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VOL. 1.
MAPLETON DEPOT, PA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 1889.
NO. 9.
BUSINESS  CARDS.
T  G. SPANGLEE, M. D,
—PHYSICIAN & SUBGBON,—
^©-Office on Main Street, near Juniata
House.
A    W. SWOPE,
—JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.-—
All business entrusted with him will receive
proper attention. Collections made and immediate returns given. Legal writing promptly executed.
^59-Office on Main street.
J  B. SIMPSON,
. Huntingdon, Fa.
3PIEE AND LIFE INSURANCE,
IN SOLID BELIABLE COMPANIES.
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i»ri  W. MATTEEN.
PAINTING and PAPER-HANGING.
Am prepared to do painting, graining, glazing, paper-hanging, etc., in either town or
country. Satisfaction guaranteed in every
esse. Residence on Railroad street. Crop me
a postal.
Ruin! Devastation!
Work of the Floodsl
Railroad and Telegraph Communication Cot Off!
Suffering Caused by the Freshet!
People in Need—A Demand for
Provision.
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P. WILSON,
-DEALEB IN—
ANTHRACITE, BITUMINOUS, &
CANNELCOAL, & CONNELL9-
VILLE CRUSHED COKE.
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prices possible.
'ia p. stubbs,
•—CABPET WEAVES.—
-and dealer in all kinds of Carpet Chain and
Materials.
Prompt attention to business and satisfaction guaranteed.   Charges reasonable.
TlflSS MATTIE ROBLEY,
—DEESSMAKEB.—
AU kinds of Plain and Fancy Sewing done
at short notice.   Aim to please customers.
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TAMES E- McCONAHY,
RESTAURANT AND EATING-SALOON,
FRESH FISH AND VEGETABLES.
Main Street,
Opposite Juniata House.
Ot*
EOEGE T. NUMER,
FASHIONABLE BARBER
—AND—
HAIR - DRESSER.
Shop on Main Street, opposite B. O'Connor
& Son's store.
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Atrial.
Practical
Tin, Sheet-Iron,
& Copper Worker.
roofingTspouting, &
—JOB-WORK—
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find it to their advantage to patronize
me. ^ All work guaranteed. Located at
W. H. Spangler's old stand.
BQCmaSHOE
MAKER
Having sconced the services of W. D. Dickson, a
first-class workman, I can
assure patrons that theis
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ly and in & very satisfactory manner.
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From the Item-Extka of Saturday, June 1st.
. The rains of Wednesday raised the
waters to some extent but on Thursday
evening rain commenced falling and continued to fall until about twelve o'clock
last night. When people retired to rest
last evening they little expected to be
aroused at such unseasonable hours but
the rains descended In such torrents
that before they bad ceased falling appeals were made for aid to escape from
the rapidly rising waters. At 3 o'clock
all that portion of the town north of the
railroad was inundated and the waters
were rising over the track. By 5 o'clock
Main street was covered from Sherman
to Chestnut street. About 7 o'clock
they reached their greatest height and
the greater part of the town was submerged. Several houses have been
swept away but fortunately no lives
have been lost in'town so far as known.
The railroad tracks are torn up and
a portion oi the embankment west of,
the stone-arched railroad bridge ia
swept away. Telegraph and telephone
communication is entirely destroyed.
At 10 o'clock the waters are receding
having fallen about 12 inches from 9 to
10 o'clock.
£. Robley's house and barn and three
houses at the lock, north of town, occupied by five families have been carried away. Whether any of the occupants of these escaped or not, is mere
conjecture, as they cannot be reached.
The losses will approximate $250,000,
which is distributed as follows:
H. R. Gurd, superintendent of Mapleton Tannery, says:   "I am unable to
say exactly what our loss will be, but
$300,000 will scarcely cover It.
Phillips & Son loses upward of $800.
J. G. Gillam loses $1,000 to $1,500.
sB. O'Connor & Sons, $1,500 to $2,000.
A. J. Foster, about $700.
J. P. Wilson lost one dwelling, and
his brick dwelling is yet covered with
water.   What his loss will be, cannot be
determined, but will reach, at least,
$1,500.
W. H. Fisher, dwelling house worth
$350.
A. C. Fisher, all his household goods.
John Barkley, dwelling   house  and
household goods.   Loss $400.
John Clemens' house was thrown over
bat the damage cannot yet be estimated.
K'-r-dig & Hostetter's heading mill is
supposed to be almost entirely destroyed.
The sheds and stock-are entirely swept
away.
Mrs. M. J. Hooper's dwelling house
is swept from the foundation.
One oi M. L. Rex's.-new houses was
swept from its foundation.
The Lock house east of town, occupied by Joel Hoover, was washed away
with all its contents. The family escaped.
In addition to tbe losses above enumerated almost -every property south of
Chestnut and Grant streets is damaged
to some extent. The property holders
north of the railroad suffer damages
which we 'will give as -near as possible
ia our next issue. Ths loss to the rail-
I road company between Bridgeport and
Jackstown will approximate $200,000.
All the county bridges on the Juniata
and Rays town branch, so far as can be
heard from are gone.
The. iron, a.queduct east of town-was
taken away about 12 o'clock last night.
There were about 35 feet of flush water in the river, and the flood exceeds
the high water mark of 1847 by about
eight feet.
What is Mapleton to do for pro*
visions? The supply by rail is out
off and only the farmers of Union,
Cass and Tod townships can be appealed to for aid. There is much
need of provisions and there is no
other source of supply.
We appeal to these people to render such aid as may be in their power. Onr merchants are disposed to
pay good prices for marketable produce bnt donations for the needy are
solicited. A committee will be appointed to judiciously distribute
whatever may be placed at their disposal.
Work of theFIood!
No Communication by
Rail.
A Telegraph Wire to Altoona.
Great Loss of Life—Still a Need
for Provisions.
From the Itbm-Extba of Monday, Jnne 3d.
When the iTEM-extra of last Saturday
was issued the floods had submerged
the greater part of Mapleton and but
meagre information could be had; consequently, much contained therein, waa
conjecture. But since the waters have
subsided the bare facts are found to
sudstantiate every statement, and have
demonstrated that much has not yet
been told.
But, referring to that extra, It will be
necessary to give additional information
concerning the statements contained
therein. The waters receded rapidly
from Saturday morning, and last evening were confined to the bed of the
stream, but were yet very high. They
are still subsiding this morning and the
"Blue Juniata" now apparently hangs
her head in shame at the destruction
she has caused.
About noon Saturday it was learned
that no lives were lost on the opposite
side of the river, all, however, having
made narrow escapes.
The losses at this writing are shown
to be greater than: at first supposed.
Of course, no inventory has been made
but a very close estimate would be as
follows:
Mapleton Tannery, $200,000 to $250,
000.
Phillips & Son, lumber, etc., $000.   .
J. G. Gillam, stock, $2,000 to $2,500.
B. O'Connor & Sons, stock, $1,500 to.
$2,000.
A. J. Foster, stock, $800.
J. P. Wilson, tenant bouse, and his
brick dwelling was greatly damaged.
His household goods were injured very
much. $1,500 will not more than cover
his loss.
W. H. Fisher, dwelling house, $350.
John Barkley, dwelling  house   and
household goods, $400.
.J. £. McConahy, house, $150.
Kendig & Hostetter, heading null and
lumber, $2,000.
E. Robley, dwelling bouse, barn, two
tenant   houses—one   double—farming
implements, crops, etc,$6,000 to $8,000.
A.   C.  Fisher, all  his   household
goods.
S. W. Craig, lost all his household,
goods.
M. L. Rex had two houses moved.
$50 may replace them.
Speer White Sand Company's Juniata
works were struck by a canal bridge and
were slightly damaged, but floating tim-
bersdid some damage to the machinery.
Both, their.Juniata and Empire works
will• require tonsidawible work before
t'icy cau tie put in operation.
John Clemens' house was overturned
and almost ail his furniture destroyed.
$400 may be necessary to cover his loss.
George Parmer, Abram Skipper, Absalom Kelley, William Long and Warren Young, who ocupied the three bouses
at the lock opposite town, lost all their
household goods.
'John Banks had two tenant' houses
moved and many rods of his fence were
taken away.
, Mrs. M. J. Hooper's house was moved
and her household goods- were much
damaged.
The following persons suffered additional damages in the way ol ice-houses
barns, stables and other buildings or of
personal property: Levi Wright, Miss
Mollie Brandt, P. M. Hooper, W. B.
Stone, J. P. Wilson L. M. Speer, S. Hatfield, James Montgomery, Susan Montgomery, A. Broombaugh, J. F. Miller,
J. M. Miller, J. D. Wood, Bruce Yocum,
S. Robley, George Foreman, B. F. Pheasant, Frank WaUett, Barkley estate, Mr*.
Hawn, Jno. C. Garrett, £. E. Bell, David
Hutchinson, W. C. Sorrick, A. Heeter,
L. F. Randolph, John A. McHugh, B.
O'Conner & Sons, William Parker, Wm.
C. Banks, Wm. Banks, H. S. Smith, J. C.
Estep, S. P. Stubbs, Philip McLaughlin,
and perhaps others whom we do not recall. All of these and many others had
their supply of provisi ons also destroyed.
A number of citizens assembled on
Saturday afternoon and organized a relief committee which provided places
for all those who were unable to occupy their houses.
Several wagon loads of provisions
were brought in from Cassville, Satillo,
and neighboring valleys yesterday, due
mention of which will be made hereafter. These provisions have all been
distributed and more are needed. Many
people are without provisions now and
are unable to buy.
Yesterday, hundreds of people from
Huntingdon, Mill Creek, Mount Union,
Newton Hamilton, Saltillo, Cassville
and the surrounding valleys viewed the
destruction at this place. In the evening General Superintendent Petitt and
Chief Engineer Brown arrived In town
from Philadelphia having made the trip
by walking, boating and using engines
or handcars wherever possible, enroute
for Altoona. They say it will be impossible to run trains over the road inside
of a month.
The track hands removed the obstructions from the road at this place yesterday and a telegraph wire has been
run from Altoona. The foremen have
orders to employ all the men they can
get.
Meagre reports are coming in from
other places, but some allowance must
be made for rumors.
The worst destruction of lives occurred at
Johnstown, where the reservoir burst. 800 to
1,000 lives were lost before 10.45 o'clock, Saturday morning, but the report on Sunday
morning placed the number of lives lost at
8,000 to 10,000, and from Altoona to Pittsburgh, at 80,000. On Sunday evening, a later
dispatch was received, stating that 3,000 lives
were lost at Johnstown. Houses were taken
away or moved at Birmingham, Spruce Creek,
and Barree. Property at Tyrone Forges is
ruined. Two passenger trains, ono of them
Day express with 140 passengers on board, and
a construction train with 40 workmen were
swept away at Johnstown. The Cambria Iron
company's plant, is dismantled.
At Huntingdon, several houses were moved
in Portstown and Mrs. John Logan, who lived
below town, was drowned. Her body was
found. B. B. Foast & Son lose about $4,000
damage to their mill and gram at Mill Creek.
At the latter place, two houses were washed
away and a Miss Frew was drowned near
there. Her body was found--at the bridge
above Mill Creek.
At .Newton Hamilton, the houses of Mrs.
Smelter and George Watts, two lock houses
—occupied by Thomas Johnston and John
Kyle,—and a tenant house on James Quart's
farm—occupied by Victor Baker—were taken
away with all their contents. The. brick
house of Henry Graham was ■deBti-ojped. and
Charles Ewing's house was moved off its foundation. The bridge is gone and many outbuildings were taken away. At this point,
the water attained a height af eight feet and
four ii:ihes above the Hood mark of 1S47>
Gilford's mill at Vineyard was destroyed.
One of the bridges at Huntingdon and a
county, bridge at Union Furnace are still
standing. All the railroad bridges between
here and Mifflin are gone, excepting the one
at Mount Uuiwu
Bnt two bridges are left on the line of tha
East Broad Top railroad.
Very few lives hrfve been lost between AN
toona and Mifflin, unless it be along fiaystowiv
branch.
The borough authorities put men to work
this morning cleaning np the debris and the
engine and train which was lying at Jackstown
is being used as a gravel train to assist in grading the railroad. The entire force at the tannery is working 'hard to get it ready to run- '
Nothing can yet tie done at the heading i'ac.
tary.
10,000 Lives y st.
The Latest News from
Johnstown.
Careful Estimate of Damages.
X. Mail Route.
From lTBJr-ExTK\ of Wednesday, Jane Stb.
Since the debris of the flood has been
cleared away .to some extent other losses are being made known. We overlooked the damages to the properties
owned by W. F. Gillam and Marshall
Yocum and occupied respectively by B.
F. Pheasant and W. C. Sorrick. These
properties suffered like all the others
on the north side of the railroad, the
out buildings fences, etc., having been
removed. These lots, to one standing
back of the houses,, look very much like
a neglected common, fruit trees, shrubbery, etc.. presenting a curious sight.
In addition to the losses in and about
Mapleton, heretofore published, a careful estimate of damages is as follows:.
Elliott .Robley's loss instead of being*-.
$6,ooo or $8,ooo will reach $16,000 ok
$18,000..
F. E. Weaver lost all his live stock,.
worth about $800.
S. Hatfield,
P.. McLaughlin,
M-L. Rex,
L..M. Speer,
Speer White Sand Co.'s works
Levi Wright,
A- B. Del.      .a^—a^
Bruce Yocum,.
J. M. Miller,
S. P. Stubbs,
A. Broombaugh,.
J. E. McConahy,
Marshall Yocum, '
E. E. Bell,
J. G. Spangler,
Himes Bros.,
J. D. Wood,
Mrs. M. A. Fields,
Mrs. Susan Montgomery,.
J. C. Estep,
Mrs. Hawn,
B. O'Connor & Sons,
James Montgomery.,
W. B. Stone,
James McCurdy,
P.M. Hooper,    *'&.':
J. H. Lewis,
Geo. B. Curry,
H. R. & W. Gurrk,
Miss. Mollie Brandt,.
H..S. Smith,
W. C. Banks*
Mrs. Mary Banks,
J. F. Miller,
T. C. Garrett,.
Samuel Robley,
W-. C. Sorrick,
B; F. Pheasant,
Frank WaUett,
David Hutchinson,
L. ,F. Randolph,
George Foreman,.
Wm. Banks, '
W. H. D\inn, H
The loss'to the fdlfowrng persons was
-small but in most cases will reach about
$25, or, perhaps, more:
George Godard, A. Heeter,Mrs. Hall,.
Mrs. Susan Hooper* J. B. Ewing. C. W,
Mattern,' J. A. McHugh, D. B. Smith,.
John Ripple, A. L. Morgan, Charles
Long, J. E. McDonald, Philip Hooper,
G. W. Wright, Joseph Gross, McHugh
& McDonald..
John M. St ever's loss;'in--"5»mber- and
damage to.his mill property,, in Trough
Creek, will reach $1,500.
The damage to the Quinter farm and*
Continued on eighth Jage.
$1,400.
$1,250.
$1,000.
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