The times., 1889-07-19
ANOTHER FLOOD.
Central New York Visited by q
Terrific Storm.
A Dam Gives Way, Deluging Johnstown
and Fonda-Buiidings and Bridges
Carried Away-Loss of Life
Reported.
SWEPT BY TORRENTS.

Troy, N. y, July 10.-There are reports
here that three big dams were washed
away near Johnstown. and that crowds OF
people got on bridge TO watch the food
and 1t was carried away and several people
were drowned Johnstowu, n. Y, is on
the Johnstown Gloversville railroad four
miles north OF Fonda
telephone message from Johnstown
SAYS: ''The town is in total darkness and
nine bridges were washed away. The cleo
trio light plant has been washed away, also
three skin mills at Gloversville. One body
has been recovered. The water is three
feet deep in the town of Fonda"
rain has been failing at Johnstown,
north Of Fonda, since early Tuesday after
noon. The downpour caused the Cayadut-
ia creek to become a raging torrent, which
soon burstits bounds. Two dams gave way,
being unable to stand the enormous press
ure. Several factories along the banks
were swept away. Many buildings and out
houses were carried off The Fonda Johns
town & Gloversville road lost seven or
eight bridges
There was another bridge crossing the
creek and on it viewing the flood were
thirty or forty people. The torrent tore
this from its foundations, hurling the peo-
pie into the flood below. 1t is impossible
to ascertain the number saved, but it is be-
heved that many perished.
Johnstown is post village and the capt.
tai of Fulton County in this State 1t is
situated in the township of the same
name and is built ON the bank of
Cayadutta creek, branch of the
Mohawk river. 1t is four miles
north OF Fonda and Sorty-eight miles
northwest of Albany, on the Fonda, Johns
town & Gloversville railroad The popula-
tion in 1889 was 5000. The township also
contains the thriving village of Glovers-
vile, the total population OF the township
being about 1900 souls. Johnstown
has nine churches, union school,
two banks, gas works, three newspaper
offices, two grist-milfs a planning mill and
numerous other factories for the manufact-
ure Of gloves and mittens More gloves are
probably made in Gloversville and Johns
town than in all the remainder of the coun-
try put together.
At Sammonsville four miles below Johns
town, the water-wheel of the big mill was
carried away but no other damage was
done At Berryville, mile below Sam
monsville, the dam at Clapper's mill was
washed away The general belief ia that
the flood was caused by n cloud-burst near
Jobnstown, the theory being confirmed by
the fact that at Hale's mills, three and q
half miles up the creek, no damage was
done, the dam at that place being all right
JoHNsTowN, n. Y, July lin the storm
here on Tuesday fifteen persons were car
ried down the Cayudetta creek Four bodies
have been recovered and ten are still miss
ing. Heavy rains choked streams and
flooded districts. Schriever's large mill in
this place was carried away. Twenty peo-
pie were on Ferry street bridge when the
arch fell into the rushing torrent which
was filed with wreckage and. humanity.
There are several small buildings In the
village which are partially ruined, their
foundations being undermined. Many of
the bridges on country roads along the val
ley are gone, and some of the fields of grain
are partially covered with water.
The loss to property at Gloversville, two
miles distant, will probably be covered by
$1,000. 1t is quite likely that $50, 600 will
cover all the damage wrought by the
storm.
AMSTERDAM, N Y, July 1.-THE water
poured down the gullies. streams and small
creeks leading from the roads to Johnstown
from this city, uprooting trees, spelling
all crops and destroying farm-houses, barns,
etc. A barn belonging to John Pettingill
was carried through Putnam's creek one of
the swollen streams, to an arched culvert,
OVtI WulCu tut NcW IOIh SoHbIui IdllTOdu,
at Tribes Hill, runs and acted as a dam
over which the roaring waters rushed,
washing out all four tracks of the Central
for distance of 1000 feet and laying
waste valuable farm land on the south side
of the track. I'll damage to the Central
Railroad Company alone at this point will
reach So. 900.
FEARFUL STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA
GREENsBURG, Pa, July 11.-One of the
most destructive. storms that ever occurred
in this section passed over the northern
end of the county Wednesday evening
about o'clock. Rain fell in torrents and
the creeks for miles around the mining
village, of Crab Tree overfiowed and
crops of wheat hay and oats were
carried down the streams The waters
of Crab Tree and Thorn creeks
were the most damaging. Trees were
uprooted in their course and buildings sit
uated on their banks have been swept
away. Every bridge on both creeks from
Crab Tree to Saltsberg has been carried
away and two or three hundred yards of
the Crab Tree branch railroad has been
completely washed out No lives have as
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