Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-06-12
NEWS BY TELEGRAPH
Condition of Affairs in the flooded
Districts OF Pennsylvania
Removing the Debris.
Bodies Still Being Found in the
Masses Of Wreckage-Power-
ful Engines al Work.
Removing the wreckage.

JoHNsTowS, June lO-The progress
Of work at the stole bridge to-day has
been more satisfactory than any day
80 far. More work has been done in
removing debris III this point than IN
any three Other days. A stationary
engine on the bridge did more work
than fifty men. Huge masses oi
broken aud bent iron and immense
timbers that they have been trying to
move for days were lifted from their
places with ease. Fourteen more OF
these great helpers have been sent for
and will be here tomorrow. This will
make twenty-four doing excellent
work. The large force Of men hereto
fore employed at this point have been
taken 10 other points, and a small
force OF men with the aid Of the en-
gine is doing more effectUal work. A
heavy charge OF dynamite was put of
to-day, and did great deal of good
more than any three charges hereto
fore fired. II Is demonstrated that
heavy charges must be used n order
TO do any good. Three bodies vera
found close together to day near the
stone bridge. end ten OF twelve were
found in that vicinity. All commits
sary station. are kept busy M usual.
At Cambria vast amount Of provis-
ions aud clothing have been distribut-
ed. Long lines of sufferers stand in
the heat and rain waiting their turn.
No one is furnished without an order,
and every depot IL under the strictest
disciplip. Most excellent work il be-
ing done here. Some good work H.
being done at the American Club
commissary and Others. nd the same
discipline and regularity Is observed
10y all. A vast amount Of work has
been done by the Pennsylvania rail-
road company, and they are now able
TO reach Ninevah with their construc.
tion train. The magnitude of the
work the company has on hand is
daily becoming more apparent. In
this immediate vicinity the company
has already accomplished wonders.
THE EFFECT OF HAsTy BURIALs.
Hurried burial OF the dead In Pros
pect Hill cemetery is causing the resi-
dents OF that beautiful suburb Of
Johnstown great deal Of annoyance
and may cause much Sickness. The
bodies were placed In cheap collins
and none were secure, the odor from
the deccmposed bodies arising to the
surface, attracting a number Of dogs.
who make the night hideous bv howl
ing over the graves. The collins were
put only three feet under the ground.
a there was not time TO dig the graves
deeper. IT was found necessary to
place guards in the little cemetery
containing 200 graves to drive the dogs
away. To-day DR.. Miller. of Cambria
hospital. instructed the Americus club
members, who are In camp near the
cemetery caring for sick r..Jgees, to
secure d'sinfectants at once and place
il on and around the graves, thus kill
ing the odor. There were thirty-five
bodies recovered to.day--eleven of
them at the stone bridge. Those taken
out Of the water were in much bet
ter condition than those found among
the debris. The latter were not only
horribly bloated aud distorted in fea-
ture. but decomposition had set in
and the stencil arising therefrom was
almost unbearable. The bodies are
COW almost beyond recognition. Many
are rs black a. negroes, and wher,
they are bruised the features ar,
sunken into jellied mass. The lis
OF unknown is growing, as th'
means Of Identification become NOR,
obscure.