The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-06-01

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u1e OF these. bay wAx xxrt<s. E1ad thre~
.of tns "a wers druwn<d snss below town.
Hurdrssf oi aFfrsa1s isst their lives.
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ene1 at BOLIVIA lad two dogs As compsn-
ioiss eur ng his tearssll ride The dogs
wess fsewasd just before rcsehi1lg slae
bridge
<Ex FLORENCE. June i.-Aitxr long
weary ride uf eight or nire miles of the
Press correspondent arTigca 10 Neg Flor
enre. SIX miles nearer sonnsssw ,,
ard Aleng the xeaEe 0f tie aului
afsasfer The details ~ tkts
boar sfe rather iirnited Every body sesnS
saxea. the calamity seemi.g tooyeTwheim
the natives. The reedpec between tAis
rsaee ana Bolivar il washed onF fn many
pazees 1Tzexaen ana wreck crews
wxFe working all right on the mnss dan
KcfoHs roftsoxs cs the road Reports al
this rssiAt sais<sAntiafc wilder reports than
have yes gone oEt The ixSt man
from fehnstnwu brings information
that se2rels . ssnse renalns in the csrg.
briise. mas 6eei coznpaef1iy Submerged.
The wafer damned mp against the sisduer
wEscxage and dsbris. anfshing the
work tnas the torrent Rad faiEed
70 accomplish. The bridge st Johns
town proved too sfsunch Tor the
ca the viadu~t Of the rennsylvsnia
canal some OF the tcD stones were dis
plsced
A story reached here some time ago that
family consisting Of father and mother
csesk ct L0ekport The mother
upanaged % reach shore. bus the husband
mud ca}larcn were carried oct into tho
Conemaugh 10 CROWN. The woman is
Sraxed over the terrible event
After L. git settled down upon the laguu-
taius The horror OF the scene was enhanced.
Above the roar of the water coGld De heard
psteosis appeals from unfurtgEafes as they
we're carried hy. 10 add also 70 the terror.
a brilliant illumination }ss up the
sky. The situation could be plainly
seen from this place. A message re-
eeiyed ffofa Long Hollow few
moments ago states thar tic light
comes from hundred hurniar. houses
that are piled upon gohns;ovn hTidge. A
supervisor from sp the ra&a brings tbs In
form alton that the xTerkaxe 81 johDxspun
Il piled up forty feet above the bridge.
The startling meas also eorie ia thst more
than /, 900 lives have bcxn host. Though II
cannot be suhstantiated, Il il kIaown by
actual count that 1io people were scca
floating past Long Hollow before dark .soFty-
seven were counted passing New Florence
aud the lumber hxd diminished 10 eight
~ Bolivar. This wiz i've an idea of The
terrible fsiasity knsss coming on on
the agoBiriHg cries that rang out above
the water that II was known that human
beings were being carried TO death.
plIrssvGe. May 81 -Johrstown. seventy
eight miles southeast OF this city, aud the
most popalous somn in Cambria county,
was destroyed By the bursting OF a resar.
yo!r this evening. and many, perhaps hun
siresIs. oil lives lost. The reservoir broke
about 5 clock. and an immense volume of
water rushed down 70 the city. carrying
with 1t death and destruction. Houses
with their occupants we're swept away and
many pcopse drowned. The iatext rSp0rfs
ON reliable information received frofn
lohnssowu come through the Pennsylvania
railroad. that over ~ dead bodies have
been counted floating down the stream 81
Johnsiown alone, while along the mines
many additional hives have be n lost. II Is
asserted that there are but two houses iEi
line- A speciai bearing pennsylsania rail
road officials and Associated Press corres-
f.ondcnfs has left this city for the scene.
Il. lexraphic communication Is entirely cut
or and until telegraph repair men and
operators with the ssecssszry instruments
open at nearest point little reDabie tnfoF-
ma ion can be obtained
GaEESsBuKs, Pa. May Sis--A report has
lust been received here that the greater
put on Of JohmssoWn has been hGsRilss ard
hundreds of l3ves lost. The bosfses are
fio.finx about, aud the people y DO sre free
are panic STRICKEN and sleciiiE 10 he noun
tazns. Al o poiGf near New FIeFeEset
eighty five persons have been seen ds-ss 10
sloan the river on 6ri!twood. Ole report
tosxes that but fWo roofs uf houses In
Jonn~touf N eaa be seen Al Gosesown tue
New Florence bridges have been washed
haway, and all the bEsisiangs aioax the CONG
mangh between New = loreire and iohzs
sewn have been carried away. The railroad
towers have been abandoned by the apcr.
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az tiav disaster II he .segrapEs wires being
iown absolutely for six o. sever NIL ~
Ias gas fsunst sate SeenA us sssE disaster.
and BEING ia unwprkahse shape for tEfTese r'
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miles xnss ST 3glInstoNsf. At 7.s5 zs'tissS 4
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/ tower of the railroad company. his fsrns
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