The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-05-22
WORK OF ANGRY WATERS.
Johnstown Again Visited by q DISASTROUS
Flood-Damsge at Other Places.

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Flood-Damsge at Other Places.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, May 21.-At O'Clock
this morning the city was visited by the
highest water since the big flood of May
81, 1889. at Q O'Clock the Conemaugh
was over its banks and the alarm was
sounded by fire whistles and bells Of
the city, and almosa all people who live
in the neighborhood OF te river left the
houses and took shelter on higher
ground. The water is now recedlng
and all danger is past.
PITTsBURG, Pa, May 21.-A brief dis
patch from Johnstown this morning
says: The damage by the flood in
YOUNGSTOWN is estimated at about $685.
600. The damage along the line of the
Pennsylvania railroad between Johns
town and Altoona is placed at quarter
OF q million Of dollars.
Owing to the many washouts along
the railroad 1t is not thought through
traffic can be resumed before some time
tomorrow.
By the caving Of an embankment
upon which were several freight cars,
two box oars went down into the river
In one OF them five tramps were sleep
drowned. 1t is supposed that they
members of Galyin's party.
WHLIAMsPoRT, Pa. May 2l.-At
o'clock this afternoon the water In the
Susquehanna river here has reached a
hight of 81 feet above low water, one
foot higher than the disastrous flood of
1889. The entire city is under water,
from to 30 feet The water is still
rising at the rate of six inches an hour
All the logs at the boom which broke at
1 o'clock this morning have been swept
away, as we'll as many saw mills and
houses in the lower partof the city. All
telegraph and telephone communication
with the other world is now suspended,
this dispatch is being sent.
In the business portion of tie city the
water has reached depth of eight feet
and shows no signs OF receding. The
rain is still coming down in torrents.
The loss has already reached more than
a million dollars, and unless relief soon
comes it will be three times that
amount. No trains have arrived or de.
parted from the city for twenty-four
hours
WILLIAMsPoRT, Pa, May 91.-The
river reached IS feet at o'clock to-
night making new record for its floods.
Oue nOur later the waters had begun to
recede and at o'clocok they had fallen
one foot. The loss to the city will
aggregate million and half Of dol
lars.
WASHINGTON, May 2i.-AdvIces this
evening from Western Pennsylvania in
dicatess hat the floods there are subsid.
ing, and, while great deal Of damage
has been done, there has been n serious
disaster in any one spot. The greatest
o,s has been in the Conemaugh Valley,
where Johnstown Is situated, and the
heaviest single loser Is the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company, in bridges,
tracks, cars and buildings.
Travel over the western division be.
tween Altoona and Eittsburg has been
All of this company's
through lines made a detour over the
Baltimore and Ohio Company's tracks
from Altoona to Pittsburg.
East OF the mountains in Pennsylvania
the floods In the streams are on the in
or ease to nigh. and vast amount of
damage is being done over the whole
country, but no great single disaster has
yet been reported.