New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-05-23

-Four Feet Of Water Between COnemaugI
and BENIN gton.


Four Feet Of Water Between COnemaugn
and Bennington.
P1TTsBURa, May 22.-The floods have
stopped traffic completely on the Penn
sylvania railroad east of Greensburg,
which is but % miles from Pittsburg.
The last through train to arrive was the
Chicago limited which reached this
city at 10 p. IN. Since then no trains
have arrived or departed from the east.
The trouble is between .Johnstown and
Altoona. The tracks are submerged in
four feet of water from Conemaugh to
Bennington, distance of Is miles, and
$500 feet Of track together with the
Conemaugh bridge have been washed
away. It will take two days to make
the repairs, and in the meantime all
Pennsylvania trains will 20 over the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad connecting
at Connelsville, Pa. Passengers for
Harrisburg will be compelled first to go
to Baltimore.
An Anxious Night at Johnst.wn.
There was a night Of great anxiety at
Johnstown, and few residents in the
lowlands closed their eyes. The business
portion Of tho city is under water, and
at least $l0O, 600 damage has been done.
So fur two lives have been lost but
their names are not known.
All day and night Friday and sntur-
day, aud all day Sunday the rains de-
scended on Johnstown and the surround
ing country. Sunday night there was
great alarm when it wa reported that
the reservoir at Kittaning Point, few
miles west of Altoona, had broken. For
tunstely the break was not a. bad a. at
first reported.
Fear HAsge CFsvesses
wers dug down the face Of the dam BY
a wavs which rolled ACROSS tho lake,
and over it, sdgs to tho lowlands be-
Meath The wsvs u thought TO have
ben caused BY . cloud burst, and this
theory Il bssns cut by the fact that
there Wa but the one, and that tho
water 10 now running over The spillway.
There IL NO doubt that the dam hxs boon
weakened, and there may yet b trouble
although work Is now bsiHg done to
strengthen it.
The men and horses who were en-
diately below the present one, have
been removed to higher ground for
safety.
Will Causs Mills - I~srsnA.
! In this city the rivers are still rising,
but stage of more than rs feet is not
feared. This will submerge the low
lands and cause suspension Of work
/ in the mills and factories along the
banks Of the streams, but will do no
other damage. Tho trains on the Balti-
more and Ohio, Allegheny Valley and
the western roads are arriving on time.
| Unless there 10 more rain tho worst in
this section il believed to be over. The
weather, however, is still cloudy and
threatening.
Dispatches from many points along
the Allegheny river report dam.
| age from the high water. At Etna and
Sharpsburg, the streets are submerged,
and thousands Of dollars worth Of gar
den truck has been ruined. Many mar
row escapes from drowning are re-
ported, but 90 far there have been NO
fatalities.
General Superintendent Palmer OF
the Beech Creek railroad, has been out
! on the road all day making an effort to
protect the company's property. Sew.
sral bad Washouts Of the road have
been reported. The railroad is
Blockaded With Standing Trains.
both freight and passenger, and there
has been no travel over the Philadel.
phia and Erie road. Many people, who
are seeing their homes damaged and
\ household goods washed away BY the
water, will suffer greatly, as a large
number of the poorer classes have moi
! yet recovered from the effects Of The