The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1894-05-25
FLOODS DO MUCH DAMAGE.
Bridges Swep: Away. Many Dams
Break. aou-e> Flooded. Etc One
life Lost at JOhnrtGWu

life Lost IA JObn-toWU-
The inceSSant rains of last week filed all
the streams to the top of their banks and
on Sunday a deluge was poured down that
caused people living along the streams to
prepare for one of the biggest floods that
was ever known.
All over the country the loss sustained
by farmers from having their crops
washed out on hillSideS and their fences
destroyed and carried away has been very
great.
In EbenSburg there i not much danger
of loss of life from floods but nearly every
garden in town suffered more or less from
the heavy rains. The water from the gut
terS was washed through the garden beds
and seeds and walks in some places floated
away.
On Monday morning the large dam at
the east end of town. which operates the
grist mill of :. ID. Ludwig. broke. entailing
a loss of several hundred dollars.
Some time on Sunday night the large
dam of David Evans, tSawyer). in Cambria
township, situated on the north branch
of the Blacklick. about three miles north
west of Eben> >burg. gave wav aud empticd
its waters into the already oYertlowing
and turbulanu creek. \ number of bridges
below were carried away, and large
amount of damage was done to the Black
lick railroad
The bridge on the Clay pike at the David
j. Jones farm. as also the one al William
mill, is gone, preventing travel bv that
thoroughfare until they are replaced.
A along the line of the Biacklick rail
road, a considerable amount of damage has
been done. Near the Twin Rocks thirty
foot fill has been washed away and ii iS es
tmatrd that the damage done To the road
in the numerous places along the line will
approximate 5000.
y small dam belonging to EbenSburg
borough and used as Il feeder To the main
reservoir, broke on Sunday night.
One nf George Huntley'S fish dams.
which was built last year, broke ON Sunday
night. Also 4 small fish pond on the
AlmShOuSe farm.
AT Con. O'Neill'S. on a branch of the
Conemaugh, in Munster township. they
took the precaution to turn the cattle aud
stock out on Sunday night and on Monday
day morning there was threesfeeU of water
in the barn.
From that point down to Wilmore the
fences along the stream are all carried
away.
At Wilmorc the lower portion of the
town was submerged and the water from
three to ten feet deep. The bridge leading
to the station was carried away and all
travel from that direction suspended
The campmeeting ground was covered by
bv water and the buildings twisted out of
shape.
At Summ"rhil the dam that furnishes
power for Sipes' griSt mill was washed
away and the beauty Of the lawn in front
of the Summcrhill House was badly spoil
ed. Considerable damage was done to pri-
vate property at this point 10y the water
getting into the cellars.
At Ehrcnfeld the foot bridge which spans
the Conemaugh was swept away.
Al South Fork the rQadbed and the rail
road tracks have been washed away for
more than 900 feet and the railroad peo-
pie are busy at work building trestle work
to be used temporarily until the road can
again be permanently made.
West of Mineral Point near No. & bridge
where the flood of - did 50 much DAMAGE
and where the railroad company had CON
fined the stream to a new channel then
washed out, tire stream again cut its way
into its old bed and washed away about
800 hundred feet of ihe railroad.
AT this point n large force of men are al
work under Superintendent Sheppard and
MesSrs. Wallace and Thompson ard ar,
busy night and day irving To get a tempo
rary track laid 81 that trains can again
pass over the road. a bout three hundred
carpenters are at work building trestle
work and train loads ot lumber and mater
ials have been delivered there from both
sides of the break.
At Johnstown the flood reached the
highest water wark since 50 and the
streets and cellars in the lower parts of the
city were floodc4 with water Merchants
there Gworked ali Sunday night getting
goods kept in cellars To higher places
where the water could not damage them.
About Sl5.gO worth of timber belonging To
the Conemaugh Lumber Company broke
loose and was carried away, tearing two
bridges away and causing great damage.
Fifty feet of a stone wall along the Cone
maugh river was washed away. Crops in
the vicinity are ruined. entaiIing IA loss Of
thousands of dollars.
During the storm the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad tracks were submerged and
trains were much DELAYED. The street
cars had To stop running at $50 on Satur-
day night. At the historic stone bridge
the water was thirteen feet nine inches
high and in Stonycreek twelve feet
Throughout this portion of the county
and Somerset the damage to bridges and
crops is reported To be very heavy.
Tom McFeeterS. IA lad thirteen years old
was drowned in the COnemaugh above
East COnemaugh on Sunday while trying
to ride out on "a log.