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AWFUL! Floods Destroy Hundreds of Lives in Pennsylrania. PROBABLY 1500. DROWNED. Johnstown Swept Away by the Breaking of a Reservoir. MANY VILLAGES DESTROYED.

Hundreds of Bodies Afloat--The Rivers Clogged With Houses. THRILLING SCENES LAST NIGHT. The Flood Reaches Pittsburg at 3 A. -Graphic Accounts of the Calamity. BLAIRSVILLE INTERSECTION, June 1- A reliable courier has arrived here and states that 1,500 lives have been lost in the great flood.

PITTSBURG, June 1. -A telegraph operator in the Pennsylvania railroad, tower at Sang Hollow, twelve miles Johnstown, says that about seventy-five dead bodies have floated past him down the river from Johnstown. It is stated that the reservoir above Johnstown broke about 5 p. m. and the water flooded the town, carrying away houses by scores and drowning probably hundreds of people.

Wires are down and no communication can be had with Johnstown, Wrecked Buildings on Fire. W. N. Hays, supervisor of the station of the Pennsylvania railroad covered by the flood, telegraphed to Superintendent Pitcairn as follows: "The destruction is terrible. The dump at Johnstown is gone between the bridge and tower.

West of Johnstown at some points the tracks are entirely carried away and road bed gone. The river for three-quarters of a mile above the bridge is filled with buildings and drift wood forty feet high and is on fire, burning furiously, and is entirely beyond our control. I cannot estimate the amount of damage. I walked over from Johnstown to Sang Hollow (four miles). Johnstown is literally wiped out." Superintendent Pitcairn, who is at New Florence, sixty-five miles east of Pittsburg, telegraphs that over 100 men, women and children passed Sang Hollow clinging to debris.

Seven were rescued at Sang Hollow, two at Conemaugh Furnace and two at New Florence. Only forty-seven of the 100 and over passed New Florence. The loss of life and property will be terrible. Struggling for Their Lives. A special from Blairsville Station on the Pennsylvania railroad says: John Barton, a freight engineer says that at 2 p.

m. yesterday he saw three men and a woman struggling for their lives in the Conemaugh river, just below Johnstown. The Western Union office in Johnstown was swept away at o'clock in the afternoon. The water in Cambria City, where are located the Cambria iron works, is 35 feet deep and rising. S.

J. Herron, solicitor for The Times left Johnstown at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon and arrived in this city about midnight. Mr. Herron tells a graphic story of the disaster that fell on the mountain city. "All of Thursday afternoon and night," he said, "rain poured down in a deluge.

The little mountain streams swelled into torrents, pouring their waters into the Conemaugh river that passes directly through the centre of the city. "Soon the banks of the river overflowed, and the streets through the city began to disappear beneath the rapidly increasing current. Houses and bridges from above the city were swept away by the flood and added largely to the damage further down. The water rose so rapidly that many people could not escape from their homes and ran to the upper stories, from which they were rescued by men riding horses and mules. The scenes of rescue were most thrilling.

Man and Mule Drowned. "Joseph Ross, a teamster, bad in charge a pair of mules. He mounted one of them to aid some people. The mule fell into an excavation, carrying Ross with it and he was drowned. When I left it looked as if 1,000 people were homeless.

They were gathered on the mountain sides looking sadly at their homes buried in the water. Bridges Swept Away. "The Cambria iron works were flooded, throwing 2,000 men out of employment, be sides entailing a vast amount of. damage to the mill. The sweeping away of four or five large bridges added greatly to the horror of the scene.

Twelve carloads of iron were run out on the Cambria bridge in an attempt to save that structure. The waters gathered strength and swept bridge, cars and iron away as if they were straws. But one bridge temains and it is badly damaged. "Lumber was swept down with the flood in vast quantities. It is estimated that 1,000,000 or more feet passed through the city yesterday.

The railroad depots were thronged with victims of the flood, but they were rescued in skiffs. Piano boxes and rafts were used for this purpose, All trains on the Pennsvivania railroad and Baltimore and Ohio railroad are discontinued, the tracks being submerged for miles." Three Pittsburgers Drowned. Three citizens of Pitteburg are known to have been drowned. They occupied house just below the dam a short distance above Johnstown. Their names are Thomas Fallon, James Tight and a telegraph operator, name unknown.

Terrible Acenes the Conomsugh. BOLIVAR, June 1-The water is higher bere than was ever known, and two-sta barns, stables, whole forests of trees, booms, railroad nafta, da verted driftwood have floated down the swollen forrent of the Conemaugh. Information received is meagre, but for the most part accurate. At Lockport, two miles east, more than twenty people have been taken from the flood. The Arst great rush of water reached here at 7 o'clock last evening.

This came from the burst dam above Johnstown, It came like a frenzied whirlpool and befare the people could realize it they were in its grasp. Fortunately the people Living on the low lying ground escaped. At 0:30, o'clock 8 great pile of driftwood was swept along and from it shriek upon shriek for "help, help, for God's sakes come." The horrified spectators on the shore saw three women, to one of whom were clinging two children, neither of whom was apparently, more than an infant. The rapidity of the current and the position of the raft on the stream together with the lack of facilities for rescuing precluded the possibility of even thinking in the matter, and the raft passed out of sight, the screams of the women and children blending in their pleadings for aid long after the raft was around the bend. Buildings Carried Away.

All the buildings along the Conemaugh between New Florence and Johnstown have been carried away. The railroad towers have been abandoned by the telegraph operators. The Covetown and New Florence bridges have been destroyed. Trains Stopped and Mines Flooded. A special from Shamokin says: The heavy rains of the past forty-eight hours has caused great damage.

All collieries in this vicinity have been forced to suspend, and many are washed out. No trains have arrived on the Lehigh Valley road since noon yesterday, the bridge west of here having been swept away. Advices from points on the Reading road and branches show great damage, The trains are all late. The Juniata Overflowed. TYRONE, June Juniata river has overflowed its banks at this place and flooded the southern portion of the city, causing great da mage.

People had to be removed from their homes in wagons. All of the railroads centreing at Tyrone are greatly damaged. One man is reported drowned at Curwensville. A dispatch from Clearfleld says two young ladies were drowned there while endeavoring to escape from the flooded district. WILLIAMSPORT, June biggest flood since the memorable one of $65 is- now in progress on the west branch of the Susquehanna river.

Much damage is reported from points north of here, but communication of all kinds is interfered with. Landslides are reported all along the Pennsylvania roads north of here. At Clearfield the water is rising at the rate of feet per hour. A half dozen bridges have been swept away and the streets of the town are overflowed. The people are going about in boats.

Log Booms Broken. The booms at Caledonia and Curwensville have broken and it is feared that the Lock Haven boom will break soon, and the Williamsport boom cannot stand the strain it this occurs. Logs valued at $5,000,000 dedend upon the Williamsport boom holding. The river is twenty feet above low water mark. The rain is falling in torrents.

Charleston, W. in Danger. CHARLESTON, W. June Big Kauawha river is on a rampage and this place is in danger of be being submerged. The Chesapeake and Ohio railroad bridge has been swept away.

Father, Mother and Three Children Gone. NEW FLORENCE, June water is higher here than it was ever known before and still rising. Centerville, across the river, is half submerged, but no lives were lost here. Two persons were rescued from floating pieces of wreck and 45 others were seen floating past, besides many dead bodies. There is probably not a bridge standing on the Conemaugh or Kiskiminetas from Johnstown to Leechburg.

Another rescued here, a little boy, said his house had floated over the stone bridge. He was asked how many there had been in his family. mother and three sisters," he replied. "Who are they?" he was asked. He could only say they had gone down in the flood.

A NIGHT OF HORROR. It is Believed at Cambria That 1500 Lives Have Been Lost. BLAIRSVILLE INTERSECTION, June At Lock port, about 18 miles from Johnstown, the scene of the disaster, Elilel Benson. an old man, Mrs. Boyle, Paddy Madden and two Hungarians were rescued.

Mr. Benson said: live in Cambria City. I think not less than 1500 people were lost. In the house with me on Chestnut street were 10 persons beside my self and I feel sure they were all lost. Up to 4 o'clock the water, which was seven feet deep in the streets, remained stationary.

About 4 o'clock in the afternoon the great rush came. In 15 minutes the water rose fully 10 feet and in five minutes more I am sure 50 houses came floating down the streets. There were people in every one of them, and God only knows bow many were lost. As they were carried off the houses were jammed together and against the houses still standing, and in a very few minutes they were all battered to pieces before they bad been carried very far. The house I was in was soon smashed to pieces, and I managed to jump on to a cellar door.

In a few minutes I was rushed off into the flopd, and when I looked back where Cambria City stood there was nothing but a great lake of water. It looks to me as if every house had been razed or covered over. The vast sheet of water was full of floating timbers, roofs of houses, rafts and other articles. The scene was indescribable. The cries of the men, women and children were fearful.

I passed Paddy Madden's wife, my son's wife and a man clinging to the roof of a house. I called to them and bade them good-bye. In a short time I was caught by the water and turned under. Every once iu a while I got into a whirlpool and more than once almost lost my grip on the cellar door. 1 saw people in the water ahead of me and all around.

Many of them were struck by the crashing timbers and killed outright. They were 80 badly hurt that they fell into the water and drowned at once." Mrs. Boyle was rescued at Lockport. The poor woman was moaning and crying and would not be comforted. Her nine children and husband are supposed to be drowned.

Rain for 72 Hours. PITTSBURG, June Huntington, Pa, special says: It has rained 72 hours. Yesterday's fall was the heaviest ever known. The Hyndman bridge on the Bedford branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad was carried away, and the Mount Dallas bridge undermined and rendered unsafe, so that Bedford is completely cut off from the world. The rise in the Raystown branch at Everett is so great that the principal streets are submerged, and many families have been driven from their homes.

The Juniata here is filled with floating outbuildings, trees, timber. fragments of buildings and carcasses of cattle. The latest report from Coketown is to the effect that the entire town is submerged, and great number of lives have been lost there. Reports from the Kiskiminetas river, into which the Conemaugh empties, are most distressing. The river near Saltsburg is Alled with wreckage and a number of persons were noticed clinging to such timbers as would bear their weight.

At Blairsville men are stationed ou the bridges and banks in the hope of rescuing some of those who were being carried down the stream. The volume of water is unprecedented. The iron bridge connecting Blairsville with Blair sville Intersection has been carried away, and with it train of heavily-loaded care standing upon the bridge to hold it in place. This was the largest and strongest bridge on the West Pennsylvania road. It thought that all of the West Pennsylvania Railroad bridges will share a similar fate.

PHILADELPHIA, June. calved up to midnight at the of the of the Penasgivania Rail- BUFFALO road indicated that the situation is hourly growing worse. Many Villages Swept Away. BLAIRSVILLE, June is thought all the towns in the Kiskiminetas Valley are submerged. Among them are Livermore, Saltsburg, Apollo, Leeobburg and Avenmore, having populations of from 8000 to 10,000 each.

A man rescued in the river here, who was swept away from Johnstown, says positively that not less than 1500 lives are probably lost in the valley of the Conemaugh. This point 1s 20 miles below Johnstown, and the work of rescuing men, women and children sweeping down the river has been going steadily forward all night. The town of Fork, which contained about 2000 inhabitants, is in the course of the flood which swept down from the broken dam to Johnstown, and it is believed that of the town was carried away. Four miles with 800 Inhabitants. It seems difficult to lower down was the vil village of Mineral Point, hope that any of them escaped.

Six miles further down. was Conemaugh, with 2500 people, hut in this case the formation of the country afforded some chance for escape. The town itself was devastated. Wood vale, with 2000 people, lay still further down. It suffered greatly.

Buildings Heaped in the Rivers, PITTSBURG, June N. Hays, supervisor of the station of the Pennsylvania Railroad covered by the flood, telegraphed at 10 P. M. to Supt. Pitcairn as follows: The destruction is terrible.

The dump at Johnstown is gone between the bridge and tower west of Johnstown. At some pouts the tracks are entirely carried away and the road bed gone. The river for three quarters of a mile above the bridge is filled with buildings and driftwood 40 feet high, I cannot estimate the amount of the damage. I walked over tonight from Johnstown to Sang Hollow -four miles. Johnstown is literally wiped out.

Supt. Pitcairn who is at New Florence, 65 miles east of Pittsburg, telegraphs that over 100 men, women and children passed Sang Hollow clinging to debris. Seven were rescued at Sang Hollow, two at Conemaugh Furnace and two at New Florence. Only 47 of the 100 and over passed New Florence. The loss of life and property will be terrible.

The Flood Reaches Pittsburg at 3 A. M. PITTSBURG, June 1, 3 A. The headwaters of the flood from the Conemaugh and Kiskiminetas rivers has just reached this city. It is con.ing down the Allegbeny river very much as a tidal wave.

Debris of all kinds is tumbling about, and the river is rising very rapidly. The banks of the Allegheny river are thronged with anxious watchers. Details of police and fireman from Pittsburg and Allegheny have secured all available boats and are closely watching the fast increasing flood with its cargo of dead. YORK, June 1. 1:30 A.

lower parts of the city are inundated. A general alarm has been sounded by the bells of the city, and families are moving. The water is within a tew feet of the bridges. A Cradie With a Baby in It. BLAIRSVILLE, June Rhoades, agent at.

Blairsville Intersection, saw a woman float by on the roof of a house, with arms outstretched, calling in the most piteous tones to save her. "Oh, my God!" she cried, "save, save me." Just ahead of the house could be plainly seen a cradle floating with a little babe in it. The child seemed to be sleeping, but more than likely was dead. A little after 2 o'clock an engineer of the Pennsylvania Railroad saw three men drown at the railroad bridge in Johnstown. At that time the water was ful 50 feet deep.

What the Reservoir Was. PHILADELPHIA, June General Manager Pugh of the Pennsylvania Railroad was shown a dispatch announcing the breaking of the dam near Johnstown, he said this report confirmed a dispatch from Wilmore which stated that a man reported to the railroad operator there that the South Fork dam had broken Ard the water had carried away the tipple" and telegraph tower at South Fork Station and also a portion of a freight train. The operator in the tower escaped, but several train hands are reported to have been drowned. The reservoir at South Fork, which is said to have burst, is described by a gentleman acquainted with the locality, to be an immense body of water formerly used as a water supply for the old Pennsylvania canal. It has been owned for several years by a number of Pittsburg men, who used it as a fishing ground.

FULLY 1500 DROWNED. The Water Rose Up to the Third Story Windows at Johnstown in Five Minu es BOLIVAR, June wrecking train left here early this morning to clear the tracks and re-establish communications. The people along the route between this place and Johnstown are well nigh paralyzed by fear. Joe Duffy was saved from the river. He estimates that fully 1500 people were drowned.

He saw a number of persons about him sucked under the turbulent water and they never appeared again. Three quarters of the city of Johnstown was submerged. The water, rose up to the third stories of the houses in five minntes. He saw the houses of one entire street washed away in a short time. He floated on the driftwood to Lock port and then jumped into the flood and swam about 25 yards to the shore.

The family of John Thomas, including his wife and five children, were lost. The hired girl and a man named Harvey were also drowned. Duffy says he saw people carried off by the flood in crowds. CENTERVILLE SUBMERGED. Rivers Dotted With the Bodies of the Drowned -Bridges All Swept Away.

NEW FLORENCE, June water here is higher than it was ever known before. Centerville, across the river, is half submerged, but no lives were lost. Forty-five persons were seen floating past, besides many bodies. There is probably not 8 bridge standing on the Conemaugh or Kiskiminetas rivers from Johnston to. Leechburg.

A little boy said his house had floated over the stone bridges, He was asked how many there had been in his family. "Father, mother and three sisters," he replied. are they?" He pointed to the river and burst into tears. LOCK HAVEN'S BOOM BURST. Three Million Dollars' Worth of Logs Endangered by the Break- Williams port Threatened.

WILLIAMSPORT, June Shortly after midnight last night the boom at Lock Haven burst. The break opened up the river to all the logs above this place, which will be forced into the boom. The boom contains 000 feet of logs, valued at $3,000,000. In the stream above the boom there are at least 50,000,000 feet of logs. It is believed that not one of the logs will be saved.

The lose will be serious, and will necessitate the closing during the season of all mills and entail great suffering on the part of the people dependent on them for employment. HORROR OF HORRORS. Seventy Persons Burned to Death by Fire at Johnstown BridgeAnnihilation. NEW FLORENCE, June N. Hays has just returned from Johnstown.

He says the place is annibliated. Conemaugh is wrecked and Cambria City swept away. Fully 1200 lives hare been lost: 100 bodies have been recovered at Ninevah. Seventy persons are reported to have been burned to death in a fire at Johastown Bridge. Ice cream soda, all davore bc.

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EVENING NG BUFFALO, N. SATURDA THOUSANDS MISSING. Mourners in Every Family in Johnstown---The Mighty Waters Subsiding. Details of the Awful Calamity--Every One Seems to be Dazed -Families Wiped Out. JOHNSTOWN, June 1.

-The waters which overwhelmed this town yesterday, carrying death to. hundreds and misery to thon-ande, are subsiding rapidly, but as yet it is impossible to obtain anything like exact information concerning the extent of the disaster that bas visited this city and the districts surrounding. It is no exaggeration to say that there are mourners in every family. Thousands are missing; it is certain that hundreds have been lost, and while many of those who are now missing and who are mourned as dead have doubtless been saved, the final death roll will beyond doubt be of appalling length. It is impossible to describe briefly the suddenness with which the disaster came.

A warning sound WAS heard at Conemaugh a few minutes before the rush of waters came. But it was attributed to some meteoroligical disturbance and nO trouble was borrowed because of the thing unseen. As the low, rumbling noise increased in volume, however, and came nearer a suspicion of danger began to force itself upon even the bravest, which was increased to a certainty few minutes later, when, with 8 rash, the mighty stream spread out in width and when there was no time to do anything to save themselves. Many of the unfortunate were whirled into the midst of the stream before they could turn around. Men.

women and children were struggling in the stream, and it is thought that many of them never reached Johnstown, only a mile or two below. At Johnstown a similar scene was enacted only on much larger scale, as the population is greater and the sweeping whirlpool rushed into a denser mass of bumanity. It was a twilight of terror and the gathering abade of evening closed in on a panorama of horror that has few paralleis in the history of casualties. Every One Seems Dazed. NEW FLORENCE, June one seems to be dazed, the disaster seeming to overwhelm the natives.

Between this place and Bolivar the track is washed out in many -places and wrecking crews are busy at work repairing the most dangerous portions. At these points reports substantiate the wildest rumors that have gone out. The last man from Johnstown brings the information that scarcely a house remains in the city. 'The upper portion above the railroad bridge has been completely submerged. The water is dammed up against the viaducz, the wreckage and debris finishing the work that the torrent had failed to accomplish.

The bridge at Johnstown, which is a heavy piece of masonry, proved too staunch for the fury of the torrent. Some of the top stones were, however, displaced. A Family of 10 Wiped Ont. A story reaches here that family consisting of father, mother and nine children were washed away in a creek at Lockport. The mother managed to reach the shore, but the husband and children were carred out into the river to drown.

The woman is crazed over the terrible event. After night settled down the horror of the scenes was enhanced. Above the roar of the water could be heard the piteous appeals. from the unfortunate as they were carried by. To add to the scene a brililant Mumination lit up the sky.

A message received latt last night from Sang Hollow states that this light came from a hundred burning wrecks of houses that are piled upon the Johnstown bridge. A supervisor from np the road brings the information that the wreckage at Johnstown is piled up 40 feet above the bridge. Suddenness of the Disaster. BOLIVAR, June Fisher, telegraph operator at Bolivar, says: knew nothing of the disaster until we noticed the river slowly rising. Within three hours the water in the river rose at least 20 feet.

Shortly before 6 o'clock ruins of houses, bed, household utensils, barrels and kegs came floating past the bridges. At 8 o'clock the water was within six feet of the road-bed of the bridge. The wreckage floated past without stopping for at least two hours. Then it began to lessen, and night coming suddenly upon us we could see no more. The wreckage was floating by for a long time before the first living persons passed.

Fifteen people that I saw were carried down by the river. One of these, a hoy, was saved, and three of them were drowned just directly below the town. It was an awful sight, one that I will not soon forget. York County Threatened. YORK, June -Thursday evening rain began falling, and since then there has been a succession of heavy and long showers.

All the streams in the country are swollen, and fields, roads and houses flooded. At Bentzell's mill on the Little Conewago the water reached a height of 16 feet above low water mark. The mill was flooded. The dam contained a large amount of saw-logs, which were washed away. At Spring Grove, on the West branch of the Cadorous, southwest of here, the stream has overflowed almost everything.

Great excitement prevails there, everyone expecting the large dam to burst, which would cause great damage. Part of P. H. Gladfelter's large paper mill is flooded. It is raining hard yet and the water is rising at the rate of 10 inches an hour.

On the sonth branch the stream is rapidly rising. All this immense body of water must pass the city, and it cannot be estimated as to what damage will occur. The police have notified the people living in the lower section of the city to prepare for the worst. The Cadorous in this city is about six feet above low water mark and rapidly rising. Should the situation become serious the fire alarm bells will be rung.

A Hundred Bodies at Ninevah. PITTSBURG, June special to the Leader from Greensburg, says: At 10 o'clock this morning 100 bodies of victims of the flood are lying at Ninevah station awaiting identitication. Only 200 houses remain standing in the city of Johnstown, and the water, at this writing, is 30 feet deep on the main streets. The Situation at Pittsburg, PITTSBURG, Jane body of man, evidently one of the victims of the flood in the Conemaugh or Kiekiminetas rivers, has just been taken from the Alleghany river at the foot of Sixth street. There are no marks yet discovered to lead to identification.

Mayor McCallin has just telegraphed a request to Gov. Beaver to forward tents, blankets, to Johnstown at the earliest possible moment. Subscriptions Opened. PITTSBURG, June the Arst edition, the Times headed a popular subscription fund for the relief ot the victims of the terrible catastrophe by giving $500, and makes AD appeal for outside aid. Altbough the edition has been on the streets but short time contributions in small amount from laboring men and shop girls are coming in with gratifying results.

The United Press that any subscriptions to this fund may be sent to the Pittsburg Times and will be forwarded to places thost needed. Recovering Bodies. The Times' 10 A. M. edition has the following: BOLIVAR, June A.

New Florence this morning seven bodies have been taken from the water and debris on the banks. One body has also been taken from the river at this point, that of a young girl. None of them have been identified. The whole face of country between here and Now Floronce is under water, and houses, bridges and buildings All the fields and even perch upon the bills des all the WAY to Johnstown. The banks of the river are lined with people who are looking as well for booty for bodles.

Much valuable property was carried away in the houses, as well as from houses not away. The river has fallen again its and nothing in the stream its rel, angry color, shews the might! It has fallen tally 20 by aight do will have NEWS. IN THE "SUNDAY NEWS." Ball Players on Bro. Ackerman. Red Hot Talk.

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All the Latest News From Everywhere. THE CRONIN CASE. The Police Hunting High and Low for Tom Whelan, livan's Cousin. CHICAGo, June police are hunting high and low for Tom Whelan, a cousin of Sullivan, the ice man, and a brother of the suspended detective. There is a strong suspicion that he is the man who drove the white horse that hauled Dr.

Cronin from his house to the cottage where he was butchered. Whelan's description, it. is claimed, tallies closely with that of the mysterious driver, but. owing to the blunder of somebody he has never been. brought face to face with either Mrs.

Conklin, Frank Scanlan or Thomas Jones, the blacksmith. Whelan lives in the same house with Sullivan. It is claimed that he is a -Clan na Gael man. When rumors about his comp leity in the conspiracy got out Chief Hubbard detailed detectives to bring him in. but though the officers have hunted everywhere for him he cannot be found.

The Schools Are in No Danger. "I wouldn't give a '5-cent piece for insurance on the boilers used in heating the schools." said Ald. McMaster last night, when the American Steam Boiler Insurance agent offered an inspection and insurance scheme, to cost $37.50 per school for three years, with three inspections a year. "The inspection is worth having, however. Our school boilers only carry about six pounds of steam.

They are made to carry 75 to 100 pounds. If anything should let go they might scald the engineer, so they Sought to be inspect d. but the schools are in DO danger whatever." The matter was laid over. A Live Man. Editor Evening News: The very serious operation of removal of kid ey from an adult patient, was performed by Dr.

Roswell Park at the General Hospital yesterday. The patient came from Michigan for surgical treatment. This is the fourth operation of this kind that has been performed by Dr. Park. The three preceding ones recovered.

This remarkable operation shows the wonderful progress made in surgery during the past 20 sears, In the present case, when the kidney was removed it IPa8 very plain that speedy death awaited the patient if the operation had Dot been performed, as the kidney was full of abscesses, containing a great deal of pus. B. BUFFALO, June 1, 1889. Doctors Answer Civil Service Questions. Eight candidates, some for the position of District Health Physician and some for the post of Sanitary Inspector presented themselves before a Board of Civil Service Examiners, consisting of Dr.

Floyd S. Crego, Charles B. Wheeler and Eugene S. Simpson, in the supervisors' chamber last evening. George S.

Hubbell, the present sanitary engineer, was given a special examination. He will doubtless pass, AS be holds present podsession of the post, with no announced competitors. Weather Indications, WASHINGTON, June WestRAIN ern New York, Western For, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio: Light rain, stationary temperature, followed by slightly warmer, westerly winds. Deputy Gethoefer Was Game. A spirited horse driven by Frank W.

Gethoefer, Deputy City Clerk, ran away at Exchange and Main street shortly after noon today. Mr. Gethoefer was thrown out, but gamely held on and stopped the horse. The Census will Show Less Deafness. WASHINGTON, MAy is claimed that there will be considerable falling off in the percentage of deaf people in the Census of 1890, owing to the extended sound dise invented by a citizen of Bridgeport, named H.

A. Wales. Answers to Correspondents. is no dime savings hank in Buffalo. There is a savings system in the schools, and there is also one in St.

John's Church, and probably in other churches. landlord can not compel you pay three days' rent when you are unable to move. NUBS OF NEWS. The rain fall here for 24 hours ending at 6 last night was almost inches. The uncommonly good riag show at Robbing' circus was thoroughly enjoyed by a large number last night in spite of the rain.

The Council Committees on Side and Crosswalks, Taxes and Assessments and Public Buildings held unimportant meetings last evening. Joseph Harris of Kane, Pa. tailor by trade, a member of Lodge 412, 1. 0. 0.

is reported sick in Buffalo. His address or any information concerning him will be gladly received by the Secretary of New Era Lodge 410. SOME PROFESSIONAL, PEOPLE. James F. Crooker, Superintendent of Educa tion, returned home of yesterday Potter from a week's rest in the woods county, Pa.

His health is improved. Manager Jacobs says, anant the variety theater rumor, that he looks upon Court Street Theater as his pet house and that the present high class of attractions will be continued next season. De. Charles S. Jones, house surgeon at the Fitch Hospital, and Dr.

G.W. Goler, bis assistant, hare resigned. Dr. Jones will open an office here. Dr.

Goler will take charge of the Infants' Summer Hospital at Charlotte Beach. Dr. G. W. Wende succeeds Dr.

Jones. His assistant will be Dr. T. J. Corlett, the present junior assistant.

Standard Time Absolutely Correct. On and after next Sunday, June 2, you can take the new "Erie Flyer" at Buffalo at 7:30 P.M., and be in New York the next morning at 7:45 A. M. If your watch indicates aby other time, at either end of the line, take it to a jeweler at once, for it and not the train is wrong. 30tjel DIED.

BYRON-In this city, May 31, 1889, at the residence of John O'Connor, 507 North Division street, Rev. Joba Byron, brother of Mra. John O'Connor, Mra, John Gleason and uncle of Rev. John Gleason of Bath, N. Y.

aged 46 years. Funeral and requiem high mass will be held at St. Joseph's Cathedral Monday, June 3, at 10 A. M. 113 BURNET-In this city, May 31, 1889, at 3 P.

Joseph Burnet, aged 64 Funeral from his late residence, 89 Sycamore street, at 1:30 P. M. and from St Peter's French Church at 2 Sunday Friends and are respectfally invited to attend. BONNEL--In this city, May 31, 1880, Elisabeth C. Bommel, wife of the late Freak Boramel.

Funeral tomorrow at 2 o'clock from her late residence, 45 Fifth street. Frieads sad quaistances Invited to attend. GORTE-In this city. May Willian Gouts, son of Jacob Goats of N. 37 years and 17 days, Funeral family dence, 332 a 2 o'clock and from 8t.

era Church, Hickory 1:90 to 41,181 THE EVENING 41,181. 45. Y. JUNE 1. 1889.

attained its normal depth at all points. From Greensburg toSang Hollow, limit of the present trouble, scores of people throng the streets, pleading with the conductors of even gravel trains to take them aboard. They are almost frenzied with anxiety and apprehension in regard to their friends who live at or near Johnstown. Strong men are as terrified as women, who join in the request. General 1 Alarm at York, Pa.

YORK, June A. general alarm has just been sounded on the bells of this city. No Homes and No Food. PITTSBURG, June Pitcairn arrived at the Union Station at 6 o'clock this morning from the scenes of the disaster. He says: can not be sent soon enough to avoid suffering.

There are no houses for the people to sleep in and to place where they can buy food, as I understand the situation. The stores are washed out as w. ll as the homes of the people. I do not wish to appear as attempting to tell anybody else his duty, but I considered it mine to let this community know the necessity of the situation." Train Master Edward Pitcairn telegraphed from Nineveh to the superintendent at 7:36 A. "There has been but 30 or 40 men, women and children rescued alive, and we took out about 40 bodies at this Another dispatch to Supt.

Pitcairn states that as the waters are receding the bodies of victims of the flood can be seen lodged in trees and with arms and legs protruding from debris. A Bit of Heroism. BOLIVAR, June A. M. -A bit of bervism is related by one of the telegraph operators at Bolivar.

He says: I was stauding on the river bank about 7:30 last evening when 8 raft swept into view. 10. must have been the floor of a dismantled bouse, Upon it were grouped two women and a man. They were eridently his mother and sister, for both clung to him as though stupefied with fear. As they were whirled under the bridge here the than could have saved himself if he had wished by simply reaching up his hand and catching the timbers of the structure.

He appeared to see this himself, and the temptation must have been strong for him to. do so, but in a second more he was seen to resolutely shake bis head and clasp the women tighter around their waists. Ropes were thrown out from the tree tops, but they were unable to catch them, though they grasped for the lines eagerly enough. Then a.tree caught in their raft dragged after it. This way they swept out of view.

Information just received over the railrond lines say that the wreeking train which left here at 10:15 o'clock last night reached New Florence, six miles east of bere, two hours later. They can't got farther, althougir the plucky engineer telegraphed that if Robert Pitcairn wants him to he will make an attempt to push through the submerged tracks to Nineveh. That is where the Block station tower is reported to have been washed away. One Great Valley of Mourning. Pitiable sights and scenes multiply more rapidly than cross ties.

The Conemaugh is one great valley of mourning. Those who have not lost friends hare lost their homes or their aubstance, and apparently. the grief for the one is as poignant as for the other. Albert Harvey, who left Con-maugh lake last evening, has just arrived, having tramped through hills and mountains. He says the great volume of water struck Jonnstown about 3:30 in the afternoon.

It did not find the people unprepared, as they. had notice from South Fork that the dam WAS threatening to gO. Many however, disregarded the notice and remained in their honses in the lower part of the city and were caught before they conld get out, once the water was on them. Superintendent Pitcairn issued at order to all Pennsylvania Railroad employes to keep a sharp lookout for bodies in the river and in the bushes 'and to return them to their friends, Assistant Superintendent Trump is still 011 the ground DeRE Sang Hollow directing the movements of gravel aud construction trains which are arriving as fast as they can be filled up and started ont. The road beds of both the Pennsylvanin Railroad and West Pennsylvanis are badly damaged and it will cost the latter, especially from Bolivar Junction to Saltsburg.

many thousands of dollars to repair injuries to embankments aloue. Johnstown Fugitives Returning. JOHNSTOWN, June A. are returning to the place where a few hours ago they were happy and prosperous, but where all is now desolation. and in a few hours more the work: of systematically search ing for the victims of the flood will begin.

The water is still too high to even attempt to estimate the extent of the disaster, but the city is a complete wreek and it is certain, the loss of life will be immeuse. OLEAN IS FLOODED. People Rescued From Their Homes in Boats---The Allegany on a Rampage. ESPECIAL TO THE EVENING NEWS.1 OLEAN, June waters of the Allegany river are the highest known in years, and rapidly rising. Several streets in the lower part of the city are flooded, and many houses surrounded and filled with water.

Peopie are moving out rapidly. Several houses were surrounded during the night, and bouts were called into use to rescue the inmates. Large quantities of lumber and logs are being swept away. The loss will be heavy. Flooded and Yet Without Water, OLEAN, June flood in the Allegany has broken the water works' supply pipe and the city is without water for fire protection and domestic use.

RUIN IN THE GENESEE VALLEY. What the Frost Left the Flood Swept Away--Great Loss to Farmers Ne.r Mt. Morris TO THE EVENING NEWS.1 MT. MORRIS, June greatest rainfall for years occurred in the Genesee valley last night and this morning. Rain commenced at intervals Thursday evening and culminated in a deluge last night.

All the southern portion of Mt. Morris was under water from two to six feet, caused by a culvert over Maln street being too small. A culvert on the Danville branch of the Erie is washed out. No trains this A. M.

water fall was so heavy that gardens and plowed fields were terribly washed. What the frosts of Wednesday left the flood has ruined. Many gardens are entirely ruined, the flats for miles are covered with water, Canaseraga creek having overflowed its banks. THE FLOOD AT WARSAW. Low Lands Under Water--Ketchum Son Lose $2000 Worth of Lumber -Vanished Mill Dams.

TO THE EVENING NEWS.1 WARSAW, June through trains are expected on the Erie until night, owing to three washouts east of here. Allen's creek overflowed its banks this morning, doing great damage all along the border of the stream. The crops on the low land down the valley were under water this morning. The loss will be considerable in this county. Ketchum Son in lumber lose $2000.

Martinville dam was swept away. Loss $500. Other losses are: Taber ice pond, $300; L. Martin, dam, $400. A MILE OF TRACK GONE: Grest Damage Along the Genesee River -Mill Dams, Bridges and Railcond Track Washed Away.

TO THE EVENING NURDA, June rain for just 24 bours caused freshet. Keshequa Creek is higher than for 25 years. Great damage to property, Mill dams and bridges were swept away. culvert near Dalton was washed out. No trains on the Erie or W.

Y. P. One mile track at Tuscarora is gone. and the Spiritualists The annual meeting of Buffalo Spiritual will be held at North Collins June 18 and Susan B. Anthony will be So will Willard J.

Hull the health drink. PRICE ONE CENT. Two Trains FOR THEIR LANES Friendship Citizens Fled From Their Homes in Haste Last Night. MANY NARROW ESCAPES. Floods Dumped a Brick House Into Moss Brook, Swept a Bridge Away and Undermined a Farm.

0 SPECIAL TO THE EVENING NEWS.1 N. Yo June T. The floods worked terrible devastation here last night. Mrs. Prosper Miller's elegant brick house at the south part of the village was undermined and fell a total loss into Moss brook, the furniture and all household, goods being carried away by the Miller and daughter were away from home at the time.

Loss probably $5000. W. D. Renwick's farm at the west end of town was undermined and a valuable Holstein cow Loss $500. The residents of East Water street all had to leave their homes at night.

The Erie bridge is out and no trains are being run. The gas main between here and the wells is broken and the town is without fuel. No lives have been lost, though several narrow escapes are reported. WASHOUT AT CORNING. Nearly All Through Traffic to the East Delayed by the Storm.

CONDITION OF THE ROADS. The New York Central trains from New York were all on time this morning. With the Erie and Lackawanna trains affairs were different. A washout occurred near Corning. At 10:30 word was received at the Erie office that train 5, which should reach here at 6:45, was at Corning.

Train 6, which arrives here at 11, was there also. The Lackawanna train due here at 7:30 was also delayed by the washout. It is said that N. Y. P.

trains were also delayed. The Lake Shore, New York Central and West Shore roads reported everything all right on their lines as far as could be learned. Trains on ail of the roads came in on time. The Buffalo, Rochester Pittsburg trains came in on time, but it is learned from a passenger on one of the morning trains that on the south end of that road and on the Philadelphia Erie there are several bad washouts. The train due in Rochester last evening had not, it is said, arrived up to this noon.

On the Erie the through morring trains were being held at noon, awaiting advices from down the road. Very high water was reported at Dalton and Arkport. Superintendent Van Etten went to the scene of the trouble early this morning. The express train due here this morning was reported at Elmira awaiting orders to proceed. The Buffalo Southwestern division was reported all right, and it was believed the Nypano is all right as they made their counections at Salamanca this morning.

On the Rochester division high water is reported, but no information is given as to the extent of the damage. Tho Nypano is awaiting advices from the Buffalo division preparatory to sending thei: trains east this way instead of by way of Salamanca and Hornellsville. This wonld indicate that the western division of the Erie is also troubled. Broken bridges and washouts have caused considerable tromble to the W. N.

Y. P. Train 5, which should arrive at 8:35, had not arrived at 11:30, but was expected every minute. The 1:15 train WAS made up at Olean and it was thought would arrive on time. The railroad bridge between Emporium and Shippen disappeared in the storm and hasn't been heard from since.

No trains will arrive from Emporium today. The roads from Olean to Buffalo are all right and trains are going and arriving from there in good shape. The Clearmont branch of the road is in decidedly bad condition, and no trains are running on it. From Oil City to Buffalo the road is all right. A bridge at Newman, near Larabee, is in danger of being washed away on account of the tremendous high water and floating logs.

Trains will be sent from Buffalo to Olean and Eldred today. They may get further, but it is doubtful. The wires are down and information beyond is meager. Supt. Seabert of the Lackawanna went down to Corning this morning to superintend the work of opening the road.

On the Erie and Lackawanna roads much difficulty was experienced by the officials in getting information, as the wires were down. A Novelette Complete In Each Paper. Each issue of the SUNDAY NEWs, until further notice, will contain a complete novel by some favorite author. Tomorrow a story by F. Be Called the special feature.

Half 8 dozen other entertaining stories, suitable for pleasant summer reading, will be given. New Schools to Be Built. The School committee last night decided to build. new schools in Districts 5, 9 and 30. The proposition to build a new house in consolidated District 7 and 11 brought out a long discussion.

Thomas Shields, representing Smith Balcom, stated to the committee that the city had the refusal of 80 feet adjoining the school at $25,000. The discussion brought out the fact that the Oak street end of the school lot could be bought for much less and a numerously signed petition that that be done was read. Ald. Beck said $25,000 was too much. Ald.

Schen thought $16,000 about right; $300 a foot for Elm street property was too high, be said. It was finally agreed to offer the owners $18,000 for the lot. Aid. Drake vs. the Hambarg.

At a meeting of the Sanitary Committee of the Common Council yesterday afternoon it was decided to adopt Ald. Drake's plan for mitigating the Hamburg canal nuisance. This is by centrifugal pumps and flushing out the canal with pure water, thus driving the refuse through the trunk sewer. A Burglar at the State Arsenal. Charles Marr was arrested yesterday by Sergeant Foxton and Special Flynn of Procinct 7 on a charge of grand larceny.

He is charged with stealing a pair of sleeve buttons from Andrew J. Latz and coat and vest from another member of the 65th Regiment. The property was taken from lockers in the Arsenal. Elephant Josephs Seriously Hurt. Elephant Joe Josephs made a mis-step on a Michigan street-car at Main and Seneca streeta yesterday and, falling, was dragged Seneca street.

He was seriously bruised, and Dr. Foster, his physician, says he will be dined to his home for two or three weeks. CABLE CONDENSED -It is ties experience the popular LATEST. FIVE O'CLOCK. HE DON'T GET IT." Mr.

Hickman Demands the Music Hall Prize Fair Fund. We Did the Work, We Propose See the Money Applied," Says Judge Stern. Hon. Arthur Hickman has addressed to Judge Stern a note directing him to pay over to the Music Hall Real Estate Commissioners the proceeds of the recent prize fair. He has not received the money, however.

Following is his letter: ARTHUR W. HICKMAN, COUNSELOR AT LAW, 3 GERMAN INs. Co. '8 BUFFALO, May 31, 1889. Hon.

Jacob Stern, Chairman, Buffalo: MY DEAR JUDGE- -The announcement in the will Express of this morning that the sub-committee attend to the paying off of the $30,000 indebtedness on Music Hall and the balance of $12,000 will be disbursed as may seem best, in Fair Real committee yesterday, was a surprise to the connection with the report of the Musio Hall Estate Commissiouers. Inquiry of Mr. Georger discloses the fact that the executive committee yesterday did take action as above stated. You will see at once how absurd such a proceeding would be on the part of the executive committee. They are clothed with no power to liquidate the debts of the Association, or to settle disputes between the Association and its creditors.

Many of the accounts are not adjusted and can only be settled by the Association's officers. This fund belongs to the Association and must be paid to its proper officers. The committee in no sense stand for the association eXcept trustees to receive the proceeds of the fair sad pay You them to the treasurer of the same. will please see that none of the association's debts are paid or adjusted out of this fund. Yours truly, ARTHUR W.

HICKMAN, Sec. Real Estate Com. G. Y. M.

A. Surrogate Stern, when asked about the matter this afternoon, said: "As this concerns the public, I do not think it would be a violation of propriety in letting you have Mr. Hickman's letter. course it may seem, annoying, but have overcome so many things during the fair and have had so much criticism that we are used to it. We attach no importance to the letter.

sub-committes he speaks of was appointed with full power to close up all matters relating to the fair and the disposition of the proceeds. In due time it will make a full and detailed report of its proceedings. The moneys are now and will remain on depostt subject to our order with the treasurer, Mr. E. A.

Georger of the German Bank, who was chosen by the German Young Men's Association for that purpose. "We are very anxious to do our full duty. We want to give entire satisfaction to the public who so generously gave, and be source of gratification to the association, who will be so fortanate as to receive this money. are not going to run away with the funds; neither are we going to take advice from the secretary of the Real Estate Committee. If it were posstble for him to realize anything he would see how absurd it would be on our part so to do.

H. says we have no power to liquidate the debts of the association, or to settle dispates with its creditors. We have no desire to do so. We had the power to raise the money, but have nothing to say about its disposition. According to his view have done the dirty work, all that is necossar; for us to do is to litt our coat tails and be kicked out--the clean work can be done by the fellows who were afraid to soil their hands.

The record will be written up in the near future and the publia will be given an opportunity to look behind the curtain. of the accounts are not adjusted so hesays. If that is so, then the sooner this committee gets to work at them the better for all concerned. "Mr. ought to be like Tilden, 'insist on the greatest publicity." The sub-committes certainly will do likewise.

also says the funds belong to the association and must be paid to its proper We feel grateful to him for helping us out of this trouble. It relieves us very much. We had no doubt about it before, and now that he has given us his opinion we are sure that the funds belong to the association aud must be paid to the proper officers. Truly a second Daniel came to judgment. think the public who have 80 erously contributed have some rights.

The chief beneficiaries ought to give us, and we are justly entitled to, their earnest and undivided support. Our recommendations should, and I have DO doubt will, ceive reasonable consideration. All admit that without us the result could not bare been accomplished. We labored night and day for months to secure this great sum of money. We assured the public that if this debt was paid Music Hall would be self-sustaining.

We are in honor bound to the community to sea that the flonting debt is discharged; that methods be adopted that will secure prosperity to the Association so that this Association will never again appeal to the public for help. It can be done. We propose to stand by until it winds. done." THE COLLECTORSHIP. A rumor has reached the Postoffice that Col.

Morgan has been appointed Collector el the port. FOUR KILLED. A Woman and Her Three Children Crushed Under a Falling Tree During a Storm. NEW ORLEANS, June On last, during the storm in De Soto parish, a red oak tree was blown over and fell upon dwelling of Joseph Raffle, crumbing stantly killing Mrs. Rattle, a daughter and two sons.

Mr. Raffle himself only one escaping injury. Murder and Suleide. PHILADELPHIA, June 1. -Joseph 1 75 years of age, residing in the part of the city, shot and killed evening and then killed himseit.

berry, who was 52 years of band two weeks ago became Today's Oil Reported by W. Oil Opeued. Closed Highest Polar Relabart, maicide Cedar.