A ami EWE ay iy tie tinn Ites moir derev itt abay now ota swept down alie tills afternoon annl to alino t hie entire city c n ii abut in taft angry laile deail bodow aro about in every thie clion piece timber is tarry log from the bloomed city a coran 0 liu manity mattere gwi knawa oliero the didt ister overtook about 0 odoth ilcia aa alie train beiring alio rn ports at catli stor reft more appaline app alinK A train if milway bial cornil from roliver alie and of hie ri of the road westward they wn but a hood aut to allow to iino Kine alie rest down alio pack paddle camo tho waters ibe wooded ot tho looked lown in courier at alie fifine ol 01 the anost eliat ever struck the romantic valley of aliu of citizens am out all alie liine hosava dm un are heinn to eternity in abo torr mit alie avo ptrick after dark and in five minutes the rose from pis to forty feet and itie batera geread out ivr the whole country scion bouses begun floating down clinging to alio deanea man women and children for aid A laise lai se af at once gathered on the bounty lr idne aliey were reinforced by i from Oard eld a town on alio opposite ada aliey bron glit a number of and vern thrown over into the bailing as tie raona defied uy in a death haltli on the floating baarda atud limben agonized men women and children heartrending for help strike horror to the breasts of tho lookers on but the cries were of no av aa carried on at railway on the breant of alio torrent no human aoud devica a acang of rescue suii climek and hair clinging ili nging wet and damp to her cheek a mother vai seen grasping a flatmo flat mi while ditl her arm bho hald ler babe an aa may ai V rudden freshet is reported in tho north fork river enett of johnstown pa in the allegheny mountains tao of johnstown Johns rown it eaid to be under viator and the r and lines are washed ou pittsburg Pitts burn has had no wire communication with johna own for three hours slay 1 l tho flood at baa resulted in an adful catastrophe it assaid the above town broke about 5 thia evening and an immense volume of water rushed dovin to ho city carry ing with it death and destruction houses with their occupants were swept away and many people drowned there ia no communication johnstown but I 1 lie telegraph operators in the railroad at sang hollow twelve enles this side of johnstown say at least benenty alve dead bodied hava past the mires are all doan and no trains are east t of which is about vi acet of johns loan thare is no way to ca to the of alio dis afler and tall lars can be obtained tonight to night although cuiry chort is heing made ti do so there will be no trains through to the east before to morrow slay 29 rue reliable information recci vod from combs the benn Rl iania railroad showing that over dead leave leen counted lloa tinn lown iho stream at johnstown alone chile along jlia lio atonal lives ibave been loht it la averted ire att in I 1 rop r entirely alaio ahe butr line A se leial ial arnin bear railroad and locia ted prem ants lias left 1153 city far the tele ia entirely cut oil find until the telegraph and operators meals open up at the nearest point ant little reliable information can be va slay 31 this place has been vii tet mill lie pren teel hood bioco it began raining and continued until aliis afternoon ter noon tao hundred near the river were foice to leave their kiouses and flee to the lwills the to property i estimated at alie west virginia central pittsburg Pitta burg railway id under vater between biere and the two leave boon swept away alio loss to eliat road will be 2000 no trains are running on A pennsylvania road two trestles pd away loss 20 nine morn and wiio trains are lodged here and 1 SOO emigrants are on the street the western end of the road has been impassably since last night and it is liard to say when hie will be resumed A number of landslides have occurred on lie road between hero and grafton tho loss to the li altimore and ohio is very heavy but cannot bo estimated at present at this leour 1130 p in alie lias ceased falling and tho gateris subsiding hynos K pa may bl tho juniata niver lias ita banks ut this and blooded the entire southern alie city causing destruction to property people livice ta the hooded districts anul aci bo from their homes in lagona to place of all abo railroads centering in aliis are scally rc ally lUnia goil by alio noda tho as levei known to ho so alli at this alaci it one man drowned and at clearfield tw 0 young ladies w ero drowned in trying to from abo flooded district the eil mod its banks at and alio antiro claie is under all jneane of oaire cot off many dwila leave Kath Sred in abo court house and deeni lionte aa ft place of saty eveylne it is still raining biard and the are using rapidly PA chhy 31 joli ns completely and tha lofs of life is houses are dosa tho river liy dozens and people cin bo seen clinging to alie roofs at camptown Camp town n village of leveal li undrel the lourea are entirely roer cd and a gibat many dwelling at lille are scarcely a dwelling in bo vicinity of haig hollow can ba seen alie bridges at bolivar and minerva it is reported leave given away and the one at burg it is feared will also bo carried away people lacre alio leave frienda in alie district anro eaverly laitine for news at lie ireat uneasiness tha raier att is and kreal destruction will follow may 31 promptly took lie railroad and of the work anil hcan to double alio duly tlene inai and nil kofy ible nid to in denaer ilia stork no doubt bancil joany liei in order to alio llio natine of aliis calamity atia lo callina 0 the reservoir at johnstown ahr lips about two and a lial atte 0 the old which wa as one of the boilers toilers toi lers of thu canal this i i watter vaa formerly cnown s conemaugh CoDe maugh idle it la rom 00 tu feet above tho level of jahue being in the mountains 11 about ibrie aad hull bc and from A nt 9 a and K la width and in aipa flaw it lff ewt in act it hold a more water than ur ardih the united the lake lias been in alz bihy ihy ani ln ial nj ani betl in flieck hy a alim of to 1000 foft lt la in at alie lie liei nit is fret alie top lids a feet n the menace which the lalko to I 1 he region below the paulh bork club owned the reservoir rener voir liaa the ariam once a month ty the railroad anincera cn incera unit their liitt cation that nothing noth iopa alian onie of natzio would tear the barrier away and loosen the weapon of death alie rains 0 the past 48 hofira have increased the volume of water in all the email which were already swelled by the lenser ains earlier in the week arom thia information obtained at liiro alina it is evident aliat Boin ethin in the of a cloud hurst kuust leave been lie of the of alio bacr the em merit aj may 31 six miles west of johnstown Johna town at ft quarter of 8 a boy was rescued iby the men in the BI KURI toner of alie railroad company hi bame Is unknown but lie said that with his father mother brother and two eistert ei stera he was over the breast of hie new utown railroad a few latter and aliey were all drowned so far as be could tell tim operator officially reports that lievore dirk the v were alle to count periods clintine clin nine to or or drowned and hating in the current if thia information is to bo credited the damasa iu alie lown proper must ha in the of a clean ai early as one the alarm a rent to johnstown that there wan dancer from the dam railroad bt were notified and in very lime beban to carry people from lie town to places of safety on regular trains and aliey hastily improvised pro trains superintendent 0 the western division of alie pennsylvania railroad aason his nay to the south fork and arta notified cf alie impending trouble may 31 all binn of the pennsylvania railroad west of wilmore station division 2 annlea debt of have been down gince 8 a in and consequently information in leeard to the break of chit pance is verv meager lia been learned hoa ever to indicate that the knitli of water is alie ever libonn in that limited express which left new york at it this nio the fast line leaving there at the came hour and the train leavine that city at S botlock laar merit are all daiil ap at altoona at 0 SO to a dispatch recoiled by general manager bugli that tto bridge at south fork was washed way and it expressed the opinion that all the briddes between south fok and Jolin stoan would ba swept away the chicago and new york day express and all other east bound trains ere to bo laid up between creson and augh was jehnwn a copy of alie associated prees dispatch broin an founcine noun cine the breaking of the dam near johnstown he said that this re port confirmed tha dispatch received from tonight to night PI may 31 A carrier ironi ilia scene 0 flood near johnstown reports hie loss of life to reach fifteen hundred