Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1889-06-02

washed away, and all the rest ar, badly
damaged The Cumberland Valley rail
road lost the new iron bridge crossing the
Potomac river near WilliamHgort. The
Maryland bridge across the Sennenaho
ming creek at Sennahoning is gone, and
the bridge over the same stream al
Heating is badly damaged. The railroad
yard and tracks at Emporium have been
badly washed out.
THE SWOLLEN sUsoUEHANNA.
At Williamsport, the west branch Of
the Susquehanna is said to be thirty feet
high. There is eight inches on the floor
o the railroad station there. This would
Indicate that nearly the whole city is
overlooked. At Harrisburg the Susque-
hanna is still rising. At Steelton two
and half feet of water flows over the
| Pennsylvania Railroad tracks, and the
steel plant at that place is also sub
merged.
THEY WANT THEIR NAMES.
| PTTsBURG, June LIN this city to-
| day there was but one topic of converse
ton, and that WAS the Youngstown deluge.
| Crowds of eager watchers all day long
besieged the newspaper bulletin boards
and rendered the streets impossible.
Many of them had friends or relatives in
the the stricken district, and "names,
| Names" was their cry. But there were
no names. The storm, which had per.
haps swept away the lives of their loved
ones, had also carried away all means Of
communication, and their vigil was un-
warded To show the state to which the
telegraph is reduced, it is sufficient to
state that it is not yet known whether
| the telegraph operator at YOUNGSTOWN is
dead or alive. The nearest point to that
city which can be reached tonight is New
Florence, and the one wire there is used
| almost constantly by orders for collins,
embalming field, and for preparing
special cars to carry recovered dead to
their homes. Along the banks of the
| now turbulent Allegheny were placed
watchers for dead bodies, and all wreck
age was carefully scanned for the dead.
The result of this vigilance was the recov-
cry of one body, that of woman. Seven
other bodies we're seen, but could not be
reached owing to the swift moving
wreckage by which they were sur
rounded. Measures for relief were
promptly taken. The Mayors of both
Pittsburg and Allegheny Issued calls for
by throngs of Pittsburg's wealthiest men.
At l P. M. 10000 was in hands, and at
the sum was swelled to 100000.
PITTsBURa, June IA special train
was chartered by the newspapers 10
carry provisions, medicines and clothing
to the nearest possible point to Johns
town. The railroad conductor who ar
rived at the city this morning said:
"There is no telling how many lives are
lost. We got as far as Bolivar and |
tell you, it is terrible sight. The body
of q boy was picked up by some of US
there, and there were seven bodies re-
covered altogether. l do not think any
one got into Johnst own, and, it is my
opinion that they will not get
in very soon. No one who is not on the
grounds has any idea of the damage
done. 1t will be at least week before
the extent Of this food is known, and
then / think that many bodies will never
be recovered.
A dispatch from Ninevah says: There
appears to be large number OF people
lodged in trees and rubbish along the
line. Many are alive. Rescuing parties
should be organized at every station.
Another telegram from Ninevah said
that, up to noon, 175 bodies have been
taken from the river at that point. The
state of the water in the Allegheny river,
this afternoon, became so alarming that
residents living in the low districts began
to move their effects to higher grade.
1t has been very busy day along the
wharves, owing to the suddenness OF the
rise, and the coaling fleet are hard at
work securing tows.
THE sUsoUEHANA RISES.
WILKEsBARRE, June 1.-The Susque-
hama river at this point began rising
rapidly this afternoon, and is continuing
at the rate of foot an hour. Reports
are coming in this evening from country
districts to the effect that the crops are
badly injured by the tremendous wind
and heavy rain. Several washouts on
the mountains have occurred and trains
due here are delayed.
THE SAME STORY.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-The latest re-
ports from Harper's Ferry, says the Po-
mac and Shenandoah rivers are rising
one foot per hour. Cattle boats AMI other
drift are running thick. The river is
very high here and is rising. The water
has reached B street, and has put out the
fire in the engine house at the Washing
ton monument and stopped the elevator.
The cellars on the south side of Pennsyl-
vania avenue are flooded, Last night after
fall of rain almost equivalent tie cloud
burst, the lock gate at the end OF the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal was car
red away by the rising water, and washed
several canal boats into Rock
Creek where they were des-
troyed. Since then the river
been rising rapidly, and the flood of
waters from Harper's Ferry and the
upper tributaries are swelling it every
moment. Along B street north, in the
eighborhood of Centre Market, country
producers were driven off early in the
day and the street was turned into
lake, with floating chickencoops, market
trucks and all sorts of odds and ends
Cellars were flooded, and much damage
to property resulted among the commits
sion houses. Up in Georgetown, the
scene along the river front was exciting.
Docks were under water, and lum-
Der and coal, cement, provisions,
and all kinds of property have besn
carried away. At Long Bridge the water
at sunset WAS almost level with the
bridge floor. Several barges have al
ready struck and sunk here, and railroad
men are making every effort to prevent
the accumulation of drift against the
! bridge. The water is still creeping up,
however, and the bridge is in precari-
GUS condition. If it is carried away to-
night, which is by no means improbable,