Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1889-06-19
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of, making grand sight. The horrors
Ever since the wan {eceded into its chan
mel, fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers
seeking their dead have wandered up and
down amid the ruins.
To-day is no different in this respect
from yesterday. At each cry, '"Ihey have
found another!" those heart broken search
ers fastened forward and anxiously gazed
upon the features of the dead. Every now
and then is heard a wall of distress, some
times rising almost to the pitch of scream,
and again nothing but sob is heard as
friend or relative is recognized. Last
evening the body of pretty little Jennie
Given, aged fifteen years, was discovered.
The charge of dynamite loosened the jam
of drift disclosing four bodies. Under the
floor of wrecked building, pinned down
by heavy stills lying across her face and
limbs, lay body crushed almost beyond
semblance to hum anity. A man elbowing
his way through the crowd stood gazing at
the Undiscovered corpse.
His anguish-stricken countenance pro-
claimed him relative, even though he did
not speak. As he turned away after the
cognized her. His look was as if he could
not understand, and his only response was,
"Poor, poor Jennyp
dav ali of then, he;ng in an advanced otate
of Recommendation 0''''O
This afternoon the bodv of Miss n
Cbristman. a fore;on missionary from, New
Orleans Who was On the dav aynress shan
the Hood swent Il from tIe fracL 1y.s
fonnd On her rerson Voc found . dro g.
for So75 vainabie cold vatcb a small
amount of money and some ieweIrv The
bodv was embalyned ard held 70 await the
order Of friends.
JoHNsrowN. June 1otb-Au the labor.
ers emnIoved Nv Rootb 81 FLYNN and all the
volnnteer and other worknen vara maid off
at SHE c,nh-honse this morn;no hv tho
fnsnce COMMITTEES Over 4 OOO mon emr.
rounded the Mace and IT. was with con.
siderable dificnltv that thew ware maid A
number of them forgot their numbers, and
1t caused no end of trouble. The payroll
altogether amounted to about 800, 1000.
The Baltimore and Ohio depot is sur
rounded with big crowd of men waiting
to receive their money. About five hun
bred men are at work this morning. The
trains on the PENNSYLVANIA railroad now ar
rive and depart from the regular passenger
stations The broken tracks over the stone
bridge have been fully repaired. Some
bodies recovered now are so badly decom-
posed thai the skin breaks and the hair falls
off while being washed BY the undertakers.
None are being embalmed now. The
bodies when first recovered are saturated
with disinfectants, and brought to the
Morgue W here the clothing is cut off, the
valuables preserved, description taken, and
after that the remains are wrapped 10
muslin STROUD, cotfined and Immediately
taken away for burial.
JoHNsTowN, June 13th.-The total num-
Der of bodies recovered to-day was 10,
making the grand total of bodies recovered
1900. The mass at the stone bridge was
fired this afternoon, and tonight it is burn
ing furiously. With it is DESTROYED all
hope of recovering the bodies that are
certainly there entombed.
puu,Dprpu,A Jrra 18th -Covar,o-
Reaver annonnced that bo had abandoned
the idea of nsino Ell OOo OO0 ont of the
state Treasury under q nronosed indemnity
bond schema for tba reason that snoS
action MIGHT establish a had nrecedent He
hoe Ioc;5sd inctood 70 odo-t the s,,oro-ast;o,,
that tba money he loaned 70 the Gayernor
bv nr;,ots cornorat;ans Tho Gorornor
ststad tbat be had haan offsrod ri mn 0Oo
hv the rational hanks of Philadalnh;a With.
ont secnrirv and without interast The
loaners IN he reimbursed nv tbe T,eo;slatnre
at its ny session. and he has eccentad
This Off This money will he nsed IN
clear the streams and mace the bigbwavs
in order and nerform other necessary state
work
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camp, le.u.ing 10 renain out IA tne ram.
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onII;naS -, ph;lade,nhia iii ar1;ro A.
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opf ~ cells,s 90 uali os . nroteot;ny, fron,
Arc f
H. Nrn,a. IF tho sto+o poord IF uoo1.h
saws tbat h. fears that the cont;nnad vet
,sostter u,;il oauSe ,,ncb s;oLnoss eSnao;aI
~ ,',,an,aon;o IL rororts ~ 800 80 -,
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Gases ~ cs'i.Lon.nox and noaos,aS ~ Jav
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oo1arod +aI,oo ~ tha 49, , 80 e.
r.,,rGs h,r;ad in Prosnoot oa,,,oto~ ,~rN
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vbic,, se.n' 70 ;ncrease eoch dan ar .e1 -
m NJ nd "beSrsralsJ sst The ert|a Toy, 70
each sts,;nn arc verv narrow nat int tbem
S $500 a.,d nh;,dnor nnoh III 49, oo;o,s
baskets. crowd like sheen into a pen.
The liue is long, and those who are so
uulucky as to have arrived after or T
o'clock baye been standing unprotected.
and in some instances half clad il the nour.
ing rain. Their baskets are generally we'll
filled. vet cn leaving the conmissaries COM
plants are heard on all sides of ssNo butter
nor ANYTHING fresh after two weel,s.O &c.
Iou,ono,gv Irno 15th Th;s ,,orr;no
oonns dS ~ ST. iaborors ,s nddo5
one n"nu.Iu an aIraaS 10y anoaa1 ~; aue
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