Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-06-04

stood and where he supposed the bodies lay.
The fremen, recognizing his feelings, played
the stream on the place for several hours this
morning and at last the rescuers got 20 the
place the old gentleman said his house formerly
Il know the bodies are there and You must
On went the rescuers after this plea When
At last one Of the men picked up . charred
skull, evidently that Of child This stirred
the old man up and he exclaimed: That 10
the rest Of them"
The workmen continued. and In few min
utes they came to the remains Of the mother
ana three other children. The heads were
completely burned OF, but there Was enough
OF their clothing left TO recognize them
by; What was left Was picked up and placed in
eorns the old gentleman following closely the
men VINO were carrying the coffins.
PUTTING MEN TO WORK.
Gen. Hastingsi is hiring all the men 10 secure
and remove the debris, and is Offering On
and their food and shelter per day. Booth
and Flynn, the Pittsburg contractors. have
q number OF men at work and have plscards
about the stone bridge calling for 2 900 men
and Offering them % a day. The Cambria
Iron Works company are already preparing TO
get their works in operation. 1t is probable
that two OF the furnaces will be in operation
BY the end Of the week
Men were at work all day Yesterday cleaning
the dam out, and this morning the company
had SIX hundred men at work.
HERoIsM OF WOMEN.
The sad story Of the Conemaugh is not with
out its deeds of heroism. The appalling scenes
Of horror developed daring courage where
least expected, while everyday heroes In the
midst OF the terrifying scenes usually degen-
Grated into arrant towards. Those who viewed
the frlghtful scenes of fire and food agree that
the hopelessness of the situation was first
fully realized by women. and that by the tender
sex was exhibited that dauntless courage which
Is born OF resignation. Mothers coolly sacri-
heed themselves 70 the fury of the food or fre
TO save the lives Of their children and loved
ones
Not infrequently some pale-faced woman,
cllnging with her child TO floating debris, and
realizing that the support was too frail
cious burden high upon the floating debris and
with hearty kiss bidding farewell to all that
bound her to the world, sink beneath the waves.
HE SAVED TWENTY-FIVE PERSONS
Edward c. Willis, is young foundryman Of
Cambria, twenty-seven years old, whom
no one even suspected Of possessing
more than ordinary courage. When the food
was at its height, and people we're foat-
ing down the rushing torrent in hundreds. Will
rushed to his boat, and. senseless 70 the plead
ings of wife and relatives, showed his frail
craft far out into the angry current
Gliding rapidly alongside factory roof upon
which a woman and her two children were
kneellng, with blanched faces and stony stare
he skillfully evaded the distractions that
every minute threatened TO crush the craft,
and, hitting the terrorized creatures into his
boat, shot across the current back to the bank
whence he came. shout of applause
swelled from the throng that lined the
bank, but unmoved by plaudits, Young Will
repeated the perilous journey, not once, but
seven times, until twenty-five lives have been
saved by his indomitable energy.
The next day when the most OF Johnstown
was still under water, Will sscended the stream
TO the desolate city, and again distinguished
himself by many acts Of heroism and endur-
ance.
tribute too fulsome cannot be paid to his noble
character, but after all among the heroes that
these strange scenes developed he is only one
of the many.