People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-05-25
WilliamspOrt and Lockhaven Cut on
From the WOrld-Two Torrents sweep
Through JOhnstOwn-Great Dam
age Done at Various Places
Several Lives LOst-High
Streams in York State.

Will aggregate millions of dollars.
10 some sections the worst is over.
but in others the streams are still
rising and there is great danger of
disaster from the giving way of dams.
At last accounts at Williamsport the
river was rising at the rate of six
inches an hour. The logs of the boom
which broke at o'clock this morning
were swept away as well as many
houses and saw mills in the lower
part Of the city. In the business por-
ton the water had reached a depth of
eight feet and showed no signs of
receding, while the rain was coming
down in torrents.
The Pennsylvania railroad company
has lost dozen or more bridges and
miles Of track and is completely dis
abled.
At Williamsport where there was a
disastrous flood in 1889, the river rose
steadily yesterday and last night and
this morning almost every business
house was flooded and the telegraph
operators were forced to fee. All
yesterday and last night the people
were in state of panic and the alarm
was added to at intervals as reports
came in of cloud bursts, which added
hourly to the vast bodies of water in
all the streams. At Remove and other
towns in that vicinity the food height
of 1889 was passed and few buildings
were too high to escape inundation.
L0CKHAVEY COMPLETELY ISOLATED.
The last word from Lockhaven, re-
ceived yesterday afternoon at 5
o'clock, was that the great log booms
there had broken and 100000, 900 feet
Of logs were sweeping down the
stream. The worst is feared at that
place as the telegraph office was
flooded when the last message was
sent. The water was then five feet
deep ON Main street.
In Bradford twenty streets con-
tiguous to Funa valley were flooded
yesterday.
At Warren all the streets in the
lower section were inundated and row.
boats took the place of street cars.
No serious damage was, however,
done.
In Pittsburg the rivers are still ris-
ing, but a stage of more than twenty
FIVE feet is not feared,
JoHNsT0wN PARTIALLY INUNDATED.
There has been night of anxiety at
Johnstown and few residents in the
Iowlands closed their eyes. The
business portion of the city is under
water and at least 100000 damage
has been done. So far two lives have
been lost but the names are not
known.
Last night when the worst seemed
over, another heavy rain began in
the Conemaugh valley which con-
tined until about ten o'clock when a
occurred near Ebensburg.
Shortly afterward the Conemaugh had
swollen to many times its natural size.
This volume of water reached Johns
town about o'clock this morning. 1t
was first felt at South Fork where nu-
merous buildings were swept away.
In the Eleventh ward of Johhstown
the Oklahoma house, owned by Peter
Seymour, was caught by the waters
and swept away. A three story build
ing of Philip Brown was torn from its
and greatly damaged. The
iron bridge was badly wrecked. Fully
Sl5,O 900 damage was done to property
within 100 yards of the Pennsylvania
passenger station. Between the
freight station and the river is an
artificial embankment on which were
five loaded cars on a siding. The
swift water undermined the bank,
which gave way about o'clock, car
rying down 200 feet of track and the
cars. In one of the cars were five
tramps, who are said to have been
members of Galvin's army. Three of
them escaped while the other two
were drowned. Their names could
not be learned.
In Woodvale the streets were COW
cred with water to depth of six feet
and some small houses were swept
away. Swank's pottery works caught
fire and this conhagration added to
the terror of the inhabitants. 1t was
impossible for the fire company to
reach the building and it was ruined
before the flames went out. The
Woodvale bridge is still standing, but
it is so badly damaged that it cannot
be used.
HIGH STREAMS IN NEW YORK.
At clean, n. Y, the water was as
high last night as in 1889, and is still
rising. The people in the lower sec
lions of town were, however, warned
in time and all escaped Electric and
railroad trains were all stopped.
East clean is entirely under water,
as is also Portville.
At Genesso, n. Y, the food mark
of the past ten years was passed
yesterday. An immense amount of
damage was done in that region. The
losses to farmers are incalculable, their
crops having been ruined.
At Rochester, n. Y, the Genesee
river is within foot of high water
mark Cellars in the business portion
are filling with water and the river is.
on level with the tracks of Several
1t is still raining and
should it continue a freshet is feared.
Above Oil City, Pa, all points up.
the river are submerged, but the rise
was so gradual that the inhabitants
had time to prepare for the worst. M
the city fats are inundated and base
ments flooded.