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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06
ssARoHING Fos THE DEAD,

Trying 10 Make HeaSonsbte E.,i.
mate OF the Extent OF ths Den,l,
List.
JonNsrowN, June 8. The DEVELOPMENTS
OF every hour make il more aud more sp
parent that the exact number of lives lost
IN the Johnstown horror will never b.
ahoWn. All estimates that have been
made up to this time are conservatives
and when all ia known will doubtless be-
found to have been TOO small. Over
zoo bodies have been found since sun.
rise to-day, and the most skeptical oon.
code that the remains OF thousands more
rest beneath the debris above Johnstown
bridge. The population Of Johnstowp
the surrounding Suburbs and the portion
OF the valley Affected by the Hood ia. n,
was, from 80 600 TO 81, 900.
Associated Press representatives TO-DAY
interviewed numerous leading citiaeus Of
YOUNGSTOWN who survived the Hood and
the concensua OF opinion was that fuIlv
~ per cent Of the residents OF Johnstown
ana Cambria had been yiclima OF ill.,
continued disasters OF ire ana water. n
this be true, the total loss OF life IN tba
entire valley cannot be less than 00O ~
s,ooo and possibly much greater. OF the
S y WAC wore deVoured by the
hames and whose ashes rest beneath ia
smoking debris above Johnstowu bridge
no debate information can ever be n.
tanned.
az littl@ will be learned o: the hun.
dseds that sank beneath the carrent and
were borne 5WifsIy down the Coneuanob
ohiY 10 90 deposited hundreds Of milea
below on the banks ana IN lie drIft,aaos
o. the raging Ohio, Probably one.tbirS
q ne dead VIII never be recovered ma
u VIII take list OF the missing weeks
aence, to enable even close estimate n
g pc made Of the number CT bodies tbat
were seen floating In the river il tia
S pEiet hoaf. That this estimate can mover
~ =, ayousaie y understood when it ia 70.
families and their relatives were sws,,.
away and tound common grave bensstb
me Wild waste OF waters. s--o''A
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06
CAMBRIA oTTY DnLUsED.


Swallowed by the Flood mud 1900
People Probably Destroy ed.
PrTTsBuna, Pa, June q. AT Lockport,
about is miles from Johnstown, Eliel
Benson Gan old man), Mrs. Boyle, Paddy
Madden and two Hupgarions were res
cued. Mr.. Benson said:
81 live in Cambria City. / think not
less than ], 500 people were lest. In the
house with me, on Chestnut street, were
TO persons besides myself, and feel sure
they were all lost. Up to 4 O'Clock the
water, which WIS a5out feet deep in the
streets, remained stationary. At about
O'Clock ID the afternoon the great rush
came. In 10 minutes the water rose fully
10 fact, and in five minutes more am
sure so houses came floating down the
streets. There were people in every one
of them, and God only knows how many
were lost. As they were CARRIED off the
houses were jammed together and against
the houses still standing, and in very
few minutes they were all battered
70 pieces before they had been carried
very far. The house l was in was soon
smashed to pieces, and I managed
to jump on to q cellar door. In few
minutes was pushed off into the flood,
nAaA WhotA AAbShSu Drch hh6Nd OhluDtih
City stood there was nothing but great
lake Of water. II looked to me as if
every house had been razed or covered
over. The vast sheet Of water was full OF
floating timbers, roofs of houses, RATS
and other articles. The scene was in
describable. The cries of the men,
women and children were fearful. passed
Paddy Madden's wife, my sons wife and
q man olinRing to the roof OF house. l
called to them and babe them good-by.
In short time IVES caught By the water
and turned under. Every once in while
got into whirlpool and almost lost
my grip on the cellar door. saw people
in the water ahead Of me and all around
me. Many OF them were struck by the
crashing timbers and killed outright.
They were so badly hurt that they fell
into the water and drowned Of onoen
Mrs. Boyle Yves rescued at Lockport.
The poor woman was moaning and cry
ing and would not be comforted. Her
nine children and husband are supposed
to be drowned,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06

Congress. II cost nearly $40 ,Oo0, 900 to
build. 1t has never been productive, and
1t has sunk for the state OF Maryland in
principal and interest over Sl5, 900, 600.
II connected the bituminous coal region
of Maryland and West Virginia with tide
water. II has been power In tne prao-
tical politics of the state, and ita finances
have long been on the verge Of bank
ruptcy.
The canal was the first great work of
lbs kind in this country. George Wash.
ington was its protector. As early as
1874 he secured the passage of o Law by
the legislature OF Virginia for tho open
ing of the Potomac to navigation, but 1t
was notuntil 1920 that the work WAS pushed
with yigor. Tho real commencement of
the work was on July Attn, 1928, when
President Adams broke the ground.
Twenty-Five years were spent in its con-
struction. In the 1874 miles 1t has total
rise of 900 feet. A part of it goes
through q tunnel that cost two miilions
TO construct. Among its presidents was
Arthur Z. German, now United States
senetor.
The floods of Friday swept away en-
bankments that cost thousands OF dol
lars. Most Of the locks are gone, and
the canal and the Potomac river for long
distances are now practically one body
of water. Many cRnal-boats are swamped
and about 10000 tons of coal were
caught en- route and washed away at
W!llimamsport. The canal is under 90
feet OF water. It will be impossible to
repair the canal and all its officers &C.
knowledge that it will never be used for
navigation again. Its ultimate fate will
be to afford route for a railroad as
competitor to the Baltimore Il Ohio. The
West Virginia Central company, ex-Ssna-
tor Henry g. Davis road, has been after
1t for several years.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06
A RUINED ToWg.


HMtS Hne street. Left ana I5S Ean,,.
NiandttIg out oil "a I'housanI.
lleie ls bat one street left in the town
aoou. 20 houses are standing where
olee thefe stood a thousand. None Of
.le 4arge buildings, il what yas onca a
a ltlSihs little borough, have eseaned
ny thousand people is low estimata
VI the lumber Of lives lost from thss
Town. But few Of the bodies haye H.,
aeo9y v, Il Is directly above the rims
-. ~. 'lle bodies have foated down into
me .nell Shere they burned. A walh thron,,b
ny tV% %t revealed a desolate sight. Opln
Hoout % Aole bodied men have snyviraS
NJ NJ ore able 10 render any assistance
- a,iu women can be seen with hlaoL
eyes bruised faces and cut heads TSa
NJ ppsiiahos OF some OF the ladiaa il
tIbe a ss They were injured in
" hooa anu since that hive ~.
s.ePs' Their isces have turnaS :
s s'i ysiiew and dark lings surround the
80 MAhS Nave sucoumbed 10 na,vnns
HESITATION. For two DAYS but littIa az
sistaAee 0onld be rendered tbam AZ
80, ,sosn.iA e.tshtlon reached them. Tba
h S0ahIea remained uneared for, Ia soma
us'Ffs Cut OF ty the water, and tban
~ from their INJURIES alone Soma
msie aiSe on Sunday and their sbonts
So ,i,s, 70 heard by the people on sbors
i Ils aH - nov IN a temporary Jail in what
- lsIt OF the town. lie waa ssne,ht s ma1t
'hS o gold Watea. 4 shot wes tsa sseA u:
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06
WASHINGTON DELUGED.

The P0toRtac n Raging & Etrmt--
Rich Ona Almost Isolated.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-Tb 0otnmaa
river reaches to-day to the sidewalk on
the north side Of Pennsylvania avenue.
The Pennsylvania station at Sixth street
and the avenue can be approached only
by the boats that have been padded
proftably all day through most of the
streets between Pennsylvania avenue and
the Smithsonian Reservation. The sta
tion was abandoned yesterday for all
traffic purposes, and there are now sew
eral inches OF water above the floor of
tho waiting rooms and the landing plat
forms outside.
People ere being conveyed from place
to place in boats and il is not an uncom-
mon occurrence to see boat-load of
spectators rowing up and down the
streets. The high tide of the Potomac
1 has backed the overthrow up through
: NE sewers and Il has been forced out
@rough the manholes.
carp two feet long was caught in the
ladies' waiting room and several others
were caught in the streets by boys.
These fish came from the government
fish pond, the waters of the Potomac
having covered the pond and allowed
them to escape.
The Randall Hotel, at Fifteenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue. only escaped
the flood because it was built at the top
OF steep hill. Cellars are flooded in
the southern district and the Botanical
Gardens are covered with muddy sheet
OF smooth water. The tide began TO
reeede about O'Clock this afternoon, but
hundreds o. acres are still submerged.
The Potomac is raging torrent, rush
ing along at the rate of about ten miles
an hour, with prO6igtous noise and
with fearful fofca. 1t had risen so
rapidly and steadily last night as to
threaten TO inundate the lowest parts o!
the city, but not until the last Of tas flood
tide did it begin to dispute with the
carriages and street ears the possession
OF Pennsylvania avenue. All along the
river edge, fropl Georgetown 10 the
United States arsenal ut the junction Of
the Potomac aud the Eastern Branch,
there has been great deal OF destruction
RICHMOND ISOLATED
RICHMOND, Va, Juns 2--rhs James
river is on big rampage, and Richmond
Is almost as completely isolA!ed from tins
outside world as she was during SON,
portions Of the war. Appreheusious o
freshet equal to that Of 40 and "a
proved to be we'll founded. On all rail
roads there have been serious washout
and damage. The lower portion Of tn,
city i9 completely submerged, and boat
men have been doing thriving business
for two days traversing the streets
Petersburg is partly under water an,
the damage there will reach 500, 600.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06

upp5F elU vi tle clty.
Millions OF feet of logs escaped and an
immense quantity OF lumber. The loss
is terrible, aud it will take the city long
time TO recover. 1t is said that it will
cause much financial embarrassment in
the future.
The news from Williamsport was
brought by two mon, who came from
there to Sunbury in boat and arrived at
the latter place to-day. The trip was
righttully dangerous and it is wonder
they reached here alive.
Superintendent Walters and Vice-presi-
dent Frank Thomson OF the Pennsylvania
road went north on separate special
trains with workmen this morn
ing to open up the Philadelphia d Erie
road TO Wiliismsport. Miners from
Shamokin are blowing mp wooden
bridges lodged against the Reading iron
bridge with dynamite.
AT Lock Haven the damage doue can
not be calculated, but it is very great.
Nearly every store in the city is said to
be full OF water.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06
THRILLING EPISODES.

nT. hownlan's Escape-A Gir,,t
nesens and EEer ratai Choice.
". Lcwman is one Of the most promi.
nent physicians OF Western Pennsylvania
and his residence in YOUNGSTOWN was con.
siaered one of the handsonest In the
piaoe. II was protected partially from
she avalanche OF water by the Methodisg
en9tch, which is large stone strueture
lna stood btoadside to the flood. Whar
We wafer began rising on Friday DR..
.a-owlaAn, Who Was ut home, was assiht-
w nis tamiiy to tear up carpets and
move inc furniture frem the first t,oor to
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06

while surrounded by the bodies Of the
dead
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany Is supplying every possibility for
the transmission OF news.
THE FLAMES WONT DOWN.
Since 10 p. m. yesterday the fire
engines have been busy. Water has been
constantly playing on the burning ruins
At times the ire seems almost e1tin-
guished but fitful flames suddenly break
out atresh in some new quarter, and
Rgain the water and flames wage fiercs
combat.
oREMArISa THE BODIES.
The chief sensation of the morning
has been the united remonsiranoes of the
physicians against the extinguishment OF
the burning wrecks. They maintain
wlthaphilosophy thatto anxious searchers
seems heartless that handrets if not
thousands of ffeless and decaying bodies
lis beneath this mass OF burning ruins.
at would be better" they say, TO per-
| NIT natures greatest scavenger the
ilames-to pursue his work unmolested
thnn to expose 10 further decay the horde
OF purifying bodies that lie beneath this
debris. There can be but one result.
Days will elapse before the rubbish
can be sufficiently removed to per-
nit the recovery Of these bodies
and long ere that every corpse will be a
putrid mass yielding forth those fright
full emanstiona of decaying human flesh
that in crowded community like this
can give but one result-the dreadful
typhus. Every battlefield has demon
strated the necessity OF the hasty inter
4 aVnN rf \ A.
that already arises is forsrunner OF i'm
pending danger. bum the wreck; burn
the wreck, Was the decree OF the physi.
CLANS. A loud cry of indignation arose
from the lips of the vast multitude and
the warnings OF science were lost In the
| eager demands Of those who sought the
remains of the near and dear. The hose
was again upon the kissing mass and
rapidly the flames yielded.
THOUSANDS or BODIES IN THE WRECK.
1t is almost impossible to conceive the
extent OF these smoking rnins. An area
OF eight or ten acres above the dam is
covered to depth OF 40 feet with shaE.
tered houses borne from the resident
| centre OF Johnstown. In each OF these
houses it is estimated there were from
~ to 70 people. This is accepted as data
upon which to estimate the humber that
persisted on tits spot and il the data be
correct the bodies that lie beneath these
ruins must run we'll up into the hundreds
II not thousands.
PROBABLY 5000 DEAD.
As yet there is no telling how many
bodies have been lost. Acknowledgement
Hastings, who has charge OF everything.
stated this morning that he supposed
there was ut least 1900 people under the
burning debris, but the only way to fad
out how many lives we've lost was to take
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06
ARoUsD WFILrAafsPoRr.
Thirty People ON n bridge Swept
Away and LOst-Great Damage 90
Property,

Away and Lost-Great Damage 90
Property,
HARRIsBuRo, June 2.--Not a single
train, passenger or freight, has left Har-
risbnrg for the west within "a hours and
none are expected for the next AS hours
Trains from the east have been arriving
on time except the Chicago limited,
which has been laid off until the road Is
in good working order.
At Williameport there was a loss OF life
of about 80 people, mostly boys. They
were standing on bridge watching the
food when the Beaver mill came down
and struck the bridge, tearing it away
and drowning them. The damage to
Williamsport is at present beyond esIima-
ton. The water was up to the second
story Of the Hepburn House ON Pine
street.
At 10 q. m. yesterday, when their com.
munication was cut of, the water was
clear up to the floors on Pine street, and
afterwards reached the ticket office in the
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06

Great DcsIrWction ana Toss OF Life
in our sister state.
WEsrMiNsTER, Nh June 2.-The loss
to crops md fruits ia very great Corn
is washed out OF the roots. But one
train has gone through since the food
George Derrick was drowned in trying
to cross Pipe Greek Several bridges
we're washed away and the loss In dollars
ia very great
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06
FLOODS IN NEW Y0RK.
Deai I.odie. flontlns ra.t l,mir,

Dead AbOdies FiOnting Past Eimira-
Thirteen Lives Lost at CORNING.
ELMIRA, N. y, June 2.--The water
here last night was from a foot TO foot
and half higher than eyar before known
This AFTERNOONS two bodies hoated down
the river. roof upon which three
persons were ciiuging is said to have
passed by the city last night. The body
Of female baby was washed ashore this
afternoon in the lower portion of the
city. a Jam at the Erie bridge caused a
rise Of water that Hooded the city. Tie
damage will be- $500, 900 The Ohemung
Valley crops are destroyed, Thirteen
lives are said to have been lost.
At Andoyer, Wellsyills, Rochester and
Hornellsyille the rivers, swelied By ter
rible rainstorm Saturdsymorning flooded
the country, carrying away bridges and
doing great damage. AZ HoruelIsville
tie Erie railway shops were submerged.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06
TWo pE0pLE pRoMNEp.

E4eERsrowG, MD, June 2.-The
streams here are swollen to the greatest
height they have ever attained. Great
losses to crops and fruit have been sus.
tanned. There is not a mill dam in the
county and three new iron bridges were
swept away, involving . loss OF $50, 600.
Nearly all the business men of the iowa
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06

OAKLAND. Mp, June 1.-The country
here is completely inundated. There is
big washout ON the b. & O.. and n trest-
ling Of the railroad across Cheat river was
swept away. no trains are running over
the read.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06
oHEsAPEAAB o4N4L uaECRsD.

The Famous waterway in WhiGh
si5,UO1.1OO was SunH Completely
Ruined.
BALTIMORE, Juns TsPzoiAIl.-The
Chesapeake and Ohio canal, rauning
from Cumberland, NIL, 10 Georgetown,
D. o., q distance OF l8t miles, is wrecked
beyond repair. President 5ohn Quincy
Adams began the work in the presencs q
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06
oGops ALL DAMAGED.

MiDpLErowN, Mn, JIue THE town
is completely inundated and crops in the
country are entirely ruined. Every
farmer suffers loss. SIX iron bridges
along the Catocsin creek were swept
away.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06

As yet there is no telling how many
bodies have been lost. Acknowledgement
Hsstingsi who has charge OF everything,
stated this morning that he supposed
there was ut least 2, 900 people under the
burning debris, but the only way to fad
out how many lives we've lost was to take
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06

The work of Identifying the dead goes
on very slowly and comparatively few so
far have boen identified. Among those
identified to-day were Nuns Wolf and
wife, j. Colbert, merchant on Main
street, whose body was sent to Balti.
more, accompanied by his daughter,
Mrs. j. Katerstein aud son who
were visiting Mr.. Bohm, the father
OF Mrs. Katerstein. They were standing
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06

Inc citizens committee is making des.
Eesate efforts to preserve peace, and the
hungarians 1t Cambria City are being
kept in the house by men with clnbs
who will not permit them to 20 outside
There seems 20 be considerable race
prejudice at Cambria and trouble NAV
follow.
AR.DBER LYEcREp.
Quite an exciting scene took place in
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-06-06

Tho relief committee from Ohio are
piiyhinE their tents on lie hill side.
They have 800 of these tents and they
are being eagerly utilized as fest as
erected. For the first time since the
flood men have been put to work on the
debris of the bridge aud are hunting for
the bodies that Lave burned beyond
recognition.
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4Rn ogH4 - 10D 00an
They 40 nsitAe pllght - we4
In the city q tho 1oA1,
In TIE city where tAsy slosp AvAy The hoaro ,
Bat they lio whi1e oUr tho0 faaoo
winter blight aa4 summer ehaog2
Ana hundred happy WhispsriAp Of aoweD.
No. they nedthsR Wed nor p,tsAt.
And the day 10 liko tie night
For their vision = Of otAee ktn1 than oars.
They % neither siue nor sish
IN TIE burgh Of BY ana by.
whsrs the strsets lave grasees growing % =
But they rsst within than bs0,
AavlAg eli thsir tho1SA0 unsaA1s
Dooming silence bsttsr faf thaA soo - song.
No. thsy neathse sigA nor o1uOs
Ih0ugh The robla BE- arVin0.
Though the leaves Of autumn march M
lion strong.
There b on'y rest and psace
In the city OF surceAs0
From the f1aiinss ana tAs wailinss 'nsstA The
Ana the wisss Of sas swim ysArs
Bsat but gently o'sr the bisra.
Mahing music 70 ~ slespero. every enc.
Thoro ID only pea aco anA rests
But to them it eeem sth best
For they lie at ease. ana know that lifo ID
done:
-RteAard 4 Burton.
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salvation Oil Q most excellent liniment among
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certain remedy for scratches.
JAMES THOMAS.
Franklin Road, near Baltimore.
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at la)fc pair.
wOOLKN YARN ON Balls. 7c . Bail Of .
Ounces.