Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1894-05-25
RAILROAD TRACKS SUBMERGED.
Four Feet of Water Between Conemaugh
and Bennington.

Four Feet of Water Between Conemaugh
and Bennington.
s. PITTsBURG, 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. m. 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, a distance of Is m les, and
Conemaugh bridge have been washed
away. It will take two days to make
the repairs, and in the meantime all
Pennsylvania trains will go 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 Johnstown.
There was a night of great anxiety at
Johnstown, and few residents in the
lowlands closed their eyes. The business
portion of the city is under water, and
at least 800, 900 damage has been done.
So far two lives have been lost, but
their names are not known.
All day and night Friday and Satur-
day, and all day Sunday the rains de-
scended on j ohnstown and the surround.
ing country. Sunday night there was
great alarm when it was reported that
the reservoir at Kittaning Point, a few
miles west of Altoona, had broken. For.
tunately the break was not as bad as at
first reported.
Four Large Crevasses
were dug down the face of the dam by
a wave which rolled across the lake,
and over its edge to the lowlands be.
meath. The wave is thought to have
been caused by a cloudburst, and this
theory is borne out by the fact tha'
there was but the one, and that the
water is now running over the spillway
There is n osdoubt that the dam has beer
weakened, and there may yet be trouble
although work is now being done tt
strengthen it.
Het5gFA LIZ ~ LN Er" IO "Ox0 OIL
4 gagged upon the new reservoir, imme
diately below the present one, havt
been removed to higher ground TO:
safety.
Will Cause Mills to Suspend.
In this city the rivers are still rising
but al stage of more than rs feet is no
feared. This will submerge the low
lands and cause a suspension of worl
in the mills and factories along tn
banks Of the streams, but will do NJ
other damage. The trains on the Balti
more and Ohio, Allegheny Valley an,
the western roads are arriving on time
Unless there is more rain the worst il
this section is believed to be over. TIL
weather, however, is still cloudy an
threatening.
Dispatches from many points alon'
the Allegheny river report dam
age from the high water. At Etna an
S%harpsburg, the streets are submerged
and thousands of dollars worth Of ga1
den truck has been ruined. Many mar
row escapes from drowning are r.
ported, but so far there have Deen n
fatalities.
General Superintendent Palmer q
the Beech Creek railroad. has been OF
OF the road all day making an effort t
protect the company's property. SEX
eral bad washouts Of the road hav
been reported. The railroad is
Blockaded with Standing Trains,
both freight and passenger, and ther
has been no travel over the Philade
phia and Erie road. Many people, VIII
are seeing their homes damaged an
household goods washed away by til
water, will suffer greatly, as a larg
number of the poorer classes have nj
yet recovered from the effects Of tn