Telegram-herald., 1889-06-05
MASHED AWAY.
The Path OF the Flood Marked ey
Great Devastation
MOURNING IN HaAl LOCALITIES
i1xes lest IA Maryland A1a Ne~ Nans-
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AssistAHVs The Eooa
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NuIzAAsRoEF. "a June s--ssinoe satar-
das Esoza.iHg lAsI tAis city las undergone
tbs expefiouue II teli4g no04ea - ia taiaty-
foai feet ~ water u having the sgsQee-
hanna booIn t~ksn out viii - eaoeS ieot
II lsgs and over a. 0e 90 1ses II sawed
lumber. nlllls carried away Ana othefs
wrecked business and industrial est4hl.sh-
EleEltS wrecked and large number ~ lives
lOst The reoa Nas nearly seven
feet higher than thai of ls3 a
levUl surface .; water extended from tie
northern line - tic o;;y entirely scEos~ The
city ~ the mountain un tie south sias.
! ais means that TIE v atef WA six feet deep
on Tie no0ts y; tlae buildings IA NsAot
A. 1kTe nng over four fset Gee J. Ia tGe station
% the penEs, ~ ania TAilfosd and al TIE faTk
Hotel Tuns throe-qaartsIs of t1s city w1s
submerged HE loss IL enormous
Two children of ChaT.es Edwards thros
children nallssd sohalts aId az unknown
man were drowned here al Nippenoss
twelve Iniles up the river, twelve pe1sons
were drowned members of the families Il
George and William lounfms.I sno two
young lady visitors AT Bakers camp. Ia
" coming County. Abram IiederieY. his
son and six unknown persons found wAiery
graves
HAKKsnURo. Pa. June "A message was
received az the peunsyi vAnia railroad sta
tion at this point Monday from Williamspost
over <e4e Northern Central wires stating
that q meeting lad been lele IN that city
that afternoon at which the following was
authorized 10 DO issued 10 the public
The city % Williams port has been sorsls
stricken by TIE most severe nooc ever known
IA the State OF Pennsylvania Al have suf.
ierso great loss Large numbers OF oaT ossi-
1ons ere wholly costitDte suc suffering for tie
neeessarles q life. Those Of cur people able
70 Go 60 are giving what they can, nut are un-
aole 10 furn sh the relief ueeded We appeal
10 generous public igofe name cf God 10
help as Let every thing he sept 10 tle mayor
OF WLliamspork
1EE FLOOD IN MAINLAND.
BALTIMoRE, Nd JuRe4 - Dispatches from
points along the Upper rotoslsc. slonaD-
ooah ana AonOcacy Iise ere show that a NUM-
beT Of lives have been lost aDd millions of
dollars worth o. property destroyed ai liar
per's Ferry Point OF hocks. Niilisinsport,
Nd. Martinsburg W va, and other points
throughout that section The news j. stu
indefinite, and nothing has yet been heard
from some OF the Ittle towns which are be-
hcved 10 have been entirely swept
away The town OF nsrpers Perry
Is s1il half submerged Many Of ihs
buildings are undermined aud several
have fallen. The baltimore Ohio bridge
al that point is the osiy one saved Of tie
many bridges slong the Upper Potomac.
While the food, forty-hve feet above f-gb
water mark, was sweeping down the Po-
tomac sunday afternoon three men or tho
roof of house were dashed against tie
bridge and killed
AT WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON June The wreck OF the
Chesapeake 4 Ohio cana u the most sarf-
Gus result Of the food ia the Potomac The
canal cost more than sli. .Oo). 900 Since its
commencement the total expenditures
have reached nearly SO o.. .ooo Senator
German says that the canal will have - DO
abandoned as the company II 30 poor Il
viii be unable 10 raise the means with
which TO make the repairs neoded
The Long Bridge, which IL has been
feared all along would bo swept away by
the turbulent river and the boats and
debris which smashed against IT. remained
intact though badly sprsinec, until about
2 o'clock Monday afternoon. when one ot
the spans next the draw broke loose and
started down the river One other span
will have 10 be cut away
There are fears expressed that the foun-
dation Of the Washington monument might
have been seriously damaged, and a care
full examination viii be made
Captain folger. I'm charge % the navy
yard. has reported 30 the Navy Department
that the yard can be cleared UP and put ia
working order by Wednesday The damage
by the Hood Will not exceed 5000
DEVAsTATIoS TX KEw YORK
ELsIRA \ J. June z-The damage ~
food in this city alone viii exceed s00 0g0
Trains on all railroads ccutorfng here are
beginning 10 move slowl. dispatch from
Corning Says: The food in this district was
the greatest ever known Most OF The
country from Corning 70 Bornollsvlile was
Hooded and the loss IN steBhen County
alone viii exceed o. OK. 900 The FslI
Brook Coal Company lose nearly s. 600 900.
ffty miles OF track on the Zine Greek d.
vision between Ansonia and Jersey Shore
has been washed away and II viii be week.
before II can be rebuilt" Thirteen bodies
have been picked up between bnsonia and
Junction, and yet no regular
tesrch has been made
IMNTNeE Lossrs
REMOVE Ia june : This town suffered
about so 900 Joss by Friday nights food
relegraphio communication has inst
,cen restored Three quarters a
he town were under water
md many people are homeless.
their houses being ruined BailroH -
III through this section were carried awnv
The food came suddenly and people had
% fee for life. saving nothing else AZ
Iock Haven the dnWage was equally great
The lumber indufares 81 Emporium and
'ther points suffer a. least s., 90. OO0 The
oss Of life f. small
losers ~ oHra
BEI1tTnE o June The people % Pei
mont County viii suffer loss by food q
'5o 600 Five hundred acres ~ land with
'rops on are drowned oUt by bsck water.
The river Is thirty i've feet and rising.
Ortv feet is expsctod Fight hundred peo-
'le belo 8 meeting here and gave Literally
q tle snfInfars ht lohraanwn 10 hnrl.s