Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-07-17
THE NEW YORK FLOOD.

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Ten Persons Mlssing-The Property Loss
Heavy-Ruin at Other Places. =
ALBANY, N. Y, July ia special to the
Union from Johnstown, N Y says: Eff
teen persons were carried down the Cayu-
uetta creek. -Four bodies have boon re-
covered. Heavy rains cholled streams and
| hooded districts. Schriever's large mill in
this place was carried away. Twenty peo-
pie were Oh Ferry street bridge when the
arch fell into the rushing torrent. which
was filed with wreckage and humanity
Cries for help alarmed the residents. Chief
Mcdonald with President Northrup, of tLe
village, Police Justice Anderson and others
organized searching expedition Ian
terms were procured and parties went along
the stream with ropes to assist in the res
cue. One person was seen splashing and
plunging in the water near the JOhnstown
Fonda " Gloyersvllle railroad bridge one
quarter OF q mile down stream. AS he
tioated past those on the shore he cried
For Gods sake help me-"
| lie was swept by in the current, so close
to the shore that man who was in q boat
secured to pile of wreckage got hold Of
him, but owing to the swift current was
unable to hold him and he was swept I'M
der the floating driftwOod Two other per-
| sons came down O moment later ciinging
to plank and shouting for help, but were
swept out Of sight below the railroad bridge.
At 4 a. M the body OF Burt Speedwell, Is
years OF age was recovered from the debris
at this place An hour later Albert Cokely
was pulled out from under the driftwood.
Soon after the body OF man named Tread
we'll was found in the same place. At a.
m. the body OF Charles Frear, s. years of
age, q carpenter, was uncovered from I'M
der the wreck at Evans mills The bodies
are badly bruised. Ten persons arc missing
Peter Evin, a stone mason says he went
| down with fifteen others, and was car
ried under the Ferry street bridge, but
succeeded in getting out below He was
bruised about the face Purdy Case res
cued two men named Nellis and Vosburgh
| by means OF ropes Citizens are engaged
In removing the wreckage OF Schriever's
mill, near the depot where they think
other bodies have been lodged
The Ferry street bridge consisted OF an
| arch spanning the entire width of the
| stream. 1t was upon one of the plank
| walks that the people were standing when
the arch was carried away Schriever s
| large mill is entirely wrecked and will en-
tail q loss of $1,000 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 valley are gone.
Some of the fields Of grain are partially
covered with water.
Tuesday afternoon during the heaviest
part of the Storm Main and Blocker streets
in Gloversville were flooded with water.
| The new pavement in Blocker street was
torn up for several blocks. number of
residences in the upper part of the town
are entirely surrounded by water The
foundation walls OF new stone build
ing now in course of construction on
North Main street, Gloversville, were
partly carried away. Several small build
ings are partially ruined, their foundations
being undermined Many of the bridges
on country roads along the valley are gone
| and some fields OF grain are partially COW
cred with water. The loss to property at
| Gloversville will probably be covered by
| $1,000. 1t is quite likely that $50 GOO 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, snoilinr
all crops and destroying farm-h houses, barns
etc. barn belonging to John Pettingill
was carried through putnam's creek, one of
the swollen streams to an arched cuIvert
| over which the New York Central railroad
! at Tribes HILL runs. and acted as a dam
! over which the roaring waters rushed,
washing out all four tracks o. the Central
| for distance of LOCO feet and LAYING
| waste valuable farm land on the south side
of the track The damage to the Central
Railroad Company alone at this point will
| reach 30, 600
The Utica 4 Little Falls wreckine
crews returning from the wreck at Hoff-
mans arrived at the washout early in the
evening, after experiencing some difficulty
in passing slight washout about one mile
from Tribes Hill. At the latter point, the,
water coming through Il branch of Putnam
creek. which flows through the lands of
Aaron Pepper, and the work OF desolation
at this place, reminded one of the destruo-
ton at the Johnstown calamity Mr. Put
nan's snoke-house was hurled distance
OF twenty feet and landed against the sta
BILE, which gave way under the force aud
collapsed Mr. Putnam's crops were en-
tirely destroyed. His loss will be $4,000.
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
about4 o'clock Rain fell in torrents and
the creeks for miles around the mining
village of Crab Tree overtiowed 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
yet been reported lost
hail-storm followed, and was most dis
| astrous to the corn crop, and it is thought
! to be entirely destroyed The storm en-
braced an area OF about thirty miles, and
| in many places the wheat which had
| been out by the farmers in the morn
Ing was carried down the stream
in shocks. At Salem and at Five Points
and all along the Royal Hanna creek the
damage is great The loss will run up into
thousands OF dollars. 1t is believed
the flood was caused by cloud
burst, inasmuch as it was con-
fined to that narrow limit, the rain
here being very light. The Crab Tree rail-