Show The Storms Destructive Work PHILADELPHIA May 31All the lines of the Pennsylvania railroad west of Wilmoro station on the Pittsburg division twenty five miles west of Altoona have been down since 8 am and consequently information in regard t the break west of that place is meagre Enough has ben learnedhowever to indicate that the rush of water i the worst ever known in that section The Chicago limited express which left New York atO clock this morning the fast lino leaving there at the same hour and the train leaving that city at 8 oclock last night are all laid up at Altoona At 10 80 tonight a dispatch dis-patch was received by General Manager Pugh dated Wilmore from the conductor of the castbound New York and Chicago limited which left Pittsburg aft clock this morning saying that the train was safe and all were onboard Manager Pugh inferred from this that the limited was laid up somewhere west of Lillj Conductors have reported that the bridge at South I Fork and Johnstown would swept away The Chicago and New York express and all I other eastbound trains are supposed to be laid up between Cresson and Pittsburg I When Pugh was shown a copy of the Associated soc ated Press dispatch from Pittsburg an i nouncmg the break of the dam near Johns nouncng town he said that this report confirmed the I dispatch received from Wilmore tonight which stated that a man had reported to the railroad operator at South Fork that the darn had broken and the water had carried away coaltipple andthe telegraph tower at South Fork station and also a portion of the eastbound freight train The telegraph operator who was in the tower managed to escape but seer of the tram hands are reported drowned hand reservoir or dam at South Fork whicn is said to have burst with such terrible ter-rible results is described bj a gentleman acquainted with the country in which it is situlteJ I was owned for several years by a number of Pittsburg gentlemen who used itas a fishing ground The gentlemen gen-tlemen who gave this information said that if tne report of the burstingof the dam was true he had no doubt but that the damage and loss of life were fully a great as repotted |