Great Falls tribune., 1889-06-05
|WFUL SCENES.
RENDING DETAILS OF TIL L
GREAT CALAMITY.
J 900 Bodies Have Been Found in
of Awful Suffer-
hg Coming to Light--ROb-
bers at Work.

NsTOWN, Pa., June 3.--There are
enacted here every hour that affect
ers profoundly. An utterly wreck
han named Mrs. Fenton stood by a
pool of water trying to find some
IF once happy home. She was
lzed with grief, and her eyes were
swollen. As the writer stepped
Tide she raised her pale and hag-
be and remarked: "They are all
lob, God! be merciful to them.
band and six dear little children
way, and l left alone; we were
Ny the raging water into the gar.
Z the water followed us inch by
1t kept rising until our heads were
the roof. 1t was
DEATH no REMAIN, 4.
BED the window, and one by one
my darlings on some driftwood,
I to the Great Creator for their
v. As / liberated the last one
eeet little boy-he looked at me
b: Mamma, you always said that
puld care for me; will He look
be now?' l saw him drift away
Is loving face turned toward me,
b prayer on my lips for his de-
be he passed from my sight for
The next moment the roof crashed
l foated outside to be rescued
hours later. If l could only find
by darlings I could bow to the
Eod, but they are all gone; / have
erything on earth now but MY
BIZ CHILDREN IN ONE COFFIN.
le rough box was piece of paper
h words: "Three children" To
ley were lifted out and all three
IN one coffin. The little bodies
most naked and their little faces
and badly swollen. The scene
Columbia Catholic church was
Forty or fifty bodies had been
into it and laid on the muddy
Fing in a row were five children
to 8 years old. No one had yet
Ia them. Their little curls were
with mud, their mouths filed
hd, but no one had come to wash
n dirt from their tiny faces and
0d stains from the cuts and bruises.
are their parents?
3f2EcKAGE TWO STORIES HIGH.
atest estimates place the loss Of
trom 10000 to 10000. 1t is i'm
bI1Stp describe the appearance of
Ilt6lA street Of Johnstown. Where
loSasss have been swept down this
ltreet and became lodged, the wreck
!edas high as the second story. A
n ll1could step from the wreck into
torium Of the opera house. The
INSIST of houses, trees, saw logs
Ne from wire factories. Many
have their side walls and roofs
and you can walk directly into
"a been the second story bedrooms
by way of the top. Further up
faft Of logs lodged in the street
great damage. The best descrip-
4 can be given of the general ap-
Ne of the wreck is to imagine a
of children's blocks placed to-
Rnd then draw your hand through
almost every direction.
N A HOUSE LEFT FOR MILES.
e commencement of the wreckage,
3 at the opening of the valley, one
X up the valley for miles and not
puse. Nothing is left but an old
mill.
les Luther is the name of the boy
pod on an adjacent elevation and
whole of the flood. He said he
grinding noise far up the valley
Dking up he could see dark line
slowly toward him high in the
Pown the valley it moved and across
He mountain city. For the space
minutes nothing but moving houses
en, and then the waters came with
and rush which lasted for two
and then began to flow more
hy.
HUMAN oUTRAGEs.
pillaging Of the houses in Johns
s something awful to contemplate
describe. 1t makes one feel almost
bed to call himself man, knowing
who bear the same name have con
y themselves into human vultures,
ng on the dead. Many are carrying
gums and woe betide the stranger
looks even suspiciously at any ar
Goods OF great value are being
IN town today for drink of whis-
Develorements every hour make il
and more apparent that the exac'
Per of lives lost in the terrible disas
Pill never be known. All estimates
E up to this time are conservative anc
p all is known will undoubtedly bt
n to have been two small.
ER 10000 BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND
sunrise to day and the most skep
concede the remains of thousands
Y rest beneath the debris above thu
hstown bridge. The population o
hstown and the surrounding towns il
portion of the valley affected by tn
is Or was from $4,000 to $4,000
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.