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p^xoat .vlouicines.
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VOLCMK
HASTKOP, HA8TKOP COUNTY, TEXAS, .IlINK N. Iwu.
NUMBER 17
BASTROP . . . TEXAS.
| Prescription* carefully cornpou
,ded at all hoar*.
|PATPNT MEDICINE
all kind*.
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I'riKiih'iil I-I National Hank.
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BASTROP
Duncan.
COUNTY
Burleson &
KE
BANK,
Gi'cen,
THE FLOOD.
Death and Destruction
wit* (lie ri> Miin^ nl u littiiilr«'<l or | lifiuklli of l(Nl fi*i<|.. tint* fiirniuK lliv|«iilf«-riux |M'<i|i|f u> iI<-h|i«tiuh>ii.
muff imtmmm in iniil-lliioil. Tin- waivf lii|(li abtivt'iu ualural Ih*<I KiKllChililron wt-rt- traui|ilf<l iiimIit Iim.I
nri'i'ku||i' nl Iiiiiim'h. uiit-lniililiii|{b | mukiiig u Inki-ul It-aat tliri'i. iniltwlaml wointw were uuable U ||«t fund,
uilil iii IIit lriicliir. H nhi |iI HKuiiwl I luiitf ttml ■ mile witlc out uf what One of (be |iatlivMc wwnea in a
tin- new rnilr.mil lirlil|(Fal .lolumtouji I'uitlil >r rn-l\ l«. mlU>il u jhumI. I man anil Ilia wi(i> who ilri-w from a
mill from un ovrrthrown iuvi> llir | l'i'o|ilt> wouileml anil aakcil whv thi'liuaM of ruliliiith. part of a crailli*
ii|>|M<r |iari of tin- wrec>kan<' raiitfhl iIbiii *iih not lri iigthi.in <l, a ii inr- [ They liniki'il nt itn moment In tfllvMw
THE PENNSYLVANIA HORROR.
Bastrop
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cli.i'ii I'l .'I • i* \ ..I ;■ ■ I... I Ii inU- Sli. t nun. i in II ,il
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8,000 to 12,000 People Drowned
^MY HUNDREDS CREMATED
lire. there were erowiU ol nun,
women an.I i-hililreu on (lie reek
Ullil their erlex Here hihiII Hilileil lo
1 the a fill elioriu <>f horror*, i'liey
were lileriilly roBHteil ill tlie llix.il.
Noon after I he lire liurneil mil,
other* h ere thrown u^uinM I he mum.
There ueir miine lifl\ |ieo|ile illMl^lit
when the mills miiiiii iik purle.l mnl
were we|it nnder the hri(i|if in the
i ilarkueMN. The latent from .loliu*-
t.iwn U that ..nl twi. hoimeH ennlil
tainly Itiiil lieeome weak, hut tiothiii|{ ami fell to weepinn in eaeli othera
«iih i lone, uml It j- ami hy they talkeil [arm*, for the loved one that waavone.
lean aiioiit it, a* nothing lia|i|telieil.
though now ami tlieu uiauy would
•huke their head*. JoliUNtowii in lit
a wirt of hollow between two river*,
mnl liiui lake muni have *wi*|it over
the eity nt ii ile|ith of forty feet.
• It eannot he it i* im|io«*i!de—
that Hiieh all awful thing ooulil
hajt|>. u to a ujty of lO.iKNI inliahi-
tant.i, and ii lMh*«. thoiiaaiuU have
Never in hi«lor\ ha* been reeordeil
mi"Ii a diaaatroii* ll •.... I a* oceurreil
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Dress Mdkets and Milliners.
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Moor k.
attorney and
Counsellor-at - Law,
sjir ,'0 anil oii<t me millinery goods.
in IVum-vlvania Kriiia\ ul l:ul week.
! John*towu, a e'ty of many thou-aml
iuhahilant* wit* entirely awepi aunt.
Heareely a lioime left to mark the
|ilaee w here a thriving eity u rwent-
I lv nlood. the liimnl earryiii|t with it
death and licitrtietion. many million*
uf ilullar> of |iio|iert\ destroyed and
over live thoilaaml live* lo*t.
The rekervoir above .luhuvtimn
lir.ike about "i o'eloek in I lie evening.
senilinj; nn iinmeu*.
down throii|ili the « it \ . *wee|iinv;
ItASriiOP. TKXAS, i* .V hoil e« and theii iH'('ll|llltlt M,
cnrr>iii|r (•> wntury ursvi' '.mmlrnU
Ullil lIlOIIIHIliU of |HMi|i|r I lie il«*ll(I n lilriiMiin
mnl tlu* living floating lo^!-th( rdown IovimI mir
i« iiwunrn vi'iii«| . • . wiiu.t, hum 14 pilW
Men in the town. It i also*aid that I lo*t their live* ami men are to blame
i.lilt three hoiixea reiuui.-i in Cambria ' for it. for wiming* have been littered
Citv.
rtJHlHINll TMt M.AMK*.
InllkKToWN, I'a., June :l.—Tlte
eliief aeiiHation of the moruiu|{ ha*
been the united remonstrance of
|ihy ieiaua againat the extiuKiiiahiug
of the burning wreek. They main-
tain with a |ihilo*o|thy that to
anxiou* neareher* aeema hearth***,
that hundred*, if not thouoand*, of
tifelnaa and deeayinn hudlaa
beneath the tnaaa of
tll\ 11 III'- • I f
fancy notions, etc.
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High mith^ Highbtniih
Attorneys at Law.
18an finu collecting agents.
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mo.nkv to loan.
u.B.PRICE,
attorney at law and land afcetn.
It « - I Mill" I I.M<
Those fyiiiig and Summer
MILL1NEKY GOODS
ARE NOW IK STOCK, In Great Variety.
At !i s!tti on the inoruiiiK of .lime
l*t. the lii*l train |uu*eil New I'lor-
enee |{oin|{ ea*t. It as erowdeii
with people from l'iit*biir^ ami pen.
pie en route who were |foin|{ to the
welle of the di*a*ter with litlli
of liniliu^i theii loved one* alii
Klch and poor were on board tlwt
train all Ihinkinu of lint one tiling
ami that wa* what will we «ee. It
wa* a hi artreuiliiiK *i|{ht iilni not a
dry eye uaa in the train. moiiiith
tnotiriieil for their children, husband•>
voluute of " atcr | paced the uislc* and wruun their
hands in a^<iti\ . fathers pressed their
ftt. es against the window* in an cn-
! ileavor to see *omethlll|r, they knew
ii.it what, t II At would It'll them in
tile dreadful fate that their
lia.l uiet with. All ali.n^'
I n order to uuilcr«lam! j "" r""t''l1"' train stopped aud bodies
luki'ii mi ttie cxjircHM car. ••cinij
lor it. lor warning* have been uttered I i', "TiTI ,""77" Tt 'H,rn'l,W ru'"T;
llious.ml ol lime* and have received '""'V1'1 t,U V «V •> perwit
1 nature * greateat caveu|{er. the
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Mis
I. LIN I > ARK COMPIiKTK.
I'lA. 11: \ I II AM UK IIS \ co.
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of rl.Oin• t up . ,l|y
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Them New Goods Have Arriv
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[physician a«0 surgeon.] CRAFT BUILDING
family groceries,
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c. r. and h. l.jtnkins,
proprietors.
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the city hotel
k. mazor, proprietor -
r.'-'sh hgfh /.ways en t?p, fine cigars and tobacco.
Ivtmi ami rnurtroii^ In nttiicnf unnrinitoi'd to nil.
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AT Mil I s' CMll \ I It
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W ill .1.. all mil.I- '.I
TIN KOOKINti
Hi I" . IMI .Mill |A.| .HI ||l-| |O ll.
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hntu. mill, 11.
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The HOPPE HOUSE,
F W, HOPPE. Prop.
ii i ioo* n-;\ \s
iioppE
BUTCHER
and lin k stol'k dkalkus,
the loirent*
the nature of this calaiuit.x it i* nc-
ce**ar\ to describe the respective
local toils of the reservoir at .loliiis-
tow 11.
4Ve condense from the voluiuim.ua
report* sent in the associated pre**
dispatches:
'1 lie resevoir lies about tw.. ami a
half luilfs northeast ol .lohtistown,
ami i* the site of the old reservoir
which was one ol the feeder* "I the
I'ennsylvania canal. It i* the pro-
pcily of a number of gentlemen in
l-ittslnirx «ho formed themselves
into a corpotation. the title ol which
is the South Fork ttshinn ami liuiit-
iny club. 1'his chect ol witter wa*
lotim rh know n a* I ione Maityli lake.
It is from two hundred to thtec liuii-
drcil feet above a level of Johnstown,
l.ciiiK in the mountains. It i* about
three and a half miles loim ami from
a mile lo a mile and a i|iiartcr in
i.lth, ami in mune places It is |.*>
feci In depth, ll holds more water
than any other resorvnir. natural or
arttflciai. ill the I idled State*. I'he
lake lias been i)iiadrupled iii sixe by
arttllcial mean*, and wo* held in
check l.\ a dam from one hundred lo
otic tho.lalld lecl Hide. It is uillctv
leet ill lliickncss at the bast and tile
height Is loo feet. I'he top ha* a
breadth ol over twenty feet |{cco(j-
iii/.siiu tli. menace which the lake had
to the region, the South Fork club
hail tlu ilmn itispeclcil mice tnoiilhh
In I'emist Ivanin railroad cii|;iueers
and their investigation showed that
nolliinu less than sonic convulsion of
nature would tear the liarrict awav
and loosen the vitapou of death.
stca.lv rain* of the past forty-ciyht
hours increased the volume ol water
hi all the small mountain streams
which were Itlrcaily swelled by lesser
rain* earlier in the week. I'rom the
Iicst inlormatit.il obtainable jtt this
lime it is evident that somethini; in
the nal'irc ol a cloud bt.'r*| uitlst
have been tlu- culminalian ol tin
stoim. I'he ditllcultv of obtaining
delinite information athleil treineu-
ilouslv to the excitement ami appt'e-
hetisiou.
Ktu more than a year there have
been fear* of all accident nl just
such a chatat'ler I'lic foundations
ol the dam were considered lo I.,
shakv carl* last >prtn>; and main in
creasing leakages were reported from
time to time. Aceordiuit to people
who live in joiiiihiowu aud oilier
town* on the Hue ol the river, ample
time was given to the .lohlistowu
folk* l>\ railroad ollleial* and other
gentlemen of Ktauihug and reputa-
tion in a tloxeii, ves hundred* of
case.. This warning was uttcrlv
disregarded, and those who heeded
.1 wclc looked upon a* coward* and
mailt jeers were uttered by lips that
are How cohl on the green banks o|
the rivet. One poor nameless
wolf all, who looked with sightless
eyes at the gray cloud* from the
• lllliy bank ol a meadow just below
New Florence, wore a •mile that
p..t Imps had its blrOt ill that spirit
ol who'* alratil.'' ]which ha- had
siitli an awful rc*ult V ragged,
ideally burden was ll that came iu
among the lllea.lows, *ud there was a
lock of peace on the features thai
lit''light tears to the eyes of those
wl o found her and who fastem the
body by a short Hiring
sli had a workaday life.
i nt' ; Iter hand* were rough, her face
Wert
I carried by villagers who wcro out
along tin' banks Corpse* lay here
i aud there mi pile* of cros* tits or till
i the river batik* among the mangled
greenery. It was about '.I o'clock
when the lir*t passenger train since
Fr.ilay came to the New Floicnce
depot with it* load of eager passen-
ger*. They were tlo I die traveler*
but each had a mission. Here ami
there men were Muring out of win-
dows with red eyes. Among them
were tough looking Hungarians and
Italian* who hail lost friend*, anil
many are weeping on all sides. I wo
of the passengers on the train were
a man ami his wife from Johnstown,
lie vvas ipilte dignified and more or
less self-possessed : she was IlltX-
iou* and tried hard to control her
feeling*. From every po**lhlc
source of information she *oug',it
new*. "Our* i* a big new brick
house." said *hc with a brave effort,
but with her loving browneye*moist
ami red iips trembling; "it is a
three-story house aud 1 don't think
there i* any trouble, do you?" she
said to nn- anil without waiting for
my answer, -lie continued with a sob :
" l lu re are lour young children iu
the house ami their liursi . aud 1 gllcs*
father ami mother will go over to
the house, don't you '' III u few min-
utes all those iu the ear knew the
st.>rv of tin paii ami mauv a pitying
glance was cast at them. I'htir
house was out of the tirst to go.
.!u-1 before reaching Sag Hollow,
tin end of the maiu|liue of tin I'cuii-
sy Ivania railroad in a signal tower,
and tin men iu it told stories of what
they saw so piteous that I could not
lislcii to half of it and command my
attention.
l lu last man out from .loliiistow n
luangs the information that scarce a
housi remains in the city. Water
damned up against viaduct, wreckage
uml debris, finishing work that the
torrent had failed to accomplish.
1 lie bridge at .lohlistowu proved too
staunch for the fury of the water,
anil hundred* of burning wrecks of
home* were piled up on this bridge,
and a hundred people were cremated
iu the burning debris.
\l l.ockport. a father, mother ami
live children were washed uwav lo
tin- lined, the mother managed to
tcjtell tile shore I • It t faille! and
children were washed away. Ilun-
drcds nl people were counted pass-
ing New Florence before night, but
daikites* coming on. it was onlv l.\
the agonizing eric* that rang above
the waters thai it was known that
human being- were being whirled lo
their death.
a husband, wife and child were
seen floating on a tree, which passed
uo attention."
A Johnstown telegram of June ?tl,
say *:
When Superintendent I'itcairu tele-
graphed to Pittsburg Friday night
hope I thai Johnstown was annihilated he
came very clone to the fact* of the
case, although lie had not *cen the
I ill-fated city. Nothing like it ha*
| ever been seen iii llii* country.
V\ here Jong row* ol dwelling house*
ami busim-ss blocks stood forty-eight
hours ago ruin and desolation now
reign* supreme. Probably l.VM)
houses have been swept from the j
face ol the earth a* coinplel"!. a* if'
they had never been erected. Main |
Hlrcut. from end to cud I* piled
lifteen uml twi
debris and iu sotm
high as the roofs of til
grovsomc mass of wreckage llll* the
sllcct from curb lo curb uml fre-
ifiicutly has crushed the fronts of
building*
Humes iu pursue their work un-
molested than to expiMc lo further
decay the horde of puirifviug bodies
tliut lie beneath thi* debris There
can In- but one result; days will
elapse before the rubbish call be suf.
liciently removed b. permit the re-
covery of these bodies, and long ere
tliut every corp*e will be a putrid
mass, yielding forth those frightful
euiatiatiou* of decay ing hutuun lle*h
that in u crowded community like
llii* can give but one result dread-
ful typtis. Kvcry battle Held haa
demonstrated the necc**ity of the
hasty interment of the decaying
hodic*, and the atench that ulreadv
uly feet high Tith ri*7 U «' ""I"'1"'
ins.a il | us '!'* n"?,r,\ "",,rn, reck burn
of the houses. This !"' Wr,'tk- , A 'OM,,1CrV "
d wreckage All* the ! """ ,r°!"1tlu'1 "• ««' U 'va t
I. to cur id fre- ■«' Mw warning* ..
a- crushed ih. fronts of "ere i.mi iu the eager detiiund
and til, space with I"' I1'0*" lh l .""""hi the remain, of
reminders Of tin terrible .alauiitv. 1 ,M,r "l"1 ,le>r'. 1 b,"M> W"H
I here is prol.al.lv not a man in the tumed upon t.ie h.**tug ma**
place who can give anv reliable csti- ,""1 rtt"",n-V lhT lh"
mate Ol the number oi house* swept l'^'n ey of water. It is almoat
nw,is ' impossible lo conceive the extent of
' Cit v Soli, itor Kuhii. who should """"ky ruin* An area of eight
be very I authority in this matter, "r U'" ^ nbovu ,ht' ,,,,,,, '• ',ov''r-
pl.'U cs (he number at 1,'ttMl. _ From
the woolen mill above the island to
the bridge, a distance probably of
two miles, a strip of territory nearly
hull u mile ill width bus been swept
clean, not a stick of timber or one
eiI to the depth ol forty feet with the
shattered house* borne from the resi-
dents of Johnstown. In each of these
houses it is cMimatcd there were from
| one to twenty or twenty live people,
^ | Tliia is accepted a* data upon which
brick on top of another is left to tell
the story. It is the most complete
wreck that imuginuiiou could por-
tray. AH day long men, women and
children were plodding about the
desolate waste trying in vain to
locale the boundaries of their former
Inline*.
During all this solemn Sunday
Johnstown ha been dreuched with
the tear* of stricken mortals ami the
air is tilled with sob* ami *ight* that
come from broken heart*. There
arc scene* enacted every hour ami
minute that affect all beholders pro-
foundly. Wlu'ti brave men die iu
battle for country or for principle
their lo*- tail lie reconciled \.ith the
slct u destinies of life; when homes
urc torn ttssunder in an instant ami
loved one* hurled from loving ami
devoted mothers, there i* an element
of sadne** tliut louche* every heart
An utterly w re telle. I woman named
Mr*. Fclin stood by a tuilddy pool,
of water try ing to liml some trace of
a once happy home. She was half
cra/.ed with grief, and her eye* were
red and swoolen. A* the writer step-
ped to her side she rai*e.l her pale
ami haggmd face aud remarket),
" l in y are all gout'. t>, l.od! be
merciful to them. My husband and
niv seven dear little cllildrcu have
been *wepl down with the flood and
I am left aloL 4Ve were driven by
the raging flood into the garret, but
tin water* followed us there. Inch
by inch it kept rising until our heads
wi re crushed againat the roof, it
wa- death to remain so I raised a
window, and, one by one, I placed
my darlings on some drift wood,
trusting to the tlreat Creator. As
I liberated the last one, my sweet
little boy, lie looked at me aud said,
Mamma, you alwajn told me that
the I ord would care for inc. Will
lie look after me now?' I saw hint
drift away with hi* face turned to-
wards nn and with a prayer on my
hp* for his deliverance he pa**ed
from my *ight forever. The tiexl
moment the root crushed iu ami I
floated outside lo be rcNt'tlvd. Ilfteeli
under the brulgc ami a rope was hours later, from the roof of u house
Will lit \ -i | | in; I It AI >K IN Ml KIM.siiK
>t"-..l tllenlliui given I nil.lent In.ti.m
Ho* linilM* till* Hie ||OI«l till 4 ullil (1IIOlllll
Hlill* I iilllll* Ol ill 4 hl.'ll III |i.44 |l.
Iti'iU oral ami 141-it iittrmloii ifUut
Ifin «l I hioyr* (in.• li i uf c '«• -oil Hie «
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Itnmroo IV\n«. .Lin 17. I**.*
BURT McOONALD
ARCHXTXCT.
Mi Itonald ItuihliNg, Austin, Texas
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LIVE STOCK.
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BASTROP
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i
I Inn and worn, and Iter ban streaked
.villi gray. \\ lu ther im reilulily and
It* I hardiness number the llootl
v lilim* by settles or by hiimlleds.
mi iiiii knows, and il will In mauv
i|h>* before the writing on the Itilllb-
stones ami of the utiknonu dead is
cii lid '.'lure hits grown up ablllcr
fi ■ ling among Hie survivor* against
Ih.'sc who owned the lake and .lain,
il'iuiagc suits will lie plentiful l.y
and by .
ll is impossible lo tell what the
I".- ol III. ami properly will roll tip.
"Una can anybody tell how inativ
■re ilct.I ?" said a railroad engineer.
I have been at Sand Hollow Willi
Iiiiiii since I I o'clock. y -i. nl n . mnl
I have iccoviiid fully live huiubid
persons lit.Ill the flood ' I In uii*t
a* ful elimination uf ihe awlul mghl
(brown out. it fell over Ihe mail's
shoulders, but lie saw at u glance lie
could not save his dear ones, so lie
threw the means of safety to one
side uml grasped dose in his arms
those who were with htm. A moment
later and the tree strut k a floating
house. It turned over, ami in a
second the three persons were inlln
seething waters being carried lo their
ileal h.
Another instance is that of a
mot hit's lovi told «< Itolivar. V
woman and two children were float-
ing down. I lie mother caught a
ton post. I rope anil tried to hold it ami her
poor t reat- habic*. It was impossible and Willi
anguish she reliuipii*lici|
a lis.k of anguish
the Iilllll and sail) with her two liti ,
ones clasped in her gi asp.
Men. women atnl children Wt n
lurried along frantically shrieking
fur help, hut their cries availed noth-
ing as r.'nftic was Impossible Hus-
bands were swept pusl theii wives
and children were born, tapidlv along
u.'iug til a terrible speed to certain
death before the eves of their tcrio-
ri/cil and frautit parents Whole
families were swept awav
We were hfrill11 of thai Inki '
said tiovernor Kiin.n, who hail Imd
iu Johnstown for v eat - tt c were
alraiil of thai lake , lot seven wars
no tine could se ■ the immense
It. iglilli to which that aitlflual dam
..ad been built without fearing a tre-
meiiilous power of ihe water behind
it l lii' dam mu>l have had u sheer
iu KenriiHville. If I could only tlml
one of my darling* I could Imw to
the will of (toil, but they are all
gone."
A I >r Mathews had several of III*
ribs crushed bv falling timbers and
notwithstanding Iu* *cvcrc suffering.
In attended Ihe sick, and when two
woiueu iu a house acro*s Ihe street
Imni where lie was, shouted lor help,
wiih I lie assistance of two voitng men.
lie climbed across (be drift ami ad-
ministered to their wants. |u all
this misery two women gave pre-
mature birth to children
shocking sights bccauieso common
they lost their terrors, uml tin IItiding
of a body here and there attracted
litll. ><r no attention from the great
crowds thai constantly lined lite river
bunks and crowd all other acec**al lc
plat cm.
leu ear loads ol cotliu*. containing
-_'2tH folllu* were sent down on Hie
tiiortiiug of the l*t, to be distributed
at various points along die river.
\ man caught stealing valuables
Iroin the dead wa* sti/.ed bv a mob,
a rope placed around his net k ami he
was jerked Up into the air. Ilvslan-
der* cut III ill down before lie was
dead. A- si...11 as he If. tiveretl
breath lie hurried awav Another
was shot w hile In tile a. I of taking
rings from the Augers ol a dead wo-
mail. II tell forward into the water
ami Ills limly was washed awav
l'llc s cue at the supper table
showed thai hunger was driving the
to climate the number thai perished
on thi* spot, and if the data lie cor-
rect the number of hodie* tliut lie
lieueuth the ruin* mu*t run well up
into the hundred*, if not thou*iiml*.
The lake i* completely dried out.
i'hti dam broke iu llu; center al :i
o'clock on Friday ftfliTtmuL aud
I o'clock it was dry. That grc:
body of water passed out iu < .c
hour. Mess,*. Park uml 4'anlluren,
who are building the new drniungf
sy stem at the lake, tried to avert the
disaster by digging a sluice way one
side lo ease the pressure on the dam.
They hud about forty met at work
and did all they could, but without
avail. The water passed over the
dttiu about a foot above it* top, be-
ginning at alHiut 'J :.'IU. Whatever
happened iu the way ol a cloudburst
took place during the night. There
had been but little rain op to dark.
When the workmen awoke in the morn
ing the lake wa* very full and rising
at the rate of a foot an laiur. It kept
on rising until at o'clock it tirst be-
gan breaking over the dam ami under-
mining it. Men were scut three or
four lime* during the day lo warn
. the people below ol their dauger.
When the llnal break came at :l
o'clock there was a sound like tre-
mendous nml continued reports of
thunder. Trees, rocks aud earth
were thrown up in tuid-air ami great
columns of water and waves raged
down tlie ravine. Due man who
escaped said the water did not come
down like a wave, but jumped on his
house and heal it to fragments iu au
instant, lie was safe up the hill
side, but his wife ami two childteu
were killed.
* I.l. rill tost NKM.tt TO III k *.' IVV N,
Johnstown, I'a., June:!. Devel-
opments of every hour make it more
and more apparcut that the exact
number of lives !o*l iu the Johns-
town horror will never be known.
All estimates lliat have been made
up iti this time are conservative . and
when all is known will doubtless be
found to have bccu too small. Over
I.IKJO tiodie* have been found siuec
sunrise to-day, and the lliont scepti-
cal concede that the remains of
Ihoiisauti* more rest beneath the
dehri* al<ovc the Johu*town bridge.
The population of Johnstown, the
surrounding town* uud the |H>rllou
of the valley affected by tile II.smI,
is or wa* from ifO.OtHl* to 'i'i.(MN).
Associated Press representatives
to-day interviewed numerous leading
t'ili/.eu* of Johllslow ii, who aurvived
the lb*ill, and the eoueensti* of
opinion was that fully .'III per cent of
the resident* of Johnstown and
Cambria City had been victims of
the continued iltsa*ters ol lire aud
water. II these be true the total
Iocs of life in the entire valley can
not lie less than 7,(1110 or M.iMKl and
possil.lv much greater. Of thous-
ands who were devoured by the
flame* and whose a*he* rent beneath
smoking debris almve .lohuslowti
bridge no definite information can
ever be obtained; a* little will lie
learned of hundred* that were
t«cm th the current ami were Itoruo
to Couemaugh only to Iw ilepositcd
bundled* ol milc*'hclo« on (lit. banks
and the driftwood of the raging
Ohio. Probably one-third of the
• lead will never be recovered, and it-
will take the lisl of missing, weeks
hence, to enable even a close esti-
mate til Mil III I wr the live* that were
shuttled off iu that brief hour. .V*
whole families ami their relatives
were swept awav and found a com-
mon pravc, tlu* estimate can uev.l
tie accurate.
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