The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-06-21

mother was 10 break the arms, and the res
cuers resolved 10 let them lie in death as
they had in life.
William Gaffney lost fourteen relatives,
Including his wife and two children.
Several of the bodies he recovered, and un-
aided performed tho momnfuI duty OF dig
ging their graves and burying them. In
speaking OF the matter no said Il never
thought that / could perform such a sad
duty, but l had to do IL and / did H. No
one has any idea of the feelings Of man
who acts as undertaken, grave-digger and
pa l-bcarer for his own family
Mamma, mamma" cried child She
had recognized a body that no one else
could and in a moment the corpse was
ticketed boxed and delivered to laborers,
who bore it away to join the long funeral
procession
No hearses were seen in Johnstown Rel
atives recognized their dead, secured the
collins and got them carried the best way
they could to the graveyards prayer,
some tears and few more of thedead thou
sands were buried I'm Mother Earth T.. p.
Mrs Ogle was the Western Union tele-
graph operator at Johnstown for twenty
years Her daughter, Minnie, was her as
sistant She was at her post when the flood
came. Her last message was one Of warn
ing to those lower down in the valley. She
could have escaped with her daughter and
two other assistants had she selfishly mind
ed the first warnings that came over the
wire, but she ordered that no one leave
the office until the valley was warneds All
heroically stood their ground and were lost.
A wealthy young Philadelphian named
Ogle recently became engaged to a Johns
town lady, Miss Carrie DiehL They were to
be welded in the middle of June, and both
parties were preparing for the ceremony
The lover heard of the terrible flood, but,
e. a. A. q. a.
was up in the-hills, felt little fear for her
safety. To make sure. however, he
started for Johnsb0wn Near the Fourth
street rnorQue he met Mr.. DiehL
s-Thank God you are safe!n he exclaimed,
then added: ''Is Carrie A9elfy'' she was
visiting in the valley when the Navs came"
was the mournful reply, then he beckoned
the young man to enter the chamber Of
death. A moment later Mr. OGie was kneel-
ing beside a rough bier and was kissing the
cold, white face. From the. lfeless finger
he slipped a thin. gold ring, and IN its place
put one of his own. Then he stols- quietly
out-one of the thousands made 70 mourn
by the bursting Of the South Fork dana
The most pathetic case yet brought to
light is that OF James Eigtn- lie had come
to Johnstown TO attend the wedding Of his
sister Ellen he knew Of the fact that
terrible disaster had taken place, but
had no idea that his family was involved
His agony may be imagined rather
than described when learning on his
arrival that his mother and three sisters
had bean drowned and his father deInentsd
over the terrible affection The old gen
tleman was crying like child and asking
those he met: 'sDid you' see themt Md
you see them go down; they viii come back
for the wedding tonight She has gone Tor
her bridal wreath
Squire Fisher and his wife had an inter-
esting family Of seven children. Their
house withstood the attack Of the wave,
bnt locomotive was swept down. struck
the residence. and all save ono, boy of
u. were lost This lad few days later,
overpoweIed by his grief, committed sui
eide by hurting hiIngeH froln the TOP OF
building.