Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-06-11
DISPOSITION OF THE DEAD.
The Work Of Clearing Away the Debris
at Stone Bridge.
TERRIBLE WORK OF THE FLOOD.
Identification Becoming More and
More Difficult Distribution
of Food and Clothing.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO TIE srooRp-uuos.I
WORK AT THE BRIDGE.
Stationary Engines are Moving the Pile.
of Debris

Stationary Engines are Moving the Piles
of Debris.
JoHNSTowN, June l0.h.-The progress of
the work at the stone bridge today has
been more satisfactory than any 50 far.
stationary engine on the bridge has done
more work than fifty men Huge masses of
broken and bent iron and immense tim
bers, which the men have been irving 10
move for days, were lifted from their
places and moved with ease. Fourteen
more of these great helpers have been sent
Tor. a heavy charge OF dynsmite was set
OIL to-day and il did splendid execution.
1t has been demonstrated that heavy
charges must be used in order TO do any
good Three bodies were found TODAY
near the stone bridge, and ten or twelve IN
that vicinity. All the CommiSsary stores
are kept busy. At Cambria one
VAST MOUNTAIN OF PROVISIONS
And clothes has been distributed. Long
lines of sufferers stood in the heat and rain
waiting their turn. No Cne is furnished
without an order and every department is
under the striciest discipline. Most excel
lent work is being done here Some good
work Is being done at the AmerCus Clubs
COmmissary and at others.
The hurried burial of the dead in Pres
pect Hill Cemetery is causing the residents
OF that beautiful suburb of Johustown a
great deal OF annoyance, and NAV cause
much sickness. The bodies were placed in
cheap collins and none were secure. The
odor from the decomposed bodies arising
to the surface attracted q number of dogs,
VINO make night hideous by their bowling
and paving over the graves.
SHALLOW GRAVES.
The cofhns were put only three feet I'M
der ground as there was no time to dig
graves deeper. 1t was found necessary to
place guards in the little cemetery con-
tanning 200 graves to drive the dogs awav
To-day DR.. Miller instructed the Americas
Club members who are in camp near the
cemetery, to securely disiufect it.
The first funeral food victim that might
be truly called such, and in which the
corpse was taken TO the cemetery in a
wagon accompanied by
MoURNERs IN CARRIAGES.
And burial service held over the remains
were the thirty-five bodies recovered to-
day, eleven of them at the Stone Bridge.
Those taken out of the water were in a
much better condition than those found
among the debris. The latter were not only
horribly blOated and distorted in feature.
but decomposition had set in, and the
stencil arising therefrOm was so unbearable
that the men at the various mOrgues found
it disagreeable duty to wash them.
The list of the unknown is growing, as
the means of Identification become more
obscure.
A PHYSICIANS REPORT.
The report of Dr. Sibbett, addressed to
DR.. Croft, may be given in brief as follows
Fourth Ward School-house morgue,
June Sth-Bodies received, 2l9; Pennsyl-
vania Railroad station morgue, IS2; Nor
rellville morgue, 12S; St. Columbia Church
morgue, IN Cambria City, S35; Hawes'
morgue, Is; Millville, 81 Grand V!eg
chapel, rs; Old Nineveh county morgue,
Sc; Nineveh proper, 233. Total, ,SS9.
An office bulletin of the State Board of
Health, issued to-day, says reports received
| last evening from inspectors of this Board
show that the favorable condition stated in
| the first report continues. No contagious
disease of any kind prevails. There are a
few cases of a mild type of measles, butno
signs OF any epidemic.
The bodies still in the wreck are so COW
cred with earth as not to be dangerous to
the health. Every precaution is being
taken to prevent contagiou of the water
supply for towns below JOhnstown. There
is no ground whatever for alarm in this
ter at present The weather is cool and
favorable
Mr.. Scott said this afternoon Work
will continue as it has until Wednesday.
when everything will be handed over 10
the State. We are obtaining some sort of
system, and have finally brought some
thing like order out of chaos. The work of
relief will have to continue until the people
can take hold for themselves. When the
Cambria Iron Works aud other mills re-
sumo, people will be able to earn money.
The great aim at present is to give the sur
viyors work. The line of charity will
gradually shade into that ability of taking
care of themselves. Until that time has
come people will have 70 be taken care OF. y
Mr.. Mulson, in charge of the removal of
bodies from the ruins says that up to this
date be has found over $6 600 in money in
the pockets of victims. The largest sum
was 50, Ia %.
PENSIONS AND INSURANCE.
Dalzel has written the Associated Press,
in which he says the widows and
orphans whose husbands and fathers
were drawing pensions on the day
OF the great Calamity are entitled to the
accrued pensions due a soldier at the time
of his death and no longer. This also ap-
plies to those whose pension claims were
pending. He further suggests that all in
surance companies should publish list of
the persons having policies in their COM
panies in the flooded districts, because in
many cases the policies are lost.