Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-07-11
NEWS SUMMARY.
THREATENED WITH FLOOD.
Rains in the Conemaugh Valley Do
Great Damage.
Heavy Rains In pennsylvanla.


Heavy rains on the first few days Ia
July flooded out five families in Cambria
City, Pa, near John5town. The water
came pouring down the mountain and filled
the first floors of the houses destroying all
the furniture that had been saved from the
big flood
There was great alarm among the REQ
pie over the condition of the Conemaugh
river The water rose five feet in
two hours, and carried away the foot
bridge above the Pennsylvania railroad
station.
There was danger OF the temporary
bridge erected by the Baltimore a. Ohio
going out Six loaded freight cars were
run out on the bridge TO save it, but
soon the abutments began to sink.
The temporary bridge erected at the lower
end OF the Gautier offices is almost total
wreck.
1t was thought all danger had passed.
valley. The rain came down in torrents
and people feared that the Conemaugh
would yet sweep over its banks and food
the town.
The rains filed the streams TO overflow,
and in consequence much of the rubbish il
the bottom cree6s was disturbed, and
great deal of it was toated down stream.
1t Is also thought number of bodies were
carried down stream as several were found
along the banks at Cambria City.
When the waters began to subside a
number of bodies which mad been dslOdged
by the swift current OF the river, fioated
down. They were taken to the morgue in
Johnstown, but as identification was i'm
possible, they were burned at once.
a terrific thunder storm passed
over the vicinity Of and in Titus
vile, Pennsylvania, on the Srd inst.
1t was followed by two cloud bursts that
caused "a furio - overflow of Church run,
which trayerses and winds through the
city. From an Insignificant stream the
run turned into furious torrent in few
minutes, coursing through the streets, fill
ing cellars and rising in some cases TO the
first stories of houses.
During the excitement several fire alarms
were turned in and the utmost confusion
prevailed. Fully three miles of streets
were flooded and over two feet of water
was on the sidewalks. Families along the
line of the flood became frantic, and mum
her OF RATS were built, on which women
and children were taken to place OF safe.
~. The damage to residents in the city
is estimated ut fully fifteen thousand dol
lars. The force OF the water ripped up hun.
dreds of feet Of sewers. Roads in the sur
rounding country were all washed out.
AT East Titusville anumber OF residences
are severely damaged. Several narrow es-
capes from drowning occurred in the city.
a family named Taylor, living on the banks
of the creek, were taken out of their house
after having fOated on top of chairs and
tables for several minutes. Charles Miller,
"a boy of IL, was sucked into bursted sew
er whllo crossing the street, and later was
taken out for dead, but after several min
u ties work WIS resuscitated.
Water poured down the side hills north
west of the city where the cloud burst oc-
Cured in perfect avalanche, sweeping all
before it. What were fertile gardens are
now stoney wastes and number of valu-
able farms are ruined. Officer Michael
Moran, at great personal peril, saved the
lives of "A man and wife who were being
washed into the run clinging 10 planks.
One of the heaviest thunder storms that
has occurred in years passed over Holt
daysburg at the same time, causing q great
food. The storm commenced at o'clock
in the evening and in three hours time
three inches OF rain fell The Junatia
rose rapidly and by midnight tile water
stood 10 feet above low water mark, and
only two feet lower than the flood of
May 81.
The lower streets of the town were COW
cred with from three to five feet OF water
and many people had to leave their houses.
| The stores, iron mill and houses on the
river bank were all flooded and the truck
gardens and farms in the surrounding
country severely damaged Several Lew
country bridges and much fencing were
carried away. The temporary bridge over
the Juniatia river at Williamsburg was
destroyed and the telephone mes south Of
the city all blown down.
The mills OF the Portage iron works mt
Duncanville were flooded and the fires put
out. The water was higher at Duncan.
vile than on the food OF May 81 last and a
river five feet deep rushed through and
destroyed the main street of the town
| Several houses were struck by lightning
and the inmates seriously injured. 1t is es-
timated that this Food has caused about
100000 damage.