St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-10

the wreckage, good health will certainly be
maintained. GEO. q. CROFT.
DR.. Croft has made a careful inspec-
tiOn of the drift in the river at the stone
bridge, and reports that there is no
probability of any contamination of the
water supply of the towns below from
this source. He says the number of
bodies in the river cannot be large.
The valleys have been swept so clean
by the great floods that the river waters
are now
PUEER THAN BEFORE
the disaster. There is difference in
the communicating power of decOmpOs-
ing organic matters. That from bodies
dead from contagious disease would be
far more dangerous than that from
bodies which were of healthy persons.
As it is, the bodies in the river are gen.
of mud and sand. The earthly matter
absorbs all effluvia and acts as the best
of disinfectant. There is no pres
ent danger to the water sup
ply of Pittsburg at Johnstown. The
only present danger is from people
being frightened into sickness by SEN
sational reports. "You may state for
me-" said he. ''that there are more doc
tors here than patients. The general
health of the people in the town is eX
cellent-much better than l expected.
l expected more sickness than there is.
/ really looked for an epidemic of some
kind. 1t would have broken out, how
ever, before this time if any was to
come, and for this reason l feel per-
fectly safe in issuing the above bulletin.
There is hardly any typhoid fever in
the town and but little pneumonia.
The fears OF an epidemic of diphtheria
are unfounded. There are few cases
Of sore throat, but they are not serious
enough to cause any alarm. Every
effort is being made to have people
move out of their houses and into tents.
Plenty of tents will be furnished by the
state. Living in tents in the open air
is more
CONDUCIVE TO GOOD HEALTH
than residing in close, damp houses.
The water is generally good and the air
is pure. l will say again that residents
of Pittsburg and the cities below need
not fear to drink the river water. There
is no danger of its being contaminated"
DIR. John S. Miller and Dr.. F. NJ.
Strouse are in charge of the Red Cross
outposts, which are located in the very
midst of the ruins. The flag of the Red
Cross on a white field of tents, waiving
upon the main tent, is welcome sign
of refuge to the many workmen who
are suddenly stricken while at work on
the ruins. The word ''hOspital'' is
feared by them, and they would rather
leave the city than to enter one. At the
outpost they know they can be pre-
scribed for and can lie down for while
at rest. None of their cases are very
serious, only ordinary complaints due to
a change of food and water. After a
short rest they generally return to their
work. The tents are usually well filled.
The tents were warm and close to-day,
but this is due to the hot weather. A
stiff breeze is blowing this evening and
is doing much to alleviate the suffering
of the men. A force of seventy-five
men cleaned out three baker shops in
the ruins this afternoon. A number of
bakers will be sent from Pittsburg, and
as soon as the ovens are cleaned they
are to commence to bake bread. Flour
is plentiful and the bread will be sold.