Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-06-06
tho food and clothing that asking will bring them. MT. Lapsley, one of those iu charge of inc camn aava he noyar hoard

tho food and clothing that asking will bring them. MT. Lapsley, one of thoee in charge of the camp, says he never heard of such astonishingly large families; no woman appears at the door of the food tent who is> blessed with lesa~than seven children.
 There are a number of sightseers in town, and every train brings more. They wander around and gaze complacently at the men who struggle with huge masses of sand and mud. O.le of them on the east side of the pontoon was heard by the Chief of Police, MT. Hart, to say that there was great deal to sec. MT. Hart approached the idle one.
 "Did you ever see pick" asked the chief. The man smilingly said he had. Chief Hart called to a boy: "Run over there and get me pick"
 Then he turned to the idler and ob- served sweetly: II want to have you ex- anime it closely" The boy brought it. and MT. Hart placed 1t in the somewhat mystifled mans hands. .'Now." said MT. Hart sternly, ''you take that pick and go to work with those other men, or If you do not want to do that you had better take the first train out of town. We want no idlers here at this time" The startled stranger laid down the pick and walked hurriedly in the di- rection of the stone bridge.
 J. H. Cunningham, clerk for the Cambria Iron company, said that just before the torrent of water dashed into tho city a peculiar fog hung over the valley. It was of bluish tinge and made the afternoon dark and gloomy. He says the action of the water resembled to a degree that of tho surf on 0 beach. It seemed to como in huge pillows, which leaped high in the air and dashed the spay still higher. Mir. Cunningham was saved by friend who pulled him out of the company store window to house door whose top story was dry.
 The only church totally destroyed by the flood was St. Johns Protestant Episcopal, which stood on the corner oi Locust and Market streets. A sand bank now marks its site. The ruins washed down to the mass above the railroad bridge and the town and lodged little further up stream. The building was valued at S25,O00.
 The rector, Rev. X. P. Dillon, formerly of Lancaster. Penn., was drowned with his family. He was last seen standing at a window with child in his arm His nfh h is xvIf ,1 }, hox, stood at his side.
 Nearly every member of his congrega- tion lost property, and some of them their lives. The Rev. Charles A. Brag- don, the general missionary of the dio- cese of Pittsburg, came here at the re- quest of the clergy of that city to look for the dead body of Rev. Mir. Diller. He visited the site of the church and in the search for dead bodies there the corner stone and altar vases were unearthed
 One of the congregation, Mrs. Penn, with eight children. was washed away with her home, her husband being away at the time.
 All of the children were lost in spite of the mothers efforts to save them. One by one they were washed away. each one, as 1t turned for the last time to the fren- zied mother, saying "Goodby, mamma" |" One of the little boys asked her several times "Where is Jesus?" After her chill dren had been occupied in trying to save themselves, she cut hole in the floating house and, climbing through it, was res cued, after travelling down stream several hundred yards.
 Surviving members of the Royal Ar canum held a meeting yesterday after. noon and made most liberal provision by authority from the Supreme council for the relief of the benet1ciaries of those who were lost. The State Medical so- ciety has appropriated handsome sum for the benefit of physicians who have suffered and have called on county so- cieties to aid them.
 But 25O bodies were taken out yester- day. This comparatively small number, when the big finds of Tuesday are con- sidered, Is due to the fact that the work of searching in the debris back of the stone bridge was suspended during the operations with dynamite.
 A number of heavy blasts were made during the day right above the bridge. They shook the houses still standing in the locality and had the effect to scare good many men who were working where logs and big joists were toppling precar- iously. It also kept people off the bridge, which has been a favorite spet for large crowds to view the scenes of disaster.
 When Dr. Forbes, of Philadelphia, ar- rived, it struck him at once that there was great necessity for the hurrying along of food, and he telegraphed to Philadelphia that two carloads of bread, two tons of cheese, carload or coffee and two tons of bacon were needed, and urgently requesting that they be rushed through.
 Late last evening dispatch was handed to James B. Scott from Mayor Filler, of Philadelphia, stating that Philadelphia could be depended upon for S250, ,0O0. He also received a telegram from Governor Beaver, stating that he held $1OO,OOO for the relief fund.