The Washington critic., 1889-06-07

keep up for weeks. II is not so. Bodies
are found by searching under ruins OF
houses and In the twenty acres Of drift
and clay at the stone bridge. Even
there the sightseer must wait long to
crafty his morbidity. Dynamite blasts
in the solid mass yesterday assisted the
searchers.
A Fight for Food.
A carload of supplies was unloaded
on the track in Johnstown yesterday by
relief committee. There was a rush
for the goods. The strong overpowered
the weak and got the best. A tight oc-
CURED. A carload of goods from Cleve.
land also came to hand. II consisted Of
ter-buckets containing bread, butter,
coffee, etc. To each bucket was tied a
big coffee pot. Logan states that money
is now needed, and that ladies should be
sent to this point to attend to the wants
of the women. At South Fork supply
trains for Johnstown are stalled. The
people have, II is said, broken some Of
them open, and are helping themselves
TO what they want, notwithstanding
they are not suffering. At Conemaugh,
Mineral Point and Woodvale provisions
and clothing arc still badly needed
A Maryland Lady's Escape.
Miss Sarah Thomas of Cumberland,
Md, who was visiting friends in Johns
town, had q miraculous escape. When
the flood came the family all went TO
the top of the house and finally TO the
roof. The house was swept away from
It's site and floated down nearly to the
bridge and the pile of wreckage. Here
the house was overturned and those on
the roof were thrown on the debris.
Wet, bruised and frightened Miss
Thomas climed over the piles of wood
and wreckage and finally reached the
shore. and fled to the hills. Here she
was lost In the underbrush and trees
and finally, after much fatigue and
hardship, found farmhouse, where
she was housed and cared for. The
next day she made her way back to
where the town once stood and man.
aged to notify her friends Of her safety.
Her brother came from Cumberland and
took her home. .a.t
The Crowds at .Johnstown., I'd.
Johnstown is more crowded with
people than when the people were alive
and in the flesh, and If this sort of
thing keeps up the railroads will make
enough to encourage them to get up
little floods of their own occasionally as
inducements to travel. The Baltimore
and Ohio is pouring people Into the
town, and they are tramping up and
down the streets, with no place TO go
The people slept in all kinds of indie
scribable places last night, and where
they will go tonight is problem, as
oniv tala t,ventv.dve neon,e AZ yat
notb;ng wrong Ios bean done Inv ;he
crowd Int a ts,egro,n hoe hecn rece;vaI
at beadnnarters stating thot two nro.
c,,rossas have e,artad FROM p;t,shp,rg p
Tho ontbor;,;ee a,e ony,ous thot tbc
noiico in oii ci,;os sbo,ld innt as,er ali
a,ch nersororos aharnlv Tbe dongar
20 he fearod frou thn;ry ycor,inS can5o,
ho nvor' osti,natoJ Gov tbo hrashina IN
of Families has bsreft roanv vounr sirls
~ aynru nrotact;on Tbsv de no,
know where TO turn their stems for a
livelihood, and when the supplies of
donated food and clothing cease coming
there will be trouble on the hands Of
the people.
A Conn Boat.
A Baltimore american correspondent
saws: One of the philadelphia relief
committee who came up here with us
ON our special press train had thrilling
experience. Mr.. n. l.. Neall Ia his
name. He had friends on the day OK.
press--Mrs. j. w. Latta. wife of General
latta, and daughter, of PHILADELPHIA
and as soon as he arrived here he hur.
ried to find If they were alive or dead.
Mr.. Ncall had to walk over hills, and
- 4 4 ~. a.
coffin. 1t was his only chance 10 get
across river, so he offered the man a
dollar to ferry him across the raging
stream The coffin went over all right,
and he trudged on to Altoona, where he
found his friends safe at the Logan
House. He got conveyances and
brought them across the country to Bed
ford, and found q train there and went
on to Philadelphia.
Mrs. Latta's Experience.
Mrs I,atta who was nm hoard Tho
sleeper Aragon. of the Chicago limited,
had her little daughter Edith with her.
When the news came the people rushed
from the cars. The Pullman car con-
ductOr, Mr.. Abner. took Edith in his
arms and ran out, calling for Mrs. Latta
to follow. She was the last one to
leave the car. Il never looked to the
right or the left" she said, but ran.
II was dark from the storm. / could
hear the awful rush Of water. The
porter was afraid / could not get over
the ditch. and ran out to call me back;
but ! needed him not, and ran across
a plank, and sprang upon the grass
upon the hillside and clambered up.
There found others. Edith was safe.
| lkdared not look, but when did saw
the wateflait over, tne trains; az least, !
4niy saw the Venulators ABOVE the nood
! hlu my race. Iheh gentleman
passenger VINO hao traveied Win US
ADVISED me 70 come WIN nun ana make
our way 10 Epenspufg, wnere we couiu