Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-06-03
HE SEARCH FOR THE DEAD.
Ninety-Nine Per Cent. Crushed in I
Ruins-PrOgress of the Work.

Ninety-Nine Per Cent. Crushed in the
Ruins-Progress of the Work.
YOUNGSTOWN, Pa, June 3.-The recovery
of bodies took up the time of thousands all
Sunday. The theory now is that most of
those killed by the torrent are buried beneath
the debris, and the events of the days work
in the ruins in a large degree justifies this as
sumption. Six bodies were taken out of one
pile of rubbish not eight feet square yester-
day morning. The truth is that bodies are
almost as plentiful as logs, only the swirl of
the waters put the bodice under and the logs
and boards on top in the general stacking up
of the animate and inanimate.
Killed by the Crashing Debris.
The rightly of arms standing out at right
angles to the bloated and bruised bodies.
shows that death in 80 out of 100 cases TOOK
place amid the ruins; that is, after the wreck
of houses had closed over them DR. d. G.
Foster is of the opinion thai most of the vic
tins were killed by coming in violent con-
tact with objects in the river, and not by
+ drowning. Three hundred bodies have been
recovered up to this writing.
Fifty Dead In One Street.
LATER-The eastern end of Main street.
through which the waters tore most madly
and destructively, and in which they left
their legacy of wrecked houses, fallen trees
and dead bodies in a greater degree than in
any other portion of the city, has been
cleared and the remains of over fifty taken
out of the portion cleared. All over the
town the searchers have been equally sue
cessful
Awaiting Identification.
As soonas a body is found it is placed on
litter and sent to the morgue where it is
washed and placed on board for several
hours to await Identification. The morgue
is the Fourth ward school house, and it has
been surrounded all day by crowd of sever
al thousand people. At first the crowd was
disposed to stop those bearing the stretchers,
uncover the remains and view them.
The Rescuers Unnamed.
But this was found to be prolific not only
of delay, but also scenes of agony that not
even the bearers could endure nor the thou
sands stand up under Now a litter is
guarded by file of soldiers with fixed bay-
onets in charge of a sergeant, and the people
are forced aside until the morgue is reached.
List of Identified Victims
The authorities have published the full
list of identifications so far as follows:
Charles F. Butler, assistant treasurer of the
Cambria Iron works; Emil Young and
George Randolf, Beaver Falls, Pa; Harvey
Barber, Jonas Murtha, Conemaugh; j. G.
Cox, Philadelphia; Mrs A. w. Jones, Por-
ter Miller, Elmer Binkley, s. D. Eldridge.
Mrs. Mary Barbour, Mrs. George Wood
ward, Jacob Wild and his wife and child,
Kate Sinhart Robert Baldwin, p Mentally,
Frank Dimond, William Penrod p McAu-
bury, John Steiner, W. L. Davis, Mrs Del
fraunce, the two Misses Deifraunoe, Ellen
Harrington, Charles A. Marshall, John
Burns, John Andrews, c. H. Wilson, Mrs
A. Nj. Jones, NJ Little (of Sewickley), the
three Misses Hamilton, Charles Wilson, John
Andrews and Mrs. O'Connell. These repre-
sent only small portion of the bodies sent
to the morgue.
The Deadly Work Well Done.
1t is astonishing to find how small a num-
Der of injured are in the Fry. Few sur
vived 1t was death or nothing with the de-
mon flood. 1t is true that not few escaped,
but they got off almost unhurt