The Red Cloud chief., 1889-06-07
APPALLING CALAMITY
JohnSeoWn. Pa, instantly Svept
AWay By . Flood


PuIxBcRok Pa, June Ia sudden
1rssAss in the NoFth Fork river, east Of
Sohnssown. Pa. IN tie Allegheny uouns.
ans resulted in IN awful cafassrophA.
Last evening, according 70 Q reliable
eooriee. SO lives were lost The reser.
vor broke about i've o'clock and the i'm.
msoss volume OF water rushed down 70
the city. carrying with il death and de-
scucsioo. Houses with their occupants
were swept away and hundreds Of people
were drowned
Up TO nine p m information received
about he Johnstown catas:roph. came
through Pennsylvania railway officials
Who averred tha, over - dead bodies had
been counted floating down stream from
johnstown alone. while along the line
many additional lives have been lost
1t was asserted that there were but two
atove tie water 4
Aspecial tran bearing Pernsyivania
railway officials snda large number Of
newspaper men lsf; this city fog .nesesre
Teiegraphc communication vas ensire.y
-ut or
W e Ha<s superintendent Of the Sec
ton % tie Pennsylvania railroad covered
BY tie food ,e egraphed las. nigh, TO
S0perintendea, Pitcairn Is follows: The
destruction is erribie TIE dam At
Joanssown Is gone between the bridge
and tower West OF Johnssown ~ som.
points the tracks are entirely carried
and road bed gone. ms river for
taree-Qlarters ot q mile above the bridge
is filed with buildings aud 6r.ftvooj
forty feet high and 10 OF fire. burning
~fu1oUsly. and IS entrs.y bevond our Coz
troL / can not estimate the amount Of
damage. l walked over last night from
to~anstown to Sang Hollow, four miles
Jamestown is literally wiped put"
Superintendent Pitcairn, who was At
New Florence. sEItv-hve miles east Of
Pittsburgh te,eg-apned that over one
hucdrei Net, women and children passed
Sang Hollow clSnEiaE TO debri& Seven
we're rescaed At Sang Hollow. two ~
CoCeuaush Furnace and two AZ New
Florence OaIv fortv-seven OF the hun
ired and over passed New ? o-ence The
loss Of life and property was terrible
A special from B airsvile station on
tie Pennsylvania railroad says: John
Barton. e treigh, engineer. saw three mec
anc = WOMAN struggling for their lives n
tae Conenaugh river just below Johns
town The Western Union ohce IN
Johnsto~n was swept away a. tou-
O'Clock yesterday Afternoon The wa5er
in Cambria Cry. where are located the
Cambria iron works IS so!.r:-tve fee:
deep and rising"
TIE reservoir or dam At S1u.h Fork.
which IS said 90 Fave burst with such ter.
ribie results, is described BY q gentleman
acqua uted with the locality n which il
was situated 60 be Al immense body Of
water formerly used as . water supply
for TIE o,i Pennsylvania canal Il
hiss been owned for several years
by q number o. Pittsburgh gentlemen
vino used Il Is . fishing ground The
gentleman who gave his Information said
q At II rhe r-p-ort o. ;he bsrstinE Of the
lam MAS true. he kai no douoc hat the
damage a,i loss os ! fe was fully q. g-ea:
~ in6iCa-ei u he dispatches
oTaEE TOWNS PROBABLY GONE
PrrssCgGE. Pa June The course a
the ,o-ren. from the broken dam At tie
foot OK tie lake 20 Jo~hns,own is almost
eighteen miles. and with the exception OF
one po;n. the water passed through . mar
row E shaped valley. Four niIes te!ow
she dam iay the town OF South Fork where
tie South Fa.k itself emp,.es into the
ConemauKh river The town contained
about 2 DO Inhabitants l. has nos been
heard froU. but It IS aid saas fouS-dtshs
Of IL has been swept avaE
Pour miles further jo~n % the Cone.
n.ugh river. which runs parallel with the
main line OF the Pennsylvania railroad
Was the town Of Mineral Point Il had
61 Inhabitants % per cent Of the houses
oeins in q fat close to the river. Itseems
impossible o. this time 70 hope that any
Of them hAve escaped
Six miles further down was the town Of
ConemAugh and here alone was there .
geographical possibility Ct the Spreading
q the food and the breaking Of its force
1, contained 1850 Inhabitants and must
be almost wholly devastated
woodvu,e, with 2o0) people. lay mile
below Conemauxh IN The daf, and enc
mile further down were Johnstown and
its clus,e: o. sister town-Camhria
CITY and Conemaugh borough With .
total population OF go On made
ground and stretched along right 1t the
river verge were the immense iron works
O. tire Cambria I-oa and Steel Company.
who had 81 90. 90 invested u their plant
Besides this there are many other large
industrial establishments on the "a nS o.
tie river. how badly damaged not be
estimated
rEE cAMBEIA CITY HORROR
DYREY. Pa June lat CamSra CITY
there are probably Q dozen houses n waas
was thriving manufacturing town forty.
eight hours aga No estimate can Be-
formed Of the anosnt o. damage. bat the
probable loss o: lie is terrible. There are
at present So lives known TO ~
been sacrificed and huadreds OF peo-
pie srs homeless The eold raw
weather Of his morning IS particularly
severe ca those Who are wishoo,
shelter AID 10 means ot relief It hand IS
the an can 10: reach here from either
wes: or asst Every thing possible is b.
ing done Cor the sufferers Conmuaica-
nor with eae cscer world has been Ct Oh
and Only temporary accoUmodasioo can
be had Some place the damage 20 prop
ersy q: from 81 0Do. 600 20 81. GO. oO, bat
until the excitement Gains Down e IS in.
possible TO form any eogrec: estimate
The lates, man from Joknstown brings
the information that scarcely . house ~.
mains in the city. The upper portion