The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-08

cease. l am sure 1t will be q matter O
amending grief TO these men that the,
should have been unfortunately con
nected as they are with this calamity,
TUE DRBARY WORK.
Those In Authority GsttInG Down to u Bus
ness Banls-Clara Barton's MissIOn-Th
Events at the Scene Of Disaster
JoHNsrowN, Pa, June fare tn
horrors OF the flood to give way to Civ,
way to the terors Of the plague" is til,
question that Is now agltating the vale!
OF the Conemaugh. To-day openet
warm and. almost sultry aud the stencil
that assails ones senses as he Wander
through Johnstown, is almost over
powering, Sickness in spite Of the pre-
cautions and herculean efforts Of thu
sanitary authorities, is on.the increase
and the fears Of epidemic grow will
every hour. at is our impression,
said DR.. I. L. White, assistant TO the
State Board Of Health, this morning
"that there is going to be great sickness
here within the next week. Five cases
OF malignant diphtheria were located
this morning on Bedford street, and as
they were In different houses they mean
five starting points for disense. All this
talk Of the dangers Of epidemic is not ex.
aggerated, as many supposed, but is
founded on all experience. There will
be plenty Of typhoid fever and kindred
diseases hero within week or ten days
in my opinion. The only thing that
has saved US this far has been the cold
weather. That has now given place to
summer weather, and no one knows
what the next few days may bring forth.
Even among the workmen and attend
ants there Is already discernable great
Tendency 10 dlarrhGa and dysentery.
The men are living principally on salt
meat and there is a lack Of vegetables.
l have been here since Sunday and have
not tasted fresh meat but once since that
time. am only one OF the many. OF
course the worse has passed for the ply
sicians, as our arrangements are now per.
feCted and each corps will be relieved
from time 10 time. Twenty more physi-
clans arrived from Pittsburgh this morn
ing and many Of US will be relieved to.
day. But The opinion Is general among
the medical men that there will bc more
need for doctors in week hence than
there Is now"
EVERY PRECAUTION,
DR.. r. L. Sibbet, one OF the Board OF
Health, Is in charge OF sanitary head
quarters. 1--WE are using every preCau-
ton known to SCIENCE" said he this
morning, ITO prevent the possibility oi
an epidemic. Our labors here have not
been confined 10 any particular channel,
but have been extended in various di'
reCtions. Disiniectapts, OF course, are
frat in importance, and they haze been
used with no sparing hand. The prompt
cremation OF dead animals as fast as dis
covered is another thing which We have
insisted upon. The immediate erection
OF water closets throughout the ruins
| for the woFkmen was another work oi
The greatest sanitary Importance, and
has been attended TO. They, too, are
being dislnfected at frequent intervals
We have a committee that superinteDdl
the burial OF the victims at cemeteries
Ilt is Of the utmost Importance in thiI
wholesale interlnent that Corpses shoult
| ba inferred q safe distrnCo beneath thu
surface, In order that their poisonoul
emanatioRs may not Bpl exit through
thu CrevlCes Of the earth. Another com
mittee Is making a house 10 house canyqQIs
throughout tho stricken city, 10 pSCer
tain the number OF Inhabitants In eRQl
standing house, the number oil sick, ant
and 10 6EleF the lame to the hospita
whenever neGessaFV. One great DANCE
isthe overcrowding OF houeeG and hovel
4nd that Is being prevented GS much Y
possible by the free use OF tents upol
The mountain side. So far there 10 bll
4 little contagious disease, and We hope b.
diligent aud EgatenatiC efforts 10 preven
any dangerous opt9Ee9k,"
i. TIlE CoNNlssART STATION.
Attic commlSSary station at the Penn
,Isylvanla railroad depot this morning
there was considerable activity
crowd Of abSvy 1000 people had gather
cd about the place after their day
, lrationB. The crowd became 10 great 4
last that the soldiers had to be called u
10 guard The place until tho relief com
Inittee was ready 10 glIO out the pro
visions. Several carloads Of clothing o.
3 rived this morning and was 10 10 diI
: posed Of as soon al possible, The reopl
8 wero badly In need Of clothing, aS th
3 weather has been very chilly since Sa
? uFlay. Lieutenant jackson, OF the Foul
{ tteenth Regiment, who was accused {
drunkenness and conduct unbeComin
~ officer, had q hearing this nornin
4 before Colonel Parchment. Several pee
}. pic testified tbOt the Lieutenant was 1t
Y toxiCated and used Vilo 5ld abusive lal
( Ruage. The Colonel stated that he Gopl
|, not do anything with tho matter excel
send tho pan back 10 Pittsburgh and I
y would then be tried by court MARTA
" Four bodies were taken from tho ruiz
n Tho Cambria club house and tho cor
pany store this morning, The first bod
AL was that ola pfl about II years Of az
=, 6up WH9 bUpuu ln tuO HhutIy anu "
y supposed that slio Yas ono 81 tho &c
D. wants In tho housO. Hhe was teFrib
u bruised aud her face was crushed Into
ID Jelly. A boy about years ol ago W
taken from tho same place. Two mi
0. and q woman taken from In front Oi
d. store on Main street. The renlAlng We
r. all bruised and In terrible Conditio
DO They had 10 10 embalmed and burl
IN Immediately, and u was impossible
have any ops identify them, The nul
Oh beT oi people mlsslnR from Woodyille
on almost incredible and from present
hD diCatlonB, II looks AB Il only about
% people ln The borough werp BGvedh
.ii TouSp MA NAAA on A rOyElM
~ Mrs. II, l., Peterson, who has beer
~ ~ resident Of WoodvlllO for a number