The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-06-04

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house The plaes Is sleserte3. and no Effort
h ttinz nsade 10 clear or the streets
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legs are pratradins ffvsn the mad,
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Manager Deuxhersy tel thrilling story
OF hts I1d9down tue river ou q log. When
the waters str sck the roof OF the house on
which he had taken shelter hc jumped
ssfiioe telegraph poe, riding the dis
Johnslown TO bolivar before he ives p.
caed
Naxy irQuirsts hare been made as 10
why the mflisnry sisd rot respond when or
deFed ont By A5jutant- General Hastings.
IN the flrst place. i Is beyoud the generals i
of this kind unless the goyernos
issnss proclamasfon. Ihea ii be-
comes bis nuiy 10 issue The order
The general said he was notiged that the
f1ftsburg troops, consisting oi the Four
feenth and highteensh Regiments. had
fcndtred thel- services, and no laAht
1gsf have ksst-3 Etf SxzsG s{z.<.
The general consulted Rifh Chief
Burgess. nf JotnsEcNss. ana the sheriff
OF Cambria county in regard TO calling
troops 20 the scene. but both officials siren
aousiy objected. As they claimed 1t was
unnecessary 10 resort 70 ANYTHING OF the
the peace was committed last night In
j0hnstown and vicinity.
Gen. Hastings said he estimated the loss
Of human lives 1T not less than 7.0oa Il
has not been generally beliesed that the
district III the Deighborhood Of Kernville
weald p 50 extremely ss prolific Of eorpses
The Assscissed @ fpSss1 fPSess correspond. y "a.
est visited that part OF the town where
both the river and Stony creek have done
their werst He found that Within the
past twenty four hours aimosf 600 hodiss
had been rccoyered OF were in sight. The
place Is one greas repository Of the dead
Every day adds long list OF dsar ones
lost One hundred ana fifty persons were
taken out Of the sand along Stony creek
tins mornlng. One hundred and seventy.
flye hodies were recovered today at Nor
sillvilie. Four are still alive, but severely
injured. Grand View Cemetery has 500
buried In if. Al met death in the flood.
They have 800 men digging graves. There
are 200 dead bodies in the hospital on Bed
ford street
special from Couneaut says. There are
$50 dead bodies at the Schoolho1sc hospital,
Adams street Three hundred bodies were
found today Ia the sand banks along stony
creeh, In the vicinity Of the Baltimore 4
Ohio, and 1s2 bodies At Nineseh.
The hourly recovery Of bodies near the
vicinity Of what was once the Baltimore Il
Ohio depOt at Johnstown il increasing
with frightful rapidity.. Hall OF the un-
knowu are maugied or burned or crushed
beyond recognition
A rope ferry is now being operated In
the sower part OF town. An effort Is being
made 10 construct bridge across the
Conernaayh At the point where the old
county bridge stood
way from the South Fork 10 Johnstown.
He said he was standing on the edge OF the
lake when the wall hurst The wxfer was
1lsing al day, and was on a leysl with
the piles of dirt which he said
were above the. walls Of the dam.
.
= cannon, and she water started down the
mountain side. sweeping before IL trees rs
Ii they were chips, while boulders were
rolled down as II they were marbles The
roar was deafening. The lake was ernptied
In an hour and half. All the water. he
said, was now ont
The railroad Is in terrible condition.
At soue points holes twenty and thirty feet
deep were washed In the track. 2O8 his
way down he stopped al Mineral Point
where sixteen houses were washed away
and several lives lost. Al East Conemaugh
Hood and the loss Of life was large
Al this hour three days have passed
since the food gates were opened aud the
waters rushed nron the mountain city.
Order Is slowly arising cut OF
chaos, bat the great cry +
and a. not is stand i'd idly sy " aud do nothing Z
but gaze at the ruins. This order wxs posted
on the telegraph poles ir Jobnxtown today
by the citizens committee. I'VE are now 80
organised that employment can be foand
for every man vho saEfz work, aud men
offered work who refuse TO take the same
saS leave a.s gonnssown sSs for ~as he ss1 pses
sent We cannot afford TO feed men
who will NOT work All work viii be paid
for the same. Strangers and idIers ws0 re-
fuse to work win be sjected from Johns
town.
Ofioers were stationed at every avenue
and railroad that enters the town. Al
suspicious looking characters are
stopped. But one question Il
asksd 1t is "wilI you work =
ii An Affirmative answer Il given. the man
Is escorted "a the employment bursau.
when he Is put so work. II not, he Is
turned hack. Taerc arc lot OF sdie
yagabond negroes In Johnstowu who will
not work. Ii Ii likely the committee will
escort them ont OF town. They have
caused the most trouble during the past
terrible DAYS. II Il fact, although . 0isa-
gree Fable o.se. that not few rtiief romnsjt
tees who come 10 this city cpme only
out III curiosity end positively refuse
20 do any work, but would bang aroEnd
the cars, eating food. The leaders OF the
cosuusiftees then had 20 do al The work
and they deserve much credit.
Ever since sht recovery ef he hrsf body
the popusace have NOT had Rear O ough
coffins for the dead, although hundreds af
rive siaiiy, and owing - the deensnpuse1
copd tioa o nsost of the boz les hey have
% be end are Aoxed Hp ia Seugh bozr-f
boxes. merely store boxes. and bHrisd af
ouce.
man named CArisf Myers hss been ren-
sseret completely tnsa1e hs the sAex that
hts mother. father, two sisters and brother
are aEzs0ng the snikesng. When informed al
tfss. lssx< Of his friends he threw Hp his hands