I
i
IRE DEVASTATION
AFTER THE DELl'ct
SCENES IK THE RUINED CITY.
Registering tfia Survivors and Cir
ing for the Dead,
Restoring 1ha Wash PlacM.
Rising From thi Ruins,
Ther Is no break in the drw;y Wlrk
sovery. Captain Jones, msnagnr 0'y. ,
tar Thomson Steel Work and th, 'm W
Carnegie interests, arrived Tul,T
sceompanled by 800 men, prlnclt,aii,7
Braddock, Little Washlngt lh.
rant. V.mmt T.llplv ...I II. .e- "
A VALLEY OF DESTRUCTION.
Thi Worst Calamity of ths Ago on
(ha Wcstarn Continent.
w .."l
THE SOUTH FORK LAKE.
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Till: HUTU AUDIT Till: DAM.
Uio Wnte time Wcrn III ckcil to
Save t ho tspurlMiit'ir 1- t-t.
The first account! of tho llro I in t'io
Concmaugh seemed like tho wildot cx
agyeration t iLono a 'customed to hear
ing tales of limtcr, hut when niber nml
intelligent cyc-witn s-es lt scribed tho
scores at tho tirno llio mad water dash
ei upon the lidplcn villages and
cities in tho iil-fatcd valley, and
from tho fact now ob'ninu'.li) in
to the extent of tho destruction
to jirojH-rly and tho awful fatality of the
watery aval niche, the are fo in 1 to ho
far In-low the truth.
It in now cert tin tint the South Fork
dam rno way a'xmt :t o'clock Friday
afternoon fror.i tho erodm of tho water
wl.ii h overflowed it, and that the con
fers off bit huo wliich covered an art
of tliu- ii ire mill wi ll 1111 average
depth of it ) to 10 feet, nulled down tho
valley of th'! South Fork un 1 tl.o l'o:ic-
niauU wh'rh were air. u 'y a'lovo
hili water in uk. The fall
of ilice stie mis 'no h ln-iu very ptcit,
the swiftness of th.u llond t.' ceded tho
hjecdottho fastest cxpre-s tinins. A
soli I m tsA of water, diillwood, rucks,
tre tin I everything Unit lay iu its path,
!o the height of foriy or fifty feet dashed
down the narrow valley sweeping ho iscs,
railroad cuts and locomotives down to
:h! dam brined ly the stone bridge of
tho I'. It. It. i t the lower en I of tho city
of Jnhnntow n.
Wurtiing that the dam was likely to
break ut any moment wm Hi nt out, an I
all tliu re -il c ri 1 a in the v.illey miuht ht a
escaped, but many did not hear t'ie
a! ii in end ninny who did inadc no clTott
to escape. That any of t'ie thousands
who hud not I'e I before the dcluo
struck the city should have cstaj c I was
miraculous.
The work ol removing the debris and
caring for the dead, whose hodim nro to
bo found everywhere u'ong the bank or
this modern St x, goi-a ou every day.
Thousands of men uro at work, but it
will be many days bifoto their ta-k in
completed.
The investlgnt; him of u New Yo-k 4'nn re
p rier show clmi'ly lhat llio major pu t of
whatever :'rMxi:i,il.l;tioi may lt"!o ig to
human agencies fur tin c.il iiii l y timt h o
ilcso'iltc th j Cori'luiUgi Valley lllll-t be
p'l.i' il iiia tlm Soutli F ok I'.nliitij uinl
II if ting (.'hili, tlio a--i cuiiion of wealthy
1'illsl nr. j;nt t-'iiioti tnat has for four op five
years past h on iiidc:ivoiiiig to m lib i-.li u
ipoilsiiiim's para li") at l.iiuom'ilgh Iiko.
When til l".is I tlm lake they cosed the
Mtiite g itcs lhn.ii;h h c i all tho water that
tiH'l ever before ne.'ii iml ited i I 1'iiiieiii.iu ;h
1. ike lia I found a s ifo iin.l ne ily xi'.
h n tln I'em Hvlvani i l anal wus al an
.'i!i. il tli il im h cum i iic.l- ill uk n
ce'cl. The li'Kvrj i hi 'ii I lie nia 'liiin i'v
l r iinii.a,.! ij; tin wuli' k:cs w is l.i.'ate I i-
Ml. 'I tnlllVet.lll.il 1. It. I I 111 IS. A f"V 1 1. II'.
.i the hike Wis le i.s .1 l.y tlie ruts .iirh
t-i il 't-llicll's A-s CI iti 'II. K lillisT l'.il er,
. I I h tn in1 1 i i I . ll t . i i 1 1 1 v , in el" a i Hi"
Hi et in til i: ii ' 1. 1 H' .i nunc I IM i' hi. lit. .ill
1 il'i'l ' Us. The Ass K'i itl.'ll set O It, t iy . o-
clar-il to iliilivmi nil I sli'.-elh n i. Th 'V
ili.l i Ut i IT t "o ic I finlil t e t p ul the ilaiii
i. Il I in y h . V" M I .'I.K' ''"lie 1 il ii N Hue Ii
ieets, but i ll i. r li i'illH' llir w is e-;; l'e.i
w ie mi .1 m a.; 1 tl al 1 i'eriii- them wnii'il
I live been a:i I XJiensiVd j )li, of the .illier re l
noil ll.eli'i ineil the fear t!i it th ll-'i uoul I
-ca the ato lies, si ev r i -c v Il
liviw inar says, ero in'i'iiiamtiilly t. ;'.i
UJ'.
The IT '"i t niit ii ain't) of tlm ureek oi t'.i
'l.l'li 1 i lie I'es tl.e ti lllllfilliiess i f Hie slory.
'J Ii 'i ' ui'.) 1 eninenls of t no wast "Kato mas
-..it'iiiy, I ut th re ii no I ele-ite :i Ihit they
Ii iv l"'ii of any iric.ieal uso for a
Inn;; ti ne. Whatever may h n'uli) n th.) in
il.ie.'t e.'iiise i f tl e i;ivi i a 'nv of tho I n i
f irt that ihlllinieil the lii.ul' ( 'oiieiiniii.;ii,
lite leal till mr n( the III isl of "lit "I" v I i .
i h the iliin t e .ih. i f in yieMin; is evi I 'lil
rli iiUuit th ) ila ii in .v. All tin) water in
i Ii it nr-a nf llir miles lo i; by u mil.) ami
n iU I' cr H Me, ii is e I out liii'.ni,;li tli i
in 111.' .1 nil It "l Mlll'rt I i hi' f ll'iuil tic vallev
1. in atnnu.it 1't lu t ili)'i an 1 V.'oi f.m
Ulle Killing 111 Ii 11 ill Willi a Velil.'HV
nit n.. i icon '.' v il 1 ' I r k .a t a m;u, it
lunk a In 1 I ' lir tut x .'i i-tili' i' h 'I'voir an I
the 1 1 t'lina ili lis IV Ml e U ti inl that II i; l
Ui) 11 i.i I on l" th m is .Iici.lt' his iv u k
MilNHOK THK THUIlKriT'S I'nWKIl
h'u u t iiii of ttii) awiul f ir v o: tin) cur
' ut can l s en in tlm I rid lufurn tli.'ilain
Koi iii i ly ir win u densely wo l 1 1 littln val
Wyniiily htrailit nny lor half a in I),
where it turned so abruptly 1 1 tin) ri(!it as
to inukii it'in h'. i ri;lit aunl i. Tho creclt
e c i it; ilo.vn t'ii'nii;li tin sluico-w iy, and
il w,i thi in inut'iiii sidi), winl r jl n
cro ked e nirsj llir u jit tlio bottom of the
aley. J u-tt before the tui'n it iwpt out
food way toward the loft, and mi le on th
. right bank a long point of la d. This point
was particularly heavily womled. Ua the
' ,s;iosito bank w.i a hl'li bluff covore 1 witlt
fonut down to the wnloi-'i e lje. Vr thre
fourths of the ilistait from the dam to tue
turTj ti e formerly woo lot uVa are now
nvurel wil'.i Kravol, OJirj mo.niatil bltf
orka 20 fHt Uo.'P at t'ie upjmr end, and not
- m than IU at any oiiit. The ervk run
UirouKh the 40-foot g p, wu re the wisle
iUm use 1 1 ) I e, and throng i a ile jp gully iu
;im in .si of gravel un 1 slo te thnre U uo Vl.
; f of tnxm or uiiderbru'li. Just b"fire the
Vjuj carve bjjii n, w.iere f.'r.uoi ly there wu
i In l I.i, th d"p xlt of grnv.)t i I tii i. I.nt
l.li be ivily woo I.' 1 Hiinto i the other aid ) has
li.ipp a I, no I rivel ta fnot ileop covers
thesji it. O.i t in oppxito tilulT t'l ) Irwi hive
'je..ii stripH'd a'vay mid tlio si I ) of tlm hill
torn nut f r 1 1 font up, a olusr ovni mee of
tho tci rililu f rce of tho t irrent as It wlnrl
sbout tl o riisht-anKlu'l turn. Tlu surfiieoof
tin li.lle h ill-mi o valley kui;osLs l ot iin
in Te forcibly than tint tin syst iiii of by
Irniliie mini ik tl-0 I i I the K"l ri'Klona linil
b s'ii w rk."l tu n) for a I m; timn. Tliu il
br a is all of heavy ro k and i;rnvel. Them is
u i l i!'.t l.r: i'l it. Tin rmh of tin wnt us
.'iirrii-d wit i it every tjiii but the heui.-st
tint it picked up.
Tho ilaiii was s mply a gigantic boip of
inrih iliiinp' l a' io-s tlidcnirii of a in ti n
tnin atroa it be: wo in two low liilli. It ti
fae . on e in'.i aid i with a layer of heavy
rou;h st mo lo s 'ly throw i to ;nt ir and u i
S'liiuiitcl. Th s pi o of o ink wa, as lias
been stated, lib mt Tj f ant llill nml tltfivt
thick ut tho Ins.. At tin H iiiiniit it was
lew-led HIT ho as to Im) a'smt 'i) foil will-,
mi I a wn.o i r 'ii 1 croiiitl i It w is an or
'liiinry il i t roi la 1 1 tliaro wis no r x'k or
m is uiry Ihiiid illi it. I'll i wi 1 ,li of tint s rea u
at tin bottom of tho ilam wis about 41
fccU At the to i the ilam waj about 4 Ml f-iet
lolls. It w is built straight nc'imi tin R ip
ami neither faeo uor back w curve I, Tue
1 p n wera about the inn i on bo.h fae-i and
b iolc. The il im was built in my year uro
to ere it.) a reservoir for use ns a fiw.l r to
'lie l'eniisylvaiiiaCii ul. Tin Im Iders placd
in tho 40sf.Mit spieo at tliu bottom, where
the creek ran, live hii piixw, e.n h as larn
as a hogshead. These wjrj eiverol by an
iireh of ma.ss.vo mismry a id were arrane.l
to be 0M)noi orcloHilhy lover i in a t jwjr
that w.u I'U It in the cent T of the dim.
thi: oi' liiiT.
Vi'arcely Ou llul' ol llio Fopul.it Ion
Kiiveil.
S in doubt has beii.i exprs id into tin
mtiinato that I'-'.Oinl to Ifi.OO.I pe .pie have
I.i i u lost ill thin 11 mi In I ilistr.ct. Of eiiirse
llano is at preseiiL il) wa of ileteriiriiiiii
w il Ii any ii xi'" '" ex ictitu 1 1 Ii iw in mv uri
lo id, but th" tiles, in ; ,t iii i-i i dile it il con
. iv ilive, ii ul bin I o i rim. II ;iiriiij;.
Iitielbst pi i'' it linn In ui I 'is oil
'.hat Ill's is tin rei est dnisl . r i i Just ny,
mil no nun 1 rain e l l i oiniiisi its il.e.a Ii. I s
p s-ilnli'ies me boiiinl!es, iti m. scry n l iite,
oil its des ru '. i ui lost in I ho lit ut on it'l.'
lullill' Ss l'f ileat 1. A'. less!, '..') I
bo li s havi' biLti found; t!,lXJ
at ti n lowest calculation, lire in the biiruel
ih l.i is in the river; :i,uo aro in tho mis
eir. il"! s ii.ilb inks 1 1' ill id t in ('niiibri i
Works, down nlon the r.vor Mini in tho low.
ir part if Joliistown; fioin onu to two
tht'ii-aml nro icnttci'id in tho v illey from
Woodvilln to the lirid'rf, a id a tli lusan I or
two aro below tin brili;, lutwun Johi.
lown and llj.ivu . lliii.lin.il w trj c irrie 1
down to tho I to id rive's in tin tremo.i.lnus
current and may never eoino into tue hamls
ol tho living.
Iss tlnu oiu'-bu'f tho populitiou have
uvist rod.so th.t tio other Inlf lire still
missiii);, und of thesj at leat ILt'jj fuU.'tiis
inu t have porishud.
A llflNf'll TOWN.
Tlio Tbrlvlnj; Mann mcturlnjt llor-
outi of Wouilva c.
W.u Iv ile, tin biii lin; lit . I i borough
which lay east of Joiiistowu, with its tall
m iplii tri-soti b itli sides of tdo I'onmylva
niir till oid, Ins le-m aim ml wipe 1 out of
I'xistoiiiM. The ft m l tlmtoirrie li IT thi greats
or rtioii of til i town blaste 1 the hinh ail'
ticlpitious of tin residents th .t tin borJiifh
would soon beoo.no a thriving little Indus
trial city. Her ma iufaeturing plants Rtve
employment to tiie uiijiii'.y of t ie !,5X)
r i 1. lent i of th j plnei, but tlio HjjI his kUA
is I tlioiu.
If a h ind ciil i retell out of the sky and
tnk.'lu llsnrasp housenaul pu'l thorn out of
i-ht the tu o mi l not bi do le mora ell.'t
utlly than was do io by the il od of laat
week. Th.Te wore 'JfM hoatos out of the 3 it
iu Woodvnlu washol away, Ti.oid rem lin
ing nro oa tho hillside, where tho Hud could
not Kt at tluiii.
It wi g announced to the residents of the
place that the Johnstown btjjl Company,
bettor known as the Johnstown Htiol Sire it
H iii way Coiiiptny, hid ilecileil to move
their dismantled worn from Woodvale lo
Moxhnm, on the o.lnr a do of Kirnv.lla.
The t o npany have a U) d p nut at tnat pi tea
and think it will facilitate mittir to have
their Wool vule iuturesu at tha ain4 pUce
ua the steel uilil.
pi w-. vss, xVr
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sa s m ..-r.-
I v - r.u igj t; .-.r:- .'ilt' i l ' r-. TO ' I n
- -f.7 . - -.w t It II . 1
nCKy. IT '
k'i:nj: at thi:
hi'ti:k r.si:N;i:us i.oht.
I'il'to ii 1'coplc l.oht liealtles llie
C'oloroil I'orlor.
Th- i fllelal r.iilr. nl roporls of the dead
in 1. 1 miv,iii from the easlUiimd trains that
lull l'lttstiiii'i; las' Friday unwove tho num
I er at 15 p istniers aii.l the eolnrol porter
if tho riilliiiiiu car ew Orleans. Teore
were no loss-s Ir mi the first tw tram.
A I'ASHKMIKH'H ktuhv.
Hwift I).ivis, or Mate llartior, formerly a
l'it sl.ui'Kh ii r-'1'. was one of the pssou
Her's of the doom -d 1 iy Kipreai. He wai i.i
eoiin-any with Ins wife, turne ehildroa, Miss
Jennie 1'iiulMin and Mi ltryniit. All but
two youii hidiKS iscap).l, and Mr. Davis
i a no to lMlshuivh a id loid the following
st'iiyof their esenp.;
"The Knpross nrnvol at Coiiemau?h about
10;.'W ami we were infuriiied Unit it would be
mcssai y to lay over on uec .uutof a bridge
at Lilly's Ioiiij; allied away. We wore
nil o i tho lirst ajet.o i of tho train uud had
linruly b.'1'Usiile-traenH.l beloie u i ceof t .0
ruilrond track next tlw river was washod
awny. the ram in the iiieauwhile coining
down in torruuU. I brfiu no very anxious
uls u- this time mil hold a coi.sulutioii with
the emiluct r, who said that be would go in
lo tie town to U.ul out the c.iuso ol tho
1 rouble, and 1 decided that if the d im should
burst or anything of that aori Uappoaed. that
we would t .ke to the bill alongside ol whioU
our train wasslaiidinj.
TDK WAIININU WIllHTIJt.
" Wo wailed there until 4 o'clock iu the af
term km, when a I engine, owning down th
truck ai d whistling lou lly, apprised us of
the ilU'icr. Tlie coi.duelor took our baby
iind 1 and my wife kept ti e other two chil
dren uud wo nil llsl up the hihs ror hilf a
mile. When 1 went back afterwards tho
bnby wasull right in farm lion', but no
tiuecs c. uld bo found of tho two young 1
.Ii, m, althoug.i it win said by tin conductor
thiitls.th bad lien saved. The water had
din leg ll.i-i lime couio down the track ut a
earf.ll rif, b'i g o lly il lilinuli) liter thill
I hi) "iigiuo w hich gnvtf us wiirning.
O io pissi'iigereoicli n i I tin bgg i) car I
we ! thrown trim tlm I rick. A fn i.i it Iran j
s u ling al"i !', un I hnvitii oiij or lull I
h ne, ca. igul lit" ub.'Ut .') o'clock in, tue
even. I i;. but It was soon extinguished.
If In-- o op'.J Im i "ooi I I in tin I'U Is
in oi c .r ii. liny who p'l'lsh 'd would bJ living
I. ...lay. 1 ar ei wiii- Is learned f i mil a young
,a ly, a Miss Mai nn y, who leinainol iu the
l u nia i eir, tiia . Hi) Mis.es Faulsoiii nl
li.yiin. in h J l np-'d from tin train into the
water i.l t r hivmi gouo bu k to get tuuir
ivi'. pi. They wuie never s.hjii ufu r that.
TIIK hUsgUKH.VXMA FLOODS.
I.ouil Cry lr Help Krnn Another
hcctlo'i of our Ktalo.
l)ismtch9s from Iiowinhurg, Pa., declare
Unit hi) ara ins went down wit'l one of the
bii lg siit Williamsp r and wore drowned.
The 11 us! on tin west branch of the Sua
qiioliniini was a i r ced-mted. Five span of
thorailroul bridge a". Lewisbur, To., wore
iwept awsy, and the gas works, water work
md m lis II si In I out. The lo at this plaoe
Is t7.i, M. K very bridge on the river from
Hun'itir to L'leurlloll was washed away.
ho situition in the town of Lewstown
which Ins bein c it olt from the world aince
list Friliy, I thus bri 11 d a-'ribid: Eight
'iver bridges were swept away. There Is only
ne 0hjh ra li o d here. The Id ;hwayi of the
town are covered witi debris Id fett high.
Many of the p ipulatiou are bjl g fol and
iholtertil u tin) Court Housi. The water
r-e nl id fe.t higher t rn i in 1S47. No Uvea
wore lot Th ilaiugo to propjrty cauuot
be (ttima'ed,
Huporliitendent Tettit of the Pennsylvania
Iliill'.uid, kuece'dod in getting to the edge of
I.iek Haven Tueslay moriiin; at U;30. All
the homes h id ir im sir to ton feet of water
it) them. The leceiling water left ooimldor
.ble mud in tho streets an 1 dwollingi. Only
)iie person is know to have ba drowned at
Lick Haven, but -veral livei were reported
loit ut Mill Hill, four milo from Loc-x Ha
von.
retinlleld, Pa. The flxwl here was th
highest fur 23 years. All the dams on Bjo
nett's Branch are gone, ll.OJO.000 feet of
logs escaping from Caledonia, Craig's mill
at Wiutorbum and Hoover Si Hugu.'s mill
nd tramway here are much damaged.
Mo Uvea are loit nor dwollingi cirlod off,
A Portland, Me., business man lost
120 jold coin on his way to woik a few
dny ago, atd, returning at night, found
the same piece on the pavement, where
it had remained uaootlced all day.
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TAliK") OK DISTUKSS.
Kllent of llio rt-raatallou in I. room
ing, Clinton and llog. Counties.
In all the history of Control roiintylrauia
there h is never boon known sueh high wat- r,
or have l ie il II sis boon attou 1 -d with such
disastrous results as that of tlm lint d iy of
May ami lit of Juno. In Hij, mil again In
IS'll, Centre county had Uwls, but
this time the water wera two
foot high r than on either provioui occtsion,
At Coburn tho water rencho 1 their worst.
They spread over tlis eat re town, and 1 1
some pi ce i the waters, by actual m-nsuro-m
'lit, wore thirty foot deep. To a Id to the
horror of the sli union wa th fact that It
was at night and pitch dark, while tho raiu
descended in tot rent. Thero is not one good
house left standing In Coburn. Individual
losses cannot bo enumerat"d, hut the total
loss will aggr-gito fully :;x,()JO In Coburn.
i bo valley is strewn with dead bjli. of all
kind of iiiiini ils.
The Lewi .urg Itailrond, fro n Co nirn to
fowisburg, a distaneo of 4i miles, Is n c in
p'oto ruin, only 1 miles of track yet rjiuaiii
ing. The best estimates puts the losa of life in
Williamsport at .. Three hundiol bou-os
were can lo I away, an I ovory building was
fl xsle t. The greatest w roitk is along tho
river bank u rlh of th II lading depot.
Tb i luinlH-r mn esti nate tint of tho 2.')0,
OOO.UUU foot of logs an I t!(),iM.O,iX)J feet of saws
nl lumber ii tho boom, vau-d in all at
14,000,000 nearly one-fourth roinaitis, a great
deal cau borec iverjil, and the Ion will not
exceed f.',.VK),0 X). Toe lU'rchinU
esiimate their loss at $S'.),ik)J.
Wellsboro, Tioga c innty, ii In a very bad
linpa. A liiiml or of pe.iplo ivoro drowned.
Much proierty was destroyed, and thopnw
pie are suffering for the ii.-comri" of life.
All the bridges in the lowor end of Lye ail
ing county are gone.
TIIIHTV I.1VKS LOST IX OI.INTOV.
Ib'IUbl.) reports from Lo.'k Haven stito
that while only one person was drowno 1 iu
that oily, tho 1 ut of tin hi known to have
imrished in tin county of Clinton is Ik) or
more. Tim property loss will rcich mil loin
of dollars, and business is at u standstill.
I) ing. r is uow thro itoued th un from siek
no
lu Mnrylnn 1 th loss of li'i by tin fin's
miiy not foot up more thin but the dims
iigoto proHTiy is enormous. Hun Ire Is of
pjopb uro homeless nud many are lnlf
tnrv d and without siilHcien'. clothing. Tint
Haiti neie s ipl , ho'djviug that charily lo
gins ut home, Imve d fid.il to divert a por
tion of the JolinstO'Vii fun I to the relief of
those who have boeu made disJtuto murer
homo.
AT WIMilAMSPOItT.
Tlionsnnil Homeless rod IVIthout
Clothe Stale Aid I'romlsed.
Mayor Forseman, of Williamsport, PaM in
telegrams to Governor Uoaver say the b inn
was chared of logs and lumbar. Tlie awful
mis carried awiy many house and all
their content. Thousands of people of
Williamsport ar homelest ant without
anything but th clothe upo i their
biek. Many of th people are in absolu'
want for theueoeasarie of life. At t'laiueeU
big callod Tuesday, (7,000 ia cash wer
raised. Th city badly needs disiufectanta,
Dead nninialiaud all kinds of filth ar strewn
upon the (treeU, ni grave fears of an epi
demic are entertain d. Btocksot goxl of
rVre in the canter of tho city aro ruined. It
1 1 impossible to estimate the loss anl damage
to riilToriut kind of proporty, Fiv million
dollars i a low estimate of tb loss on lumo r
Ion. O.her lossei are larger. The surs
rounding country baa cuffjred jmt a badly.
B xiiiis, bridge and village have hoetuwipt
away and th lea of li.e ha beeu oousd
eiaula. I)ecroao In Circulation,
A tatenieut prepare 1 at th Treasury De
partment allows that ih-T was ant decrease
of (10,70,00S in circulation during tb
month of May lest, aud a net increase of
11,013,010 in money and bullion in th Treas
ury during tb same period. Thiprlncipd
loot la circulation wa ingoll certificate.
United State no M and national bink notos,
and the principal gain in Treasury holdings
was in standard silver dollar. United State
note and gold norei iu th order named.
The total circulation June 1 1 stated at
$1,007,470,751, and the total mousy and bul.
lion in the Treasury on the sxmo dxt, (004,
693530. "
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FEARFUL RAVAGES.
A 1VIDIJ AltKA Oh' DIS ASTEIt.
Tlie Sweep of llio Siorm anil Prop
erty I nsses,
It lsln'orestlng to traeo tho rise, rs're
nn 1 extent of tho rain storm that ciiltnin-
nt olhest work in Central Ponnsylviinla on
the w s'ern slope of tho mountain and in tlx
great Sumpi 'linniia basin. Its (imgress is obs
Korvalile by the weather reKrl from 8 nitli
rru Cn'ifornin, whero it appears 1 ol Bunday,
May li'i, to the New Knglaud Stntos tho close
of the wo"k. Its court wa vario.1,
in r'.h an l nuth fiotn an east and west
line, by prevailing win Is. With ut doing
any very serious damage in the West it reach
ed Western 1'oiiiisylvania on Men la, May
'JO, and it was held here through Friday
when it divided, one si't 0:1 pnsted to Now
England and another s mth'nsterly, deluging
Maryland, Wist Virginia ami Virginia. An
(it nosphere th uo.ighly s Unrated was held
over Western nud Cmtrul P iiiisylvani by
the force of north last mil sou heist win Is,
The downour only ad lei to tin ao.'umu
latiinis of boavy rains of the preceding six
weeks.
The fearful lo-s of life In tho Contmiugh
Valley, resulting from excptioiial circums
stances not existing elsewboro, has with
drawn attoution from the groat Ijjim of life
and property by the flxxl in all tho breadth
of the great Kusipieiiaiina basin, along the
1 otomuc, and ou the James and other river
of tide water in Virginia. Th -y wore tre
meii Ions, and under other circumstance
would have b.-on the center of into. est.
The d stnictlon of prop rty iu the valleys
of the Ko-qnehn in i a id it trlbutirioi was
without p rillol. Tlio city of l illiaunport
liai Ikx n grievously stricken. Tue dostruo
tii ui of lumber interests there and elsewhere
was very v rear, run i ng into many millions.
Happily, wbilo tin loss of lif liai bom con
si li mbic, it be irs no relation to tint on tho
Coneiii'ingh. C.iii'i y an I railroi 1 brid;o,
nud vnlu i bio u'tliu mid private improvo
mo its I. live lieen swept away. I l s imo of
the eelitiul cuuntiesiiot u bri le ii left slatids
ing.
tioin K ni'li, along the Potonne tho di
struetion has been, tin wreck of tho t'lnsas
pi'iike an I Onlo C mal orig li itwl by Wash
ington from CuiiiIm r. and to Ujorgetown lie
in; the most serious result. This una (not
only the total lo aud abandonment of a
great water way, which origin illy csit ll,
000,0 M), and upo i wiiic a) tins lieen oxiwuded
since il be inning nearly lO.OiO, 000 nior j, but
It means also the d othof tleorgetown as a
coal jxirt, and an I ic ileulnbie loss In busi
in as lo the nieroh n of that place and the
coal operator of the Cumber and regio i,
Still po'n; B mth, tliodamaga in Virginia,
tsri'ularly In the James rivir va liy, 1 laid
toho Incalculable, in projierty, crops, aud
ruilway destructiuo. Many live weie lost,
and a dispatch from Hlchmoud says: 'Virginia
lis p o lably JlTend more thau uuy other
State except in loss of life.' ,
Any estimate of th values of prop-rty
leslroyed in Pe msylvanii, the border oouns
tie of New York aud the three Btatei jut!i
Mil only lie an opproxim itio i of th
meat Tagus cheracttT. IC Is
appalling and but for the
losa of life, in itself would be recognlz) as
the greatest calamity that bsi befallen the
part of live State involved. An estimate
by active me i located there of lease in the
Cone in nigh Valley, with it 40,000 populus
lion between South Fjrk and the Allegheny,
and It gieot industries and railroad im
provements,! plso.d at t JO.OOO.OOO. In the
Ku q iehania basin, from New York down
to Port I) jpo.lt, at the mouth
of the river, iu lum'ior, iuid, railroad
property, county iuiporovements, and
private property eta., the loss is
counted a not Ixt than f 10,OJ3,00), an 1
in Maryland and Virginia H.OOJ.OOO.
Those estimates take n) account of the lou
of time and business; consequent on the sum
pension of operation in large communities ia
all department of activity.
Here we have a total destruction of prop
erty in thi limited r ja, compared with the
entire area of the State aver part of which
the storm swept, of not leu than l-'W, 000,000.
The estimate of course crude, but it gives
a fairly good idea of th imiueuse destruc
tion of property.
Tat plans for the enlargement of the por
f Hamburg, Uermany, have beeu approved.
The liuprovements wirVxwt $1,000,000.
, 1 -J aieiVDIp ift, Jv,
made their liMiloiiartpa 4n. i w
u-jenii tlisi.
fty tenU were pitched a id a r JUgh t.'
two or three hundred foot long, u ,r
oetwern the long, white row of canT.
tlie first attempts to clear out tlissjl
tb methods were to flre ths r
Piles an I burn them upas rapi lly K, p,?
Captain Jones at once protei, a;an,,.
Be declared it was Inhu nm. H i n
rtlck f timber shoul I be lunis0.r
Ji rubbish examined bnfore thi to-ci w
tpplleil. While thi point wis .j. ,j
nl m workman, who hsd ls3norr ,,j
I pile of debris, came up m th,
iroman, Thi mude the captain's nrm
irrmisliblo, and his plan was at oiin.i.i, ,
pon.
In lee than two hours 10 ho li.. h !,
'ound in the iminidnito vici nty 0. ti.cil
tnd from this ou: tmroigh exenin,', .
win oe mine oi everyiuing uslnrs tW li
lie lighte I.
Puperlntondent A. V. I'atton, of 4
Biltimore and Ohio 11 lilrea 1 1 o nn'iy,im,
in lnsscUon the valley of d.iitli fr .au,
9outh Fork to tho ruilrond bri .
Point H i estimate is that U.'.,s.n i,
tnd 10, 000 people have porishe.l, nb.bfl,,
ifl.OOO dead animals are buried 111 the IM
i i &
gei lunniniii in rAngt'rait.l e.tiojj
iut tho result Of c ireful invsti.a'.i'n,Sipf.
litendont Pulton having put in tw i 0 ,j, ,
coking ovor the lljoded district sn.
ng the fact from all sides. II. n:Ui
liat it will require fully two iii.iii'hiioc
Ills val.ey of the liiouutsins of dei.rii.
ltun to the Hills.
A Paul Rjvere, lies somewtu ro ama;
lamolefS d ad. Who he is iniiy wrg t
( town, but hi I'ide will be f 11 11. .us ig u
liatorv. Mounts : on a cr md. Ui Inx
te came riding down the pike which (
lugel of wrath of old shout eg In p i
if ous warning: 'Huu for your hv.i to s
lilUl'
The neon'e crowded out of tVrbdn
.1 .....i...i .......
lUII IU. .IIIVA.J 0.-1. .V.. B'.VJ.SI
rtra riinii.r.ic nn w h x n ,,i iiiiiir. nun ...m.
nn !. (iMM.IItf tuSfu lit. IIV 11 anl mr
1 1 .v mil lita MSvful rrtf. Til m fnw miaia
l.nM.AWu , 1 . I. .nil.. (-1 1 . . : I lit .M ' . I V
tin iinuni si reels, oown hid narros
p-lnding, twisting, hurl. 11;, ovrntu;
. ,1 ..ll. 1. .!., l... .UU a-l 'k
srasbi ijj auiiiu . ' -
.rus " "" v...h v. ..
iruicn grew ab every ihbiuiu w. 1,1 y-
forty feet h gli, sonio iy, oj uosirii(i
illinis trif M.tn kum. nml It tl'aVi" el S-l
iwinuws line mill, suiuu j -
oeed of Mercury.
un anu 011 luiiu i niu 1 i.i'-i , "
. . . .... 1 .... . b
rusue.1 luu nuw. lu 1" 'I
f tliu wand il' mid rati un to tin lull
taitUIUl I'tiliT it was 1111 unii.iu
lust as he turned ncio s the rnilr l l'
.lie unguis w.isw ii-'ii ui' .. .
.i.l...l I ..-1.1 nil IV. .lit l ilt m'. n'tKl
ether. A few feet flirt le r nil '
if tin Pcni.Hylv.ini 1 llnlr.'il ua
I 'btsburgli wri'd ea ig .t up mil tu'
:be cauldron, uud tho b ur f tlm ' '
reached. The hero hud luin'-l
rieht nor left for hlnisolf. tut rolt
loath for his townsmen.
COUNTING ' 1 1 1-; I0VIN&
1 tlA f II IV II IV IO .1 Ulll" ' '
... . Ik..- li II
One .Vut tior ty lMa-wiw
of Llfot 11.000.
Wh la the !0 or llto ui"""
. .. . - .... . . T..t....flVI
11. 1. ..., . 1, a of 1 11111 w
me urrouii'ii'ns uii"".""
rellsville Kornville end Co:imw;
nver be known, yet a fair a vmy.
belns made to ascortal 1 it "
l.l.limiL This is b'lng doni mr.'"."-
of registration, which was es a- .
fl,,)lrectlan of H. U. McCo:inau;j-
Buchauan. Twenty-eUtit a'enur.
,.. knl tin estublishel willi n w
i-i.-l, nn 1 a 1 survivors have
torecUter themselves and fnmi
The work wa begun Monday "
1., nni nersons ""
1T B""'l " :
There were 20,500 people ro.w . -townnnl
the iKiixughs named
. .1.1.. -..M,nh. When tli,Qfl '
I IUI.J W. V . , ,
Istration is finished, it w.ll w -
bow mv y persons sre ini"!
1st .lug thoroughly anlcttri(ulli
IS OTIIKU PAItT
WIJo Spread Dost ucil 0,,t
the Coneinaugh VsHf
Since toloaraphio coiihiiuiik '''"'0
. ....l I. I... I.... kmiwn & lT
tbst all t 'e central and nortber i '
ths State are oomi lotely waslHJ1
the lou of life aud pr jpr y
fi.niitioii. thaninanVdwy''"
Tl,.!.,.-! I.iii iillinl fllkj.IslH
1..1.1 ,1.. -oil... nl ull nref"
In Jefferson, Elk, Cameron,
Tioga, LycJiiilng.Bulllvan,
Co'
tour, Northumlwrla id, l"ul
.liio.
lata, Mifllin, Huiitinaon,
I -1 - II 1.1 a.... ..I i.w
. II.. ir
aim k. i 11 . .. v
rtnmr.i have been weclveJ
in i iiui n I... Mt liraneb o. f
1....... .1 il-lslla have not J
jeived from many or tueuu"
h. .u.,it ..-1 v ,.a,h it kiio"'
to make It certain thut the toW
up into many thousiud Ut
oillliousof d Usrs,
i . :