DISASTROUS FLOODS IN AMERICA.
By Electric Telegraph. — Copyright. I PER UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION. I New Yohk, June 1. Terrible floods, attended with great loss of life, are reported from Pennsylvania. A teirific freshtt in the Covenuaaugh River burst a reservoir at Johnstown, near Pittsburg. This reservoir is three miles in length and one mile and a half wide. The water rushed into the town vi Johnst* W| which was completely wiped out, and it is estimated that fifteen hundred persons hare been drowned. At San Florence alone 85 persons were counted passing in an almost exhausted state, and all chance of rescue was hopeless. It is feared that the villages of Southport, Mineral Point, Oov nmaugb, and Woodville have suffer <d, and that 8000 persons have been drowned. The railway line from Baltimore to Ohio has been damaged by the rush of water, and seven miles are completely washed avray. It is estimated that the floods in Pennyslvania and surrounding States resulted in damage being done to the extent of one, million pounds. The debris from the wrecked houses in some way became ignited, and it is believed that 100 persons perished in the flames.
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Feilding Star, Volume X, Issue 141, 4 June 1889, Page 2
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