Telegram-herald., 1889-06-02


alas rallrasa brla~s 81 toknsso~n kopes
uers thrown. which tass failed h e-.teA.
AAesAeE TNe.s ~ss thT0sD sAey passed
It's other slas Il shs hradss. TIE brave
raAs he'd ca - ts-e TIVE No1nen aa1
caught tie FcPs. As t6ey started - pal
theua WP sse woHaans streaxe1 gave eQt
GG1 they teli hack O. Tie rstk 4hs aa40
oaald have saved k1EaSs1 bat refused - ID
a. lie dropped 5sck On tas rsrs ana lie
party was swept away aud seen Re 1noaes
Ths specsSl tx&in gai.ed N al bosiv@I Al
Il - sna tTzir1aen were there lotlned tAEt
faTt.4eT pEogxsss wss ifapoS~iels The great
est esciIelA lAsnt prevailed 81 Ihis place ax1
parties q citizens are cat al ehe gElls en-
dSGyoFinx 10 save the poor aatoFtaaEtss
thGt are bsiag hurried " eteraity ~ tAe
rushing torrent
The Hdal wave st<aok Bolivar tast after
dark, s-d IN i've minutes tie CollensGgh
ross ffom "a ~ forty tset sao TIE waters
spread oet over the whole ooantfy soea
koasas began noatlas down. eGe clingsag
L. tie debris were men. women and cail-
cEen shrieking for AID large nlal1.-
Der CT citizens at once gathered
o. the county bridge. and tbey wess
reinforced ~ number froin 0AinelG,
town on the opposite side They brought q
over into The boiling waters ~ psrso1s
drifted by IL efforts " save some poor be-
ing. Fos h@lf hour ali efforts were fruit
less, uEI 81 last when Teseuers were
sbout giving up al hope. little boy
us.side shingls ROOT managed 10
catch hold Of one OF the ropes he caught
IL under bis left arm and y as thrown vio-
leatly against an ahRtment but mansGod
10 keep hold and was pulled on the bElcee
amid tie cheers OF the on-loOkers The boys
name is Edward Hessle-. aged 10
sszE WORK or RESCUE
Rescuing parties are beiag formed IN al
tie towns along the railroad Houses have
been thrown open 10 refugees. and
every possIb bic means Is being used 70
protect the homeless The wreckiog trains
OF the Pennsylvania railroad sre slow
ly making their way east 70 the
unfortunate city The damage done
at Johnstown 10 inestlmable. No one
can tell It's extent The Cambria
Iron CoinpaEy's works are built on made
ground They stand near the river, ana
many fear that they have been swept away
or greatly damaged The loss OF lhos9
works alone will be Ia the millions
Houses are going down the river by The
dozens and people can be seen cllngiDg 10
the roofs
The chief officials Of the Pittsburgh end
OF the main line OF the Pennsylvania rail-
road received most OF their first iniorina-
ti0n from the signal tower 81 Sang Hollow,
six miles west OF Johnstown About {
o'clock boy was rescued by men IN the
signal tower OF the railroad company. Ills
name is unknown but he said that, with
his father mother, brother and two sisters
he was swept over the breast OF the new
stone railroad bridge at Johnstown; that IL
capsized few seconds later and they were
al drowned, 80 far as he could tell
TEX FIooD AT HARRISBURG.
HAaRrspuRG. Pa, June This city has
been in the middle of deluge. There has
been "a steady downpour since before day
light Friday morning, and mp 20 10 O'Clock
r. In & inches OF rain had falien- Danger
OF a disastrous food IN the Susque-
hanna river is imminent. Paxton creek,
which separates East Harrisburg from the
main section OF the city and is q raging tor
rent. is higher now than during the great
food OF 1866. People were taken from
their houses In Sibletown In boats,
and cellars along Cameron street are
filed with wator The storm is still raging,
and there are grave fears for the safety of
the people on the lowlandA Furnaces
along the river below the city are being
banked Steelton Is partially inundated
OTHER RIVERS RISING
PITTSBURGH. Pa, June IA special from
Tyrone saws the Juniata river has over
flowed its banks at that place and
flooded the entire southern portion OF
the city, causing great destruction 10
property and the .streets People ly-
ing in the flooded districts had to be
removed from their homes IN wagons 10
places of safety ali the railroads center
ing in tho place are greatly dam
| aged by the foods. The water was
| never known to be so high. At Carwens-
vile one man was drowned and a; Clear
field two young ladies were drowned in
trying TO escape from the flooded diEtrict
/ The Susquehanna river has ovcrnowed
/ it's banks at Clearfield and the entire
| place is under water and all means Of
/ escape cut of Many people have gath
cred in the court house and opera-house Is
place OF safety.
A special from Huntingdon, Pa, says:
! The JuniRta river here is made picturesque
with floating outbuildings, timber, mp
rooted trees and remnants OF de
stroyed farm buildings, with hers
and there carcasses of horses and
cattle. Ten families in Portstown
] "a
their homes and most of their house
hold goods were washed away. The grow
ing grain in the immediate vicinity O
Huntingdon is nearly all destroyed. and i
is feared this Will be the result all over IL
county.
WAITING YoR TIE TTooD.
From private dispatches received IL 3
said that the stream Of human being
that was swept before the angry food
WAS something most pitful u behold
Men. women and children were car
ried along, frantically sbriekng 20
help. but their cries ayaiied then
nothing Rescue was impossible. HGs
bands were swept past their wives an
children were borne rapidly along, goini
at a terrible speed 10 certain death befoT
the eyes OF their terrOrized and franti
parents II was said at the depot that
was impossible 10 estimate the Dambol
whose lives were lost In the food II wi
simply be q matter OF conjecture Tor sev
eral DAYS rs to who were lost or -
escaped The torrent OF surging water
from the flooded rivers is rapidly maxim
It's way towards this city, ana
Is predlcsed that by noon SuDda
there viii be thirty feet Of wafer
the wharves No serious damage is 81
pretended. rs Il is not believed that III
food il strong enough t. 20 over the ~
cline 70 the streets There ia however, COZ
siderable spprshe nsion felt among n
people who live fErth-r UP the river. 80
all possible precautions are being take
against recurrence Of tie fatal vasboJ
a. JOhDstOw1.
LOsr MANI rELATTTrs
Crrctco. June CAPTAIN J = Fitzpa
rick. ~ the central police detail has r.
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