Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-03

standing were busily shoveling mud from
the first floors. The scene az ST.. Colum
bias church was awful Forty or fifty
bodies had been carried into il and laid on
the muddy seats. The following had been
identified: Kate Frank, Charles A. Keis,
James Lightner and wife, Justice OF the
Peace Edward O'Neill's baby, Louis Wine.
seller and wife, Miss Rose McAnan, Mrs.
James p McOOnAhughy, Daffney Keelan,
Thomas FagaD, Mrs. p. Kush, Mrs. W.
Kirby, Mrs. Hutchin, Thomas son of
Michael Hayes.
A SADLY PATHETIC SIGHT.
Lying in a row in this church we're five
children, from two to six years old. No
one had identified them this afternoon.
Their little curls were matted with mud {;
their nOstrils were filled with sand and
their eyes completely covered. No
one had come to wash away the dirt from
their tiny faces OF the blood stains from
their bruises. Where are their parents E?
Across the aisle lay the massive frame of a
Hungarian laborer. Strong men as well
as children were the torrents victims.
Men we're at York in lower YOder Cath
olic Cemetery and Grand View, Protest
ant cemetery, this afternoon digging
trenches. The bodies that were exposed
when the waters began falling are in bad
condition. Some have already been in
tered. In the haste and excitement DO
definite arrangements seems to have been
made for funeral services. The only sug-
gestiOn that could be obtained at Morrel-
vile was that all the bodies wOuld be
buried and general memorial services held
after the present suffering is alleviated.
HOw'THR TRAIN MEN PKRIsHED.
In a talk to-day with Conductor Ball, of
the first section of the day express east,
laid up at COnemaugh on the night of the
disaster, he said: ''The first and second
sections stopped side by side at Conemsugh
Friday afternoon on account of the wash
out at Lilley. The second was next to
the hill, the first on the outside. Sudden
ly l saw what looked like wall of water.
1t was 80 feet high. We barely had time
to notify the passengers and they nearly all
fled up the hillside. One old man who
with his son returned for some reason, was
drowned. Two cars went down in the cur
rent. / do not know how many were
drowned. We saw two on top of the cars.
Toe water set fire to a lot of lime and the
fire caught two Pullman cars, which were
destroyed, but no person was burned, all
the passengers having left the train before
the cars caught. There were about 100
persons on the section, which was made up
of day coaches"
After the mad rush the passengers went
back to the cars, and later were cared for
by the people of Conemsugh. Afterwards
they were taken to Ebensburg. They ex-
pected to 20 east to Altoona this after
noon. Friends of those on the Chicago
limited need feel no anxiety, as it was not
in the food at ALL"
SOME WHO ESCAPED.
Harry Rose, the popular District AttOr-
ney for Cambria, is among the missing,
and there is scarcely a doubt that he is
among the lost. Many have been reported
dead who are not. Col. John Linton and
his family are saved. John NJ Rose
is not dead, as reported, nor Col.
James Mcmillan. The Rev. II. O. Chap
man, also reported dead, is alive. These
facts circulated this afternoon caused much
10y. A squad Of Battery B, under COM
mand of Lieutenant Brown, the fOrerunner
of he whole Battery. arrived at the i'm
provised telegraph Office at $50 o'clock.
He went at once to Adjutant- General Hast
ings and arranged for proper protection.
Another dispensary, under Dr. Wakefield,
of the Cambria Medical Society, and DR..
Milligan, of the Westmoreland Society, Is
doing good work. Dr. Milligan states that
they treated 300 patients to-day. They
are at Napoleon street, in Kearnsyille. No
surgical Instruments could be procured IN
the city until o'clock this afternoon.
Among their 800 patients, the doctors
have many with fractured skulls, and
nearly all have broken bones. One man
had a heavy iron bar driven through his
leg beneath the knee, separating the two
bones; a thigh smputation was made. A
woman had her knee and the lower part OF
her limb crushed out of all shape; thigh
amputation was necessary. DR.. Milligan
reported at 6 p. m. that rs bodies had
been taken ont at Kesrnsville and S5
above the silk works. Chief Evans, of the
Pittsburg fire department, arrived this
evening with engines Nos , and 10 and
several hose carts, with full complement
of men. A large number of Pittshurg
physicians came on the same train.