The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-06-06

JOnEsTOwS, juno 4.-'l'ho P6nnbyl
wanna railroad station house h beinf
used as one OF the principal morguoe
The ghaatly soeno which Il p.osented 10
day was horrible 10 contemplate, From
about 4 O'Clock this morning until IN
the Afternoon el5 hodic hud been re-
Oeiyod NJ that place After the romainl
had been washed thoy were put into 4
common coffin and placed Oh tho plat
Il ;m for identification,
Al each additional corpse was exposed
1 view crowds OF curious people i'm
= lod by curiosity, ag well ag thoso who
70 looking for missing relatives and
n mde, gathered around the distorted
maina Only a few out Of the 2lh dead
bdiG were identified Some were ~
lEOauy diahPrcd ~ 70 b. wholly un'
yocOgniaable The people would look
upon the faces OF the dead, make some
comment, and leave to give room u
others who seemed 70 be drawn 10 the
spot by u strange iniatuation,
The passengers waiting room was pscd
asa place IL which 70 0mbalm some oi
the bodies. The sight In that room wat
dokoning In tho extreme Human forms,
burned frightfully OF cut and bruised
were laid up on u rough board and
washed M carefully IN the time which
could be- allotted 10 each would permit,
On the event Of the bodies not being
identified within short time they were
placed on wagons and hauled 10 the
Adams street school house They viii
he kept there ~ long As possible, and II
not identified will bo buried among those
above whose graves o common painted
beard bears The inscription unknown.
500 Bodies Found at Kcrnylllc.
Three hundred bodies were discovered
at 4 2elefk Monday afternoon in the
sand Il Kunyilie NeNT the mouth Of
Sandy creek, The sight eSnnot bo des-
oribed and In one Of the most distressing
ever witnessed, crowd Of at least 300
are gathered around ondoavoring 10 find
the bodies Of some friends or relatives,
There were no collins there nj the time
and The bodies had p b. Laid on the
ground However. d0b collins ARE on the
way here, and .s.n6 undertakon have sent
for 300 additional coflins,
Ms>tbf the rescuine party have been
10 Tor two days, yet they work with q
determination that is wonderful. En.
gins Company No, 10 Of PiAsburgwhicb
n playing n stream on thp fire OF the
Btono bridge, has i now almost extingu.
ishcd, and the task Of getting at bodies
under the burning debris viii be com.
noncod In earnest
Trouble in the Relief Committee.
There il a fight In the Pittsburg relief
committee between members on account
Of some Of the members attending more
W mghtseeing than TO business, There
has also been trouble between the local
committee and Mr.. Moxham, who is at
present chairman Of the committee. II
seems that Mr., MoXham had several enc
mics who are doing everything TO retard
him in his work, and an opposition COM
mittoo was formed with Father Tenancy
Oh chairman Both fights have about
been fixed up, and everything Is running
smoothly again.
forty.cight bodies Rre now at Johns.
town station, and win be buried ns soon
as possible,
Fifty men are NJ work digging graves
on Prospect Ilill and the bodies are be.
ing inferred Us fast as possible,
Impossible TO Identify Bodies
About l9o'clock ten bodies were taken
out near the Cambria library. On nc.
count Of the bruised and mangled con.
dition, some having faces crushed in, II
was impossible to identify them, II Il
supposed they were guests at the HUI
bert house, which was completely de
molished. Eight bodies were recovered
near the Methodist church ut II O'Clock
Monday morning
y The body OF Superintel dent u. q
Cameron OF the Cambria Iron works wa
found Monday afternoon ut 4 o'clock
plso the following; John w, a. Little
travelling salesman; Charles Muir, cigar
maker Johnstown; Mrs, John James, Q
child and sister, Johnstown, and David
Sweeney, Hollidaysburg, Pa.
y Undertaken Flannery states that bodies
gre coming in the morgue ut the rate OF
bpe every three minutes.
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Rain Adds 10 the Dlscomforture.
A slow dripping rain fell Monday
hsitrnoon, and this only adds TO the dis
Comfort Of the roBquors. Large squads
OF men are busily working removing the
debris. Everywhere dead bodies am
being taken out II Is estimated at pres
lahA that 5000 bodies have been recovered
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