The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-06-02

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who hns hs<u lost ~ fhugIxan4s are
missing. The Survivors. many al
whom tell of nost thrilling escapes
from the collections of tiebs3s. hosise
tops. car doors and pI&nks. seek the
banks and gsze With xtnpor born a
the ragalyxsfsou 81 their mental fnx.sal.
ties from the fright and horror ther
have been subjected 70.
The number Of peop5e nho a-p Wis
lb3c from ske banks are So fex ia con.
tr1S< with the population 81 various
htsie boron9hs which ronsfifrfe the
city that the question. Wbere an
these people gss Is a@kxsi "a I'll xi<ses.
The impression Is gaining that the dis.
closures yef 70 come where the rorrx
colIected. and which II nov
burning orer an area al several neres,
Is vet more xhnsf1y. The awfns1ess
q chs sre1e deises Language sa depicl
As tt does fhe imagination 70 conceive
without seeing the havoc created. n1
idea can be given either al the area a
<iesolxtion or the damage.
The people OF J0hnstown are acsunl.
~ starving. Men who we're YESTERDAY
worth hall million dollars are to<l4y
actually penuijess. Suffering FOR fh<
necessities Of life. A loud ery OF dis.
fYcss Is being eent up from the entire
city, and the dclefuI wall should meel
with prompt response.
NotEifhstandinR the dire distress "a
their fellow citizens. the Hungarian
were caught parioinins the garment.
and searching the pockets Of the vic.
Tins at the awful feagety.
Al fped supplies and ali places q!
shelter having been desfroxed. hun.
dreds took refuge on the slopes
which surrounded the CITY on all sides.
The scenes ii these cayns,s were "a.
thetic. Little Children clustered
around their elders. cry;ne FAR food
and shiyerinx in the cold mountain
air. Fog sixteen hours the little city
was cut OF! from The world and the
tagsslies OF that awful night can never
be told.
The Pennsylvania railroad tracks
at Sang Hollow. nine rallies vest were
torn out and sbsoIutsly washed away
for d distance of three-fourfbs az 4
nile. One track wax xwepl into the
river The rails and ties 5f the aasi
track were Thrown on the ton III fhe
west track, and IN one place they we're
twisted into plate. The stone
ballast was washed fYx,m hefxAen the
ties for over . mlle. and ii one nlace
rails, ties and bailAst were al swent
away and the heavy clay rosldled = a.
beaten Is hard as ceuleufed ii0or nv
the force of the current sweenine over
il.
Food. clothing and rsosser Il needed
by the Inhabitants of the sfritsker city,
They need shelter also. The citizens
OF PittshuYg and Allerhanv have starr.
ed relief fund. which.is r.nidlv yrow-
ing, but the sum nyetaed IL more thar,
any one community ear Give rooa
has been Forwarded from cities and
towns along the line OF the road.
The actually loss az nIe cannot ms
sibly be ascerfnined within l-ss than |.
week or ten days. The damase done
ia. the Cameria Iron Works, mill Il IN
4 fabuiorrx s,rm In renairs before the0
can resume work. which viii not IS
for several months.
q. q. Gil and thirfv-five men started
i'm 4 wagon to gu I'M the nso,ansain ana
al were drowned by The tprrcnfs !
which overlook them. Gus McHu1h.
an engineer ar the pennxvlvunia rail
road. who lived in Conemangh was
aslevp when the torrent rushed down
the valley His wife was away from,
home NJ the time. Her husband and
four children were drowned.
Millions cannot repair the damage,
aud the cesOlation covers miles OF
ferritery. The number Of bodies thus
far recovered is about 500. How many
he beneath The great bed OF
IRE underwent by the raging
torrent the uncoyering Of
their bodies can alone
hut from all appearances
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