The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-07-26
A CLOUDBURST
Causes the Disaster at Johns
town, N. Y.
-Four bod les Observation-Disclosures and
Dams Destroyed to Rail
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-Four bod les Observation-Disclosures and
Dams Dcstroyed-DamaGct to Rail
road and Other Property Heavy
A special from Johnstown, N. Y, says:
The water which came up over this village
has subsidized greatly, but has left scenes of
desolation In every direction. The water
rose fifteen feet and overflowed everything.
1t ha, now fallen about eight feet below its
highest point. Ten people are thus far re-
ported missing. Tho bodies Of four have
teen recovered. These four are all Johns-
town people. 80 s
Those whoss. bodies sre sp3oxersd1 !. ars
\ Charles Frear ana two. e6tr hs3S kai,s6
co1ktgy ana ma u fUnfsssz3 ye6H.6sd
boy named Steadweli. -f-e;t'-- y 'sT'sses'isri-
The drowned and missing people were
among crowd OF from thirty to fifty per-
sons who stood on the stone bridge crossing
the river at Perry street watching tho rising
waters.
They seomed regardless OF danger until
tho bridge gavo way and they wore precipi.
tatsd into the flood
The bridge was about twenty feet bigh and
fifteen or twenty feet wide. 1t was single
arch structure and was crossed by q street.
car track. The stone bridge was swent
away ut about seven o'clock in the cvenlnr'
Two iron bridges OF the Johnstown, Fonda
anl Gloucester Railway were wrecked and
seven or eight othcr bridges were carried
away.
Two tauncries owned by Simon Scribor
were swept away, and tho Schriber and
Anderson dams were broken down
The water in tho Cayadautta creek began
TO rise at T. 3O, and tho stream was soon con.
verted into raging torrent
Ot tho men, women and children wbo
were thrown into the water by the breaking
OF the stone bridge, the large number wns
saved by means Of ropes thrown to them
from the shore.
The final and fatal rise I'm tho Cayadutto
was worry sudden, and is attributed to the
effects OF a cloudburst
Besides tho sweeping away OF the bridges
and tue tnnneries, there il much damage to
buildings which are yet left standing.
The electric light plant was washed out
AMI the town loft in darkness for the night.
Among tue bridges carried away was nm
Iron bridge at Stewards leather mill. and
the iron railroad bridge ut Fonda. The
The creek rose from IL to Is feet in 81 min
utes: BY the washing away Of bridges on
the Fonda, Johnstown and Gloversyille Rail-
road, both north and south of Johnstown.
That place is completely shut of from rail-
road communication.
The Cayadutta empttes into the Mohawk
at Fonda, and Fonda is Hooded Great
damage has been done to hay fields, which
are Hooded. Two bridges on the Mohawk
turnpike were carried away. Travel is
stopped, and tho Central Railroad end
Johnstown Railroad bridges were both de-
stroyed. Passengers are transferred.
q. +. Mills & Co.'s plaster mill was
mOn6Vinc, rout fnco poIOw JOnnsJOwn, n
water wheel at Big iiaiii was carried away,
but no other damage was done.
at Berry Vile, q mile below Sammonsvillo,
the dam at Clapper's shoddy mill was washed
out. The general belief is that the flood
xpac >at aoH NV artnr Hh,,,.o
This theory 4, confirmed by the fact that a Z
Hals's mills. 315 miles up the creek, no dam.
age was done, aud the dam at that place is
all right.