The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-11
NEW YORK'S BIG FLOOD.
-uu 1,oss OF LIFE ESTIMATED AT
FIFTEEN.

INIT That "a Cloud Burst Broke the
Dam,
vgw YORK, July 1O,-A special from
r,tDs-owu. Y. Y, says: "The water which
90 m over this village last night has
srbsided greatly this morning, but has left
,oanes Of desoletion in every direction. The
ter rose IL feet ard overfowed every
tbirg Il has now fallen about s feet be-
low It's highest point Ten people are re-
,orted missing. The bodies of four have
bssp recovered These four are all john
,tovr people. Those whose bodies are
covered are Charles Fread and
-uo other men named Loadley and
vost and IA year old boy
,omad Stesdwell. The drowned and miss
q naople we're among a crowd of from
hirtv 70 fftv persons who stood on the
tone bridge crossing the river at Ferry
t.raet watching the rising waters. They
i ..erosd regardless of danger until the bridge
ysve away and they were precipltated into
.5e flood. The bridge was about % feet
byh and Is or 20 feet wide 1t was a single
srcb structure and was crossed by a street
car track"
ATLEAsT TEN BRIDGES GONE.
"The stone bridge was swept away about
o'clock in the evening, two iron bridges
Of the Johnstown, Fonda and Gloucester
i railroad were wrecked and seven or eight
other bridges we're carried away. Two
,anneries owned by Simon Schriber were
swept away and the Schriber and Anderson
dams were broken down. The water in the
Cavudutta creek began to rise at ( o'clock
Yesterday morning, and the stream was
soon converted into a raging torrent. OF
the men, women and children who were
thrown into the water by tho breaking of
the stone bridge the larger number
we're saved by means Of ropes
thrown 70 them from the shore. This morn
ing the fire deDartment, under direction of
Chief H. a. Thompson, began a search for
more bodies The water was still very
rough and dangerous for boats. The final
aud fatal rise in the Cayudutta was very
sudden aud is attributed to the effects OF a
cloudburst Besides the sweeping away of
bridges ard tanneries, there is much dam
age to buildings which are yet left standing
The electric light plant was washed out and
The town was left in total darkness for the
night All communication by wire is cut
off save through the Long Distance tele-
phone, over which this message was sent.
FIFTEEN CARRIED DOWN THE STREAM.
ALBANY, N. Y, July 10-A special TO
the Union from Johnstown, n. Y, says:
Fifteen persons were carried down the
Cayudutta creek last night. Four bodies
were recovered this morning. Heavy rains
last night cboked the streams and flooded
the district. Schrevers large mill at this
place was carried away. Twenty persons
were on the Ferry street bridge when the
arch fell into the rushing torrent,
which was filed with wreckage
aud humanity. The cries for help
alarmed the residents. Chief Mcdonald,
with President Northrup, of the village po-
ice, Justice Anderson ard others, organ
'zed searching expedition. Lanterns were
procured, and parties went along the
stream with ropes to assist in the rescue.
One person was seen splashinG and plunging
IN the water near the Johnstown, Fonda
and Gloversville railroad bridge, quarter
Of mile down the stream.
CRYING FOR HELP.
As he foated past those on shore, he
cried "For Gods sake, help men He was
swept by in the current 30 close to the shore
yhata man who was in boat scurried to a
pile Of wreokage, and got hold of him, but
owing to the swift current was unable to
hold him, and he was swept under the
doating drift wood Two other persons
came down a moment later, cIinging to a
plank and shouting for help. They were
swept out Of sight below the railroad
bridge At o'clock this morning the
BODY OF Bert Speedwell, Is years of age,
was recovered from the debris at this place
An hour later Albert Sokely was pulled out
from under the drift wood that had lodged
pack OF Evans mills. Soon afterward the
Dody OF a man named TresdweIl was found
N The same place. At 9 O'clock this morn
ing, the body Of Charles Fread, aged 55
years, carpenter, was uncovered from
under the wreck at Evans mills.
THE BODIES BADLY BRUISED.
The bodies are badly bruised. They were
removed to the police headquarters, where
tney VIII remain pending a coroner's in
quest. Charles Abbott was carried down
from the Ferry street bridge to the
Jam, which he went over, going down u
Instance Of sixteen feet, but he miraculous
y succeeded in swimming ashore and es-
caped without injury. Peter Eyin, stone
mason, says he went down with fifteen 9TH
eEs and was CARED under the Ferry street
prldge. but succeeded in getting out below.
ne vas bruised about the face
~ furday Case rescued two men named
NeLard and Vosbmg by means of ropes.
me citizens are engaged this morning
~ removing the wreckage of Schreiver's
mus, near the depot, where they think
G,luer bodies have been lodged 1t is be-
- |'Vu tudU Ul6 men who went down on the
piank lost their lives at the dam, and that
sneir bodies were carried down the stream,
anu are now floating in the Mohawk river.
THE NUMBER OF THE DEAD UNKNOWN.
NO one knows how many people were
drowned u or who is missing. The food was
~ ~ great aud the current SO swift that no
nnelp could be rendered without great
u4Ianger; The State street iron bridge and
s1 gIe railroad bridge were both swept away.
icy were large structures.
1esterday afternoon, during the heaviest
pe pare OF the storm, Main and Bleecker
sIesos In Gloyersville were flooded with
maueI' A new pavement in Bieecker street
vas was torn up for several blocks. A number of
-Ds-lences IN the upper part of the town
fo,I1 ere entirely surrounded by water. The
ttounuatlon walls Of new stone building
,oH ooIng constructed on Main street, Glovers-
b-iS, bbrti9, We're partly carried away. Two iron
/ IIliuges on the Central, and the Fonda.
TToans5own and Gloversville railroad al
'onda are gone.
THE PKCUNIARY LOSS
o me pecuniary loss will not be so very
9aIaV. Inc railroad and street bridges in
Ti'I 5toWn Sow were large irst-class structures
s.nI ng Ferry street bridge consisted of an
st ou spanning the entire width Of the
+haa +h,oALn; u IL was upon one of the plank walks
si snaG the people were standing when the
NiGn sa1, vas carried away.
ana a0chrelver's large mill is entirely wrecked
II TINS will entail loss of
b',?I1G: bbD2uG $4,000. There are several small
r,.l1 lungs IN the village which are partially
Waeu' tnelr foundations being undermined
eiory t3 oh the bridges on the country roads