Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-06-04

noise OF the flood was heard, Gne Cohere
cation fastened to get out OF the way
They succeeded, as far as escaping iron
the interior was concerned, and in few
moments the church was partly sub
merged, the water reaching 10 feet up The
sides and swirling around the corners iurl
ously. The building was badly wrecked
benches were torn out and In general the
entire structure, both inside and outside
was fairly dismantled. Yesterday morn
ing, when an entrance was forced, the
ruin appeared to be complete. One OBJ
ject alone had escaped the waters wrath
The statue of the Blessed Virgin, thai
had been decorated and adorned because
of the May devotions, was as unsullied
IA the dav it was made. The flowers
wreath and lace vail were undisturbed
and unsoiled. Marks on the wall showed
that the statue, which is three feet high
had been saved from all contact with tn
LIQUID, though the surface of the water
had risen to a height OF fifteen feet
Every one that has seen the statue and
it's surroundings is grimly convinced that
the incident was a miraculous one, and
even to the most skeptical the affair saw
ors of the supernatural.
DEVOTED CLERGY AND NUNS.
There are about thirty Catholic priests
and nuns here, who are devoting them
selves to the care OF the sick and injured
Bishop Phelan has organized the Catholic
forces CT this neighoorhood, and all are
devoting themselves to the hard work
assiduously. What the hospitals would
have done without the sisters is diff.
cult ques ton.
Among the priests here are Rev.
Fathers Guido, Gosbel, Cosgrave,
Gallagher, Troutwein, Rosenstell,
Doran, Corcoran, berlin, Doyle, Smith.
O'Connell and Landing.
SOME PITIFUL INCIDENTS.
j. j. Murphy, bookseller, of Pittsburg,
haunted the morgue all day. His brother
James, and his entire family, have been
lost and Murphy is seeking for their re-
mains. Every fresh arrival of CHASTITY
burdens set him to anxious inquiry, but
as yet he has not discovered his rela-
tives. There is much comment over the
finding of the body of nun cut in two.
1t was at first thought that she was a
resident of the Johnstown community,
but as none of them had been reported
missing, the supposition is that she was
travelling at the time of the accident on
the day express.
A broken-hearted couple are Thomas
Leyden and wife, hard working people of
the little town of Minersville. ALI day
they have been trudging over the slip
perry ooze in YOUNGSTOWN asking every per-
son for news of their daughter Mary.
r. S. Frazier, Pittsburg lawyer, was
tramping among the ruins like miner.
Frazier has sister here whose family Of
four children were almost drowned, but
managed to escape after an exciting ex-
perience. When the flood came down
upon them, they were driven from the
first to the second story, and from the
second to the third. They were kept
there six hours before they were helped
through the roof and from there made
their escape to the hills over the house
tops in the neighborhood.
THE SITE OF wooDvALE.
Where Woodvale once stood there is
now sea of mud, broken but rarely by
pile of wreckage. The Associated Press
correspondent waded through the mud
and water up the valley to-day over the
site of the former village. AS has been
often stated, nothing is standing but the
old wooden mills. The place is swept
bare of all other buildings but the ruins
of the Gautier wire mill.
THE PLAYTHINGs OF THE FLOOD.
The boilers of this great works were
carried 1000 yards from their foundation.
Pieces of engines, rollers and other ma
chinery were swept far away from where
they once stood. The wreck of hose
carriage is sticking out of the mud. 1t
belonged to the Cracker Company of
Johnstown. The engine-house is swept
away and the cellar is filled with mud,
30 that the site is obliterated.
A wATCHMAN's ExPERIEN CE.
A German Waterman was on guard at
the mill when the waters came. He ran
for the hillside and succeeded in reach.
ing it. He tells graphic story of the
appearance of the water as it swept
down the valley. He declared that the
first wave was as high as the third story
of the house. The place is deserted. No
effort is being made to clean off the
streets. The mire has formed grave
for the poor victims. Arms and legs are
protruding from the mud and it makes
the most sickening of pictures.
TEMPORARY MEANS OF CROSSING.
A rope ferry is now being operated ia
the lower part of town. An effort is be-
ing made to construct bridge across
the Conemaugh at the point where the
old county bridge stood.
A man named Mcclure was met on
his way from South Fork to YOUNGSTOWN.
He said he was standing on the edge oil
the lake when the walls burst. The
water was rising all day and was on q
level with a pile of dirt which he said
was above the walls of the dam. All Of
sudden it burst with q report like q
cannon and the water started down the
mountain side, sweeping before it trees
as if they we're chips. Boulders were
rolled down as if they were marbles
The roar was desfening, and the lake
was empty in an hour and a half. All
the water, he said, was now out.
The railroad is in q terrible condition
At some points holes twenty and thirty
feet deep were washed in the tracks. Or
his way down he stopped at Mineral
Point, where sixteen houses were washed
away and several lives lost. At East
Conemaugh, thirty houses were washed
away. The loss of life is large at this
point. Three days have passed since
the foodgates were opened and the
waters rushed down upon the mountain
city, Order is slowly arising out o.
chaos.
MEN, NOT LoAFERs, NEEDED.
The great cry is for men, men who viii
work and not stand idly by and do moth
ing but gaze at the ruins. An order wat
posted on telegraph pole in YOUNGSTOWN
to-day, by the Citizens Committee