Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-17
A QUIET SUNDAY.
But 1t Was Very Hot In Johnstown-
Report as to the Dead.

Yesterdar vas very hot in Johnstown and the
sun brought out the dreadful odor from the
debris and undisposed bodies to sickening ex-
tent. Very little work was done on the ruins
and the day was given up to devotion at the
open air meetings, which were held in various
parts Of the town. The important feature Of
Saturdays work on the wrecked city was the
opening of the gorge at the stone bridge. This
gigantic task is the topic Of the hour and its
completion required 1000 pounds Of dynamite,
making total of 10000 pounds used on this
work alone. This was not accomplished with
out some damage being done. In the Office Of
the Cambria iron works ceiling was cracked
and all the windows in the first ward school
house were smashed. house in Kernville was
thrown of its foundation. Now that the chan
mel has been opened the work is comparatively
easy.
Judge Advocated General John L Rogers this
evening handed to Gen. Hastings his official
report on the situation. 1t is complete in every
DETAIL and has been compiled after a weeks
careful and steady work. The report is in an
swer to important questions by Gen. Hastings
as to the disposition of the children orphaned
number of human lives there are sacrificed,
and the names Of these as well as Of the sur
viving inhabitants.
ABOUT 1000 DEAD.
In his answer to the first question Col. Rogers
states that applications have been received
from individuals, lay and ecclesiastical, asso-
Citations and asylums, charitable and religious,
offering homes to the fatherless and mother
less children, but there are so few remaining,
and those few so dear and precious to their
surviving relatives, that but one orphan in the
Conemaugh valley has thus far been found
whose adoption by outside parties could be
legally consummated.
AS to the second question the judge advocate
general doubts if even an approximation can
be made as to the number of deaths. An esti-
mate, founded on the best obtainable evidence,
rather than an approximation. is all that can
be reasonably hoped for. Unfortunately the
number OF the unidentified bodies are large
proportion OF those found, and are likely to re-
main SO. Outside the sacred and sentimental
regrets connected with this lack of identifica-
ton. and with the large list of missing whose
fate Is uncertain, future questions of pedigree
and consanguinity are likely to arise and con-
fuse titles and the transmissions of estates
The report estimates the total survivors in the
devastated district at about 25, 900 and the dead
at 1000.
WRECKED ENGINE HoIsTED.
Yesterday the wrecked engine of the limited
express was hoisted to the track at Conemaugh,
The double tracks will be down as far as Al
toona by the middle of the week. There are
$500 men at work on the Pennsylvania road
tracks between Johnstown and South Fork, 600
OF whom are experienced track men.
Six bodies were recovered yesterday. They
were in an advanced stage of decomposition,
and were buried without Identification,
The channel in the drift was opened twenty
feet in the afternoon, and last night $50 barrels
OF oil were emptied on the drift and ignited.
The wreckage burned fiercely for 200 wards.
and the entire valley was illuminated. The de-
bris was searched previous to being fired, but
no bodies were found.
LETTER FROM vIcE-PREsIDENr MORTON.
Adjutant-General Hastings is in receipt of the
following:
-, ELLERsLIE. RgNEcLIFF-o HUDSON, June TO-
boM ny Fen pa Gsn Zen, 3n my return to my country
years Of have been hard at work since the terrible
the poor, homeless children who have survived the
recent floods in your state. am forwarding to-day by
articles art of wearng apparel as per list enclosed made
ny w Of their T 9 S
feel Greatly Obliged i YOU will cause the clothing to be
calamity for whom they feel the deepest sympathy
am dear general
HEBREW RELIEF WORK AT PETERSBURG.
mass meeting of the Israelitish citizens Of
Petersburg was held yesterday at the syna-
gogue to take action looking to raising funds
for the Johnstown flood sufferers. Rev. Dr.
Myers explained the object of the meeting,
after which a liberal contribution was made. A
committee was appointed to wait ON our citi-
zens to solicit contributions
NEARLY HALF A MILLION.
Mayor Grant, OF New York, on Saturday
transferred the work of receiving subscriptions
for the Johnstown sufferers to J. Edward Sim
MONS president of the Fourth National bank
the treasurer of the fund. At 3 o'clock in the
afternoon the total sum received at the bank
was $405, 1884. The Master Plumbers asso-
citation to-day contributed 81, ZOO, and the Fifth
Avenue bank, $500.