Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-06-08

Alarming Sanitary Condition of the Valley
OF the Conemaugh.

OF the Conemaugh.
JoHNsrowN. June Are the horrors
of the Hood 90 give way TO the horrors OF
the p'sgue?' is the question that is now
sutstng The Valley of the Conemaugh.
Tc-iay opened warm and almost sultry,
and the stencil that assails ones senses AS
be wsndsrs through Jobnstown is almost
overpowerng. Sickness, in spite Of the
precautions aad herculean labors Of the
sanitary authorities, is on the increase,
and the fears of sn epidemic grow with
every hour
.It is our impression, said DR.. T. L.
White assistant 70 the State Board OF
Health. this morning, "that there is going
-, bs great sickness here within the next
week. Five cases Of malignant diphtheria
were located this morning on Bedford
street. snd as they We're ir different houses
-rev mean Eve started points for disease.
AN this talk of the danger Of an epidemic
is not exaggerated. as many supposed,
hnt is founded on an experience.
There viii be- plenty of ty-
otoid fever ard sinjred diseases
here within week OF ten days in my
opinion. Tn. olly thing chat ha5 saved
us this nr las been the cold wea her.
That t8s now wen place to sumner wealth
sr. ard 10 one k-ces what the nezt lew
il7- may bring forth. Even among the
workuen and attendants there ls already
dI-eeruab,e great tendency TO diarrtea
and iy-entery. The men are living prin-
.lpllv upon DO meat and there ls lack
ot vegetable I have been here since sun
DAY and have not tasted fresh meat but
once since that time i am only one OF
fhe many. cf course The worst has
passed tor the physicians, as our arrange
ments are noa perfected and each corps
.v-i be- relieved from rme 90 time. Iwen-
tv more physicians arrived from Piusourg
this morning and many of us viii be re-
neved Bul the opinion is general among
the medical men thst there viii be more
need for doctors in week hence than there
isnow. ,,
Dr. RI Tibet, %. the Board O. Health
ia in charge of the sanitary headquarters
eve are using every precaution known TO
science. r said he this morning. 90 pre-
vent the possibility OF epidemic. OuI
1abo-7 here have not been confined 20 any
psrticnlar channel, bat have been eXtenas
io various directions. D.laie,,a ,aLle, el
course srs first in importance, and tney
have hsen used with 10 splrns nahu.
The prompt cremation of dead anlma.s as
t,.- ts discovered is smother thing which
,ge have insisted upon. The immediate
e-s,tio, off vster-closeIs throughout the
--,,- l..- f1s ,yorkmen was another work
,f tb- greatest sanitary Importance ana
has baen attended to. they too, are being
4isipfected at frequent intervals.
oWe nave a committee COO, to8t super
intends the burial ol tns yicslms at ceme-
ter.ss Itisof the utmost importance ln
.,is v-holer,ls iuterment that corpses
-honId be- inferred a safe distsnce oelo"
the sn-iace o. order that their poisonou-
ensnation may not find exit through the
rrevices of the earth Another committee
is making hOuse-to-house canvass
throughout the stricken city TO ascertain
the number of inhabitants in each stand
ing house. The number of sick, and TO or
der the lame Co the hospital whenever
necessary.
zone great danger is the Overcrowding
+ OF houses and novels and that rs beng pre-
vented as much as possible by the free use
| of tents upon the mountain side. 50 iar
-nere Is bat little contagious disease, ana
ra hone by dihgent and systematic Efforts
fo prevent any dangerous outbreak.
There WAS q white coat of irOst on the
-,ofs of buildings ibis morning. lt grew
colder aud colder during the night, ana
eliminated in the frost and general misery
of tba hundreds who slept out OF doors, on
damn floors and m exposed positions gen
s-sflv III was Clear, cold night, ana
the-s was "a stiffness that appropriately
s-oro1 was like that OF the dead. 1le
.o.ror,s.v noises of the nigot were aosent
d, sll This fesoiate region the dogs seemed
Il, have been swept away, l0r there was on.
one of that race to htt protesting Foics
when The big moon came over the "ooOeu
TSo ad8iti.asl cases Of typhoid fever
..s~s reoorted this morning from Miners
49, making q total OF seven M that VII
l,,s alone since Yesterday morning.
sre,sles is also becoming more p'evaient
,- p-ospsct Hill, where the refugees
csmp ia established 60
p p Nennimum, wealthy couua~'oi
of snrinpdeld. Ohio, arrived TINS forenoon
-itb dispatcb from Governor ro'aSe. OF
s.-;~s GO trained laborers for johns
49,, ,,,,, to he sent at once If needed. Inc
5;sDttcb further stated that % any tning
~ were needed. Ohio stood ready 10 re-
sDond promptly TO the call l.
Tbis mornirg was rather cool ana ue-
i:.btf7l bnt there was steady locreass
,bs rowsr of the sunshine, and TINS Is
- ~ fhoss rare occasions when one prsys
ooi5 resths- in June, for clouds ana
~. lo. a 5.rksning Of she sopr"e Of heat ara
light -b.,. ovfnI odor which
,,roes nom burned human nesn, OI Iloii- lIo'L
:, In decsv. steals upon those y, VINO VS. az,
about the destroyed town. 1nere n''