rapidly.
OVER 200 DEAD BODIES
PrTsBURG, May 31.-The latest reported
information received from Johns
town. comes through the Pennsylvania
railroad officials, and shows that over 200
lead bodies have been counted floating
down the stream at Johnstown alone, while
along the line many additional lives have
been lost. II is asserted there are but two
houses in Johnstown proper entirely above
water line.
Special trains bearing Pennsylvania rail
road officials and associated press CORE.
,pondents has left this city for the scene.
Telegraphic communication Ia entirely
,ut of, and until telegraph repair men and
operators with necessary instruments open
~ Nv ~ AO0ACbu POAhV OeV AAbVAV %
nformanion can be obtained.
HOUSES FLOATING AWAY.
G~REENsBURa, Pa, May 31.-A report is
ust received here that the greatest portion
,f YOUNGSTOWN has been flooded and hum
ireds OF lives lost. Houses are floating
about and the people who are free are
panic stricken and fieeingto the mountains.
AZ q point neal New Florence S5 persons
lave been seen. floating down the river on
One report ome that but
TWO houses are standing in Jamestown.
At Covatown and New Florence the
have been washed away and all the
New Florence and YOUNGSTOWN have been
away. Railroad towers have been
by the operators.
THE LOCATION OF THE DAM.
GREENcBuRa, Pa, May disappointment.
mt Pitcairn promptly took charge OF the
abroad and oil work, and began the double
luty OF cleaning the tracks and Of sending
possible aid to those in danger. His
prompt work, no doubt, saved a great
many lives.
In order to understand the matter OF this
alamity, it is necessary to describe re-
locations OF reservoirs. The ] ohns-
own reservoir lies about eighteen
niles northeast of Jamestown and in the
lite of'the old reservoir, which is Of the
seders OF Pennsylvania canal. This sheet OF
7ater was formerly known as Conemaugh
AXE. 1t is from 200 to 800 feet above the
svel OF Johnstown, being in the noun
It is about 3h miles long, and from
mile to IL in width, and in some places
is 100 feet in depth. 1t holds more
Tater than any other reservoir, natural
r artificial, in the United States.
the lake had been quadrupled in size by
work. The dam is 80 feet thick,
nd the top breadth over 20 feet.
Recognizing the n which the lake
resented to the region below, the South
'ork club, which owned it,
HAD THE DAM INSPECTED
nee a month by the Pennsylvania rail.
Dad engineers and their Investigations
bowed that nothing less than some con-
ulsion of nature would tear the barrier
way and loosen the weapon OF death. The
teady rains OF the past forty-eight hours
the volume OF water in all the
mall mountain streams, which were al
eadv swelled by the lesser rains earlier in
he week.
It is evident that somethingin the nature
I a ''cloudburst" must have been the
OF the struggle OF the water
the e~mbankment.
The difficulty Of obtaining definite infor-
is added to tremendously by the
xcitement and apprehension oil the people
ho had relatives and friends at the scene
I the disaster.
WEST vIRGINIA's WORST FLOOD.
PIEDMONT, w. Va, May 31.-This place
as been visited with the greatest food
ince 1876. 1t began raining yesterday
nd continued until noon, and also rained
ONE this afternoon. Two hundred fami-
es living heal the river were forced to
ave their houses, and flee to the hills.
'ather Weider, while rescuing families
.om Hendricks island, had q narrow es-
ape.
The damage to property is estimated at
10, 900. The West Virginia Central e.
railroad is under water between
ere and Cumberland. Two bridges have
cen swept away. The loss to the road is
ESQ, 900. No trains are running on the
& Pennsylvania road. Two
have been washed away with q
,ss OF $4,000.
Nine Baltimore & Ohio trains are lodged
ere and1 ,3OOimmigrants are on the streets.
he western end of the road has been i'm
assable since last night and it is hard to
Nv when travel will be resumed. A num-
or OF landslides have occurred on the road
here and Grafton. The loss to
be Baltimore & Ohio railroad is very
but cannot be estimated at present.
At this hour, 11:30 o. M, the rain has
eased, and the water is subsiding, and no
lrther danger is ~apprehended.
RATELS OF A VIRGINIA ZEPHYR.