The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-07-18
JoHNsTOWN NUMBER TWO.
The Disaster not to be Compared with the
Horror in Pennsylvania, but Mills and
Bri5ses ,Here Washed Away and
, II ASore Lives were Lost.

The Disaster not to be Compared with the
Horror In Pennsylvania, but Mills and
BriSses ReSe Washed Away and
?. - Some Lives were Lost.
New YORK, July lO.-A special from
Johnstown, n. Y, says: The water
which came up over this village last
night has subsided greatly this morn
ing; bat has left'seenes of desolation in
every direction. The water rose IF
teen feet and over, and flooded every
thing. It has now fallen about eight
feet bslow'its highest point.
- THE DROWNED AND MISSING.
Ten persons are reported missing.
The bodies of four have been recover
ed. These four are all Johnstown peo-
pie. Those whose bodies are recovered
are Charles Frear and two other men
as Soadely and Yost and a
fourteen-year-old boy named Tread
well. The drowned and missing peo-
pie were among crowd of from thirty
ot fifty persons who stood on the stone
bridge crossing the river at Perry street
watching the rising waters. They
seemed regardless of the danger until
the bridge gave away and they were
precipitated into the food. The bridge
was about twenty feet high and tif-
teen or twenty feet wide. 1t was a
single arch structure and was crossed
bySa street car track.
The stone bridge was swept away at
aboat q o'clock in. the evening. Two
iroa @bridges Of the Johnstown,
Fonda and Gloversylle Railroad were
wrecked, and se:en; or eight other
bridges were carried away. Two tan
neries owned by Simon Schriber were
swept away, and the Schriber and
Anderson dams were broken down.
The water in Cayadutta Creek began
to rise at 4.3o, and the stream was soon
converted into raging torrent.
.8ial RESCUED WITH ROPES.
OF the men, women and children
who were thrown into the water by the
breaking of the stone bridge the larger
number were saved by means Of ropes
thrown to them from the shore. This
morning the fire department, under
direction of Chief II. A. Thompson, is
engaged in the search for more bodies.
The water is still very rough and
dangerous for boats.
EFFECT OF THE CLoUD-BURsT.
"A final and fatal rise in the Cayadut-
Z ia was very sudden and is attributed
IS the effects of a cloud-burst. Besides
weeping away bridges and tanneries,
lere IS much damage to buildings,
Aich are yet left standing. The cleo
light plant was washed out, and
town left in total darkness for the
t. An Communication by wire is
or save through the long distance
Sne, over which this message is sent
@ ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
ALBANY, \. Y, June l0.-A special
Jnion from Johnstown, \. y, says:
teen persons were carried down
gadutta Creek last night. -Four
lies were recovered this morning.
savy rains last night choked the
reams and flooded the districts.
chriber's large mills in this place were
arrried away. Twenty persons were
ss sn the Perry street bridge when the
I rch fell into the rushing torrent,
Ehfch was filled with wreckage and
Yhuinanity. Cries for help alarmed the
residents. Chief Mcdonald, with
President Sorthrup, Of the village
police. Justice Anderson and others
organized a searching expedition.
Lanterns were procured and parties
went along the stream with ropes TO
assist in the rescue.
HEARTREND1Ne SCENES.
A,person was seen splashing and
plunging in the water near the Johns
town Fonda and Gloversville Rail-
road bridge, quarter of a mile down
stream. AS, he fioated past those on
shore he cried: "For Gods sake, help
me.D He was swept by the current so
close to shore that man who was in a
boat secured to pile of wreckage got
hold of him, but owing to the swift
current was unable to hold him and he
wss swept under the floating drift
wood. Two other persons came down
moment later clinging to plank and
shouting for help. They were swept
out of sight below the railroad bridge.
RECOVERING THE BODIES.
A4am. the body Of Burt Speedwell,
Is wears of age, was recovered from the
debris at this place. An hour later
Albert Stakely was pulled out from
under the driftwood that had lodged
back of the Evans mills. Soon. after
the body of man named Teadwell
was found in the same place. At g. m.
the body of Charles Frear, IS years of
age, a carpenter, was uncovered from
under the wreck at Evans mills. The
bodies are badly bruised. They Were
removed to police headquarters, where
they will remain pending coroner's
inquest.
Charles Abbott was carried down
from the Ferry street bridge to the
dam, which he went over, going down
a distance of sixteen feet, but he mira
culously succeeded in swimming ashore
and escaping without injury. Peter