Evening capital., 1889-06-04
i "a IS wholly nnrecognixal,le.

sight. Human forms Frightfmlly burned,
or cut. or bruised. were Laid upon a
rough board table, washed and cOltined. |
If they were not recognized IN 4 very
short time they were placed IN wagons
and taken 10 the Adams street school
house, where they will llc kept as long
as possible and then buried in grave
bearing the legend unknown
Stephen Collins assistant saperintend-
ent of mails, has arrived here and made |
arrangements Tor resumption of service
east and west.
East Conemaugh's Fatalities Exaggerated
The destruction OF life at East Cone
maugh Is less than was reported, MT
more than twenty-five having persisted. |
The property, however. for three squares
up from the river was totally destroyed.
About 4:25 ON Friday afternoon word
was telegraphed from South Fork that
the dam was breaking. Almost imme-
diately the whistles of several locomo-
tivcs were blown 50 long and loud that
the people, realizing that something was
wrong rushed from their homes, and
seeing the water coming, fled TO the
mountains.
TO give some idea of the destructive
power with which the volume Of water
from the lake struck East C0nemaugh
it is only necessary to state that it took
the round house with twenty-seven en-
gines i'm it, 200 freight cars and about
twenty passenger cars, including four
Pullman cars.
$500 Bodies Recovered.
The total number of bodies recovered
is now estinlnted by Adit. Gen. Hastings
and the undertakers at $500, but the
lie believes the loss will amount to from
5000 TO 5000, and that time would pro-
duce ample proof of this.
In order to facilitate the ascertaining
Of the number of tho dead all surviving
residents of Johnstown and Cambria
City have been requested TO register ut
various designated places.
While the estimates of the under
takers are that the number of bodies are
$500, the records OF the different inn
DrOvised mOrgues in this vicinity does
not show it, but the reason is first before
order was established many corpses
were buried Immediately upon idcntifi-
cation without registering. The under
takers, however, had matters system
atized to wondersul extent by Sunday
evening and their services were most
valuable.
COrnfleld Full of C0rpses.
A corn patch OF about an acre in ex-
tent at Ninevah was dug over by vol
untccr force and 1873 corpses were uncOv-
cred. Tho manner in which the CHASTITY
find was made was purely accidental.
A man walking over the field kicked a
clump of garland, overturned it, uncov-
cred woman's face. This indicated a.
rich find and the people around were
stated. This increased the list of dead
in Ninevah to $50. The new dead were
found under four feet of allvilIal de-
post.
Passenger Train Overwhelmed.
One train of passenger cars on the
track was full of passengers. The con-
ductor and fireman ran along the train
warning the passengers to flee for their
lives, Some started, and portion re-
mained and went down. How many
persisted is not known The track, de-
pot, freight house and coal sheds are en-
tirely washed away.
The mail matter on the cast bound
train held there was saved i'm a miracu-
lOus way by two or three engines wash
ing against the train and ma king a
breaker that divided the water, which
did not close until the car was passed.
The mail was not even wet.
Burgess pick Did Not shoot.
The burgess of Johnstown and the
acting chief of police deny that there
was anyone shot by ex-Burgess G. l..
Dick. The only man shot was punctured
in the leg by Constable Callahan for re-
ftIsing to stop when ordered to DO SO on
being detected in theft.
There are now on duty in and about
the ruins 400 police and deputies, which
tile burgess thinks is ample without the
assistance of the military. Very few ar
rests have been made.
by order Of the burgess, al men who
refused TO 90 10 work were given twenty
four hours time to get out Of town.
some Remarkable Escapes.
There were some remarkable escapes.
Mrs. John Gels was standing OH Main
street rs the food struck the houses and
q portion of a brick house fell on her.
She was rescued through one of the
windows.
Mamie Greenwood was in her house
talking TO her sister when the building
was struck, and her father, mother and
two sisters were drowned, while she was
caught in an eddy and was wliirled
around into safety.
Mrs. DT. John X. Lea, whose husband
is lost. hung by her arms suspended for
four hours in the water, supporting nt
flm. same time her aged mother until
both were rescued.
PatIetfc case.
The most pathetic case yet brought to
light Is that Of James Elginx He had
come to JOhnst0wn to attend the we'd
ding Of his sister Ellen. which was to
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