Telegram-herald., 1890-03-01

4AE ~ 1hOfh DAM
Friday twenty men. all who could be
secured. were employed in blasting tho
waste water way 20 increase its capacity
The first sign OF the break was the
swapping OF a large steel cable con-
Meeting the tower in the middle
OF the dam with the bank. This occa-
stoned loud report and the next in
slant the tower tottered and IL seemed
as IL the entire dam. containing 30, 600
tons OF rock, all moved bodily at once.
The roar OF the waters and the grind
ing Of powders were deafening. A mes
sengsr was sent 70 warn those at the
lower dam, but failed 70 do so and has
not been seen since
PREscorT. A. T., Feb. 2s.-The first
survivors of the flood TO arrive here
came into town Thursday afternoon.
They were John Hardee, Ed Davis and
w. NJ. Russell. and they related thrill
ing story. Hardee gave his experience
as follows:
'I was camped near Barren creek with three
others. Some time after midnight l was
awakened by deafening roar. / Jumped out
OF bed and yelled 10 the others: The dam ha,
broken; get up and run for your lives Tn.
der my pillow were my pant with about
t9D in the pockets, and my vest contain
Ing two fine gold watches, but l had
no time to stop for these valuables. The first
person I saw after I had escaped the fury @,
the nood was Tom Boon who had his little sis
ter In his arms having carried her from their
tent Mrs. Boon came up soon afterward
and said that her husband had been lost.
He had boon tho frst to hear the coming
rushed out. and seeing his little sister grabbed
her in his arms and ran, his mother following
Mr. Boon not knowing that the girl was safe.
went around the tent 10 look for her instead Of
running away.
When Mr.. Boon came out not knowing ~
girl Was safe, he went around the tent to look
after her instead OF running direct 10 the hill.
and in doing so was overtaken and drowned
Mrs. Boon was knocked down and narrowly es
capped being drawn into TIE food Her daugh-
ter, aged IL. who started with her, was lost. A
huge bowlder weighing 100 tons in fsont OF our
tent was swept away. and next day I
went down the cut FIVE miles in search
Of the bodies and saw no trace of IL. AT
the upper dam the company had q twenty-power
boiler and engine that had been u. ed ia run
ming a ssv-mill, and not even bolt OF them
was 70 oe found as far down stream as Wiccen-
burg. thirty miles below. Some lumber h;
been left on a high bluff near the lower dam
which was not reached by the water Coins
arc being made Of this and then noated down
stream 70 where bodies are found,
the latter being buried wherever
found. The bcdies when found have
ell BEEN badly mutilated, some even beyond
recognition. The body Of the 2 year old baby OF
Mr.. Haynes family was found at wickenburg
thirty miles below, where the family were
when TIE water struck them and swept them
al out Of existence. and this little BABY when
found vas perfectly nude, but beyond a few
small scratches was otherwise unmarked and
looked as peaceful snd ca n as though asleep.
ThirtJ-sevsn bodies Ia all have been recov-
cred"
THE OHIO RIVER FLOODS
LOUISVILLE, KY, Feb. 2s--The Ohio
river has reached food stage, and one
of the elevated-road stations on the city
irons has been cut of. A scare was
started and number OF families living
IN districts which were submerged in
1883 moved out but there is little fear
OF a dsluge. The river is still rising
about an inch an hour.
G. A Wooster, who has iust returned
from Marlborough and intermediate
points, says that the Cumberland is
higher than Is has ever been.
There have been land-slides. where
great trees and immense bodies OF
earth have fallen and big tracts
Of country submerged. At Dill
lon switch, below Livingston, moth
irg but ths TOP % a saw-miU Is 70
bs seen above the water. and at Living
sion the situation Is serious At Mid
teborough toe slectric-light plant had
been rendered useless, the streets were
submerged and shs canal was out OF
sight.
The foods have crippled me railways
u q considerable extent On the KnoD
Vile branch tia delays have been from
eight 70 thirty-siK hours. The news
from the mountain section r. that land
slides and wsshouts have been
numerous and extraordinarily trouble
some. Mails in tl8t rezio have been
practically discon snued. The tele-
graph wires srs down In many places
F1vpLAT. O.. Feb 2s The railroad
bridge across the Blanchard river on the
American Midland railway ves. q this
city Was swept away By ths hiEh waters
Thursday afternoon Ths bridge was
found % be unsafe In ths morning. and
an engine vas placed on tbs structure
% bold it down. blt a uile OF more ~
drsft struck the piers With such force
thai ths bridge We down. carrying the
engine visn f1 TIE loss VII reach
thousands Of dollars ard II vii e az
Least ten days befo-e he structure can
ke rebuilt 40 thas trains nay cross
ME>RzIs. Tenn, Fs5 2s-At o'clock
Wednesday afternoon hesvY wind and
rsin-storn struck Torrance. Mis-. doing
an lnmsEss amount of asu sCs The
frons q L Z Jones q Sons store vas
tern swzT. ard Van Hoser's drT-z5oas
sscre ~as wrccksd All 5ioVn across rhe
rai1-.ad. Fences ard barns we're lsveled
ts tha ground. HsaT7 rais IS stiil fzll-